Best Books Under 200 Pages

Hey, I think the PE group is one of the more intelligent groups in the forum, so I have a question: What do you guys/girls think are the best books under 200 pages? I like my occasional 400 page book, but you can only read so many of them, unless you are fast or dedicated reader. General reading could be a classic, finance, history, economics, government, strategy etc. 

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Mans search for Meaning -Viktor Frankl

Few books have been as life changing as that one for me and it’s like 188 pages.It sounds stupid, but here’s the backstory:

Its a true story about the founder of logotherapy (a school of psychological thought that basically says people need meaning in their life and helps them attribute purpose to deal with life’s issues). The kicker—he discovered this because he was a psychoanalyst that went through the Holocaust. In the book he explains we he thinks happened to his and others brains and each step of the Holocaust from why he didn’t leave before it, to getting off the train, to watching people die, to the behavior people exhibited after surviving and their psychology. The book helped me be a happier person and was the single most effective tool for treating my ptsd. 
 

Short but really heavy intense read—again he literally describes watching friends die and the worst tragedy of mankind in graphic first person detail. However, the crazy part is—he lived a happy and accomplished life. I would argue it’s the single best book for understanding how to go through a tough experience.

 

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