Let's be honest, most of us either spent the year devouring books to escape the chaos outside or only read the subtitles for Emily in Paris (that show is frustratingly addictive 🤣 )

Either way, we can all use a few short books to end the year on a high note, so are three of our fav quick reads you can finish before the ball drops.

70 pages
Rhythmic Poetry Collection 🪘
Jamaican Writer 🇯🇲
4 or 5 ⭐️ ratings from every Jamaican on Goodreads

Imagine your introverted & witty friend telling you all the news, gossip and things they observed while taking route taxis around Kingston, that's how we'd describe In Nearby Bushes.

This 70-page poetry collection about place and consciousness will help you forget about all the time you had to spend inside this year.

190 pages ⏳ (longest one on the list we promise)
Multiple Points of View 🔎 🔍
Jamaican Writer 🇯🇲
Hopeful / Heartwarming 🥰
Short Story(ish) 📑

If you like the structure in Girl, Woman, Other, A Tall History of Sugar, or These Ghosts Are Family this is your book!

Though this book addresses grief, it focuses on warmth, healing and feelings of hopefulness that we only receive from our chosen families.

Also, check out our A Million Aunties playlist on Spotify.

110 pages ⏳
Nigerian - American Main Character 🇳🇬
Stream-Of-Consciousness Meets Multiple Points of View 📑
Elderly Main Character We All Aspire To Be 👵🏾 🏎

We read this in November for book club when we realised we hadn’t read many books with elderly main characters and oh my days. It was perfect. Manyika does a perfect at crafting a seamless streams of consciousness with real world humour, tension and in multiple points of view. This novella will leave you unsure about if you’ve fallen in love with the main character or if you just want to be her.