Sparse Prose books
Here are 48 books with a lot of sparse prose, starting with The Road, Night and Tao te Ching.
The RoadCormac McCarthy
NightElie Wiesel
Tao te Chingθε, Yang Peng
The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway
A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway
The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway
Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected StoriesRaymond Carver
In Our TimeErnest Hemingway
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?Raymond Carver
The Nick Adams StoriesErnest Hemingway
DriveJames Sallis
The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three NovelsAgota Kristof
Short Cuts: Selected StoriesRaymond Carver
The NotebookAgota Kristof
The Stories of Raymond CarverRaymond Carver
The StrangerAlbert Camus
The Dog StarsPeter Heller
Post OfficeCharles Bukowski
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?Bill Martin Jr.
Goodnight MoonMargaret Wise Brown
Chicka Chicka Boom BoomBill Martin Jr., John Archambault
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue FishDr. Seuss
Green Eggs and HamDr. Seuss
No Country for Old MenCormac McCarthy
Harold and the Purple CrayonCrockett Johnson
Guess How Much I Love YouSam McBratney, Anita Jeram
Our Souls at NightKent Haruf
What We Talk About When We Talk About LoveRaymond Carver
The Complete Short StoriesErnest Hemingway
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other StoriesErnest Hemingway
Play It as It LaysJoan Didion
Rock SpringsRichard Ford
A Clean, Well Lighted PlaceErnest Hemingway
Reasons to LiveAmy Hempel
EventideKent Haruf
The Burning Plain and Other StoriesJuan Rulfo
Men Without WomenErnest Hemingway
Elephant and Other StoriesRaymond Carver
The Maltese FalconDashiell Hammett
Fight ClubChuck Palahniuk
Where the Wild Things AreMaurice Sendak
The Monster at the End of this BookJon Stone
Normal PeopleSally Rooney
SpeakLaurie Halse Anderson
For Whom the Bell TollsErnest Hemingway
The PearlJohn Steinbeck
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayJudith Viorst
The ReaderBernhard Schlink

