Ask HN: Best books under 200 pages for developers?

I used to be able to do 200 pages in 4-6 hours (albeit not highly complicated books - Narnia books near the 4 hour limit ), but am out of practice reading for such extended periods due to having a family. Still I doubt that it could be over 8 hours for the simpler books.

Huckelberry Finn, which is a pretty complicated book given all the dialect and the ideas it presents, used to take me about 8-9 hours. I recently read it over a period of 2 days in ebook reader during pauses in a pretty heavy schedule of taking care of kids, cleaning house etc.

Little Schemer (216 pages)

Classic MIT text. Pretty dense feeling though, my brain melts after a chapter or two at a time

Programming Pearls is short and very good.

Is that the 2001 Spolsky one? Still relevant?

Amongst my many weaknesses, UI is the weakest.

I can really do fiction books that fast.

If I really push I can do a 350 page book in one day of about eight hours.

I do take breaks if I have a need such as eating, or the rest room.

I do not speed read. My strategy is to sit down, read, and get done at some point.

Non fiction is a bit different, and depends wildly on the topic, how familiar I am with the topic, and how dry the book is.

I also enjoy nonfiction podcasts, and talks which I play at 1.5x speed while doing things like bike riding, or cleaning.

I don't think there's a particular reason to read a book in one weekend. For me the outside world kinda just fades away as I do it like it does when you binge a lot of things. But if you don't have the time or that ability, shorter chunks, even a chapter a night or splitting it over multiple weekends seems like a good idea to me.