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(2) Sea Level
Dandelion Wine is a quick read, with straightforward and understandable language. Plus, some of the super-short stories that make up this book are only half a page long. You can tell non-readers you're reading five chapters a day, and they'll be super impressed without ever knowing the truth. (And hey, if they don't read at all, they might be super impressed even if they did know.)