Novels

A novel is a long prose narrative that usually describes fictional characters and events in the form of a sequential story. It rests on the consensus that the novel is today the longest genre of narrative prose, followed by the novella, novelette and the short story. However, there is no consensus as to the minimal required lenght. In part because of this wide variation, the boundary between a novella and a novel may be arbitrary and difficult to determine. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America specifies a word length of over 40,000 words for a novel, while National Novel Writing...more

The Flamethrowers: A Novel
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Katarsis
Alaskan Nights
Paper Romance
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Lampau
Time Will Tell
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  • Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)
    The Interestings
    The Woman Upstairs
    Never a Hero (Tucker Springs, #5)
    ساق البامبو
    How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
    صانع الظلام
    مولانا
    Parallel
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    No Way Back
    The Accursed
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    The Winter Witch
    ربع جرام
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    Upcoming YA novels for 2013 & 2014
    178 books — 359 voters
    The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
    Foreign Lands
    804 books — 655 voters

    Wonder by R.J. PalacioHigh in School by Salman AdityaThe One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateThe Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher HealyKeeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
    Middle Grade Novels of 2012
    281 books — 436 voters
    The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryShantaram by Gregory David RobertsThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
    India
    281 books — 320 voters

    Evermore by Alyson NoelShiver by Maggie StiefvaterSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickJust Listen by Sarah Dessen
    YA Novels by Goodreads Authors
    1,030 books — 1,898 voters

    1984
    The Catcher in the Rye
    The Great Gatsby
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
    Pride and Prejudice
    The Alchemist
    Animal Farm
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
    Lord of the Flies
    The Kite Runner
    The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1)
    One Hundred Years of Solitude
    Life of Pi
    Brave New World

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