Novella

A novella is a written, fictional and prose narrative, usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel.

A novella generally features fewer conflicts than a novel, yet more complicated ones than a short story. The conflicts also have more time to develop than in short stories. They have endings that are located at the brink of change. Unlike novels, they are not divided into chapters, and are often intended to be read at a single sitting, as the short story, although white space is often used to divide the sections. They maintain, therefore, a single effect.

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Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)
S'more of You (Summer Lovin' collection)
Abyss
Multitude
And Side by Side They Wander
Filth Eaters
Wedding Contract
All's Fair in Love and Pizza
Innocent Captive
Morsel
The Language of Liars
Bodies of Work
The Boatman
Darksight Dare (Penric and Desdemona, #16)
A Whisper of Bells and Prayers
S'more of You (Summer Lovin' collection)
The Housemaid's Wedding (The Housemaid, #2.5)
Death Row (Alibis Collection, #1)
The Dinner Party: A Pick Your Poison Adventure
Small Things Like These
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4
The Price of Honey
Powerful (The Powerless Trilogy, #1.5)
Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)
The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone (Deadly Ambition, #3)
Lift Me Up
The Gift
Three Days in June
The Fall Risk (Valentine's Day #2)
The Theater of Dusk by Lizbeth GabrielThe Uncommon Reader by Alan BennettThe Short Life of Sparrows by Emm ColeHeckerington Peck and Friends by Graham Knight84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Little Gems
91 books — 34 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books Under 200 Pages
961 books — 434 voters

All Systems Red by Martha WellsWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonSmall Things Like These by Claire KeeganMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
[ATY 2023] Novella
375 books — 92 voters
The Buy-In by Emma St. ClairSummerhaven by Tiffany OdekirkThe Bluff by Emma St. ClairHunted by K.M. SheaEloise and the Grump Next Door by Emma St. Clair
2022 Swoony Awards
516 books — 595 voters

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
Binti (Binti, #1)
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Small Things Like These
A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)
Under One Roof (The STEMinist Novellas, #1)
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Destroy Me (Shatter Me, #1.5)
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