List of novellas

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Novellas are works of prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.<ref name="MerriamWebster">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Several novellas have been recognized as among the best examples of the literary form. Publishers and literary award societies typically consider a novella's word count to be between 17,000 and 40,000 words.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Major novellas

Certain novellas have been recognized as the best examples of the literary form, through their appearance on multiple best-of lists.<ref name="NovellaAward" /><ref name="HuffPost" /><ref name="AbeBooks" /><ref name="BestNovellasThorsson"/><ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/>

Novellas appearing on multiple best-of lists

Author	Title	Published	References
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1942	<ref name="NovellaAward" /><ref name="HuffPost" /><ref name="AbeBooks" /><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	Breakfast at Tiffany's	1958	<ref name="NovellaAward" /><ref name="HuffPost" /><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	Heart of Darkness	1899	<ref name="HuffPost" /><ref name="AbeBooks" /><ref name="BestNovellasThorsson"/><ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="BR10"/>
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1843	<ref name="NovellaAward" /><ref name="HuffPost" /><ref name="BestNovellasThorsson"/><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="BR10"/>
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1952	<ref name="NovellaAward" /><ref name="AbeBooks" /><ref name="BestNovellasThorsson"/><ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="BR10"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1915	<ref name="NovellaAward" /><ref name="HuffPost" /><ref name="BestNovellasThorsson"/><ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="BR10"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	I Am Legend	1954	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sortname	Billy Budd	1924	<ref name="HuffPost" /><ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/>
Template:Sortname	Animal Farm	1945	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sortname	Goodbye, Columbus	1959	<ref name="AbeBooks" /><ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/>
Template:Sortname	Of Mice and Men	1937	<ref name="NovellaAward" /><ref name="BestNovellasThorsson"/><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="BR10"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde	1886	<ref name="NovellaAward" /><ref name="HuffPost" /><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	Ethan Frome	1911	<ref name="HuffPost" /><ref name="AbeBooks" /><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="br100"/>

Other notable novellas

Additionally, several novellas have been included on at least one best-of list.

Other notable novellas

Author	Title	Published	Reference
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	2011	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	Seize the Day	1956	<ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/>
Template:Sortname	The Awakening	1899	<ref name="GoodReads"> Template:Cite news </ref><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="br100"/> Template:Cite news
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1988	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem	1986	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	Pafko at the Wall	2001	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1867	<ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/>
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1826	<ref name="AAJ">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Sortname	Silas Marner	1861
Template:Sortname	Heartburn	1983	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	The Bookshop	1978	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	Chronicle of a Death Foretold	1981	<ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	No One Writes to the Colonel	1961	<ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/>
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1985	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	Phaniyamma	1977	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	We Have Always Lived in the Castle	1962	<ref name="GoodReads"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1888	<ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/>
Template:Sortname	Daisy Miller	1879	<ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/>
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1898	<ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="BR10"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	The Summer Book	1972	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	The Country of the Pointed Firs	1896	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	"Template:Sort"	1914	<ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/>
Template:Sortname	Flowers for Algernon	1959	<ref name="NovellaAward" />
Template:Sortname	Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption	1982	<ref name="BestNovellasThorsson"/><ref name="greghickey"/>
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	2011	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	Passing	1929	<ref name="HuffPost" /><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	Quicksand	1928	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	The Fifth Child	1988	<ref name="GoodReads"/><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	The Wife of Martin Guerre	1941	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	The Fugitives	1908	<ref>Britannica: Johannes Linnankoski – Finnish author</ref>
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	2003	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1931	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1931	<ref name="AbeBooks" /><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="BR10"/>
Template:Sortname	Fly Away Peter	1982	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	Death in Venice	1912	<ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/>
Template:Sortname	Shopgirl	2000	<ref name="AbeBooks" /><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	Property	2003	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	The Member of the Wedding	1946	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	Bartleby, the Scrivener	1853	<ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	Something Special	1957	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	Black Water	1992	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	The Housekeeper and the Professor	2003	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	Last Night at the Lobster	2007	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1968
Template:Sortname	Brokeback Mountain	1997	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1966	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	Wide Sargasso Sea	1966	<ref name="GoodReads"/><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	Bonjour, Tristesse	1954	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich	1962	<ref name="ThoughtCatalog"/><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	1961	<ref name="GoodReads"/><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1947	<ref name="HuffPost" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="greghickey"/>
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Template:Sortname	We the Animals	2011	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Voltaire	Candide	1759	<ref name="AbeBooks" />
Template:Sortname	Two Old Women	1993	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	1895	<ref name="AbeBooks" /><ref name="greghickey"/><ref name="br100"/>
Template:Sortname	Bunner Sisters	1916	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	Madame de Treymes	1907	<ref name="GoodReads"/>
Template:Sortname	Kitchen	1988	<ref name="AbeBooks" />