Novellas are works of prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. 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.
Major novellas
Certain novellas have been recognized as some of the best examples of the literary form, through their appearance on multiple best-of lists.
Author Title Published References 1942 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1958 Heart of Darkness 1899 1843 1952 1915 I Am Legend 1954 Billy Budd 1924 Animal Farm 1945 " Goodbye, Columbus 1959 Of Mice and Men 1937 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1886 Ethan Frome 1911
Other notable novellas
Additionally, several novellas have been included on at least one best-of list.
Author Title Published Reference 2011 Seize the Day 1956 The Awakening 1899 1988 I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem 1986 Pafko at the Wall 2001 1867 1826 Silas Marner 1861 Heartburn 1983 The Bookshop 1978 Chronicle of a Death Foretold 1981 No One Writes to the Colonel 1961 1985 Phaniyamma 1977 We Have Always Lived in the Castle 1962 1888 Daisy Miller 1879 1898 The Summer Book 1972 The Country of the Pointed Firs 1896 1914 Flowers for Algernon 1959 Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption 1982 2011 Passing 1929 Quicksand 1928 The Fifth Child 1988 The Wife of Martin Guerre 1941 The Fugitives 1908 Britannica: Johannes Linnankoski – Finnish author 2003 1931 1931 Fly Away Peter 1982 Death in Venice 1912 Shopgirl 2000 Property 2003 The Member of the Wedding 1946 Bartleby, the Scrivener 1853 Something Special 1957 Black Water 1992 The Housekeeper and the Professor 2003 Last Night at the Lobster 2007 1968 Brokeback Mountain 1997 1966 Wide Sargasso Sea 1966 Bonjour, Tristesse 1954 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 1962 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1961 1947 1886 "" We the Animals 2011 Voltaire Candide 1759 Two Old Women 1993 1895 Bunner Sisters 1916 Madame de Treymes 1907 Kitchen 1988
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