Novellas in November
Today, I’m preparing my TBR for Novellas in November hosted by Cathy @ 746 Books and Rebecca @ Bookish Beck I’m going a bit rogue with the official schedule and planning two posts: my November Novella TBR and a Novella Wrap Up.
Do you have novellas on your November TBR?
Definitions
What is a novella? A novella can be any genre and is usually between 150 and 200 pages in length. Books with fewer pages can be labeled as novelettes and/or short stories. Publishers use labels based on word counts (Novella: 17,500 – 40,000 words; Novelette: 7,700 – 17,500 words; Short Story: Less than 7,500 words).
For the purpose of this Novella post, my TBR contains stories under 200 pages with no further distinction.
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Novellas in November 2023 TBR
The novellas I plan to read this November include:
- Passing by Nella Larsen
- The Levee by William Kent Krueger
- Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
- The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis (reread)
- Delivering Christmas by Liz Fenwick
- So Late in the Day (ARC) by Claire Keegan (short story collection)
- Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
- No Crocodiles in Lake Michigan: A Memoir of Refugee Welcome by Pam Hubbard
- A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Wolf (#NovNov23 buddy read)
Other Novellas
I greatly enjoy an occasional novella and find that a novella or short story provides a nice balance and palate cleanser between more dense reads. A few recent novellas I’ve read include Foster by Claire Keegan, Signal Moon by Kate Quinn, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, Maureen (ARC) by Rachel Joyce (spin-off of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry), A Vicarage Christmas, Christmas in Briarwood, Ethan Frome, A Single Rose, Open Water, The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, The House on Mango Street, Love & Saffron (stretching the definition at 206 pages), And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, The Deal of a Lifetime (short story length), The Redhead By the Side of the Road, The Convenience Store Woman, Our Souls at Night, and 84 Charing Cross Road.
Related: Novellas in November 2022 Wrap-Up
Related: Novellas in November 2021 Wrap Up
QOTD:
Are you participating in Novellas in November?
Do you have a novella rec for me?
Do you have a favorite novella?
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Lovely list. Novellas are also perfect reading for someone recovering from eye surgery! Hope you are continuing to heal well.
Thanks Gina! Yes, novellas will be perfect for me! Now all I need is patience!
Patience is key, isn’t it? That’s hard for me too. I want to read all the books…right now!
I need the most patience for my eye recovery. I guess it could take months to restore my vision. Ugh!
Hi Carol, thanks for the list of Novellas. I’m travelling to Europe for most of November so short novels are perfect.
My pleasure! Novellas are perfect for travel! I think my fav novella is one I read last year, Small Things Like These by Keegan and a fav fun one is Signal Moon by Kate Quinn.
Yes Carol, I will be participating in Novellas in November this year.
My novella recommendation for you is “In The Sweep Of The Bay ” by Cath Barton.
My favorite novellas to date have all been written by Claire Keegan.
I discovered Keegan last year! I finished her recently released short stories and can’t say I loved one of them. Well written but too depressing! Thanks for the rec!
Hi, Carol – I also enjoy novellas. From your list, I have read: Deal of a Lifetime and Our Souls at Night. I plan to reread a few of Charles Dickens’ novellas this holiday season, including: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of LIfe andThe Haunted Man & The Ghost’s Bargain.
Thanks for giving me some ideas!
Carol, I am sorry to hear that you are still recovering from your eye surgery, but at least you are recovering. I am particpating in NovNov2023, but am going to double dip and read several Christmas Novellas/Short stories. I am also hoping to read the Claire Keegan short story books as well as several others.
I fear my recovery will be slow as I don’t see a huge improvement yet. Enjoy your novellas!
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