Novellas in November
Today, I’m preparing my TBR (Possibilities List) for Novellas in November 2024 hosted by Cathy @ 746 Books and Rebecca @ Bookish Beck I’m planning two posts: my November Novella TBR and a Novella Wrap Up.
Do you have novellas on your November TBR or “Possibilities Pile”?
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 2024 TBR or “Possibilities Pile”
I read novellas throughout the year. These are the novellas I plan to select from in November:
- Orbital by Samantha Harvey (NovNov24 Buddy Read, on the short list for the Booker Prize)
- The Answer is No by Fredrik Backman (short story)….free in Nov for Amazon Prime members
- Holiday Hideaway by Mary Kay Andrews (short story)….free in Nov for Amazon Prime Members
- French Windows by Antoine Lauraine
- An Icelandic Adventure by Sue Bavey (ARC)…travel memoir
- Waiting For Christmas by Lynn Austin (hummm….Amazon describes this as a novella but it’s 280 pages….I’ll still count it because Christmas)
- The Bookstore Keepers by Alice Hoffman (#3 in series) ……not released until Feb but I’m hoping for an ARC
- The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemmingway (reread a classic)
- A Christmas Carol by Dickens (time for a reread)
Novellas Already Read in 2024
***already read this year***
- ***Sipsworth*** by Simon Van Booy (linked to my review, fav novella so far this year!)
- ***The Red Notebook*** by Antoine Lauraine (love this author!)
- ***The Bookstore Sisters*** by Alice Hoffman (#1 in a women’s fiction short story series)
- ***The Bookstore Wedding*** by Alice Hoffman (#2 in a women’s fiction short story series)
- ***Kayaks and Kisses*** by Jeanine Lauren (light women’s short story romance fiction)
- ***Worse Wingman Ever*** by Abby Jimenez (light women’s short story fiction)
- ***Zorrie*** by Laird Hunt (bleak women’s fiction)
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, Passing by Nella Larsen, Delivering Christmas by Liz Fenwick, Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley, and 84 Charing Cross Road.
Related: Novellas in November 2023 Wrap Up
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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Enjoy! I’ll grab that short story from Backman–thanks
Enjoy!
I’ve got that Backman book too and also got the Jenny Colgan short that was in this month’s Prime reads. I really recommend The Old Haunts by Allan Radcliffe which I read last month. It’s on the short list for the first novel prize on the Saltire Awards.
Thanks for the recs!
It always brings a smile to my face when “Reading Ladies” appears on my blog feed! This was a thought-provoking post for me, for I tend to just have novels and some nonfiction books on my TBR. Your lists reminded me, though, that I do have A Christmas Carol and The Old Man and the Sea on my mental TBR. If I could just read a printed book and listen to a book on CD simultaneously (I actually tried that once, but it didn’t work — LOL!) it would greatly speed up my chances of plowing through my TBR.
Thanks for your kind words! A novella is a fun way to take a reading break!
[…] If you are a fan of short stories or novellas, give this and other Backman titles a try (he has three). This one is particularly lighthearted. The other two (Deal of a Lifetime and Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer) are more poignant and heartfelt. If you are participating in Novellas in November, here’s what I’m reading. […]