The Greatest Novella Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
3038 The Snow Goose Paul Gallico 1941 British English
3534 The Obscene Madame D Hilda Hilst 1982 Brazilian Portuguese
3637 The Poor Musician Franz Grillparzer 1848 Austrian German
3637 The Marquise Of O Heinrich von Kleist 1808 German German
4627 The Chimes Charles Dickens 1844 British English
5242 Concierto Barroco Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
6005 Three Women Robert Musil 1924 Austrian German
6581 So The Wind Won't Blow It All Away Richard Brautigan 1982 American English
6809 Eastbound Maylis de Kerangal 2012 French French
6819 Killing Stella Marlen Haushofer 1958 Austrian German
7788 Cold Enough For Snow Jessica Au 2022 Australian English
8776 Four Ways To Forgiveness Ursula K. Le Guin 1994 American English
9991 Ravel Jean Echenoz 2006 French French
10224 Great Granny Webster Caroline Blackwood 1977 English English
10690 Automatic Noodle Annalee Newitz 2025 American English
11478 Someone To Watch Over You Kumi Kimura 2021 Unknown English
11482 Overstaying Ariane Koch 2021 Unknown English
11498 Ultramarine Mariette Navarro, Eve Hill-Agnus 2021 Unknown French
11653 Mammoth Eva Baltasar 2022 Catalan Catalan
11826 The Wax Child Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken 2023 Danish English
12050 The Death Of Napoleon Simon Leys 1986 Belgian French
12423 A Mouthful Of Dust Nghi Vo 2025 American English
12507 Universality Natasha Brown 2025 British English
12511 Spread Me Sarah Gailey 2025 American English
12607 Psychopomp & Circumstance Eden Royce 2025 American English
12681 Audition For The Fox Martin Cahill 2025 Unknown English
12657 Record Of A Night Too Brief Kawakami Hiromi Japanese Japanese
13600 Le Rouet D'ivoire And Jean Des Brebis Ou Le Livre De La Misère Émile Moselly French French
13600 Le Vitriol De La Lune And Le Martyre De L'obèse Henri Béraud French French
13600 Histoire D'un Fait Divers Jean-Jacques Gautier 1946 French French
14787 The Beast in the Jungle Henry James 1903 American English
14899 Maggie Stephen Crane 1893 American English
14986 Rosarita Anita Desai 2024 Unknown English
15569 In The Valley Ron Rash 2020 American English
15832 Sapphira And The Slave Girl Willa Cather 1940 American English
16513 Up At The Villa W. Somerset Maugham 1941 British English
16610 Typhoon Joseph Conrad 1902 British English
16633 Morgenlandfahrt Hermann Hesse 1932 Swiss German
16684 Der Spaziergang Robert Walser 1917 Swiss German
17169 What Does It Feel Like? Sophie Kinsella 2024 Unknown English
17169 Thornhedge T. Kingfisher 2023 Unknown English
17169 The Sorcerer Of The Wildeeps Kai Ashante Wilson 2015 American English
17169 Ring Shout P. Djèlí Clark 2020 American English
17169 Last Date In El Zapotal Mateo García Elizondo 2019 Mexican Spanish
17169 How To Get A Girlfriend Marie Cardno 2022 Unknown English
17169 Crypt Of The Moon Spider Nathan Ballingrud 2024 Unknown English
17169 Nothing But The Rain Salman, Naomi 2023 Unknown English
17169 Eve Out Of Her Ruins Ananda Devi 2006 Mauritian French
17169 Tentacle Rita Indiana 2015 Dominican Spanish
17169 La Bastarda Trifonia Melibea Obono 2016 Equatoguinean Spanish
17047 Hill Jean Giono 1928 French English
17169 The Blue Umbrella Ruskin Bond 1980 Indian English
17169 A Prayer For The Crown Shy Becky Chambers 2022 American English
17169 The Ones You Do Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17169 Census Jesse Ball 2018 American English
17023 Johnathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 1970 American English
17169 A Good Marriage Stephen King 2010 American English
17169 Perlmann's Silence Pascal Mercier Swiss German
16875 The Heart Of A Dog Mikhail Bulgakov 1925 Russian Russian
17169 Story Of Your Life Ted Chiang 1998 American English
17169 Giant Bones Peter S. Beagle 1997 American English
17081 Rebellion Joseph Roth 1924 Austrian German
17169 Platform Decay Martha Wells 2026 American English