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
3039 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
4625 The Chimes Charles Dickens 1844 British English
5241 Concierto Barroco Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
6004 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
7787 Cold Enough For Snow Jessica Au 2022 Australian English
8772 Four Ways To Forgiveness Ursula K. Le Guin 1994 American English
9986 Ravel Jean Echenoz 2006 French French
10219 Great Granny Webster Caroline Blackwood 1977 English English
10686 Automatic Noodle Annalee Newitz 2025 American English
11476 Someone To Watch Over You Kumi Kimura 2021 Unknown English
11480 Overstaying Ariane Koch 2021 Unknown English
11496 Ultramarine Mariette Navarro, Eve Hill-Agnus 2021 Unknown French
11651 Mammoth Eva Baltasar 2022 Catalan Catalan
11824 The Wax Child Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken 2023 Danish English
12048 The Death Of Napoleon Simon Leys 1986 Belgian French
12422 A Mouthful Of Dust Nghi Vo 2025 American English
12506 Universality Natasha Brown 2025 British English
12510 Spread Me Sarah Gailey 2025 American English
12606 Psychopomp & Circumstance Eden Royce 2025 American English
12680 Audition For The Fox Martin Cahill 2025 Unknown English
12656 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
14786 The Beast in the Jungle Henry James 1903 American English
14897 Maggie Stephen Crane 1893 American English
14984 Rosarita Anita Desai 2024 Unknown English
15563 In The Valley Ron Rash 2020 American English
15850 Sapphira And The Slave Girl Willa Cather 1940 American English
16582 Typhoon Joseph Conrad 1902 British English
16600 Up At The Villa W. Somerset Maugham 1941 British English
16662 Der Spaziergang Robert Walser 1917 Swiss German
16609 Morgenlandfahrt Hermann Hesse 1932 Swiss German
17131 What Does It Feel Like? Sophie Kinsella 2024 Unknown English
17131 Thornhedge T. Kingfisher 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Sorcerer Of The Wildeeps Kai Ashante Wilson 2015 American English
17131 Ring Shout P. Djèlí Clark 2020 American English
17131 Last Date In El Zapotal Mateo García Elizondo 2019 Mexican Spanish
17131 How To Get A Girlfriend Marie Cardno 2022 Unknown English
17131 Crypt Of The Moon Spider Nathan Ballingrud 2024 Unknown English
17131 Nothing But The Rain Salman, Naomi 2023 Unknown English
17131 Eve Out Of Her Ruins Ananda Devi 2006 Mauritian French
17131 Tentacle Rita Indiana 2015 Dominican Spanish
17131 La Bastarda Trifonia Melibea Obono 2016 Equatoguinean Spanish
17010 Hill Jean Giono 1928 French English
17131 The Blue Umbrella Ruskin Bond 1980 Indian English
17131 A Prayer For The Crown Shy Becky Chambers 2022 American English
17131 The Ones You Do Daniel Woodrell 1988 American English
17131 Census Jesse Ball 2018 American English
16995 Johnathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 1970 American English
17131 A Good Marriage Stephen King 2010 American English
17131 Perlmann's Silence Pascal Mercier Swiss German
16852 The Heart Of A Dog Mikhail Bulgakov 1925 Russian Russian
17131 Story Of Your Life Ted Chiang 1998 American English
17131 Giant Bones Peter S. Beagle 1997 American English
17022 Rebellion Joseph Roth 1924 Austrian German
17131 Platform Decay Martha Wells 2026 American English