Most Popular Novella Books
Explore the most popular Novella books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.
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Gone Fishing with Samy Rosenstock
Novella
May 2016
Vorkosigan
The Mountains of Mourning
Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Nebula Award · Novella
2002
Wayward Children #4
In an Absent Dream
Fantasy · Novella
January 8, 2019
Goldie and the Bear Affair
Fantasy · Cozy Fantasy · Erotic Romance · Fairy Tale Retellings · Paranormal Fantasy
April 3, 2026
Vaxxlian Alien Mail Order Brides #9
Balarr
Science Fiction · Alien Romance · Paranormal Romance · Adult · Novella
October 20, 2025
The Gargoyle Next Door #3
The Gargoyle in the Cathedral
Fantasy · Gargoyle · Monster Romance · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance
March 2, 2025
Twisted Carnival
Ensnared by the Stone Freak
Fantasy · Fated Mates · Gargoyle · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance
February 28, 2025
Cursed Kingdoms #6
Betraying The Beast
Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Monster Romance · Romantasy · Novella
May 29, 2025
Cursed Kingdoms #3
Ashes and Glass
Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Fated Mates · Novella · Retellings
March 25, 2025
Treasure and Treachery
Fantasy · Closed Door Romance · Fairy Tale Retellings · Forced Proximity · Novella
February 25, 2025
The STEMinist Novellas #1
Under One Roof
Novella · Romance
May 3, 2022
Colter Shaw #3
The Deadline Clock
Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Novella · Mystery · Thriller
September 27, 2022
Terrible Worlds: Revolutions #3
Ogres
Science Fiction · Dystopia · Social Science Fiction · Novella
March 15, 2022
Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Seven
Horror · Ancient Mythology · Crime Fiction · Anthology · Novella
July 30, 2019
The Penny Jumper
Novella · Mystery · Thriller
October 11, 2016
Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach
The Fiends of Nightmaria
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella
April 2016
Six-Gun Snow White
Fantasy · Novella
February 23, 2013
Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach
The Wurms of Blearmouth
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella
July 4, 2012
Cosmere
The Emperor's Soul
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella
October 18, 2012
The Grownup
Horror · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Novella · Mystery
June 17, 2014
Inside Job
Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Novella
2005
The Stormlight Archive #3
Dawnshard
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella
November 5, 2020
Penric and Desdemona #2
Penric and the Shaman
Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella
June 23, 2016
Discworld
The Last Hero
Fantasy · Novella
October 2001
The Stormlight Archive #2
Edgedancer
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella
October 2017
Revelation Space #1
Diamond Dogs
Science Fiction · Space Opera · Novella
2001
The Realm of the Elderlings
The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella
February 20, 2013
Cosmere
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella
March 2015
Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach
Crack'd Pot Trail
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella
December 19, 2009
Wayward Children #5
Come Tumbling Down
Fantasy · Novella
January 7, 2020
The Black God's Drums
Fantasy · Steampunk · Novella · Alternate History
August 20, 2018
Sworn Soldier #1
What Moves the Dead
Fantasy · Horror · Novella
July 12, 2022
Wayward Children #6
Across the Green Grass Fields
Fantasy · Novella
January 12, 2021
Cosmere
Sixth of the Dusk
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella
June 2014
Silently and Very Fast
Science Fiction · Novella
October 2011
Shadow Twin
Science Fiction · Novella
2005