Most Popular Novella Books

Pike Logan #3

Gut Instinct

Brad Taylor

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Novella · Thriller

June 11, 2013

Troika

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Novella

June 2011

Terrible Worlds: Transformations #2

Preaching to the Choir

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Horror · Science Fiction · Novella

August 11, 2026

Terrible Worlds: Destinations #3

And Put Away Childish Things

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Novella

March 28, 2023

Slough House #8

Standing by the Wall

Mick Herron

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Collection · Novella · Mystery

November 1, 2022

Fractured Fables #1

A Spindle Splintered

Alix E. Harrow

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · LGBTQ+ · Novella · Retellings

October 5, 2021

Legion #3

Legion: Lies of the Beholder

Brandon Sanderson

Science Fiction · Novella

September 17, 2018

This Census-Taker

China Miéville

Fantasy · New Weird · Hugo Award · Novella

January 1, 2016

Paul Madriani #12

The Second Man

Steve Martini

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Novella · Mystery

March 15, 2015

Julian: A Christmas Story

Robert Charles Wilson

Science Fiction · Novella

2006

Legion #1

Legion

Brandon Sanderson

Science Fiction · Novella

August 31, 2012

Wayward Children #2

Down Among the Sticks and Bones

Seanan McGuire

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Novella

June 11, 2017

Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach

Blood Follows

Steven Erikson

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella

2002

Wayward Children #1

Every Heart a Doorway

Seanan McGuire

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Novella

April 1, 2016

Wayward Children #3

Beneath the Sugar Sky

Seanan McGuire

Fantasy · Novella

January 9, 2018

Legion #2

Legion: Skin Deep

Brandon Sanderson

Science Fiction · Novella

November 2014

Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach

The Healthy Dead

Steven Erikson

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella

2004

Pike Logan #1

The Dig

Brad Taylor

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Novella · Thriller

June 3, 2014

On a Red Station, Drifting

Aliette de Bodard

Science Fiction · Novella

December 24, 2012

Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach

The Lees of Laughter's End

Steven Erikson

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella

April 2007

The Tensorate Series #1

The Black Tides of Heaven

JY Yang

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella

September 25, 2017

The Summer War

Naomi Novik

Fantasy · Novella

September 16, 2025

Dorothy Gentleman #1

Murder by Memory

Olivia Waite

Science Fiction · Novella · Mystery

March 18, 2025

The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie

Freida McFadden

Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Novella · Mystery · Thriller

August 12, 2024

Rose/House

Arkady Martine

Science Fiction · Novella · Mystery

April 18, 2023

Fireheart Tiger

Aliette de Bodard

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Novella

February 9, 2021

The Deep

Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes

Science Fiction · Novella

November 5, 2019

The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary

Ken Liu

Science Fiction · Novella

November 2017

Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes

Karin Slaughter

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Novella · Mystery · Thriller

June 4, 2015

The Builders

Daniel Polansky

Fantasy · Novella

October 29, 2015

Newsflesh

Countdown

Mira Grant

Horror · Zombies · Novella

July 2, 2012

Palimpsest

Charles Stross

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Novella

September 2011

Shambling Towards Hiroshima

James Morrow

Science Fiction · Novella

February 1, 2009

The Six Directions of Space

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Novella

December 16, 2008

The Beggars Trilogy #1

Beggars in Spain

Nancy Kress

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Novella

1993

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe

Kij Johnson

Fantasy · Novella

August 2016