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Goodreads "World's Greatest Novellas" - Page 2

This is a category of literature dear to my own heart and also perhaps to those constrained in reading time. Novellas are a great way to expand the breadth of your reading, so this challenge could prove a useful guide to that end.
According to Goodreads , "a novella is a fictional prose narrative, as a rule of thumb more than 20,000 but fewer than 50,000 words in length. These boundaries are approximate....."
Notes:
* Some of these books are collections of novellas with the book itself several hundred pages long.
* "Una Historia De Ayer" appears twice on the source list; it has been translated in 2021 as 'A Story of Yesterday'
* I have removed some books grossly exceeding the criteria above; also some duplicates.
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The Lover (Marguerite Duras, Trans. Barbara Bray)
The Lover
41
Marguerite Duras, Trans. Barbara Bray
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
42
Henry James
The Body (Stephen King)
The Body
43
Stephen King
The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Sign of Four
44
Arthur Conan Doyle
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
45
Neil Gaiman
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
46
Thomas Pynchon
The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)
The Uncommon Reader
47
Alan Bennett
The Mist (Stephen King)
The Mist
48
Stephen King
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
49
Muriel Spark
White Nights (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
White Nights
50
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A River Runs Through It (Norman MacLean)
A River Runs Through It
51
Norman MacLean
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
52
H.G. Wells
The Kreutzer Sonata (Leo Tolstoy)
The Kreutzer Sonata
53
Leo Tolstoy
The Invention of Morel (Adolfo Bioy Casares, Tr. Ruth L.C. Simms)
The Invention of Morel
54
Adolfo Bioy Casares, Tr. Ruth L.C. Simms
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
55
Italo Calvino
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
56
John Steinbeck
The Man Who Would Be King (Rudyard Kipling)
The Man Who Would Be King
57
Rudyard Kipling
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
58
Juan Rulfo
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
59
William Golding
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
60
H.G. Wells
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
61
Sandra Cisneros
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
62
Arthur Conan Doyle
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
63
Thomas More
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
64
James Baldwin
Bonjour Tristesse (Francoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
65
Francoise Sagan
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (J.K. Rowling)
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
66
J.K. Rowling
A Month in the Country (J.L. Carr)
A Month in the Country
67
J.L. Carr
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
68
H.P. Lovecraft
Apt Pupil (Stephen King)
Apt Pupil
69
Stephen King
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
70
Heinrich Böll
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground
71
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Great Divorce (C. S. Lewis)
The Great Divorce
72
C. S. Lewis
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
73
Horace Walpole
Identity (Milan Kundera)
Identity
74
Milan Kundera
Dream Story (Arthur Schnitzler)
Dream Story
75
Arthur Schnitzler
The Tunnel (Ernesto Sábato)
The Tunnel
76
Ernesto Sábato
The Machine Stops (E.M. Forster)
The Machine Stops
77
E.M. Forster
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
78
Vladimir Nabokov
A Simple Heart (Gustave Flaubert)
A Simple Heart
79
Gustave Flaubert
The Mysterious Stranger (Mark Twain)
The Mysterious Stranger
80
Mark Twain
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