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Goodreads "World's Greatest Novellas" - Page 3

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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Shopgirl (Steve Martin)
Shopgirl
81
Steve Martin
The Pigeon (Patrick Süskind)
The Pigeon
82
Patrick Süskind
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (Samuel Johnson)
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
83
Samuel Johnson
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
84
Edwin A. Abbott
First Love (Ivan Turgenev)
First Love
85
Ivan Turgenev
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
86
Thornton Wilder
Grendel (John Gardner)
Grendel
87
John Gardner
The Alienist (Machado De Assis)
The Alienist
88
Machado De Assis
The Day of the Locust & Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust & Miss Lonelyhearts
89
Nathanael West
Memories of My Melancholy Whores (Gabriel García Márquez)
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
90
Gabriel García Márquez
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
91
Stephen Chbosky
Closely Watched Trains (Bohumil Hrabal)
Closely Watched Trains
92
Bohumil Hrabal
The Pledge (Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
The Pledge
93
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Captain's Daughter (Alexander Pushkin)
The Captain's Daughter
94
Alexander Pushkin
The Driver's Seat (Muriel Spark)
The Driver's Seat
95
Muriel Spark
Seize the Day (Saul Bellow)
Seize the Day
96
Saul Bellow
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
97
Christopher Isherwood
A Hunger Artist (Franz Kafka)
A Hunger Artist
98
Franz Kafka
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
99
Stephen King
Youth: A Narrative (Joseph Conrad)
Youth: A Narrative
100
Joseph Conrad
Michael Kohlhaas in the Marquise of O- And Other Stories (Heinrich Von Kleist, Trans. David Luke)
Michael Kohlhaas in the Marquise of O- And Other Stories
101
Heinrich Von Kleist, Trans. David Luke
Reflections in a Golden Eye (Carson McCullers)
Reflections in a Golden Eye
102
Carson McCullers
The Diary of a Nobody (G.& W. Grossmith)
The Diary of a Nobody
103
G.& W. Grossmith
The Pastoral Symphony (André Gide)
The Pastoral Symphony
104
André Gide
Tonio Kröger (Thomas Mann)
Tonio Kröger
105
Thomas Mann
A Study in Scarlet (Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
106
Doyle
The Beast in the Jungle (Henry James)
The Beast in the Jungle
107
Henry James
Pale Horse, Pale Rider (Katherine Anne Porter)
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
108
Katherine Anne Porter
Hadji Murad (Leo Tolstoy)
Hadji Murad
109
Leo Tolstoy
The Last Day of a Condemned Man (Victor Hugo)
The Last Day of a Condemned Man
110
Victor Hugo
Cycle of the Werewolf (Stephen King)
Cycle of the Werewolf
111
Stephen King
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
112
James M. Cain
Rashomon (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon
113
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Taras Bulba (Nikolai Gogol)
Taras Bulba
114
Nikolai Gogol
The Blind Owl (Sadegh Hedayat)
The Blind Owl
115
Sadegh Hedayat
The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
116
James M. Cain
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest
117
Dashiell Hammett
Gigi & the Cat (Colette)
Gigi & the Cat
118
Colette
Of Love and Other Demons (Gabriel García Márquez)
Of Love and Other Demons
119
Gabriel García Márquez
The Hellbound Heart
The Hellbound Heart
120
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