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Goodreads "World's Greatest Novellas" - Page 4

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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Patriotism (Yukio Mishima)
Patriotism
121
Yukio Mishima
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
122
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Wall (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Wall
123
Jean-Paul Sartre
Being There (Jerzy Kosinski)
Being There
124
Jerzy Kosinski
The Gambler (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Gambler
125
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
126
Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
127
Sheridan Le Fanu
Down the Rabbit Hole (Juan Pablo Villalobos)
Down the Rabbit Hole
128
Juan Pablo Villalobos
The Aspern Papers (Henry James)
The Aspern Papers
129
Henry James
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
130
Denis Johnson
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (Stephenie Meyer)
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
131
Stephenie Meyer
Norwood (Charles Portis)
Norwood
132
Charles Portis
The Train Was on Time (Heinrich Böll)
The Train Was on Time
133
Heinrich Böll
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
134
Nella Larsen
Foe (J.M. Coetzee)
Foe
135
J.M. Coetzee
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
136
Oscar Wilde
The Double (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Double
137
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Strait Is the Gate (André Gide)
Strait Is the Gate
138
André Gide
Thérèse Desqueyroux (François Mauriac)
Thérèse Desqueyroux
139
François Mauriac
The Sibyl (Par Lagervist)
The Sibyl
140
Par Lagervist
How the Two Ivans Quarrelled (Nikolai Gogol)
How the Two Ivans Quarrelled
141
Nikolai Gogol
Silk (Alessandro Baricco)
Silk
142
Alessandro Baricco
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
143
Harper Lee
The Tenth Man (Graham Greene)
The Tenth Man
144
Graham Greene
The Subterraneans (Jack Kerouac)
The Subterraneans
145
Jack Kerouac
Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (James Tiptree Jr.)
Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
146
James Tiptree Jr.
René (François-René De Chateaubriand)
René
147
François-René De Chateaubriand
The Chimes (Charles Dickens)
The Chimes
148
Charles Dickens
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
149
Clarice Lispector
The 13 Clocks (James Thurber)
The 13 Clocks
150
James Thurber
The Third Man (Graham Greene)
The Third Man
151
Graham Greene
Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses, Old Man, the Bear (William Faulkner)
Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses, Old Man, the Bear
152
William Faulkner
The Thief and the Dogs (Naguib Mahfouz)
The Thief and the Dogs
153
Naguib Mahfouz
Botchan (Natsume Sōseki)
Botchan
154
Natsume Sōseki
Aura (Carlos Fuentes)
Aura
155
Carlos Fuentes
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (Alan Sillitoe)
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
156
Alan Sillitoe
We the Animals (Justin Torres)
We the Animals
157
Justin Torres
The Ponder Heart (Eudora Welty)
The Ponder Heart
158
Eudora Welty
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
159
Paulo Coelho
The Glass Key (Dashiell Hammett)
The Glass Key
160
Dashiell Hammett
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