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Please Stop Calling These "Novels"

Please stop putting these on lists of novels. They are plays, poetry, short stories, story collections, memoirs, etc. Thanks in advance. 😉
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A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
1
Charles Dickens
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
2
Anne Frank
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
3
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
4
William Shakespeare
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
5
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
6
William Shakespeare
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
7
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
8
William Shakespeare
Love's Labor's Lost (William Shakespeare)
Love's Labor's Lost
9
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
10
William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
11
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
12
William Shakespeare
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
13
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
14
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
15
William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
16
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
17
William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
18
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
19
William Shakespeare
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
20
Jorge Luis Borges
A Manual for Cleaning Women (Lucia Berlin)
A Manual for Cleaning Women
21
Lucia Berlin
Everything That Rises (O'Connor)
Everything That Rises
22
O'Connor
Get in Trouble (Kelly Link)
Get in Trouble
23
Kelly Link
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
24
Jhumpa Lahiri
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (Karen Russell)
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
25
Karen Russell
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (Aimee Bender)
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
26
Aimee Bender
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
27
Shirley Jackson
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
28
Ray Bradbury
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
29
Franz Kafka
The Thing Around Your Neck (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
The Thing Around Your Neck
30
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
31
Tim O'Brien
This Is How You Lose Her (Junot Díaz)
This Is How You Lose Her
32
Junot Díaz
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours (Helen Oyeyemi)
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
33
Helen Oyeyemi
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
34
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
35
Isaac Asimov
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
36
Ray Bradbury
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
37
Oscar Wilde
A Woman of No Importance (Oscar Wilde)
A Woman of No Importance
38
Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde)
An Ideal Husband
39
Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan (Oscar Wilde)
Lady Windermere's Fan
40
Oscar Wilde
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