Novellas in November is just around the corner. Last year was the first time I participated in this particular challenge and LOVED it. I found I really enjoyed reading short novels and short nonfiction. Because of this I have found myself choosing novellas all year, not just piling them up to read in November. And why, let me ask, read a long nonfiction books when I can read a short one? I read several short nonfiction books also. I recommend all five and four star books without hesitation. The three and two star books you should approach with caution or do some homework before you select them.
Novellas:
Here are the fifteen novellas read so far in 2025 with my ratings and hyperlinks to my reviews.
5 stars:
-How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Cruz, 195 pages
-A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean, 161 pages
-Three Days in June by Anne Tyler, 165 pages
-What Does It Feel Like by Sophie Kinsella, 133 pages
4 stars:
-Candide by Voltaire, 144 pages
-Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, 163 pages
-The Most by Jessica Anthony, 144 pages
-Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico, 157 pages
-The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty, 180 pages
-So Long, and Thanks for the Fish by Douglas Adams, 167 pages
-We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, 152 pages
-A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 123 pages
3 stars:
-The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan, 162 pages
-Passing by Nella Larsen, 141 pages
-The Vegetarian by Han Kang, 188 pages
2 stars:
-The Final Solution by Michael Chabon, 131 pages
Short nonfiction: 8 titles
5 stars:
-Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green, 198 pages.
-The Serviceberry: Abundance and Repriosity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer, 112 pages
4 stars:
-Grief is for People by Sloane Crosley, 208 pages
-Timecode of a Face by Ruth Ozeki, 135 pages
-What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation for the World's Most Familiar Bird by Sy Montgomery, 91 pages
3 stars:
-The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die And Why You Should Care by Carl Ohman, 207 pages.
-The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson, 117 pages.
-Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and a Town that Looked Away by Candy Copper, 192 pages.
I still hope to review several more of the books on this list and will add those reviews to the linky for Novellas in November as I complete them.
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