The following is a list of novelettes selected for their critical acclaim or general public popularity. The accepted length of a novelette is 7,500-20,000 words; whereas, a novel is any writing above 40,000 words and the accepted length of a novella is 20,000 to 40,000 words. Short story are usually only 1,000-7,500 words.

List of notable novelettes

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Title Author Year Word Count
The Most Dangerous Game Richard Connell 1924 8,426
Paul's Case Willa Cather 1905 8,970
Rappaccini's Daughter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1844 12,261
A Piece of Steak Jack London 1909 7,805
Miss Harriet Guy de Maupassant 1884 7,876
The Burial of the Guns Thomas Nelson Page 1894 9,601
Leiningen versus the Ants Carl Stephenson 1938 8,881
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed Mark Twain 1885 8,080
Afterward Edith Wharton 1910 11,870
Souls Belated Edith Wharton 1899 10,669


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