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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
edit| 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 |