Thesaurus results for NOVELETTE

novelette

noun

ˌnä-və-ˈlet

as in novella

a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel bought a collection of his novels and novelettes

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Recent Examples of novelette The next year, Hao Jingfang became the first Chinese woman to win a Hugo, for her novelette Folding Beijing. —

Yi-Ling Liu, Wired, 9 Mar. 2021 The backstory of the novelette kept picking at my brain. —

Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2018 Flash fiction, short stories, and novelettes don’t usually get the same amount of attention as their longer counterparts, which is a shame. —

Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 15 Nov. 2018 In 2014, Mary Robinette Kowal earned a Hugo Award for her novelette The Lady Astronaut of Mars, set in an alternate history in which humanity is prompted to colonize outer space after a devastating meteor strike that destroys Washington, DC. —

Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 1 July 2018

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Watch on Deadline Along with two Art of Emily the Strange volumes, there are four novels published by HarperCollins, four graphic novellas published by Chronicle Books, and a 27-issue Emily the Strange comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics, which was a New York Times Bestseller.

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
Adapted from Barker's novella The Hellbound Heart, Hellraiser revolves around a mysterious puzzle box known as the Lament Configuration.

Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024