I always have a hard time determining what constitutes a novella. For this I decided to define it as a short book. So, here are ten short books I would highly recommend (in no particular order):
My Untimely Death, by Adam Peterson
The Hour of the Star, by Clarice Lispector
Ray, by Barry Hannah
Light Boxes, by Shane Jones
Tender Buttons, by Gertrude Stein
Motorman, by David Ohle
The Bathroom, by Jean-Philippe Toussaint
In Watermelon Sugar, by Richard Brautigan
The Ballad of the Sad Café, by Carson McCullers
EVER, by Blake Butler
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