Happy November! It’s the fifth year that Cathy of 746 Books and I have been co-hosting Novellas in November. We hope you’ll enjoy reading and reviewing one or more short books this month.
Maybe you’d like to start with a My Year in Novellas retrospective looking back at any novellas you have read since last November (I’ll post mine tomorrow), or you could join in with our Booker Prize-winning buddy read, Orbital by Samantha Harvey.
This post will be pinned to the top of my site all through the month. I’ll add in more link parties as necessary.
Keep in touch via Bluesky (@cathybrown746.bsky.social / @bookishbeck.bsky.social), Instagram (@cathy_746books / @bookishbeck), and X (@cathy746books / @bookishbeck) and do use the feature images plus our new hashtag, #NovNov24.
Have a look at all the posts that have gone up so far!
Bookish Beck = Rebecca Foster. American transplant to England. Freelance proofreader and book reviewer.
Bookish Beck 
I’ve timed my reading quite well this year and have been able to start the month with beginning two novellas (a Barnes and a Manguso).
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Brilliant! I re/read two books by Manguso earlier this year to write a short profile of her for an American magazine. Thank you for your participation — it’s always much appreciated.
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Oh sorry Rebecca! These events are so busy I didn’t mean to cause you extra work. I do apologise.
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Let’s do this!
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Huzzah! Starting Orbital later today.
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Nothing today, but you’ll be surprised by how many novellas I managed to squeeze in this month! I know I was! Unfortunately, I don’t mark books as novellas throughout the year, so I think it would be too hard to do a post on your suggestions. The review of my first book for this event will be on Tuesday.
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Terrific, looking forward to seeing what you’ve read 🙂
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Looking forward to joining in!
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I’m sure you have many tantalizing options 😉
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[…] November, again this year. I realised I could combine it with Novellas in November, run by Bookish Beck and Cathy 746 Books, and, indeed, with my own TBR Project, by reading short nonfiction I’ve […]
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I’ve included a picture of the nonfiction novellas I have put aside to read this month in my State of the TBR post (and added it to the Linky). Hope it all goes well!
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Brilliant, thank you!
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[…] – Cathy @ 746books | Host – Rebecca @ […]
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[…] @746 Books and Rebecca @BookishBeck are once again hosting Novellas in November – that time of year when suddenly become […]
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[…] I thought I’d try to pop some novellas into my October reading so that I could participate in Novellas in November, hosted by Bookish Beck and Cathy of 746 Books. I actually read School for Love for my Century of […]
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Is this magic? I posted my review of School for Love about five minutes ago on my site, and when I went onto your page to post it in the InLinkz, it was already there!
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That was me — as soon as I see a post that’s relevant I head to the link-up to add it in if it’s not already there. I’m trying hard to keep on top of it this year!
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Well, thanks!
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[…] But disappointment is the heart of the mother and as everything unravels we see her begin to understand Guilia and her desire to just be left alone. The detached tone felt in every crumb of action, only highlights the social limits of her suburban snobbery. Just look at the faces on the cover! At 122 pages this was excellent for Novellas in November hosted by Cathy of 746 Books and Bookish Beck […]
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Turn up the music! 🙂
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What music does a novella party warrant, I wonder? 😉
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Songs that all end abruptly about one-third into them?
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Surely not! Small and perfectly formed, like a Beatles 2-minute pop classic.
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Yes! Or sitcom/podcast theme music, one of those riffs that gets lodged in your mind in a good way?
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I dunno, jingles could be annoying!
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Well, not the annoying ones. lol What about the choice little bit of that bouncy Rembrandts song that got scooped for the Friends intro? Then again, it’s probably useless to search for a “good one” cuz everyone would have their own favourite…
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That’s a classic!
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I’m just in time to hear the closing credits now. heheh (I added my link to the Mr. Linky.) Hope the event has gone well for you: I’m sure you’ll be a little relieved when it’s December and you can think about long books again. hee hee)
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[…] It wasn’t until I was getting ready to post this review that I realized that at 152 pages it qualifies for Novellas in November! […]
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[…] is my first review for Novellas in November 2024, hosted by Rebecca and […]
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[…] in November is once again being run by our wonderful hosts, Rebecca at Bookish Beck and Cathy at 746 Books. It’s a celebration of novellas and short nonfiction up to 200 pages. I […]
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I belatedly discovered you have a Linky. I’ll try to add my link there, too.
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No problem! I’ve added it in.
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Thank you. Above and beyond, as usual. I suspect the Linky was an attempt to do away with the need of adding links by hand to a list. 😬
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No problem at all. It’s an easy thing to keep on top of.
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[…] I read Highland Fling to fill a hole in my Century of Books project but found it also qualifies for Novellas in November! […]
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You are really on top of these, Rebecca!
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[…] decided to make more of an effort to participate in Novellas in November this year, more than accidentally reviewing a novella in November, that is, so I started looking at […]
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[…] 40 participants and 84 posts! Remember to add your posts to the link-up, or alert us via a comment here or on Bluesky (@cathybrown746.bsky.social / @bookishbeck.bsky.social), Instagram (@cathy_746books / […]
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[…] was a pick for Cathy @ 746Books and Rebecca @ BookishBeck’s Novellas in November or […]
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[…] I read Young Man with a Horn to fill a hole in my Century of Books project but, as has happened several times already, by the time I got to it, I had already read a book for that year. (I made a list of my to-read pile years to avoid this, but now I’ve lost the list!) However, at 171 pages, it qualifies for Novellas in November. […]
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I finally got one up before you, Beck!
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Ha ha, yep, that’s because I was out at the vet with the cat.
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Going there with my dog later today!
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I’ve made a late start because I had a couple of books I had to finish first. Here are mine:
Snow, Dog, Foot (2015), by Claudio Morandini, translated by J Ockenden
The English teacher (1945), by R K Narayan
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Wonderful, thank you! I read Snow, Dog, Foot a few years ago and thought it was a great one from Peirene.
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[…] Rock for years, so when I saw it on a list of short novels, I got a copy from the library for Novellas in November. It turns out I’m stretching a point with this one, though, at 204 pages, a little over the […]
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Hi Rebecca,
following you on Bsky now. Not too sure if I’ve done the right thing but I’ve left a link to a book I’ve just reviewed and it is a very short one at that anyway.
Going to read all the other links now but thank you for this link party.
Phillip
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Thanks for the follow! I wonder if you meant to post as part of Nonfiction November instead? For Novellas in November we only feature books that are under 200 pages 🙂
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Ah ok! well ill know next time then.
Thanks for sorting that out for me.
Phillip
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[…] Margaret the First is another of the short books listed on the Literary Hub’s 50 Best Contemporary Novels under 200 Pages post. I read it for Novellas in November. […]
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[…] read in November and participate to Novellas in November hosted by Cathy of 746Books and Rebecca of BookishBeck. I also read Oliver VII by Antal Szerb and Sukkwan Island by David Vann, both under 200 pages in my […]
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[…] Fever Dream was another book I found on Literary Hub’s 50 Best Contemporary Novels under 200 Pages list. It is mysterious and unsettling and qualifies for Novellas in November. […]
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[…] was a pick for Cathy @ 746Books and Rebecca @ BookishBeck’s Novellas in November or […]
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Three more:
The Tomb Guardians (2021), by Paul Griffiths
Broken Words (1988), by Helen Hodgman
Mr Palomar (1983), by Italo Calvino, translated by William Weaver
Thanks for hosting!
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You star!
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[…] I’m wrapping up my reading for Novellas in November 2024 hosted by Cathy @ 746 Books and Rebecca @ Bookish Beck. I read six novellas in November and seven more during the year for a total of thirteen in 2024. My […]
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[…] final review for Cathy @ 746Books and Rebecca @ BookishBeck’s Novellas in November or […]
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[…] This is the fifth year that Rebecca and I have formally hosted Novellas in November and your response has been amazing! At last count, we have shared a total of 165 posts. You can check out all the links on Rebecca’s pinned post here […]
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Hi Rebecca, I’m really sorry I’m having trouble adding my link. And I thought I’d done a pingback to this post but obviously not – apologies! Here’s my link, I hope that’s OK to leave it here: https://madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2024/11/12/ive-always-looked-at-myself-from-above-as-pleased-as-an-omniscient-narrator-empar-moliner-beloved/
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No problem, I’m happy to add that in for you. (Sorry it didn’t work!) And thank you for your contribution.
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Thank you ☺️
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P.S. It looks like Cathy or I spotted it when it was first published — it’s in an earlier link party (https://fresh.inlinkz.com/party/df189933fca34e44b0c0c6c275ec6e27).
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[…] to host and for which I read and reviewed 13 books, combined with Novellas in November, run by Bookish Beck and Cathy 746 Books, for which I read and reviewed 11 books, thrillingly getting through all the […]
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Not posted until 1 December, but I did post on a novella for the month (and I did read it during the mont! PS Cottier and NG Hartland’s The thirty-one legs of Vladimir Putin. https://whisperinggums.com/2024/12/01/ps-cottier-and-ng-hartland-the-thirty-one-legs-of-vladimir-putin-bookreview/
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[…] 177 posts covering 160+ books. If you want to take a look back at the link parties, they’re all here. Another fantastic year – thank you […]
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[…] big thank you to Rebecca and Cathy for hosting Novellas in November again this year. It’s a fun way to sneak in some […]
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https://booksaremyfavouriteandbest.com/2024/12/26/novnov-two-by-julian-barnes/
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https://booksaremyfavouriteandbest.com/2024/12/29/germanlitmonth-and-novnov-the-bureau-of-past-management-by-iris-hanika/
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