Get started ↓Want a shorter science fiction read? Explore novellas recognized by Hugo, Nebula and Locus, including winners, finalists and labeled historical poll selections.
A novella offers a shorter reading experience than a typical novel. The catalog preserves the source award category when organizations classify a work differently. Some novellas are sold inside a collection or magazine, so check the named purchase edition. A later expanded novel can be a different edition or even a different work.
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Novella · 2021
A junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe. Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way.
Novella · 2004
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Novella · 1984 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
"Elemental" is a science fantasy novella by Geoffrey A. Landis. It was first published in Analog Science Fiction, in December 1984.
Novella · 1981
After a bionuclear war destroys most of humanity, a young women seeks other survivors.
Novella · 1978
A 1978 science fiction novella by Brian W. Aldiss. Hugo recognition.
Novella · 1979
"Enemy Mine" is a science fiction novella by American writer Barry B. Longyear. It was originally published in the September 1979 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. The novella's plot concerns two soldiers, one human and one reptilian-like alien, who find themselves stranded together on a hostile planet.
Novella · 2013 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
A 2013 science fiction novella by Charles Stross. Hugo Award winner.
Novella · 1983
A 1983 science fiction novella by Avram Davidson. Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1987
Eye for Eye (1987) is a science fiction novella by Orson Scott Card.
by Geoff Ryman
Novella · 1994
A 1994 science fiction novella by Geoff Ryman. Nebula recognition.
by Vernor Vinge
Novella · 2001
A 2001 science fiction novella by Vernor Vinge. Hugo Award winner; Locus recognition.
by Nancy Kress
Novella · 1995
A 1995 science fiction novella by Nancy Kress. Hugo and Locus recognition.
by Nino Cipri
Novella · 2020 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
When an elderly customer at a Swedish big box furniture store ― but not that one ― slips through a portal to another dimension, it’s up to two minimum-wage employees to track her across the multiverse and protect their company’s bottom line.
Novella · 2018
A 2018 science fiction novella by Jonathan P. Brazee. Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1978
They plugged Michael Yarrow into the new ETHANAC computer to see what would happen before they used it on someone important.
by Dan Simmons
Novella · 1993
America, 2036. Powerful magnate Hiroshi Nakamura needs ex-cop Nick Bottom's services, and, in particular, his memories. As head of the original investigation into the murder of Nakamura's son, Bottom's flashbacks hold the key to solving what was the toughest case of his career.
Novella · 2014
A 2014 science fiction novella by Arlan Andrews, Sr.. Hugo recognition.
by Pat Cadigan
Novella · 1990
A 1990 science fiction novella by Pat Cadigan. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1994
A 1994 science fiction novella by Ursula K. Le Guin. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1999
A 1999 science fiction novella by Harry Turtledove. Hugo recognition.
by Martha Wells
Novella · 2021
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.
by John M. Ford
Novella · 1987
A 1987 science fiction novella by John M. Ford. Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1996
A 1996 science fiction novella by Mary Rosenblum. Hugo recognition.
by Terry Bisson
Novella · 1998
A 1998 science fiction novella by Terry Bisson. Hugo recognition.
by Paul Park
Novella · 2010
A 2010 science fiction novella by Paul Park. Nebula recognition.
by Linda Nagata
Novella · 2000
A 2000 science fiction novella by Linda Nagata. Nebula Award winner.
by Kelly Robson
Novella · 2018
A 2018 science fiction novella by Kelly Robson. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Novella · 2014
A 2014 science fiction novella by Rachel Swirsky. Nebula recognition.
by John Crowley
Novella · 1989
"Great Work of Time" is a science fiction novella by American writer John Crowley, originally published in Crowley's 1989 book collection Novelty. A story involving time travel, it concerns a secret society whose aim is to avert World War I to preserve and expand the British Empire.
Novella · 1985
A 1985 science fiction novella by Bruce Sterling. Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1985
"Green Mars" is a science fiction novella by the American writer Kim Stanley Robinson, first published in Asimov's Science Fiction in September 1985, eight years before his novel of the same name.
Novella · 1992
A 1992 science fiction novella by Michael Swanwick. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
by Greg Bear
Novella · 1983
The Nebula award-winning short story by master SF writer Greg Bear. Humans are engaged in a long war against an advanced alien race, the Senexi, but the possibility for peace may exist thanks to a young girl who learns the enemy's larger role and humanity's…
Novella · 1995
A 1995 science fiction novella by Poul Anderson. Locus recognition.
Novella · 1968
"Hawk Among the Sparrows" is a science fiction short story by Dean McLaughlin. It was first published in Analog Science Fiction in July 1968.
Novella · 1968
In the mid-21st century, time travel is used to send political prisoners to Hawksbill Station, a prison camp in the late Cambrian Era.
Novella · 1965
A 1965 science fiction novella by Roger Zelazny. Nebula Award winner.
by Greg Bear
Novella · 1990
A 1990 science fiction novella by Greg Bear. Locus recognition.
Novella · 1983
A 1983 science fiction novella by Michael Bishop. Locus Award winner; Nebula recognition.
by Vylar Kaftan
Novella · 2019
A 2019 science fiction novella by Vylar Kaftan. Nebula recognition.
by Joe Haldeman
Novella · 1972
A 1972 science fiction novella by Joe Haldeman. Hugo and Locus recognition.
Novella · 1975
A 1975 science fiction novella by Roger Zelazny. Hugo and Nebula Award winner; Locus recognition.
Novella · 1983
A 1983 science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Locus and Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1976
After a solar flare damages their ship, three astronauts are rescued by survivors of an Earth that has undergone dramatic change.
Novella · 1995
A 1995 science fiction novella by Lucius Shepard. Locus recognition.
Novella · 2005
A 2005 science fiction novella by Cory Doctorow. Locus recognition.
by Mike Resnick
Novella · 1999
A 1999 science fiction novella by Mike Resnick. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Novella · 1983
A 1983 science fiction novella by Hilbert Schenck. Hugo recognition.
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