One City One Book Recommendations: Novellas

These novellas are short and sweet, and perfect for your One City One Book program!

For even more recommendations of all genres, check out this post and this Edelweiss catalog.

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JELLYFISH HAVE NO EARS by Adèle Rosenfeld
9781644452967
Trade paperback available 8/6/24

A deeply moving debut novel about the flaws of language, the fear of silence, and the power of imagination.

SHY by Max Porter
9781644452899
Trade paperback available 6/4/24 | Hardcover available now

A novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you’re not alone.

OPEN THROAT by Henry Hoke
9781250335807
Trade paperback available 6/4/24 | Hardcover available now

A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel.

WESTERN LANE by Chetna Maroo
9781250321930
Trade paperback available now

A taut, enthralling first novel about grief, sisterhood, and a young athlete’s struggle to transcend herself.

THORNHEDGE by T. Kingfisher
9781250244093
Hardcover available now

From USA Today bestselling author T. Kingfisher comes a tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways.

WILD SPACES by S.L. Coney
9781250866837
Trade paperback available now

Robert R. McCammon’s BOY’S LIFE meets Lovecraftian horror in this foreboding, sensual coming-of-age story in which the corrosive nature of family secrets assumes eldritch proportions.

THE CRANE HUSBAND by Kelly Barnhill
9781250850973
Hardcover available now

Beloved and bestselling author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to a raw, powerful story of love, sacrifice, and family.

ARCH-CONSPIRATOR by Veronica Roth
9781250855466
Hardcover available now

In this gripping and atmospheric reimagining of ANTIGONE, #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth reaches back to the root of legend and delivers a world of tomorrow both timeless and unexpected.

A SPINDLE SPLINTERED by Alix E. Harrow
9781250765352
Hardcover available now

*A SPINDLE SPLINTERED is also available in trade paperback as part of FRACTURED FABLES

New York Times bestselling author Alix E. Harrow brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story, splicing the threads of the Sleeping Beauty stories.

A PSLAM FOR THE WILD-BUILT by Becky Chambers
9781250236210
Hardcover available now

Just when the world needs it comes a story of kindness and hope from one of the masters of Hopepunk.

REMOTE CONTROL by Nnedi Okorafor
9781250772800
Hardcover available now

An alien artifact turns a young girl into Death’s adopted daughter in this tale of community and female empowerment by BINTI’s Nnedi Okorafor.

UPRIGHT WOMEN WANTED by Sarah Gailey
9781250213587
Hardcover available now

Award-winning author Sarah Gailey reinvents the pulp Western with an explicitly antifascist, near-future story of queer identity.

RIOT BABY by Tochi Onyebuchi
9781250214751
Hardcover available now

Tochi Onyebuchi tackles youth, race, and the carceral state with magical flair in his adult science fiction debut, Riot Baby.

ALL SYSTEMS RED by Martha Wells
9780765397539
Trade paperback available now

ALL SYSTEMS RED is the first tense science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells’ series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld and Ex Machina.

EVERY HEART A DOORWAY by Seanan McGuire
9780765385505
Hardcover available now

New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire presents a fresh take on the portal fantasy genre that blends Alice in Wonderland, The Magicians, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.