Synonyms for novel

new, odd, innovative, different; see original 2, 3, unique 1, unusual 1, 2. See syn. study at new.

paperback, best-seller, fiction; see book 1, story.

Types of novels include: romance, historical romance, autobiographical, epistolary, detective, love, Bildungsroman (German), roman fleuve, roman à clef (both French), novella, adventure, ghost, mystery, western, science fiction, sci-fi, SF, science fantasy, novel of the soil; historical, regional, naturalistic, Gothic, problem, biographical, psychological, political, pornographic, satirical, picaresque, social, adventure, supernatural; thriller*, chiller*, shocker*, bodice-ripper*, techno-thriller*, potboiler*, pulp*, porn*.