Are novellas finally coming into their own or do you think they haven't quite found traction in the literary mainstream? I fell in love with Orbital by Samantha Harvey, a mere 144 pages. Some of my favourite books are short; Animal Farm (92 pages) by George Orwell, Fahrenheit 451 (156 pages) by Ray Bradbury and Night (144 pages) by Elie Wiesel.
How much emphasis should be given the term 'novella' and is it necessary to make the distinction?
As always I would love to have recommendations for novellas (short books 😜)