Are you so stressed out about the state of the world that a long tome – or even a 300-page tome – is overwhelming? Want to meet your Goodreads Challenge or other reading goal with just a week left until the end of the year? Short novels (or novellas if they’re less than 40,000 words) and short short-fiction collections may be just what you need to ease your stress and turn some pages both literal and metaphorical as we enter the new year!

This list of 10 speculative fiction novellas, ...