Recommend great novellas here

Conrad has a bunch of novellas that are less o_O than Heart of Darkness, like The Secret Sharer and Youth.

Also, Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity.

Most of Jim Thompson's novels are short enough to be considered novellas, if you're going by word count.

Balzac's Colonel Chabert

― Randy will be autographing copies of his fascinating autobiography (dyao), Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:30 PM (1 month ago)

^^^

Ethan Canin - Batorsag and Szerelem is my absolute favourite.

also:

Melville's "Bartelby the Scrivener"
Dostoyevski's "Notes from Underground"
Salinger's "Zooey"