Recs if you like Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy...

on average people read 40-60 pages an hour, so this is a continuously updated collection of books with 60 pages or less & a couple short story collections

Novellas, shorter books, and stories that are a decent bite of literature and a full meal despite being compact. Like a burrito on a commute to work. AKA my full novella master list.

A novel is a prose work typically above 40k words, though many fall between 60-100k. Anything between roughly 17k and 40k words is generally considered a novella, while works between about 7k and 17k words are classified as novelettes, with some flexibility ~

TL;DR - short stories with 7k-17k words. Get out of that slump.

These are all the stories available for FREE on Reactor!

Highly recommend checking them out!

I will do my best to update this every month!

Stories I cannot currently add to the list:

• Anabasis by Amal El-Mohtar

alternatively: robots and androids murderbot would begrudgingly and unintentionally befriend.

OR

robots and androids who teach us a little more about humanity, friendship, and the human condition. and also sarcasm and sardonic humour, on occasion.

3…2…1…. blastoff on a short novella sized sci-fi adventure. Perfect for a palette cleanser or when you are in the mood for a quick read that is out of this world.

Recommendations welcome!

Sentient constructs who didn’t ask to be born but now have to grapple with ethics, personhood, and the inconvenient need to fight monsters—both literal and systemic. A collection of books that explores the many shades of “otherness” in human lives through robotic ones.

This is the novels, novellas, novelettes (if they exists on Pagebound), first book of the series and one book from the best author that are nominated for a Hugo Award in 2026. I personally need an overview on what to catch on for the votes (closing beginning of August :))

These are about 100 pages (or less)! Will depend on how it's printed, but basically: YOU'LL FLY THROUGH THESE! ✈️

my favourite melodramatic space adventures!

Books where the robot or android or AI (not stupid real life AI) learns how to be human or human-adjacent. That MUST be part of their arc, even if it’s multi-book. (For example, The Monk and the Robot wouldn’t count because Mosscap is so well adjusted already).

Best Novelette Nominees: Kaiju Agonistes • 🏆 Never Eaten Vegetables • Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy • The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For • The Millay Illusion • When He Calls Your Name

Best Short Story Nominees: 10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days • 🏆 In My Country • 🌌 Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything • Missing Helen • Six People to Revise You • Wire Mother

Legend: 🏆 Winner • 🌌 Nebula Award Winner

A list of the books in the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells