What's the difference between a novel and a book?

Answer 1

A novel is a type of book. A book may be many things - fiction, non fiction (biography, textbook, etc). Within fiction, you can have graphic novels, short story collections, and novels.

Answer 2

A Novel is a book of fiction or you can say a story. But a book may be text book and or a book of pictures or any thing. A novel may book but all books are not novels

Answer 3

A novel is a kind of book. A novel is a story, fiction.

Answer 4

The novel is the written story inside a book , the book is the physical object , as a slue of pages bound by two covers , which a novel is written on

Answer 5

I think a book is basically anything with words longer than a magazine. A novel is a work of fiction.

Answer 6

A novel is a *type* of story, a book is a physical object.

Books may be: fiction (including things like novels) and non-fiction (inclduing things like biographies).

*Generally* speaking, all novels are books, but all books are not novels.

Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com