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

Answer 1

A book can be any paper bound with a cover. Fiction, non fiction, blank!

A novel is a fiction story, full lengh that is bound as a book.

Answer 2

Yup, a novel is a type of book. It's a book-length piece of fiction. A book-length story. As opposed to a textbook, a book of short stories, a book of poems, a cookbook . . . .

Answer 3

All novels are books, but not all books are novels.