novel

nouns

an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
novel
is derived from
novelist
is derived from
novelette
is a type of (narrower)
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
fiction
a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
"his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels"
novel
is derived from
novelist
is derived from
novelette
is a type of (narrower)
physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
"he used a large book as a doorstop"
book, volume

adjectives

original and of a kind not seen before
"the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
fresh, new, novel
pleasantly new or different
"common sense of a most refreshing sort"
novel, refreshing