Essentially, all novels are books, but not all books are novels. A novel, which is a work of fiction of considerable length, is one form that a book can take. Other types of books include textbooks, cookbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, memoirs, poetry collections, anthologies, self-help books, political histories, and guidebooks.
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