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My preferred length is the novella, which is not really well-defined, but I define as 25 to 50K words. I also like short stories as well. I've read too many "bloatware novels" to be impressed by length.
Now I admit some stories take much more than that, and I don't complain. But those are a lot fewer than the bookshelves suppose.
This gets into time problems. I read at around 350-400 word per minute, so I can read a novella in 1-2 hrs. An evening entertainment. But I have many things to do in my life, and a 250,000 novel takes me around 10 hrs, or a week's reading. I rarely have a week to block off for a long novel, too many other things intrude, often thing beyond my control. So the novella has taken center stage in my reading world (or a couple of short stories). Besides, there are some really great novellas out there.
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