epistolary
epistolary novel

follow-up
the follow-up to the last novel

Gothic
Gothic novel

historical
historical novel

intend
the novel was not intended to be filmed

manner
novel of manners

mystery
mystery novel

novel
detective novel

page-turner
this novel is a real page-turner

period
period novel

prize
prize novel

problem
problem novel

purpose
purpose novel

romance
novela

sensation
sensation novel

tendentious
a tendentious novel

terror
novel of terror

trash
this novel is mere trash

work
...into full-sized novel