novel -- (an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story)
novel -- (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")
Overview of adj novel
The adj novel has 2 senses
fresh, new, novel -- (original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem")
novel, refreshing -- (pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort")