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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, dime novels were the popular form of printed media. The term refers "to story papers, five- and ten-cent weeklies, 'thick book' reprints, and sometimes early pulp magazines." (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_novel) That means anything from short stories to entire novels can be called a dime novel. What separates them is that they were cheaply printed and sold.

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