As one of the four common literary genres, the novel has been receiving much attention and favour for a long time, and has its unique shining point, including mythology, chivalry, kung fu, science fiction, mystery, love, etc. Contents of the Chinese textbooks of People’s Education Press are diverse. There are more than 20 novels selected in secondary school Chinese textbooks for teachers and students to learn. Though it is small in proportion, it is worth studying. This paper explores the teaching strategies of the novels in the Chinese textbooks of People’s Education Pressinsecondary school, and tries to find out the ways in which teachers improve students’ learning interest in classroom teaching, so as to put the novel teaching into practice effectively.