“Internet novel addiction” is a kind of subtypes in “Internet addiction”. With the prevalence of
network fiction, more and more people are addicted into network fiction. However, the study of network
novel addiction is less studied, the study can provide an effective way for the Internet novel addiction
treatment. Based on a case of female graduate student’s addiction problem. She read and relied on the
network novel, then this was accompanied with body discomfort symptoms, the study puts forward the
network novel addiction definition and diagnostic criteria. According to diagnostic criteria, the patient
was diagnosed as Internet novel addict. In accordance with the actual situation, the patient used with
cognitive therapy, behavioral therapy, and the negative symptoms of the patient has been reduced, and
novel addiction has been effectively controlled after treatment.