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Aru Shah and the End of Time
Roshani Chokshi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

As a Driven Leaf
Milton Steinberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

As Brave As You
Jason Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

As Bright As Heaven
Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Ascend
Amanda Hocking

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Ascendance of a Bookworm: Fanbook 3
Miya Kazuki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
Alan Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

As Close to Us As Breathing
Elizabeth Poliner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

As Cool as I Am
Pete Fromm

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

As Good As Dead
Holly Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Ash
Malinda Lo

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Asha and the Spirit Bird
Jasbinder Bilan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Ash and Quill (The Great Library, #3)
Rachel Caine

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Ashes
Ilsa J. Bick

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Ashes, Ashes (Ashes, Ashes, #1)
Jo Treggiari

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Ashes in the Snow
Ruta Sepetys

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Ashes of Chaos (Legacy of the Nine Realms, #2)
Amelia Hutchins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Ashes Of Roses
Mary Jane Auch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Ashes to Ashes
Tami Hoag

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Ashfall
Mike Mullin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Ashley Bell (Ashley Bell, #1)
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Ash Princess
Laura Sebastian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Asian American Dreams
Helen Zia

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Ask Again, Yes
Mary Beth Keane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Ask And It Is Given: Learning To Manifest Your Desires
Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Ask For It (Georgian, #1)
Sylvia Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Asking for It
Kate Harding

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Asking For It
Louise O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Ask Me No Questions
Marina Budhos

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Ask The Dust
John Fante

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

Ask the Passengers
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
Zoulfa Katouh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

As Nature Made Him
John Colapinto

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

Aspects of the Novel
E. M. Forster

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1927

Assassination Vacation
Sarah Vowell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Assassins
Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Assassin's Fate
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Assassin's Heart (Assassin's Heart, #1)
Sarah Ahiers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Assassin's Quest
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Assata: An Autobiography
Assata Shakur

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

As She Left It
Catriona McPherson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

As Simple As Snow
Gregory Galloway

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade
Tanya Thompson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Assumption
Aurora Rose Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

As Sure as the Dawn
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Asterix the Gaul
Derek Hockridge, René Goscinny, Anthea Bell, Albert Uderzo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

As the Crow Flies
Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted
John Cassaday, Joss Whedon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival
Peter Stark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

Astray
Emma Donoghue

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2012

Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail
Ashley Herring Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Astronaut Academy: Re-entry (Astronaut Academy, 2)
Dave Roman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Astronomer's Wife
Kay Boyle

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1936

Astrophil and Stella
Sir Philip Sidney

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1591

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil Degrasse Tyson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

As Waters Gone By
Cynthia Ruchti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

As We Are Now
May Sarton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

As We May Think

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1945

Asylum
Patrick McGrath

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Asylum for Nightface
Bruce Brooks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
Erving Goffman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Asymmetry
Lisa Halliday

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

As You Like It
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1599

As You Like It: The Gerald Kraak Anthology Volume II
Jacana Media

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

As You Wish
Cary Elwes, Joe Layden

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Atala
François-René de Chateaubriand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1801

Atalanta
Jennifer Saint

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

At Any Price
Brenna Aubrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

At Bertram's Hotel
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Gordon W. Prange

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

At Day's Close: Night in Times Past
A. Roger Ekirch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

At Fault
Kate Chopin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1890

At First Sight
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

At Freddie's
Penelope Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

At Gettysburg; Or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle
Matilda Pierce Alleman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1889

At Grave's End
Jeaniene Frost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Athlete Vs. Mathlete
W.C. Mack

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Atlantis Found
Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Atlas of AI
Kate Crawford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt
Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Atmospheric Disturbances
Rivka Galchen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

At Night All Blood Is Black: A Novel
David Diop, Transl. Anna Moschovakis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
James Clear

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Atonement
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

At Peace
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

At Swim, Two Boys

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
Amir Levine, Rachel S.F. Heller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Attachments
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Attack Of The Black Rectangles
A.S King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Attack of the Fiend
Patrick Arrasmith, Joseph Delaney

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Attack on Titan: The Harsh Mistress of the City, Part 1 (Attack on Titan: The Harsh Mistress of the City, #1)
Hajime Isayama, Ryo Kawakami

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014