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The Art of Asking
Amanda Palmer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Art of Being Normal
Lisa Williamson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
Sonny Liew

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Art of Choosing
Sheena Iyengar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Art of Courtly Love
Andreas Capellanus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1186

The Art Of Dealing With People
Les Giblin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1899

The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story
Edwidge Danticat

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Art of Deception
Stephanie Burgis

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2013

The Art of Drowning
Billy Collins

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

The Art of Fiction
John Gardner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of Master Forgers
Noah Charney

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook For Living
Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Jan-Philipp Sendker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Art of Horsemanship
Xenophon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 351

The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer
Steven Kotler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Art of Inheriting Secrets
Barbara O'Neal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data
Kevin D. Mitnick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Art of Keeping Cool
Janet Taylor Lisle

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Art Of Living
Thich Nhat Hanh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
Sharon Lebell, Epictetus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation
William Hart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Art of Love
Ovid

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2

The Art Of Loving
Erich Fromm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1956

The Art of Memoir
Mary Karr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness
Bari Tessler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Art of Money Getting: Golden Rules for Making Money
P.T. Barnum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1880

The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World
Chris Guillebeau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
James C. Scott

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday
Rob Walker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life
Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Art of Power: A Zen Master's Guide to Redefining Power, Achieving True Freedom and Discovering Lasting Happiness in a Stressful World
Thich Nhat Hanh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Art of Public Speaking
Stephen Lucas

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Art of Resistance
Justus Rosenberg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Art of Rhetoric
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 323

The Art Of Saying NO: How To Stand Your Ground, Reclaim Your Time And Energy, And Refuse To Be Taken For Granted (Without Feeling Guilty!) (The Art Of Living Well Book 1)
Damon Zahariades

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Art of Secrets
James Klise

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Art of Seduction
Robert Greene and Joost Elffers

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Art of Seduction: An Indispensible Primer on the Ultimate Form of Power
Robert Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Art of Starving

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere (TED Books)
Pico Iyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Art of the Commonplace
Wendell Berry

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1977

The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock
Lucy Worsley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring
Gary Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Art of the Personal Essay
Phillip Lopate

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

The Art of the Wasted Day
Patricia Hampl

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Art of Travel
Alain de Botton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Art of War
Niccolò Machiavelli, Ellis Farneworth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1521

The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
Baltasar Gracián

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1647

The Art Spy
Michelle Young

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

The Art Thief
Noah Charney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

The Ascended
Bree Grenwich, Parker Lennox

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Ascent of Man
Jacob Bronowski

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1973

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Niall Ferguson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King
Carissa Broadbent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Ash Garden
Dennis Bock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Ask and the Answer
Patrick Ness

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Aspern Papers
Henry James

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1888

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
M.T. Anderson, Eugene Yelchin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2014

The Assassins of Rome (Roman Mysteries, #4)
Caroline Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

The Assault
Harry Mulisch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Assistant
Bernard Malamud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Associate
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Association of Small Bombs
Karan Mahajan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl
Barry Lyga

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Astonishing Color of After
Emily X. R. Pan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing
M.T. Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Astronaut Wives Club
Lily Koppel

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Athenian Constitution
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 329

The Athenian Murders
José Carlos Somoza

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Atlantic Sound
Caryl Phillips

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Atlantis Complex
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

The Atlantis Gene
A.G. Riddle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Atlantis Plague
A.G. Riddle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Atlantis World (The Origin Mystery, #3)
A.G. Riddle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Atlas Complex
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Atlas Paradox
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Atlas Six
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Atomic City Girls
Janet Beard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Atonement Child
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The A to Z of You and Me
James Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Atrocity Archives
Charles Stross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Attack
Kurt Schlichter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Attributes of God: A Journey Into the Father's Heart (The Attributes of God, #1)
A.W. Tozer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2006

The Au Pair
Emma Rous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Auroras of Autumn
Wallace Stevens

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1950

The Auschwitz Escape
Joel C. Rosenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Austere Academy
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Authenticity Project
Clare Pooley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
Oscar Zeta Acosta

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1972

The Autobiography of a Flea
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1887

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
Gertrude Stein

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1933

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
James Weldon Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

The Autobiography of an Execution
David R. Dow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010