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The Anti-Communist Manifesto
Jesse Kelly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Antidote
Oliver Burkeman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Antidote: Inside the World of New Pharma
Barry Werth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Anti-Politics Machine
James Ferguson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Anubis Gates
Tim Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
Edmund J. Bourne

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Anxiety of Influence
Harold Bloom

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

The Aosawa Murders
Riku Onda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Apocalypse Now Book
Peter Cowie

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Apothecary
Maile Meloy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Apothecary's Daughter
Julie Klassen, Charlotte Betts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Appeal
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Apple Tart of Hope
Sarah Moore Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Appointment
Herta Müller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Apprentice
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Apprentice's Quest (Warriors: A Vision of Shadows, #1)

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Apprentices (The Apothecary, #2)
Maile Meloy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Apprentice Witch (The Apprentice Witch, #1)
James Nicol

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel
Dan Santat

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984
Riad Sattouf

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Arcades Project
Walter Benjamin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1927

The Archer
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2003

The Archer's Tale
Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Architect's Apprentice
Elif Shafak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Architecture of Happiness
Alain de Botton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Archived
Victoria Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

The Arctic Incident
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity
Amartya Sen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Words
Deborah Tannen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Ark (Children of a Dead Earth, #1)
Patrick S. Tomlinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Ark Plan
Laura Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Armageddon Rag
George R.R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Armies of the Night
Norman Mailer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The Arm of the Starfish (O'Keefe Family, #1)
Madeleine L'Engle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1965

The Arrangement
Robyn Harding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Arrival of Missives
Aliya Whiteley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire
Chloe Hooper

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Arsonists' City
Hala Alyan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Art Book
Phaidon Press

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Art Forger
B A. Shapiro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Arthashastra
Kautilya

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 301

The Artificial Silk Girl
Irmgard Keun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
Denis Dutton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Artist of Disappearance
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Julia Cameron

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

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 Communicating
Thich Nhat Hanh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

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
Epicurus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1 BCE

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
Josh Waitzkin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Art Of Living
Thich Nhat Hanh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

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 Raising a Puppy
Monks Of New Skete

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Art of Social Media
Guy Kawasaki, Peg Fitzpatrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

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 Strategy
Avinash K. Dixit, Barry Nalebuff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

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