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Crimson Shore
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Cripple Creek Days
Mabel Barbee Lee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1958

Crisis in the Red Zone
Richard Preston

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Crispin: At the Edge of the World
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Criss Cross
Lynne Rae Perkins

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Critical Chain
Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Critique of Judgment
Immanuel Kant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1790

Critique of Practical Reason
Immanuel Kant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1788

Critique of Pure Reason
Immanuel Kant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1781

Critique of the Gotha Program

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1875

Croak (Croak, #1)
Gina Damico

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
Elizabeth Peters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Crocodile Tears
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Crome Yellow
Aldous Huxley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1921

Cronkite
Douglas Brinkley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Crook County
Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Crooked
Brian M. Wiprud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Crooked Hallelujah
Kelli Jo Ford

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2020

Crooked House
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Tom Franklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Crooked River
Shelley Pearsall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Cross
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Crossbones
Nuruddin Farah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Cross Bones
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Cross Country (Alex Cross, #14)
James Patterson, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Cross Creek
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1942

Cross Down
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Crossed
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Crossed (Never After, 5)
Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Crosshairs
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Cross Her Heart
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Crossing
Andrew Xia Fukuda

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Crossing Ebenezer Creek
Tonya Bolden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Crossing the Mangrove
Maryse Condé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Crossing the River
Caryl Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Crossing the Water
Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1971

Crossing the Wire
Will Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Crossing to Safety
Wallace Stegner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Cross Justice
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
Ally Carter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam: The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Crossroads of Twilight
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Cross Stitch
Diana Gabaldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (Meg Langslow, #4)
Donna Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Crow Fair: Stories
Thomas McGuane

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

Crow Lake
Mary Lawson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Crow Mary
Kathleen Grissom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Crown of Feathers (Crown of Feathers, #1)
Nicki Pau Preto

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Crown of Midnight
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Crown of Stars (Crown of Stars, #7)
Kate Elliott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Crow's Row
Julie Hockley

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Talking About Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior
Kerry Patterson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Crucible
James Rollins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Crucible of Hell: The Heroism and Tragedy of Okinawa, 1945
Saul David

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766
Fred Anderson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Cruel Crown (Red Queen, #0.1-0.2)
Victoria Aveyard

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 2016

Cruel Optimism
Lauren Berlant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Cruel Seduction
Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity
José Esteban Muñoz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Crumbs
Danie Stirling

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Crumbs From the Table of Joy
Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1998

Crush
Svetlana Chmakova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion
Gary Vaynerchuk

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Crusoe's Daughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Cry of the Kalahari
Mark Owens, Delia Owens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1984

Cryptid Hunters
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2005

Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Crystal Crowned
Elise Kova

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Crystal Singer
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

Cry, the Peacock
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Cry to Heaven
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Cry Wolf
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Cuba 15
Nancy Osa

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Cuba: An American History
Ada Ferrer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Cuba in War Time
Richard Harding Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1897

Cuckoo Song
Frances Hardinge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Cue for Treason
Geoffrey Trease

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1940

Cujo
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Culpability
Bruce Holsinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Cult Classic
Sloane Crosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Amanda Montell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy
Gholdy Muhammad

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Cultural Identity and Diaspora
Stuart Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Zaretta L. Hammond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism
Matthew Arnold

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1869

Culture and Imperialism
Edward Said

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Culture and Society: 1780 - 1950
Raymond Williams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1958

Cur Deus Homo
Anselm of Canterbury

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1090

Cured (Stung, #2)
Bethany Wiggins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (A Dixie Hemingway Mystery, #1)
Blaize Clement

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Curious Minds
Janet Evanovich, Phoef Sutton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Cursed
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

Cursed Bunny: Stories
Bora Chung, Transl. Anton Hur

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017