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Curse of the Bane
Patrick Arrasmith, Joseph Delaney

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Curse of the Starving Class
Sam Shepard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1976

Cursor's Fury
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Curtain
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Curtain (Hercule Poirot, #44)
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Curtain & The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Curtsies & Conspiracies
Gail Carriger

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Curveball
Jordan Sonnenblick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Vine Deloria Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

Custer's Trials
T. J. Stiles

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Cut
Patricia McCormick

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2000

Cut and Run
Mary Burton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Cut & Run
Abigail Roux, Madeleine Urban

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Cybele's Secret (Wildwood, #2)
Juliet Marillier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

CyberStorm
Matthew Mather

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Cycle of Hope
Tricia Downing

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Cyclops
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 422

Cymbeline
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1623

Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Rostand

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1897

Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3)
C.J. Cherryh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Cytonic
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

The Cabin
Natasha Preston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Cabin at the End of the World
Paul Tremblay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Cabinet of Curiosities
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Cabin in the Woods
Sarah Alderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Cactus
Sarah Haywood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Cactus League
Emily Nemens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Cafe by the Sea (Mure, #1)
Jenny Colgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Cage
Ruth Minsky Sender

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

The Caged Graves
Dianne K. Salerni

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Caine Mutiny
Herman Wouk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Cairo Affair
Olen Steinhauer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Calculating Stars
Mary Robinette Kowal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Calculus Affair (Tintin #18)
Hergé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

The Calcutta Chromosome
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
Tahir Shah

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Call
Yannick Murphy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Calling
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Call of the Wild
Jack London

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1903

The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
Jack London

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1903

The Camel Bookmobile
Masha Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Camel Club (The Camel Club, #1)
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Camomile Lawn
Mary Wesley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery
Jason Fung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Cancer Journals
Audre Lorde

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

The Candidate
Samuel L. Popkin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Candid Life of Meena Dave
Namrata Patel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Candy House
Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Candymakers
Wendy Mass

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Candy Shop War
Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Canning Season
Polly Horvath

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Canonization
John Donne

Fiction | Poem | Adult

The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1400

The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1887

The Cantos
Ezra Pound

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1970

The Canyon's Edge
Dusti Bowling

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Captain Class: The Hidden Force that Creates the World's Greatest Teams
Sam Walker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Captain's Daughter
Alexander Pushkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1836

The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

The Captive Kingdom (Ascendance, #4)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Captive Mind
Czesław Miłosz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier
Scott Zesch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Carbon Diaries 2015 (Carbon Diaries, #1)
Saci Lloyd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Cardboard Kingdom
Chad Sell

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Cardinal
Henry Morton Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

The Cardinal of the Kremlin
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Cardturner
Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole
Michelle Cuevas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
Anissa Gray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Care and Management of Lies
Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Caretaker
Harold Pinter

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1960

The Caretaker (Ranjit Singh, #1)
A.X. Ahmad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Carnivorous Carnival
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

The Carpetbaggers
Harold Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Carrie Diaries (The Carrie Diaries, #1)
Candace Bushnell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Carrying
Ada Limón

Nonfiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

The Cartel
Don Winslow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Carter Family
David Lasky, Frank M. Young

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

The Carter of 'La Providence' (Maigret, #2)
Georges Simenon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
Francesca Cartier Brickell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Cartographers
Peng Shepherd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion
Kei Miller

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change
Yoram Bauman, Grady Klein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Case Against Sugar
Gary Taubes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
Peter Ackroyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Case for Christ
Lee Strobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Case for Faith
Lee Strobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Case for Israel
Alan M. Dershowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus
Gary R. Habermas, Michael Licona

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Case of the Counterfeit Eye (Perry Mason, #6)
Erle Stanley Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (Enola Holmes, #5)
Nancy Springer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Case of the Missing Will: a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot, #SS-20)

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1923

The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
Dean Jobb

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Case of the Velvet Claws (Perry Mason, #1)
Erle Stanley Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

The Castafiore Emerald (Tintin #21)
Hergé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Castaways (Nantucket, #2)
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Castle
Franz Kafka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

The Castle in the Attic
Elizabeth Winthrop

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1985

The Castle of Llyr
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1966