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The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)
Justin Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The City of the Sun
Tommaso Campanella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1602

The City We Became
N. K. Jemisin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Jacob Burckhardt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1860

The Civilizing Process
Norbert Elias

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1939

The Civil War
Gaius Julius Caesar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 48

The Civil War: A Narrative
Shelby Foote

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

The Civil War in France
Karl Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1871

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Anne Rice, A.N. Roquelaure

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Clan of the Cave Bear
Jean M. Auel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
Samuel P. Huntington

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Class Struggles in France, 1848-1850
Karl Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1850

The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun, #2)
Gene Wolfe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Clay Marble
Minfong Ho

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

The Clean House
Sarah Ruhl

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2004

The Cleft
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Clementine Complex
Bob Mortimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Client
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Climate Book
Greta Thunberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World
William D. Nordhaus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet
Noam Chomsky, Robert Pollin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Clique (The Clique, #1)
Lisi Harrison

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Clocks
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Clock Winder
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

The Clockwork Three
Matthew J. Kirby

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Cloisters
Katy Hays

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Cloning of Joanna May
Franklin Birkinshaw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Closers
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students
Allan Bloom

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Cloud Atlas
Liam Callanan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Cloud of Unknowing
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1400

The Clouds
Aristophanes

Fiction | Play | Adult | BCE

The Cloven Viscount
Italo Calvino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

The Clown
Heinrich Böll, Laureano Xoaquín Araujo Cardalda, Leila Vennewitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Club
Ellery Lloyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Club Dumas
Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Club of Queer Trades
G.K. Chesterton

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1905

The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #22)
Carolyn Keene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1945

The Clue of the Broken Locket (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #11)
Carolyn Keene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1934

The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Michael Bungay Stanier

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

The Coal Tattoo
Silas House

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Coast of Chicago: Stories
Stuart Dybek

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1990

The Cocaine Wars
Paul Eddy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Cockroach
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Cocktail Party
T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1950

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
Simon Singh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind: 10 Unconventional Laws to Redefine Your Life and Succeed On Your Own Terms
Vishen Lakhiani

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Code of the Woosters
P. G. Wodehouse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
Margaret O'Mara

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Codex
Douglas Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Coffee Trader
David Liss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Coffin Dancer
Jeffery Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden
Jessica Sorensen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Coincidence of Coconut Cake
Amy E. Reichert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Cold Cold Ground (Detective Sean Duffy, #1)
Adrian McKinty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Cold Dish
Craig Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Coldest Winter Ever
Sister Souljah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Cold Millions
Jess Walter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Cold Moon
Jeffery Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Cold War: A World History
Odd Arne Westad

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Collaborators
Michael Idov

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Collapse of Complex Societies
Joseph A. Tainter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Collapse of Western Civilization
Naomi Oreskes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
John Scalzi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Collected Poems
Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1981

The Collected Regrets of Clover
Mikki Brammer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
Katherine Anne Porter

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1965

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2009

The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

The Collective
Alison Gaylin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Collector
John Fowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Collector (Gabriel Allon, #23)
Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Collector of Treasures
Bessie Head

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1977

The Collectors
Jacqueline West

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Colonel's Lady
Laura Frantz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Colonizer and the Colonized
Albert Memmi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1957

The Colony
Audrey Magee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Colony Club
Shelley Noble

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
Wayne Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Colony: The Harrowing True Story Of The Exiles Of Molokai
John Tayman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Colored Museum
George C. Wolfe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1987

The Color of Air
Gail Tsukiyama

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
Jemar Tisby

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Color of Heaven
Julianne MacLean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Color of Law
Mark Gimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Color of My Words
Lynn Joseph

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Color of Water
James McBride

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996

The Color Purple
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Colors of All the Cattle
Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Colossus and Other Poems
Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1960

The Colour of Blood
Brian Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Colour of Magic
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492
Alfred W. Crosby

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

The Comanche Empire
Pekka Hämäläinen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Comedians
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966