Book Brief Library

The Contrast

Maria Edgeworth

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1801

The Control of Nature

John McPhee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The Convalescent

Jessica Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Convenient Marriage

Georgette Heyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

The Cookbook Collector

Allegra Goodman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

Michael W. Twitty

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

The Copper Beech

Maeve Binchy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Copper Gauntlet (Magisterium, #2)

Holly Black, Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Coppersmith Farmhouse

Devney Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Coquette

Hannah Webster Foster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1797

The Coral Island

R.M. Ballantyne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1857

The Corbaccio, or, The Labyrinth of Love

Giovanni Boccaccio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1365

The Core

Peter V. Brett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Corn Grows Ripe (Puffin Newbery Library)

Dorothy Rhoads

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1956

The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1)

Colin Cotterill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Corporation

Joel Bakan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq

Hassan Blasim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Corsican Brothers

Alexandre Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1844

The Cossacks

Leo Tolstoy

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1863

The Cossacks and Other Stories

Leo Tolstoy

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1863

The Cost of Discipleship

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1937

The Cost of Knowing

Brittney Morris

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography

Deborah Levy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Council of Animals

Nick McDonell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Counselors

Jessica Goodman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Counterfeiters

André Gide

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

The Counterlife

Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America

Gerald Horne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Countess

Rebecca Johns

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Countess Cathleen

W.B. Yeats

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1892

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

Philip Sidney

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1590

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1844

The Country Between Us

Carolyn Forché

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1981

The Country Girls

Edna O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Country in the City

Richard A. Walker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

Andrew Leland

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

The Country of the Pointed Firs

Sarah Orne Jewett

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1896

The Country Wife

William Wycherley

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1675

The Country Without a Post Office

Agha Shahid Ali

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1997

The Couple at No. 9

Claire Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Couple Next Door

Shari Lapena

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Courage of Sarah Noble

Alice Dalgliesh

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1954

The Courage to Be Disliked

Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Courage to be Happy: Discover the Power of Positive Psychology and Choose Happiness Every Day

Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Course of Love

Alain de Botton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Courtship Of Miles Standish

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1858

The Courts of Chaos

Roger Zelazny, Tim White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Cousins

Karen M. McManus

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Cove

Ron Rash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Coven

Harper L. Woods

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Covenant

James A. Michener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Coworker

Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Crab with the Golden Claws (Tintin #9)

Hergé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Crack in Space

Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Crack-Up

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1936

The Cradle Will Fall

Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Craft of Research

Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Crane Husband

Kelly Barnhill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Crane Wife

Patrick Ness

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Crazed

Ha Jin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Crazy Horse Electric Game

Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

The Creation

Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Creation of Patriarchy

Gerda Lerner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Creative Habit

Twyla Tharp

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Creeper (Brennan & Esposito, #2)

Tania Carver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Creeping Shadow

Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Cresswell Plot

Eliza Wass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Cricket In Times Square

George Selden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1960

The Cricket on the Hearth

Charles Dickens

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1845

The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)

Margery Allingham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

The Crimson Campaign

Brian McClellan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Crimson Cord: Rahab's Story (Daughters of the Promised Land, #1)

Jill Eileen Smith

Fiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 2015

The Crimson Crown

Cinda Williams Chima

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Crimson Petal and the White

Michel Faber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Crippled God

Steven Erikson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Cripple of Inishmaan

Martin McDonagh

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1997

The Crisis

Winston Churchill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1901

The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual: A Historical Analysis of the Failure of Black Leadership (New York Review Books Classics)

Harold Cruse

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 (The Age of Roosevelt, Vol 1)

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1957

The Crisis of Zionism

Peter Beinart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Critic as Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything (green Integer)

Oscar Wilde

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1891

The Crock of Gold

James Stephens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

The Cross and the Lynching Tree

James H. Cone

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Cross and the Switchblade

David Wilkerson, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1963

The Crossing

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion

Elle Luna

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Crow

James O'Barr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Crown

Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Crown Conspiracy

Michael J. Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Crown of Embers

Rae Carson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Crown's Game

Evelyn Skye

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Crowns of Croswald

D. E. Night

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles, #1)

Michael J. Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Crow Road

Iain Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1)

Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999