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Captive Trail
Susan Page Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Captured
Erica Stevens

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Capturing the Devil
Kerri Maniscalco

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Caramelo
Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Caraval
Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
Timothy Mitchell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Cardcaptor Sakura, Vol. 1
Maria Simpson, Clamp

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1996

Career of Evil
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life
Thomas Moore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Caressed by Ice
Nalini Singh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Caricature
Daniel Clowes

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Carmen
Prosper Merimee

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1840

Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan le Fanu

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2012

Carnage
Sarah Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Carnal Secrets
Suzanne Wright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Carnal Urges
J.T. Geissinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Carnegie's Maid
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Carolina Moon
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Carpe Corpus
Rachel Caine

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Carpe Diem
Autumn Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Carpe Jugulum
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Carpentaria

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Carrie
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Carried Away: A Personal Selection of Stories
Alice Munro

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2006

Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Carrie's War
Nina Bawden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

Carrion Comfort
Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator
Homer Hickam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Carry Me Home
Sandra Kring

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Jean Lee Latham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1955

Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Carry on Warrior
Glennon Doyle (Melton)

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Carry the One
Carol Anshaw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Carter Finally Gets It
Brent Crawford

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Carter Reed
Tijan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Cartesian Meditations: An Introduction to Phenomenology
Edmund Husserl

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1929

Carve the Mark
Veronica Roth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Casablanca
Michael Curtiz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Casanova in Bolzano
Sándor Márai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK
Gerald Posner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Cash
Jessica Peterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Casino Royale
Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Cassandra
Pierre De Ronsard

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1553

Cassandra at the Wedding
Dorothy Baker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

Cassandra: Florence Nightingale's Angry Outcry Against the Forced Idleness of Victorian Women
Florence Nightingale

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1852

Cassandra in Reverse
Holly Smale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Cass Timberlane
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development
B.R. Ambedkar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1916

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Casti Connubii: On Christian Marriage
Pope Pius XI

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1930

Castle in the Air
Diana Wynne Jones

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Castle of Wizardry
David Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1984

Castle Rackrent
Maria Edgeworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1800

Castle Roogna
Piers Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1979

Cast of Shadows
Kevin Guilfoile

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Catalyst
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA

Cat Among the Pigeons
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot, #36)
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Cat and Mouse
James Patterson, Günter Grass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Catch-22
Joseph Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Catching Christmas
Terri Blackstock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Catching Jordan
Miranda Kenneally

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Catch Me
Lisa Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Frank Abagnale, Stan Redding

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

Catering to Nobody
Diane Mott Davidson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Caterpillar Summer
Gillian McDunn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Andrew X. Pham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet, #1)

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Catharine
Jane Austen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1792

Catherine, Called Birdy
Karen Cushman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Catherine of Siena: The Dialogue

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1377

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Robert K. Massie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Cathleen Ni Houlihan
William Butler Yeats

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1902

Cat & Mouse
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Cato, a Tragedy
Joseph Addison

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1713

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955

Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Catwoman: Soulstealer
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Caucasia
Danzy Senna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Caught
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Caught Up
Navessa Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Cause of Death
C.J. Critt, Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Cave of Bones (Leaphorn & Chee, #22)
Anne Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Ceaseless
Abbi Glines

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Cedric the Forester (The Delaroche Family, #1)
Bernard Marshall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1921

Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
Richard J. Foster

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

Celebrity in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Celestial Bodies
Jokha Alharthi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Celestina
Fernando de Rojas

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1499

Celia, A Slave
Melton Alonza McLaurin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Celia's Song
Lee Maracle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Celine
Peter Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Cemetery Dance
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Cemetery Road
Greg Iles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Censoring an Iranian Love Story
Shahriar Mandanipour

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008