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Centennial
James A. Michener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Ceremony
Leslie Marmon Silko

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Ceremony in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Cereus Blooms At Night
Shani Mootoo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Certain Girls
Jennifer Weiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Certain Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Cerulean Sins
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Cetaganda
Lois McMaster Bujold

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Chained in Silence
Talitha L. Leflouria

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Chainfire
Terry Goodkind

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2005

Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Chain of Gold
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Chain of Iron
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

Chain of Thorns
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2023

Chain Reaction
Simone Elkeles

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog and Chainsaw
Tatsuki Fujimoto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Chalice
Robin McKinley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Challenger Deep
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot
Rebecca Rosenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Chanakya's Chant
Ashwin Sanghi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Chance of a Lifetime
Jude Deveraux, Tara Sheets

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Chances (Lucky Santangelo, #1)
Jackie Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Chanda's Secrets
Allan Stratton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Change of Heart
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Changes
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Changes: A Love Story
Ama Ata Aidoo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
William Cronon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life
Wayne W. Dyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Changing Places (The Campus Trilogy, #1)
David Lodge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
Tom O'Neill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Chaos: Making a New Science
James Gleick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Chaos Theory
Nic Stone

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Chapterhouse: Dune
Frank Herbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Charade
Nyrae Dawn

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Chariots of The Gods
Erich von Däniken

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America
Rachel Hope Cleves

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
Deborah Heiligman

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2009

Charles Dickens: A Life
Claire Tomalin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Charley's Choice
Fern J. Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors
Jenny Nimmo

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2005

Charlie Bone and the Hidden King
Jenny Nimmo

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy
Jenny Nimmo

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Charlie Bone and the Time Twister
Jenny Nimmo

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Charlie Hernández and the League of Shadows (Charlie Hernández #1)

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading (Charlie Joe Jackson, #1)
Tommy Greenwald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Charlie's Raven
Jean Craighead George

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Charlie Thorne and the Lost City (Charlie Thorne #2)
Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Charlie Wilson's War
George Crile

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Charlotte's Web
E. B. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth
Susanna Rowson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1791

Charm City
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Charm (Crave, #5)
Tracy Wolff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Charmed Life
Diana Wynne Jones

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1977

Charmides (Hackett Classics)
Plato

Nonfiction | Play | Adult | Published in 391

Charming as a Verb
Ben Philippe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Charming Billy
Alice McDermott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Chase Darkness With Me
Billy Jensen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Chase Me
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Natalie Dykstra

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Chasing Cassandra
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Chasing Fire
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Chasing Harry Winston
Lauren Weisberger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin
James L. Swanson

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2018

Chasing Lincoln's Killer
James L. Swanson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Chasing Love
Kat T. Masen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Chasing Perfect
Susan Mallery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Chasing Redbird
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Chasing Shadows
Swati Avasthi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Chasing Shelter
Catherine Cowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Chasing the Dime
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Chasing the Falconers
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Chasing the Prophecy
Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
Johann Hari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Chasing the Valley
Skye Melki-Wegner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Chasing Us
Kat T. Masen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Chasing Vermeer
Blue Balliett

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Chasm City
Alastair Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
Ethan Kross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World
Donald R. Howard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1987

Cheaper By The Dozen
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1948

Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War
Tom Steyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Cheating Death
Marvin J Cetron, Owen Davies

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Cheating for the Chicken Man
Priscilla Cummings

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty
James M. Lang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Checked
Cynthia Kadohata

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Checkmate
Malorie Blackman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Check & Mate
Ali Hazelwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Checkout 19
Claire-Louise Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Check, Please: #Hockey
Ngozi Ukazu

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2018

Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms
Crystal Frasier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Chee's Daughter
Juanita Platero

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1991

Chef's Kiss
Jarrett Melendez, Danica Brine, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Hank Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Jon Lee Anderson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Chekhov
Henri Troyat

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
Chelsea Handler

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Chelsea Girls
Eileen Myles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994