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Claimed by Shadow
Karen Chance

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Claim Me
J. Kenner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1)
Sara Gran

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Claire of the Sea Light
Edwidge Danticat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Clapton: The Autobiography
Claus Bech, Eric Clapton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2020

Clara and Mr. Tiffany
Susan Vreeland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Clariel
Garth Nix

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady
Samuel Richardson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1748

Clark and Division (Japantown Mystery, #1)
Naomi Hirahara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
Amara Lakhous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Class A
Robert Muchamore

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Class Act
Jerry Craft

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

Class Action
Steven B. Frank

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
Stephanie Land

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Class Clown (Class Clown, #1)
Johanna Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

Class Dismissed
Allan Woodrow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s
Leslie S. Klinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

Class Matters
The New York Times

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Class Mom
Laurie Gelman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Claude gueux

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1834

Claudette Colvin
Britannica Kids

Nonfiction | Book | Published in 2015

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Phillip Hoose

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2009

Claudia and the Bad Joke (The Baby-Sitters Club, #19)
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Clay's Quilt
Silas House

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
Rita Williams-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Clay Walls
Ronyoung Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Clean Getaway
Nic Stone

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Cleanness
Garth Greenwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Clean Sweep
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Clear and Present Danger
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Clear: A Transparent Novel
Nicola Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Clear Light of Day
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Cleat Cute
Meryl Wilsner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Clementine
Sara Pennypacker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
Sonia Purnell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Cleopatra: A Life
Stacy Schiff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Coco Mellors

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Cleopatra's Daughter
Michelle Moran

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Clever Girl
Tessa Hadley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Climate Change
A. Barrie Pittock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Climate Change from the Streets: How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement
Michael Méndez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Climbing the Rigi
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1880

Climbing the Stairs
Padma Venkatraman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Clock Dance
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Clockers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Clockwork
Philip Pullman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Clockwork Angel
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Closed Casket (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #2)
Sophie Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Closed for the Season
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Closely Watched Trains
Jiri Menzel

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1965

Closer
Dennis Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Close Range: Wyoming Stories
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1999

Closer: A Play

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1997

Closer to Freedom
Stephanie Camp

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Closet
R.D. Zimmerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Close to Famous
Joan Bauer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Close to Home
Cara Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Close to Home (DI Adam Fawley, #1)
Robert Dugoni, Cara Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Close To Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
Michael Capuzzo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1916

Close to the Knives
David Wojnarowicz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Closing Time (Catch-22, #2)
Joseph Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Clotel
William Wells Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1853

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.
Viv Albertine

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Cloud 9
Caryl Churchill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1979

Cloud Atlas
David C. Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Cloudbursts: New and Collected Stories
Thomas McGuane

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Cloud Nine
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Clouds of Witness
Dorothy L. Sayers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

Cloudsplitter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Cloudstreet
Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Clover
Dori Sanders

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Clown in a Cornfield
Adam Cesare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Club Dead
Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Club Shadowlands
Cherise Sinclair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Clues to the Universe
Christina Li

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Clybourne Park
Bruce Norris

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2010

Clytemnestra
Costanza Casati

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success
John Wooden, Jay Carty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives
Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Coal Black Horse
Robert Olmstead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Coal River
Ellen Marie Wiseman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
Siddharth Kara

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Cocaine Blues
Kerry Greenwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Cockroach
Rawi Hage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Cockroaches
Scholastique Mukasonga

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Cocktails for Three
Madeleine Wickham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Cocky Bastard
Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Cocoa Beach
Beatriz Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life
Justine Picardie

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Coconut
Kopano Matlwa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Coconut Layer Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #25)
Joanne Fluke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Mark Kurlansky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Code Girls
Liza Mundy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Code Name Hélène
Ariel Lawhon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Code Name Verity
Elizabeth Wein

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Code of Honor
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015