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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
Hannah Arendt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

Eidolon
Grace Draven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Eifelheim
Michael Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Jon Krakauer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Eight Cousins
Louisa May Alcott

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1874

Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1874

Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
John Gottman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Eighth Grade Bites
Heather Brewer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Eighth Grave After Dark
Darynda Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Eight Hundred Grapes
Laura Dave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Eight Keys
Suzanne LaFleur

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street
Hilary Mantel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Eight Perfect Hours
Lia Louis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Eight Perfect Murders
Peter Swanson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Ein ganzes Leben
Robert Seethaler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

Einstein's Dreams
Alan Lightman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Einstein's Monsters
Martin Amis

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1987

E is for Evidence
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Either/Or
Elif Batuman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

El Alquimista
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Elantris
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change
Leonard Mlodinow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

El Bronx Remembered
Nicholasa Mohr

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1969

El Deafo
Cece Bell

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

Elder Race
Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2021

Eldest
Christopher Paolini

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Eldritch
Keri Lake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady
Susan Quinn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Eleanor and Park
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Eleanor & Grey
Brittainy C. Cherry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Eleanor Roosevelt
Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1993

Eleanor's Story
Eleanor Ramrath Garner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1961

Elective Affinities
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1809

Electra
Hugo Von Hofmannsthal

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1903

Electric Arches
Eve L. Ewing

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2017

Electric Idol
Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Electrifying America: Social Meanings of a New Technology, 1880-1940
David E. Nye

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Eleemosynary
Lee Blessing

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1985

Elegy for Eddie
Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Elegy for Iris
John Bayley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice
A.S. Byatt

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

Elements of Chemistry: Attraction
Penny Reid

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Elena Knows
Claudia Piñeiro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Elena Vanishing
Clare B. Dunkle, Elena Dunkle

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2015

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
Vicki Constantine Croke

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Elephant Run
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Elephants Can Remember
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Elevation: A Novel
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2018

Eleven
Tom Rogers

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Eleven and Holding
Mary Penney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Eleven Hours
Pamela Erens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Eleven Minutes
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Eleven on Top
Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart
Sarah MacLean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Eleven Seasons
Paul D. Carter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Eleven (The Winnie Years, #2)
Lauren Myracle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

El Filibusterismo
José Rizal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1891

Eligible
Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Elijah of Buxton
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
Irene Vallejo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Elite
Rachel Van Dyken

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Eliza and Her Monsters
Francesca Zappia

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Elizabeth and Hazel
David Margolick

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

Elizabeth and Her German Garden (Elizabeth)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1898

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography
Margaret Forster

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1988

Elizabeth Costello
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Elizabeth is Missing
Emma Healey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Elizabeth Street
Laurie Fabiano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years
John Guy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
Sally Bedell Smith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Eliza Starts a Rumor
Jane L. Rosen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
Barbara Ransby

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Ella Minnow Pea
Mark Dunn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Ellen Foster
Kaye Gibbons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Ellen Tebbits (Ellen & Otis, #1)
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1951

Ellie and the Harpmaker
Hazel Prior

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Ellie's Story (A Dog's Purpose Puppy Tales)

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Ellis Island And Other Stories
Mark Helprin

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1981

Elmer
Gerry Alanguilan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Elmer and the Dragon
Ruth Stiles Gannett

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1950

Elmer Gantry
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1927

Elmet
Fiona Mozley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Brittney Cooper

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

El reino de Este Mundo
Alejo Carpentier

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Elric of Melniboné (Tale of the Eternal Champion, #8)
Michael Moorcock

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1972

Elric: The Stealer of Souls (Eternal Champion, #11)
Michael Moorcock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Elsewhere
Richard Russo

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Elsewhere (Russo)
Richard Russo

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

El Túnel
Ernesto Sabato

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll
Priscilla Presley, Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Sandra Harmon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Emako Blue
Brenda Woods

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Em and The Big Hoom
Jerry Pinto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Embassytown
China Mieville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Ember Queen
Laura Sebastian

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020