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The Essay
Robin Yocum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Essays of Elia
Charles Lamb

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Essence of Christianity
Ludwig Feuerbach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1841

The Essence of Religion (Great Books in Philosophy)
Ludwig Feuerbach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1845

The Essential Art Of War
Sun Tzu

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For
Alison Bechdel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Essential Epicurus
Epicurus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 272

The Essential Plotinus (Hackett Classics)
Plotinus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 250

The Essential Rumi
Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī)

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Essex Serpent
Sarah Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Eternal Husband and Other Stories
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1890

The Eternal Ones (Eternal Ones, #1)
Kirsten Miller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Eternity Code
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Eternity Cure
Julie Kagawa

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

The Ethan I Was Before
Ali Standish

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Ilan Pappé

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Mark Forsyth

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Eudemian Ethics
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 323

The Europeans
Henry James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1878

The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture
Orlando Figes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Eustace Diamonds (Palliser, #3)
Anthony Trollope, Stephen Gill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1873

The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
Frances FitzGerald

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Evening and the Morning
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Evening Chorus
Helen Humphreys

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Eve of Destruction
James Patterson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Ever King
L. J. Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Everlasting Man
G. K. Chesterton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1925

The Every (The Circle, #2)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Everything Store
Brad Stone

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Evil Wizard Smallbone
Delia Sherman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Evolutionary Void
Peter F. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Evolution of Beauty
Richard O. Prum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
Benjamin Hale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Jacqueline Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Evolution of Cooperation
Robert Axelrod

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

The Evolution Of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Evolution of God
Robert Wright

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Evolution of Mara Dyer
Michelle Hodkin

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
Stephen Grosz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Exchange: After The Firm
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Executioner
Chris Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Executioner's Song
Norman Mailer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

The Ex Hex
Erin Sterling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Exiled Queen
Cinda Williams Chima

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Exiles (The Exiles, #1)
Hilary McKay

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

The Exonerated
Erik Jensen, Jessica Blank

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2002

The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The Expats
Chris Pavone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World
David Robson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Expected One (Magdalene Line Trilogy, #1)
Kathleen McGowan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
Tobias Smollett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1771

The Expendable Man
Dorothy B. Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Experience Machine
Andy Clark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Explorer
Katherine Rundell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Explorer's Code (John Sinclair Mystery #1)
Kitty Pilgrim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Explorer (The Anomaly Quartet, 1)
James Smythe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Explosive Child: A New Approach For Understanding And Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
Ross W. Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Charles Darwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1872

The Ex Talk
Rachel Lynn Solomon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
Annie Murphy Paul

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science)
Richard Dawkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Extraordinaries
T.J. Klune

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

The Extraordinary Adventures Of Alfred Kropp
Richard (Rick) Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip
Sara Brunsvold

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict
Trenton Lee Stewart

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Extraordinary Leader: Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders
John H. Zenger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man
Paul Newman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
Robert Dugoni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Ex Vows
Jessica Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Eye in the Door
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Eye of God
James Rollins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Eye of Minds
James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Eye of the Heron
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1978

The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Eyes of Kid Midas
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

The Eyes of the Dragon
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Eyre Affair
Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001