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From the Embers
Aly Martinez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E. L. Konigsburg

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1967

From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia
Pankaj Mishra

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America
Elizabeth Hinton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

From Time to Time (Time, #2)
Jack Finney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

From Twinkle, with Love
Sandhya Menon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Front Desk
Kelly Yang

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Frontera
Lewis Shiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Frontier Living: An Illustrated Guide to Pioneer Life in America
Edwin Tunis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Front Lines (Front Lines, #1)
Michael Grant

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Frost
C.N. Crawford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Frostbite
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
Richelle Mead, Nicola Twilley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Frostbitten
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Frostblood
Elly Blake

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2017

Frost Burned
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Froth
Armando Palacio Valdés

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1890

Frozen
Melissa de la Cruz, Michael Johnston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Frozen Charlotte (Frozen Charlotte, #1)
Alex Bell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Frozen Fire
Tim Bowler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Frozen Stiff
Sherry Shahan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Frozen Tides
Michelle Rowen, Morgan Rhodes

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Fruit of the Drunken Tree
Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Fruits Basket, Vol. 1
Natsuki Takaya

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1999

Fruits Basket, Vol. 2
Natsuki Takaya

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1999

Fruits Basket, Vol. 3
Natsuki Takaya

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1999

Fruits Basket, Vol. 4
Natsuki Takaya, Athena Nibley, Alethea Nibley

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2000

Fruits Basket, Vol. 7
Natsuki Takaya

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2001

Fudge-a-Mania
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Fudge Cupcake Murder
Joanne Fluke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Fueled
K. Bromberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Fuel the Fire
Becca Ritchie, Krista Ritchie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Fuenteovejuna
Lope de Vega

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1618

Fugitive Colors
Lisa Barr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade
Rachel Louise Snyder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching
Jarvis R. Givens

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Fugitive Pieces
Anne Michaels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Fugitive Telemetry
Martha Wells

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2021

Full Body Burden
Kristen Iversen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
Jon Kabat-Zinn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Full Cicada Moon
Marilyn C. Hilton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

Full Circle
Gloria Killian

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Full Dark, No Stars
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Full House
Steffie Hall, Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Full Measures
Rebecca Yarros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Fullmetal Alchemist 3
Hiromu Arakawa

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
Hiromu Arakawa

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 2
Akira Watanabe, Jason Thompson, Hiromu Arakawa

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 3
Hiromu Arakawa

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

Full Moon o Sagashite, Vol. 1
Arina Tanemura, Tomo Kimura

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

Full Moon Rising
Keri Arthur

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Full of Beans
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-Catcher After 25 Years' Experience
Ike Matthews

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1898

Full Tilt
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Fumifugium
John Evelyn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1661

Fundamental Problems of Marxism
Georgi Plekhanov

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1908

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Alison Bechdel

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

FunJungle: Belly Up, Poached, Big Game
Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Funny Boy
Shyam Selvadurai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
Laurie Zaleski

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Funny Girl
Nick Hornby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Funnyhouse of a Negro
Adrienne Kennedy

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1997

Funny In Farsi
Firoozeh Dumas

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Funny Story
Emily Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Funny You Should Ask
Elissa Sussman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Furaha Means Happy: A Book of Swahili Words
Ken Wilson-Max

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1900

Furia
Yamile Saied Méndez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)
Jim Butcher, Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Casey Cep

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Furious Love
Sam Kashner

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Furiously Happy
Jenny Lawson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Fury
Laurann Dohner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Furyborn (Empirium, #1)
Claire Legrand

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Future Home of the Living God
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Futures and Frosting
Tara Sivec

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Future Shock
Alvin Toffler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
David Wong, Jason Pargin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Fuzzy Mud
Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Fuzzy Nation
John Scalzi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Fable of the Bees
Bernard Mandeville

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1714

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
Brian Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Fabulous Clipjoint (Ed & Am Hunter #1)
Fredric Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

The Face
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Facebook Effect
David Kirkpatrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Faceless Ones
Derek Landy

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, #1)
Anne Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme
John Keegan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

The Face of Deception
Iris Johansen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Face of Imperialism
Michael Parenti

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Face on the Milk Carton
Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

The Factory
Hiroko Oyamada

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
Yann Martel

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1993

The Faculty Lounge
Jennifer Mathieu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Fade Out
Ed Brubaker

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Faerie Queene
Edmund Spenser

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

The Fair Weather Friend
Jessie Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026