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The Fiery Heart
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

The Fiery Trial
Eric Foner

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Fifth Assassin (Culper Ring, #2)
Brad Meltzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story
Vivek J. Tiwary

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The Fifth Child
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Fifth Discipline
Peter M. Senge

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24; City Watch, #5)
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Fifth Gospel
Ian Caldwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Fifth Letter
Nicola Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Fifth Mountain
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Fifth Rule
Don Aker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Fifth Sacred Thing (Maya Greenwood, #1)
Starhawk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Fifth to Die
J.D. Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Fifth Vial
Michael Palmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Fifth Woman
Steven T. Murray, Henning Mankell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Fifties
David Halberstam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Fifty Year Sword
Mark Z. Danielewski

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2012

The Fighter
Michael Farris Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Fighting Ground
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

The Fight to Vote
Michael Waldman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Fig Orchard
Layla Fiske

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Fill-In Boyfriend
Kasie West

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

The Film Club
David Gilmour

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You
Eli Pariser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Final Detail (Myron Bolitar, #6)
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Final Four
Paul Volponi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Final Gambit
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Final Journey
Gudrun Pausewang

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Dawnie Walton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Final Solution
Michael Chabon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Final Warning
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

The Financial Lives of the Poets
Jess Walter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Financier (Trilogy of Desire, #1)
Theodore Dreiser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

The Finder
Colin Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Finders (Mace Reid K-9 Mystery, #1)
Jeffrey B. Burton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Fine Art of Small Talk: How to Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills and Leave a Positive Impression!
Debra Fine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Fine Art of Truth or Dare
Melissa Jensen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Fine Print
Lauren Asher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue
Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Finkler Question
Howard Jacobson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Fire
Katherine Neville

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1969

The Fire Between High & Lo
Brittainy C. Cherry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Firebird
Susanna Kearsley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Firefly Letters
Margarita Engle

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2010

The Fireman
Joe Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Fire Sermon (The Fire Sermon, #1)
Francesca Haig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, #5)
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Fires of Spring
James A. Michener

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1949

The Fires of Vengeance (The Burning, #2)
Evan Winter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
Mary Beard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Fire (The Eight, #2)
Katherine Neville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Fire This Time
Jesmyn Ward

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Fire Within
Chris d'Lacey

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2001

The Firework-Maker's Daughter
Philip Pullman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Firm
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Firm (The Firm, #1)
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The First
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded
Michael D. Watkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
H.W. Brands

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

The First and Second Discourses
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1750

The First Bad Man
Miranda July

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The First Circle
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The First Confessor (The Legend of Magda Searus, #1)
Terry Goodkind

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The First Day of Spring
Nancy Tucker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The First Emma
Camille Di Maio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Claire North

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The First Four Years
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The First Husband
Laura Dave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The First Ladies
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The First Law Trilogy
Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The First Man
Albert Camus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
Colleen McCullough

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The First Men in the Moon
H.G. Wells, Steven McLean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1901

The First Mistake
Sandie Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
Lesley Hazleton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The First Part Last
Angela Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The First Phone Call from Heaven
Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The First Rule of Punk
Celia C. Perez

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The First Stone
Don Aker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The First Summit
Theodore A. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The First Time
Joy Fielding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The First to Die at the End
Adam Silvera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The First Treatise of Government
John Locke

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1689

The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1978

The First Witch of Boston
Andrea Catalano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The First Wives Club
Olivia Goldsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The First World War
John Keegan

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The First World War: An Agrarian Interpretation
Avner Offer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

The First World War: Volume I: To Arms
Hew Strachan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Fish Can Sing
Halldór Laxness

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Fisherman
John Langan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Fisherman's Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican's Secret Search

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Fish That Ate The Whale
Rich Cohen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

The Fist of God
Frederick Forsyth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994