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Fingersmith
Sarah Waters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1954-1981, With Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines, and Anecdotes
Stephen Sondheim

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2009

Finisterre (Wars Within #1)
Graham Hurley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
James P. Carse

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
Elle Cosimano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
Elle Cosimano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead
Elle Cosimano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice
Elle Cosimano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Finnegans Wake
James Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

Finn Family Moomintroll (The Moomins, #3)
Tove Jansson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1948

Finnikin of the Rock
Melina Marchetta

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Fire and Fury
Michael Wolff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Fire and Ice
Dave Stevenson, Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Fire at Sea
Thomas Gallagher

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

Firebird
Juliette Cross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Fire & Blood
George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Fireborne
Rosaria Munda

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Fire Falling
Elise Kova

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Firefight
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Firefly Lane
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Fire from the Rock
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Firegirl
Tony Abbott

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Firehouse
David Halberstam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Fire in His Blood
Ruby Dixon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Fire Inside
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Fire in the Ashes
Jonathan Kozol

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)
Elmore Leonard

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2001

Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
Frances FitzGerald

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

Fire in the Streets (The Rock and the River, #2)
Kekla Magoon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Firelight
Sophie Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Firelight (Darkest London, #1)
Kristen Callihan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Firelight (Firelight, #1)
Sophie Jordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Fire on the Mountain
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Fireproof
Eric Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Fire Season
Philip Connors

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Charles M. Blow

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Fires In The Mirror
Anna Deavere Smith

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1993

Firestar's Quest
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Firestarter
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Fire Study
Maria V. Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Fire Touched
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
John Vaillant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Fire with Fire
Destiny Soria

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

First Among Equals
Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

First Among Sequels
Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

First Blood
David Morrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

First, Break All the Rules
Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

First Comes Love
Emily Giffin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

First Comes Scandal
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

First Democracy: The Challenge of an Ancient Idea
Paul Woodruff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

First Drop of Crimson
Jeaniene Frost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

First Family (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #4)
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

First Farmers
Peter Bellwood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

First Frost
Sarah Addison Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

First Frost (Mythos Academy, #0.5)
Jennifer Estep

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 2011

First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)
Craig Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

First Generations: Women in Colonial America
Carol Berkin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

First Grave on the Right
Darynda Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power
Kate Andersen Brower

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

First in Their Hearts
Thomas James Fleming

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1985

First Kill
Michael Kronenwetter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

First King of Shannara
Terry Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

First Ladies: The Ever Changing Role, from Martha Washington to Melania Trump
Betty Boyd Caroli

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Firstlife
Gena Showalter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

First Light
Rebecca Stead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

First Lord's Fury
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

First Love
Gwendoline Riley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

First Love and Other Stories
Ivan Turgenev

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1881

First of the Tudors
Joanna Hickson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
Thomas E. Ricks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

First Rider's Call
Kristen Britain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

First Test
Tamora Pierce

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2000

First They Killed My Father
Loung Ung

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

First Things First
Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill, A. Roger Merrill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

First Year
Rachel E. Carter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

F is for Fugitive (Kinsey Millhone, #6)
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Fish
L. S. Matthews

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Fish!
Stephen C. Lundin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Fish: A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
Ken Blanchard, John Christensen, Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Fish in a Tree
Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun: A Personal History of Violence
Geoffrey Canada

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

Fit for Life
Harvey Diamond, Marilyn Diamond

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Five Bells
Gail Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Five Children and It
E. Nesbit

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
Olga Lengyel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1947

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Sheri Fink

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child
Laura Cumming

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Five Decembers
Jonathan Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Five Feet Apart
Rachael Lippincott

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Five Flavors of Dumb
Antony John

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Five Go Adventuring Again
Enid Blyton

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1943

Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud)
Sigmund Freud, Peter Gay

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1910

Five Little Indians
Michelle Good

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Margaret Sidney

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1881

Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

Five Midnights (Five Midnights, #1)
Ann Dávila Cardinal

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Five on a Treasure Island (Famous Five, #1)
Enid Blyton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1942

Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT
Chetan Bhagat

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004