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Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse (Goth Girl, #1)
Chris Riddell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Gothikana
RuNyx

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
Richard Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Gourmet Rhapsody
Muriel Barbery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Go, Went, Gone
Jenny Erpenbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Grace
Paul Lynch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Grace and Glory
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond
Lilly Ledbetter, Lanier Scott Isom

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Gracefully Grayson
Ami Polonsky

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Grace, Gold and Glory
Gabrielle Douglas, Michelle Burford

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Graceland
Chris Abani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Graceling
Kristin Cashore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Gracelying
Kristin Cashmore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Graduation Day
Joelle Charbonneau

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Graduation (Tale Blazers)
Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2000

Graffiti Moon
Cath Crowley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers
David Perlmutter, Kristin Loberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Grandma Gatewood's Walk
Ben Montgomery

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1
Pengie, Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭, Jin Fang, Suika, Marina Privalova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Grant
Ron Chernow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

Granted
John David Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Grass
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Grass for His Pillow
Lian Hearn

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Grasshopper Jungle
Andrew Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Gratitude
Oliver Sacks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Gratitude: A Way of Life
Louise L. Hay

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Grave Mercy
Robin LaFevers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Graveminder (Graveminder, #1)
Melissa Marr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Grave Peril
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Grave Secret
Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Grave Secrets (Temperance Brennan, #5)
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Grave Sight
Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Grave Silence
Rose Beecham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Grave Surprise
Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Grave Witch
Kalayna Price

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Graveyard Shift, and Other Stories from Night Shift

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1988

Graveyard Shift (short story)
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult

Gravity Falls: Journal 3
Alex Hirsch, Rob Renzetti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Gravity Is the Thing
Jaclyn Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Gray Mountain
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Grayson's Vow
Mia Sheridan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Greasy Lake and Other Stories
T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1985

Great at Work
Morten Hansen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Great Battles for Boys: WW2 Europe
Joe Giorello

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Great Blue Hills of God
Kreis Beall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
Morten T. Hansen, Jim Collins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Great Expectations
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1861

Great House
Nicole Krauss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Great Ideas Miracles and Idolatry (Penguin Great Ideas)
Voltaire

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1764

Great Jones Street
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History
Paul Horgan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1954

Green
Sam Graham-Felsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Green Angel
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Greenbanks
Dorothy Whipple

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Green for Danger (Inspector Cockrill #2)
Christianna Brand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1944

Greenglass House
Kate Milford

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Green Grass, Running Water
Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Green Hills of Africa
Ernest Hemingway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1935

Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600 - 1860
Richard H. Grove

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Green Island
Shawna Yang Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Green Mansions
William Henry Hudson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1904

Greenmantle (Richard Hannay #2)
John Buchan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1916

Green Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Green on Blue
Elliot Ackerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Green Rider
Kristen Britain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Green Tea
J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1872

Green: The Beginning and the End
Ted Dekker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Green: The Light Within
S.M. Huggins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Greenwich Park
Katherine Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Greenwitch
Susan Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1974

Greetings from Bury Park: A Memoir
Sarfraz Manzoor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Greetings From Witness Protection!
Jake Burt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Gregor and the Code of Claw
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2005

Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Gregor the Overlander
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Gregory Palamas: The Triads
Gregory Palamas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1341

Grenade
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Grendel
John Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Grendel's Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd-Wife
Susan Signe Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Greta & Valdin
Rebecca K. Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Grey Bees
Andrey Kurkov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Grey (Fifty Shades as Told by Christian, #1)
E.L. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Grey Mask (Miss Silver, #1)
Patricia Wentworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

Grey Sister
Mark Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Grey Souls
Philippe Claudel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Grief Child (Lion Paperback)
Lawrence Darmani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Grief Cottage
Gail Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Grief is the Thing with Feathers
Max Porter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Griffin & Sabine (Griffin & Sabine #1)
Nick Bantock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Grimm's Fairy Tales
Brothers Grimm

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | YA | Published in 2011

Grim Tuesday
Garth Nix

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Grin and Beard It
Penny Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Grinding It Out
Ray Kroc

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

Grip of the Shadow Plague
Brandon Dorman, Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008