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Gris Grimly's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Grit to Great
Linda Kaplan Thaler, Robin Koval

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Groosham Grange (Groosham Grange, #1)
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Grounded
R.K. Lilley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Immanuel Kant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1785

Ground Zero
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life
Christie Tate

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Group Portrait with Lady
Heinrich Böll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1921

Growing Up
Russell Baker

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

Growing Up Rich
Anne Bernays

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

Grown
Tiffany D. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Grown Ups
Marian Keyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Growth of the Soil
Knut Hamsun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1917

Gruesome Playground Injuries
Rajiv Joseph

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2012

Grump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Liesl Shurtliff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy
Karl Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1857

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Mary Roach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Guadalcanal Diary (Modern Library War)
Richard Tregaskis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1943

Guantanamo Boy
Anna Perera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Guapa
Saleem Haddad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Guardians of the West
David Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1987

Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Guards! Guards!: The Play

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1992

Guerrilla Warfare
Che Guevara

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Guests of the Nation
Frank O'Connor

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1931

Guests of the Sheik
Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1965

Guidebook to Murder (A Tourist Trap Mystery, #1)
Lynn Cahoon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Guilty Pleasures
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Guilty Wives
David Ellis, James Patterson, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Guinea Dog
Patrick Jennings

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Gulag: A History
Anne Applebaum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Gulliver's Travels: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
Jonathan Swift

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1726

Gun Island
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Gun Love
Jennifer Clement

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Gunmetal Magic
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Gun Monkeys: A Novel
Victor Gischler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Gunnar's Daughter
Sigrid Undset

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1909

Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World
Jack Kelly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Guns For General Washington
Seymour Reit

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Gun Street Girl (Detective Sean Duffy, #4)
Adrian McKinty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Gun, with Occasional Music
Jonathan Lethem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Gustav Klimt: 1862-1918
Gilles Néret

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Gutenberg's Apprentice
Alix Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books
Gary Paulsen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
Giulia Enders, Jill Enders

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
Lex Croucher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Gwendy's Button Box
Stephen King, Richard Chizmar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Gwendy's Final Task (The Button Box, #3)
Stephen King, Richard Chizmar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Gwendy's Magic Feather (The Button Box, #2)
Richard Chizmar, Stephen King, Keith Minnion

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Gym Candy
Carl Deuker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The gadfly
Ethel Lilian Voynich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1897

The Gadget
Paul Zindel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
Becky Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Gallery
Laura Marx Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Gallic War and Other Writings
Gaius Julius Caesar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 51

The Galton Case (Lew Archer, #8)
Ross Macdonald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Gamble
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Gambler
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1866

The Game
Ken Dryden

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1983

The Game Changer
Lana Ferguson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Game of Life and How to Play It
Florence Scovel Shinn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

The Game of Love and Chance
Pierre Marivaux

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1730

The Game of Love and Death
Martha Brockenbrough

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Game of My Life
Jason J-Mac Mcelwain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Game of Silence
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Neil Strauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Game Plan
R.L. Mathewson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Gammage Cup (The Minnipins, #1)
Carol Kendall, Erik Blegvad

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1959

The Gangs of New York
Herbert Asbury

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1927

The Gangster We Are All Looking For
Le Thi Diem Thuy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Gap and The Gain: The High Achievers' Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success
Dan Sullivan, Benjamin P. Hardy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Gap of Time: The Winter's Tale Retold
Jeanette Winterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Garden Behind the Moon
Howard Pyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1895

The Garden of Cyrus
Thomas Browne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1658

The Garden of Eden
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Garden of Evening Mists
Tan Twan Eng

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Garden of Letters
Alyson Richman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Garden of Rama
Gentry Lee, Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Garden of Small Beginnings
Abbi Waxman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Giorgio Bassani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Garden Party and Other Stories

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1922

The Garden Party and Other Stories (BBC Dramatization)

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2008

The Gargoyle
Andrew Davidson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Garies and Their Friends
Frank J. Webb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1857

The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life
Robin Stern

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Gate
Natsume Sōseki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1910

The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College
Jacques Steinberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Gate of Angels
Penelope Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Gates of Rome
Conn Iggulden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Gates of the Alamo
Stephen Harrigan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Gate to Women's Country
Sheri S. Tepper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Gathering
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

The Gathering Storm
Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Gathering Storm (The Second World War, #1)
Winston S. Churchill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1948