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A Jest of God
Margaret Laurence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

A Journal Of The Plague Year
Daniel Defoe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1722

A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Wayne Geehan, Raymond James, Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1864

A Judgement in Stone
Ruth Rendell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Jackaby
William Ritter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Jackal
Erin E. Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Jack and Jill
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1880

Jack and Rochelle
Jack Sutin, Rochelle Sutin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

Jackdaws
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Jackie
Dawn Tripp

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Jackie & Me (Baseball Card Adventure, #2)
Dan Gutman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Jackie's Girl: My Life with the Kennedy Family
Kathy McKeon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Jacklight
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1984

Jack London: An American Life
Earle G. Labor

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Jack Maggs
Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Jack of Diamonds
Bryce Courtenay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Jack of Shadows
Roger Zelazny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Jackpot
Nic Stone

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Jacob
Jacquelyn Frank

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Jacob Have I Loved
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Jacob's Rescue
Malka Drucker, Michael Halperin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Jacob's Room
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

Jacqueline in Paris
Ann Mah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Jacques the Fatalist and His Master
Denis Diderot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1796

Jade City
Fonda Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)
Fonda Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)
Fonda Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Jagged
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Jagua Nana
Cyprian Ekwensi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Jaguar
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Jaguars and Electric Eels (Penguin Great Journeys)
Alexander von Humboldt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1853

Jailbird
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote
Doris Stevens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1920

Jake and Lily
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Jake Drake, Teacher's Pet
Andrew Clements, Dolores Avendaño

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Jake, Reinvented
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Jake Undone
Penelope Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Jamaica Inn
Daphne du Maurier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

James And The Giant Peach
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1961

James: A Novel
Percival Everett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

James Bond
Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

James Joyce: A New Biography
Gordon Bowker

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

James Madison: A Life Reconsidered
Lynne Cheney

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
G. Norman Lippert

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Jam on the Vine
Lashonda Katrice Barnett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Jane Austen: A Life
Claire Tomalin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Jane Austen at Home
Lucy Worsley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Jane Bites Back (Jane Fairfax, #1)
Michael Thomas Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Jane Doe
Victoria Helen Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1847

Jane Eyre (Manga Classics)
Crystal S. Chan, SunNeko Lee, Stacy King, Charlotte Brontë

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1847

Jane of Lantern Hill
L.M. Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1937

Jane's Island
Marjorie Hill Allee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1931

Jane Steele
Lyndsay Faye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Janesville: An American Story
Amy Goldstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Jan's Story: Love Lost to the Long Goodbye of Alzheimer's
Barry Petersen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

January
Audrey Carlan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Janus: A Summing Up
Arthur Koestler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy
Eri Hotta

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Japan: described and illustrated by the Japanese
Frank Brinkley, Arthur J. Mundy, Kakuzō Okakura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1897

Japan Sinks
Sakyo Komatsu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Jar City
Bernard Scudder, Arnaldur Indriðason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Jarhead
Anthony Swofford

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Jar of Hearts
Jennifer Hillier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Jasmine
Bharati Mukherjee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen
Debbi Michiko Florence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Jason and the Golden Fleece
Apollonius of Rhodes

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

Jason's Gold
Will Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Jasper Jones
Craig Silvey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Jasper Vale
Devney Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Jawbone
Mónica Ojeda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Jaws
Peter Benchley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Jayber Crow
Wendell Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Jay's Journal
Beatrice Sparks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

Jazz
Toni Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

J.D. and the Great Barber Battle
J. Dillard

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Jealousy
Alain Robbe-Grillet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Jeeves Takes Charge (Jeeves #3.1)
P.G. Wodehouse

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1967

Jefferson's Pillow
Roger Wilkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Jefferson's Second Revolution: The Election Crisis of 1800 and the Triumph of Republicanism
Susan Dunn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Jeffty Is Five
Harlan Ellison

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

Jellicoe Road
Melina Marchetta

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Jemima J
Jane Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Jennie Gerhardt
Theodore Dreiser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1911

Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
Tae Keller

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Jennifer Government
Max Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
E.L. Konigsburg

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

Jennifer Murdley's Toad
Bruce Coville

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Wendy Mass

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Jeremy Poldark (Poldark, #3)
Winston Graham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story
Rick Bragg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Jerusalem
Jez Butterworth

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2009

Jerusalem Delivered
Torquato Tasso

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1581

Jerusalem's Lot
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult

Jerusalem: The Biography
Simon Sebag Montefiore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Jesse
Gary Soto

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War
T.J. Stiles

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
Beth Fantaskey

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2000

Jesus and the Disinherited
Howard Thurman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949

Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
Brant Pitre

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011