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Jesus: A New Vision: Spirit, Culture, and the Life of Discipleship
Marcus J. Borg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography
John Dominic Crossan

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 1994

Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence
Sarah Young

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Jesus Freaks: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus, the Ultimate Jesus Freaks
D.C. Talk, The Voice of the Martyrs

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Jesus Land
Julia Scheeres

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Jesus Through the Centuries
Jaroslav Pelikan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Jet
Jay Crownover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Jewel
Bret Lott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Jewels of the Sun (Gallaghers of Ardmore, #1)
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Jews Without Money
Michael Gold

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

JFK: Reckless Youth
Nigel Hamilton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1992

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Chris Ware

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Jim the Boy
Tony Earley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Jingo
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Jingo Django
Sid Fleischman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1971

Jinx
Meg Cabot

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

J is for Judgment
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Jitterbug Perfume
Tom Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Joan Is Okay
Weike Wang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Joan of Arc
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1896

Joan of Arc: A History
Helen Castor

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Job: A Comedy of Justice
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Job: A Man of Heroic Endurance
Charles R. Swindoll

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1987

Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law
Helen Garner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Joe Turner's Come and Gone
August Wilson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1988

Joey Pigza Loses Control
Jack Gantos

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Jack Gantos

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

John Adams
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2001

John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs
Jack London

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1913

John Brown's Body
Stephen Vincent Benét

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1928

John Bull's Other Island
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1904

John Cardinal O'Connor
Nat Hentoff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)
David Wong, Jason Pargin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

John Donne: The Reformed Soul
John Stubbs

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2019

John Henry Days
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

John Keats
Aileen Ward

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

John Milton
Thomas N. Corns

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Johnny Tremain
Esther Forbes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1943

John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand
Richard Reeves

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father
Francis J. Bremer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

Joining Places: Slave Neighborhoods in the Old South (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
Anthony E. Kaye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Joker
Brian Azzarello

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Jonah's Gourd Vine
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1970

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World
Leo Damrosch

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Joni: An Unforgettable Story
Francis Chan, Joni Eareckson Tada, Billy Graham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Jonny Appleseed
Joshua Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Jo's Boys
Louisa May Alcott

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1886

Joseph and His Brothers
Thomas Mann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Salman Rushdie

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Joseph Conrad: A Critical Biography
Jocelyn Baines

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1960

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Joshua: A Parable for Today
Joseph F. Girzone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Joss Whedon
Amy Pascale

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Journal Of A Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843
Osborne Russell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1914

Journal of the Gun Years
Richard Matheson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Journey
Patricia MacLachlan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

Journey by Moonlight
Antal Szerb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Journey from Peppermint Street
Meindert DeJong

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1968

Journey from the Land of No
Roya Hakakian

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Journey Into Power: Journey Into Power
Baron Baptiste

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1902

Journey into the Whirlwind
Eugenia Ginzburg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1967

Journey of the Sparrows
Fran Leeper Buss

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Journey Outside
Mary Q. Steele

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1969

Journey's End
R.C. Sherriff

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

Journey Through Genius
William Dunham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1990

Journey to America (Journey to America, #1)
Sonia Levitin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1970

Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan
Carlos Castaneda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story
Beverley Naidoo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

Journey to Munich
Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Journey To The Center Of The Earth
Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1864

Journey to the East
Hermann Hesse

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1956

Journey to the End of the Night
Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Transl. Ralph Manheim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Journey to the River Sea
Eva Ibbotson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Journey to Topaz: A Story of the Japanese-American Evacuation
Yoshiko Uchida

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1971

Joy in the Morning (Jeeves, #8)
P.G. Wodehouse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

Joyland
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Jubilee
Margaret Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Judas
Amos Oz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Judas Child
Carol O'Connell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Judas Unchained
Peter F. Hamilton, Marta García Martínez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1895

Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws That Changed America
Nick Kotz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Judgment in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Judgment Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Judy Moody Gets Famous!
Megan McDonald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Judy Moody, M.D.: The Doctor is In! (Judy Moody #5)
Megan McDonald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Judy Moody Saves the World! (Judy Moody #3)
Megan McDonald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Judy's Journey
Lois Lenski

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1947

Jugend ohne Gott
Ödön von Horváth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Juice
Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Juletane (Caribbean Writers Series)
Myriam Warner-Vieyra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Julia
Sandra Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Julie Chan Is Dead
Liann Zhang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Julie Of The Wolves
Jean Craighead George

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

Juliet
Anne Fortier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Juliet, Naked
Nick Hornby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Juliet Takes a Breath
Gabby Rivera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016