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Julia
Sandra Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Julia and the Shark
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Julian
Gore Vidal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

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

Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1599

July's People
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Jump and Find Joy
Hoda Kotb

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Jumper: Griffin's Story (Jumper, #0.5)
Steven Gould

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Jumper (Jumper, #1)
Steven Gould

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Jumping Off Swings
Jo Knowles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Jumping the Nail
Eve Bunting

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

Jump Ship to Freedom
Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

Juneteenth
Ralph Ellison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Jungle of Bones
Ben Mikaelsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
Barbara Park

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket (Junie B. Jones, #15)
Barbara Park

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Juniper Hill
Devney Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Juniper Time
Kate Wilhelm

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Junky
William S. Burroughs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Juno and the Paycock
Seán O'Casey

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1924

Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Juror #3 (Ruby Bozarth #1)
James Patterson, Nancy Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Just After Sunset
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2008

Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II
Lia Levi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Just a Kiss
Denise Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations
Michael Walzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

Just Another Hero
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Just Another Missing Person
Gillian McAllister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Just as I Am
Cicely Tyson, Michelle Burford

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Just as Long as We're Together
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

Just Between Us
Rebecca Drake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Just Ella
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Just Fall
Nina Sadowsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Just Fly Away
Andrew McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Just for Now
Abbi Glines

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Just for the Cameras
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Just Friends
Haley Pham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Just Haven't Met You Yet
Sophie Cousens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Justice
Michael J. Sandel

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Justice and The Politics of Difference
Iris Marion Young

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Justice as Fairness: A Restatement
John Rawls

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue
Marquis de Sade

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1791

Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1)
Lawrence Durrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Marguerite Henry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1945

Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life
Jerry Pinkney

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Just Kids
Patti Smith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Just Last Night
Mhairi McFarlane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Just Like Heaven
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Just Like Me
Nancy J. Cavanaugh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Just Like That
Gary D. Schmidt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
Helen Thorpe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Just Like You
Nick Hornby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Just Listen
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care
Dayna Bowen Matthew

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
Bryan Stevenson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2018

Just My Luck
Cammie McGovern

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Just My Type
Falon Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Simon Garfield

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Just Once
Karen Kingsbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Just One Damned Thing After Another
Jodi Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Just One Day
Gayle Forman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Just One Look
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Just One of the Guys
Kristan Higgins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Just One Year (Just One Day, #2)
Gayle Forman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Just Patty
Jean Webster

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1911

Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness
Laura Coates

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Just the Nicest Couple
Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Just the Sexiest Man Alive
Julie James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Just Us: An American Conversation
Claudia Rankine

Nonfiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
Paula Daly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Jacket
Gary Soto

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1986

The Jacksonian Persuasion: Politics and Belief
Marvin Meyers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1899

The Jade Peony
Wayson Choy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Jaguar's Children
John Vaillant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Jailhouse Lawyer
Nancy Allen, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
Vincent Bevins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Jane Austen Book Club
Karen Joy Fowler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Jane Austen Project
Kathleen A. Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Jane Austen Society
Natalie Jenner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Janissary Tree
Jason Goodwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Janitor's Boy
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)
Elly Griffiths

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Jasad Heir
Sara Hashem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Jasmine Throne
Tasha Suri

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Jaunt

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1981

The Jazz Palace
Mary Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Jefferson Key (Cotton Malone, #7)
Steve Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Jester
Andrew Gross, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
SJ James Martin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Jesus I Never Knew
Philip Yancey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Jetsetters
Amanda Eyre Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Jewel
Amy Ewing

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

The Jewel in the Crown
Paul Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Jewel of Seven Stars
Bram Stoker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1903