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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

The Jewels of Paradise
Donna Leon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Jew of Malta
Christopher Marlowe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1589

The JFK Conspiracy
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

The Job
Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The John Carlos Story
John Carlos, Dave Zirin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Johnstown Flood
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The Joke
Milan Kundera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1905

The Jokers
Albert Cossery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Jordan Rules
Sam Smith

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

The Journalist and the Murderer
Janet Malcolm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Journal of Curious Letters
James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Journal of John Woolman
John Woolman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1774

The Journey Home
Isabelle Holland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

The Journey of Crazy Horse
Joseph M. Marshall III

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

The Journey of Little Charlie
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
Spencer Wells

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Journey to the West: Volume I
Wu Cheng'en, Transl. Anthony C. Yu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1592

The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Joy of Falling
Lindsay Harrel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Joys of Motherhood
Buchi Emecheta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Judas Strain
James Rollins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Judge's List
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Jukebox Queen of Malta
Nicholas Rinaldi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Jumbie God's Revenge (The Jumbies, #3)
Tracey Baptiste

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Jumbies
Tracey Baptiste

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Jumping-Off Place
Marian Hurd McNeely

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1929

The Jungle
Upton Sinclair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1905

The Jury Master (David Sloane, #1)
Robert Dugoni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Just City
Jo Walton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Juvie Three
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008