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A Keeper
Graham Norton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

A Kestrel For A Knave
Barry Hines

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1968

A Killer's Mind
Mike Omer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

A Killer's Wife
Victor Methos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

A Kind of Flying
Ron Carlson

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2003

A Kind of Spark
Elle McNicoll

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

A Kingdom of Dreams
Judith McNaught

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows
Holly Renee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A Kingdom of Venom and Vows
Holly Renee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A King's Ransom
Jude Watson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

A Kiss at Midnight
Eloisa James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

A Kiss Before Dying
Ira Levin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

A Kiss of Shadows (Merry Gentry, #1)
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

A Knight in Shining Armor (Montgomery/Taggert Family, #13)
Jude Deveraux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
Brittany Barnett

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Kabul Beauty School
Deborah Rodriguez, Kristin Ohlson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Kaddish and Other Poems

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1961

Kaffir Boy
Mark Mathabane

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1986

Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Kafka Was the Rage
Anatole Broyard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1975

Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi Patel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Kairos
Jenny Erpenbeck, Transl. Michael Hofmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Kala
Colin Walsh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Kaleidoscope
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Kaleidoscope Hearts
Claire Contreras

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Kallocain
Karin Boye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 1
Julietta Suzuki

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Kamouraska
Anne Hébert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Kampung Boy
Lat

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1979

Kane and Abel
Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Kanthapura
Raja Rao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Kantika
Elizabeth Graver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Kappa
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1927

Karel ende Elegast
Unknown

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2002

Karen's Worst Day (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels #3)
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Karl Marx
Francis Wheen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

Karl Marx: His Life and Environment
Isaiah Berlin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1939

Karolina's Twins (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #3)
Ronald H. Balson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Kartography
Kamila Shamsie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Karukku
Bama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Katalin Street
Magda Szabó

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Kate
Tate James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Katherine
Philippa Gregory, Anya Seton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Katie and the Cupcake Cure: The Graphic Novel (Cupcake Diaries: The Graphic Novels, #1)
Coco Simon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Katie the Catsitter
Colleen AF Venable, Illustr. Stephanie Yue

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Katwalk (Kat Colorado, #1)
Karen Kijewski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Kavik the Wolf Dog
Walt Morey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1968

Kazan (Kazan and Baree #1)
James Oliver Curwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1914

Kebra Nagast (the Glory of Kings)
Miguel F. Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1350

Keeper'n Me
Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
Austin Kleon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Keeping 13
Chloe Walsh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Keeping Corner
Kashmira Sheth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Keeping Faith
Jimmy Carter

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

Keeping the Castle
Patrice Kindl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Keeping the Moon
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Keeping You A Secret
Julie Anne Peters

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Keep It in the Family
John Marrs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Keep Quiet
Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age
Sanjay Gupta

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Keep the Aspidistra Flying
George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Keesha's House
Helen Frost

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2003

Kenilworth: Sir Walter Scott (French Edition)
Walter Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Kensuke's Kingdom
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Kesrith (The Faded Sun, #1)
C.J. Cherryh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Ketchup Clouds
Annabel Pitcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Keturah and Lord Death
Martine Leavitt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Key into the Language of America (Applewood Books)
Roger Williams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1643

Key of Knowledge
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Key of Light
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Key of Valor
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Keys to the Demon Prison
Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Khirbet Khizeh
S. Yizhar

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1949

Kick-Ass
Mark Millar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1886

Kid Power
Susan Beth Pfeffer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Kids for Cash: Two Judges, Thousands of Children, and a $2.6 Million Kickback Scheme
William Ecenbarger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Kids of Appetite
David Arnold

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending War
Deborah Ellis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Kierkegaard: A Single Life
Stephen Backhouse

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
Faiza Guene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Kiki's Delivery Service (Kiki's Delivery Service, #1)
Eiko Kadono

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

Kildee House
Rutherford G. Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1949

Kill Alex Cross
Andre Braugher, James Patterson, Zach Grenier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (American Empire Project)
Nick Turse

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Kill Creek
Scott Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Killer
Sara Shepard

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Killer Instinct
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Killer of Enemies
Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Killer Pizza
Greg Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Killers of a Certain Age
Deanna Raybourn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Killers of the Dawn
Darren Shan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Kill Hole
Jamake Highwater

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973