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The Law of Moses (The Law of Moses, #1)
Amy Harmon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lay of the Land
Richard Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Layover
Lacie Waldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Lazarus Project
Aleksandar Hemon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done
Emily P. Freeman, Kendra Adachi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Leadership Challenge
Barry Z. Posner, James M. Kouzes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company
Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, Jim Noel

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life
Robin S. Sharma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Leading Brain: Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance
Friederike Fabritius, Hans W. Hagemann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1
Alan Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2
Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The League of Frightened Men (Nero Wolfe, #2)
Rex Stout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Eric Ries

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Leap
Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Leavers
Lisa Ko

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Ledge
Lawrence Sargent Hall

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1959

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
Garth Nix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The Leftovers
Tom Perrotta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Legacy
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West
Patricia Nelson Limerick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life
Steven Pressfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Legend of Drizzt: The Collected Stories
R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2011

The Legend of Good Women
Geoffrey Chaucer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1385

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2007

The Legend of the Baal-Shem
Martin Buber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1908

The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
James Knowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1860

The Leisure Seeker
Michael Zadoorian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Lemming Condition

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1976

The Lemonade Crime
Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Lemonade War
Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Lemon Orchard
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
Sandy Tolan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2006

The Length of a String
Elissa Brent Weissman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
Sonora Reyes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Lesser Blessed
Richard Van Camp

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Lesser Bohemians
Eimear McBride

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Lesson
Eugène Ionesco

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

The Lesson of the Master (The Art of the Novella series)
Henry James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1888

The Lessons of History
Will Durant, Ariel Durant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Letter
Kathryn Hughes, W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1926

The Letters Of Abelard And Heloise
Peter Abelard, Heloise

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult | Published in 1133

The Letters of Gustave Flaubert, 1830-1857
Gustave Flaubert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1857

The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult | Published in 1914

The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Thomas L. Friedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Liar
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Liars' Club
Mary Karr

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

The Liar's Dictionary
Eley Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Liar's Girl
Catherine Ryan Howard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Liar's Key
Mark Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Libation Bearers
Aeschylus

Fiction | Play | Adult

The Liberation of Gabriel King
K.L. Going

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Liberator
John L. Thomas

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

The Librarian
Larry Beinhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Librarianist
Patrick Dewitt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Librarian of Auschwitz
Antonio Iturbe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Librarian of Burned Books: A Novel
Brianna Labuskes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Librarian Spy
Madeline Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Library Book
Susan Orlean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Library Card

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1997

The Library of Lost and Found
Phaedra Patrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)
T.L. Huchu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Library of the Unwritten
A.J. Hackwith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Lido
Libby Page, Libby Page

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lie and How We Told It
Tommi Parrish

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Lies I Tell
Julie Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lies That Bind
Emily Giffin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lies We Told
Camilla Way

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lies You Wrote (Raisa Susanto, #1)
Brianna Labuskes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Lie Tree
Frances Hardinge

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Lieutenant
Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Martin McDonagh

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2001

The Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb: An American Slave (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
Henry Bibb

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1849

The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta
John Rollin Ridge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1854

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
L. Frank Baum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1902

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
James Cross Giblin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Life and Death of Crazy Horse
Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman: An Analysis of a Wicked Man's Life, as a Warning for Others
John Bunyan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1680

The Life and Loves of a She Devil
Fay Weldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr
E.T.A. Hoffmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1821

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Laurence Sterne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1759

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Life Before Her Eyes
Laura Kasischke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do
Sarah Knight

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do (A No F*cks Given Guide)
Sarah Knight

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondō, Transl. Cathy Hirano

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
Marie Kondō

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up
Marie Kondō, Yuko Uramoto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Life Intended
Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Life List
Lori Nelson Spielman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Life of a Banana
P.P. Wong

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Life of Andrew Jackson
Marquis James

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1938

The Life of Charlemagne
Einhard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 818

The Life of Christina of Markyate
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1349

The Life of Elizabeth I
Alison Weir

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998