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The Lifted Veil
George Eliot

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1859

The Lifters
Dave Eggers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Light After the War
Anita Abriel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Light at Tern Rock
Julia L. Sauer

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1941

The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Light Between Worlds
Laura E. Weymouth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Light Brigade
Kameron Hurley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Light Fantastic
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Lighthouse
Alison Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh, #13)
P.D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Lighthouse at the End of the World
Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1905

The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Hazel Gaynor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lighthouse Witches
C.J. Cooke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Light in Hidden Places
Sharon Cameron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Light in the Forest
Conrad Richter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1953

The Light In The Ruins
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Light Jar
Lisa Thompson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Lightkeepers
Abby Geni

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Lightkeeper's Daughters
Jean E. Pendziwol

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Lightless Sky
Gulwali Passarlay

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Lightness of Hands
Jeff Garvin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
Margarita Engle

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2013

The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel
Rick Riordan, Attila Futaki, José Villarrubia, Robert Venditti

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

The Light of All That Falls
James Islington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Light of Asia
Edwin Arnold

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1879

The Light of Day
Graham Swift

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
Judy Batalion

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Light of Western Stars
Zane Grey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1914

The Light Pirate
Lily Brooks-Dalton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Light Through the Leaves
Glendy Vanderah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Light We Lost
Jill Santopolo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed As You Are
Alicia Menendez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Likeness
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Lilac Bus
Maeve Binchy

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1984

The Lilies of the Field
William Edmund Barrett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Limits of State Action
Wilhelm von Humboldt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1851

The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President⁠—and Why It Failed

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Lincoln Letter (Peter Fallon, #5)
William Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
Francisco Cantú

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Lines We Cross
Randa Abdel-Fattah

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Line Tender
Kate Allen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The Line That Held Us
David Joy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lion
Nelson DeMille

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Lion and the Jewel
Wole Soyinka

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1962

The Lioness
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
Abigail Tucker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Lion in Winter
James Goldman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1966

The Lion of Mars
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Lion's Game
Nelson DeMille

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Lion's Lady
Julie Garwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Lions of Al-Rassan
Guy Gavriel Kay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Lions Of Little Rock
Kristin Levine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Lions of Lucerne
Brad Thor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1950

The List
Siobhan Vivian

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The List: A Novel
Yomi Adegoke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Listener
Tove Jansson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1971

The Listeners
James E. Gunn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

The List of Things That Will Not Change
Rebecca Stead

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Litigators
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
Meik Wiking

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People
Meik Wiking

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Little Book That Beats the Market
Joel Greenblatt

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
Deborah Rodriguez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Little Disturbances of Man
Grace Paley

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1959

The Little Drummer Girl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Little Duke
Charlotte Mary Yonge

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1854

The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi
Ungolino di Monte Santa Maria, Evelyn Underhill, John F. Thornton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1476

The Little Foxes
William Wyler

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1941

The Little French Bistro
Nina George

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Little Friend
Donna Tartt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Little Grey Men
B.B.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Little House
Kyōko Nakajima

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Little Lady Agency
Hester Browne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Little Liar
Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Little Locksmith
Katharine Butler Hathaway

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1943

The Little Match Girl

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1845

The Little Nugget
P.G. Wodehouse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913

The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules (League of Pensioners, #1)
Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg, Rod Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Transl. Simon Pare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1943

The Little Red Chairs
Edna O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Littles
John Peterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1967

The Little School
Alicia Partnoy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1986

The Little Shadows
Marina Endicott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
Raymond Chandler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Little Vampire
Angela Sommer-Bodenburg

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

The Little White Bird
J. M. Barrie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1902

The Little White Horse
Elizabeth Goudge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1946

The Lives of a Cell
Lewis Thomas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

The Lives of Animals
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1999

The Lives of Christopher Chant
Diana Wynne Jones

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1988

The Lives of Edie Pritchard
Larry Watson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020