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Mr. Perfect
Linda Howard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Mr. Popper's Penguins
Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1938

Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin
Fiona Hill, Clifford G. Gaddy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere, Esq. as Revealed by his Horse
Robert Lawson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1953

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Paul Gallico

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Mrs. Bridge (Mrs and Mr Bridge, #1)
Evan S. Connell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Mrs Craddock (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
Rhys Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Mrs England
Stacey Halls

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Mrs. Everything
Jennifer Weiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Mrs. Fletcher
Tom Perrotta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert C. O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1971

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Mrs. Jeepers Is Missing! (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Super Special, #1)
Debbie Dadey, Marcia Thornton Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Jennifer Chiaverini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters
Jennifer Chiaverini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Mrs. March
Virginia Feito

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Hercule Poirot, #32)
Agatha Christie, Hugh Fraser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

Mrs. Mike (Mrs. Mike, #1)
Benedict Freedman, Nancy Freedman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1947

Mrs. Nash's Ashes
Sarah Adler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Mrs Osmond
John Banville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
Betty MacDonald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1947

Mr. Splitfoot
Samantha Hunt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante (Maggie Hope Mystery, #5)
Susan Elia MacNeal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Mrs. Spring Fragrance and Other Writings (Asian American Experience)
Sui Sin Far

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1995

Mr Stink
David Walliams

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Mrs. Warren's Profession
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1893

Mrs. Wiggins
Mary Monroe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Mr. Terupt Falls Again
Rob Buyea

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Mr. Texas
Lawrence Wright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Mr. Timothy
Louis Bayard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Mr. Tucket (The Tucket Adventures, #1)
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Mr. Vertigo
Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Mr. Was
Pete Hautman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Mr. Whisper (The Specialists, #1)
Andrew Mayne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Mr. Wrong Number
Lynn Painter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Ms. Bixby's Last Day
John David Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
G. Willow Wilson

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2014

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why
Jamie McKelvie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio
Peter Robb

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

M Train
Patti Smith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1598

Much Madness Is Divinest Sense
Kathleen J. Greider

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Mudbound
Hillary Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Mud City
Deborah Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Mud Vein
Tarryn Fisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Muggie Maggie
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time (Eminent Lives)
Karen Armstrong

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1983

Mulatto
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1935

Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life
Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1930

Mules and Men
Zora Neale Hurston

Nonfiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1935

Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Liz Wiseman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Mumbo Jumbo
Ishmael Reed

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Munich
Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Muppets in Moscow
Natasha Lance Rogoff

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Murambi, The Book of Bones
Boubacar Boris Diop

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Murder
David Halliday

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1978

Murder as a Fine Art
David Morrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Murder at the Book Club
Betsy Reavley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Murder at the Grand Raj Palace (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #4)
Vaseem Khan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Murder at the Vicarage
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens's London
Claire Harman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam, and the Limits of Tolerance
Ian Buruma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Murder in Mesopotamia
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Murder in Montparnasse (Phryne Fisher, #12)
Kerry Greenwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Murder in the Cathedral
T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1935

Murder in the Family
Cara Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Murder in the Marais (Aimee Leduc Investigations, #1)
Cara Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Murder in the Mews: a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot, #SS-36)

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1937

Murder Is Easy
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike, #1)
Robin Stevens

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Murder of Crows
Anne Bishop

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Murder on a Kibbutz
Batya Gur

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Murder on Cape Cod (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #1)
Maddie Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Murder on St. Mark's Place (Gaslight Mystery, #2)
Victoria Thompson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Murder on the Red River (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #1)
Marcie R. Rendon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Murder on Trinity Place (Gaslight Mystery, #22)
Victoria Thompson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Murphy
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Murphy's Law (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #1)
Rhys Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Musashi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

Music in the Dark
Sally Magnusson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Music of the Ghosts
Vaddey Ratner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Music of the Heart
Katie Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Oliver Sacks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Muslims and the Making of America
Amir Hussain

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Mustard Seed
Laila Ibrahim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Musui's Story
Katsu Kokichi, Transl. Teruko Craig, Illustr. Hiroshige Utagawa

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1843

Mutability
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult

Mutant Message Down Under
Marlo Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
Pyotr Kropotkin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1891

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
Dean Spade

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

My Abandonment
Peter Rock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

My Absolute Darling
Gabriel Tallent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

My Age of Anxiety
Scott Stossel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014