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The Marrow of Tradition
Charles W. Chesnutt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1901

The Marrow Thieves
Cherie Dimaline

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Marsh King's Daughter
Karen Dionne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Mars Room
Rachel Kushner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club
Martha Hall Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Martian
Ridley Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

The Martian Invasion of Earth
H.G. Wells, Nicholas Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1898

The Martian Way and Other Stories

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1955

The Martyr
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Marvellers
Dhonielle Clayton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1970

The Marvels
Brian Selznick

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

The Mary Shelley Club
Goldy Moldavsky

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Masked City
Genevieve Cogman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)
M.A. Carrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Mask of Sanity
Hervey M. Cleckley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1941

The Masque of Blackness
Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1605

The Masqueraders
Georgette Heyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

The Massacre at El Mozote
Mark Danner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Master
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
Pedro Domingos

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
Iain McGilchrist

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Master Builder
Henrik Ibsen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1892

The Master Butchers Singing Club
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Masterharper of Pern
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Master Key System
Charles F. Haanel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1912

The Master Magician
Charlie N. Holmberg

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

The Master Mind of Mars (Barsoom #6)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1927

The Master of Ballantrae
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1889

The Masterpiece
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose
Chris Wilson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Master Puppeteer
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

The Masters (Strangers and Brothers, #5)
C.P. Snow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship
Don Miguel Ruiz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Matarese Circle
Robert Ludlum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Match
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Matchlock Gun
Illustr. Paul Lantz, Walter D. Edmonds

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1941

The Matchmaker: A Farce in Four Acts
Thornton Wilder

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1954

The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives
Kit Yates

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mating
Nicky Charles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Matrix: The Shooting Script

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Mats
Francisco Arcellana

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

The Mauritanian (Guantánamo Diary)
Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
Patrick O'Brian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1886

The Maytrees

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Maze of Bones
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Maze Runner
James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The McDonaldization of Society
George Ritzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Meanest Doll in the World (Doll People, #2)
Ann M. Martin, Laura Godwin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Meaning of Consuelo
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
Simon Winchester

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Meaning of Human Existence
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Meaning of Life
Terry Eagleton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Meaning of Mariah Carey
Michaela Angela Davis, Mariah Carey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Timothy Keller, Kathy Keller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Measure
Nikki Erlick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Measure of a Man
Sidney Poitier

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1967

The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
Paul Strathern

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Mediterranean Caper (Dirk Pitt, #2)
Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Medium is the Massage
Marshall McLuhan, Quentin Fiore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

The Medusa and the Snail
Lewis Thomas

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

The Medusa Plot
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

The Meltdown
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

The Melting Pot
Maria Kaneva-Johnson

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Member of the Wedding
Carson McCullers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

The Memoirs of a Survivor
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Memoirs of Cleopatra
Margaret George

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby
John Singleton Mosby

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1917

The Memoirs of Mr. Charles Yellowplush: Sometime Footman in Many Genteel Families (Pocket Classics)
William Makepeace Thackeray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1837

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1893

The Memory Chalet
Tony Judt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Memory Collectors
Kim Neville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Memory Garden
Rachel Hore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Memory Keeper of Kyiv
Erin Litteken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Memory of Light
Francisco X. Stork

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Memory of Love
Aminatta Forna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Memory of Running
Ron McLarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Memory of Things
Gae Polisner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Memory of Water
Karen White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Memory Palace
Mira Bartok

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Memory Palace Of Matteo Ricci
Jonathan Spence

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1984

The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Menagerie
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Men in My Life
Vivian Gornick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Mennyms (Mennyms, #1)
Sylvia Waugh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

The Men of Brewster Place
Gloria Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism
Jen Gunter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Men Who Stare at Goats
Jon Ronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Mephisto Club
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
Ted Chiang

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2007

The Merchant of Death
D.J. MacHale

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

The Merchant of Death (Pendragon, #1)
D.J. MacHale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1596

The Mercies
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Merciless II: The Exorcism of Sofia Flores (The Merciless, #2)
Danielle Vega

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Merciless Ones
Namina Forna

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022