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Mongrels

Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali

Kris Holloway

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Monkeewrench (Monkeewrench, #1)

P.J. Tracy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Monkey: A Folk Novel of China

Wu Cheng'en, Transl. Arthur Waley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1592

Monkey Beach

Eden Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Monkey Bridge

Lan Cao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Monkey Grip

Helen Garner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Monkey King

Wu Cheng'en

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1592

Monkey: The Journey to the West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1592

Monogamy

Sue Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2001

Monsieur Vénus

Rachilde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1884

Monsignor Quixote

Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Monster

Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Monster Book

Alice Hoogstad

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2008

Monster Hunter International

Larry Correia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Monster in His Eyes

J.M. Darhower

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Monsters of Men

Patrick Ness

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member

Sanyika Shakur

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1993

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening

Rus Wooton, Sana Takeda, Marjorie M. Liu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening

Sana Takeda, Marjorie M. Liu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood

Sana Takeda, Marjorie M. Liu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Monstress, Volume 3: Haven

Sana Takeda, Marjorie M. Liu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen

Sana Takeda, Marjorie M. Liu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Monstress, Volume 5: Warchild

Sana Takeda, Marjorie M. Liu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Monstrous Regiment

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Montana

Gwen Florio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Montana Sky

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Monte Walsh

Jack Schaefer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? (Montmorency, #1)

Eleanor Updale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Monument 14

Emmy Laybourne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Moo

Jane Smiley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Moominland Midwinter (The Moomins, #6)

Tove Jansson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Moominpappa's Memoirs (The Moomins, #4)

Tove Jansson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

Moominsummer Madness (The Moomins, #5)

Tove Jansson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Moominvalley in November (The Moomins, #9)

Tove Jansson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Mooncakes

Suzanne Walker, Illustr. Wendy Xu

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Moon Called

Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Moonfleet

John Meade Falkner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1898

Moonflower Murders: A Novel

Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Moonglow

Michael Chabon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Moonlight Becomes You

Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Moonlight (Dark Guardian, #1)

Rachel Hawthorne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Moonlight in Odessa

Janet Skeslien Charles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Moonlight Mile (Kenzie & Gennaro, #6)

Dennis Lehane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith

Gina B. Nahai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Moonlight Road

Robyn Carr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Moon of the Crusted Snow

Waubgeshig Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Moon Over Manifest

Clare Vanderpool

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Moon Palace

Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Moonraker

Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Moonrise

Sarah Crossan

Fiction | Poem | Published in 2017

Moonrise Over New Jessup

Jamila Minnicks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Moon Rising

Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Moon Tiger

Penelope Lively

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Moonwalk

Michael Jackson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1988

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Moon Witch, Spider King

Marlon James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Moral Disorder and Other Stories

Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2006

Morality for Beautiful Girls

Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Morality Play

Barry Unsworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Moral Politics

George Lakoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

More Happy Than Not

Adam Silvera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

More Joy in Heaven

Morley Callaghan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Morella

Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1835

Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern

Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

More Than a Carpenter

Josh McDowell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

More Than an Echo

Linda Kay Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

More Than Human

Ramez Naam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City

William Julius Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

More Than Meets the Eye (Kendra Michaels #10)

Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

More Than This

Patrick Ness

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

Sophie Keetch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Morgan's Passing

Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Moriarty

Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (Moribito, #1)

Nahoko Uehashi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Morning Girl

Michael Dorris

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Morning in the Burned House

Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

Mornings in Jenin

Susan Abulhawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mornings on Horseback

David McCullough

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1981

Morphology of the Folktale

Vladimir Propp

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1928

Morrigan's Cross

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mort

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Mortal Coil

Derek Landy

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Mortal Engines

Philip Reeve

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Mortal Heart

Robin LaFevers

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Mortality

Christopher Hitchens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Mortal Prey

John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Mortals

Norman Rush

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Morvern Callar (Morvern Callar Cycle, #1)

Alan Warner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Mosaic

Diane Armstrong

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Moscow 2042

Vladimir Voinovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Moscow Rules

Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Moses and Monotheism

Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1939

Moses Ascending

Sam Selvon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Moses, Man of the Mountain

Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

Mosquitoland

David Arnold

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

Michael Bar-Zohar, Nissim Mishal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Mosses from an Old Manse

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1846