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Our Savage Neighbors
Peter Silver

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Our Share of Night
Mariana Enríquez, Pablo Gerardo Camacho, Megan McDowell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Our Sister Killjoy
Ama Ata Aidoo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Our Souls At Night
Kent Haruf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story
Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peterson Myers

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
Stacey Abrams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Our Town
Thornton Wilder

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1938

Our Twisted Hero
Yi Mun-Yol

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Our Violent Ends
Chloe Gong

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Our Way
T.L. Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Our Wives Under the Sea
Julia Armfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Our Woman in Moscow
Beatriz Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Out
Natsuo Kirino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Outbreak
Robin Cook

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Outcast of Redwall
Brian Jacques

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1995

Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
Warren St. John

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Outerbridge Reach
Robert Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Outer Dark
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Outfox
Sandra Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Outlander
Diana Gabaldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Outlawed
Anna North

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Outlaws of the Marsh (4-Volume Boxed Set)
Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1370

Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Outline
Rachel Cusk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Outline of a Theory of Practice
Pierre Bourdieu

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success
K.M. Weiland

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Out of Africa
Isak Dinesen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1937

Out of Bounds
Beverley Naidoo

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 2001

Out of Darkness
Ashley Hope Pérez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Out of Egypt: A Memoir
André Aciman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China
Philip P. Pan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Out of My Heart
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Out of My Mind
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Out of Nowhere
Sandra Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Out Of Nowhere
Maria Padian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Out of Our Past
Carl Degler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

Out of Oz (The Wicked Years, #4)
Douglas Smith, Gregory Maguire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Out Of Range
C.J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Out of Salem
Hal Schrieve

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Out of Sight (Jack Foley, #1)
Elmore Leonard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls, #5)
Ally Carter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Out of Sight: The Long and Disturbing History of Corporations Outsourcing Catastrophe
Erik Loomis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Out of the Clear Blue Sky
Kristan Higgins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
Walt Whitman

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1859

Out of the Dust
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Out of the Easy
Ruta Sepetys

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household
Thavolia Glymph

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Out of the Night that Covers Me
Pat Cunningham Devoto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men's Lives
Walt Odets

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Out of the Silent Planet
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Out of This Furnace
Thomas Bell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

Out on a Limb
Shirley MacLaine

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1983

Outsider
Linda Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Outsider (Kate Burkholder, #12)
Linda Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Out Stealing Horses
Per Petterson, Transl. Anne Born

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Out to Canaan
Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success
Napoleon Hill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Over A Thousand Hills I Walk With You
Hanna Jansen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Overboard
Elizabeth Fama

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Overboard! (Survivor Diaries)
Terry Lynn Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
Elizabeth L. Cline

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Overkill
Sandra Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Overruled
Emma Chase

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Over Sea, Under Stone
Susan Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1965

Over the Edge of the World
Laurence Bergreen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

Over the Top
Arthur Guy Empey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1917

Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
Jonathan Van Ness

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Stephen Kinzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Owls Do Cry
Janet Frame

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Owls in the Family
Farley Mowat

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1961

Own the Wind
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Oxherding Tale
Charles R. Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths
Mardy Grothe

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Ozma of Oz (Oz, #3)
L. Frank Baum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1907

Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Eric Shanower, L. Frank Baum, Skottie Young, Jean-François Beaulieu

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

The Oath
Jeffrey Toobin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Oath of the Vayuputras
Amish Tripathi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Oatman Massacre: A Tale of Desert Captivity and Survival
Brian McGinty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Obelisk Gate
N. K. Jemisin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss
Jason Fung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Obituary Writer
Ann Hood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Oblong Box
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1844

The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Ryan Holiday

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
Ali A. Allawi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The October Country
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1955

The October List
Jeffery Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Octopus: A Story of California
Frank Norris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1901

The Octoroon
Dion Boucicault

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1859

The Odd Couple
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1965

The Odd Women
George Gissing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1893

The Odessa File
Frederick Forsyth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

The Odyssey
Gareth Hinds

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2010

The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There
Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Offing
Benjamin Myers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Ogress and the Orphans
Kelly Barnhill

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Old Curiosity Shop
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1840

The Old Curiosity Shop, Vol 2
Michigan Historical Reprint Series

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1841