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The Other Emily
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs
Patricia B. McConnell

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Other Lady Vanishes (Burning Cove, #2)
Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family
Bettye Kearse

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Other Miss Bridgerton
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Other Mothers
Katherine Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Other Mrs.
Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Other Name: Septology I-II
Jon Fosse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Other Passenger
Louise Candlish

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Other People
C.J. Tudor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Other Queen
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Other Side
Juan Pablo Villalobos

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2019

The Other Side of Dark
Joan Lowery Nixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

The Other Side of Midnight (Midnight #1)
Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Other Side of Silence
Ted Allbeury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Other Side of the Bridge
Mary Lawson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Other Side of the Island
Allegra Goodman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Other Side of the Sky
Farah Ahmedi, Tamim Ansary

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

The Other Side of the Story
Marian Keyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Other Side of Truth
Beverley Naidoo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
Andrés Reséndez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Wes Moore

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Other Wife
Claire McGowan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Other Wind
Ursula K. Le Guin, Samuel Roukin

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2001

The Other Woman
Jane Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Other Woman (Gabriel Allon, #18)
Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Outcast
Sadie Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Outcast Dead
Elly Griffiths

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Outcasts
John Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

The Outcasts (Brotherband Chronicles, #1)
John Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod
Henry Beston

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1928

The Outlander
Gil Adamson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Outlaw Demon Wails
Kim Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime
William Langewiesche

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Outlaw Varjak Paw

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Outliers
Kimberly McCreight

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
Kai Bird

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

The Outline of History
H.G. Wells

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1919

The Outrun: A Memoir
Amy Liptrot

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Outside Boy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Outside Circle
Patti LaBoucane-Benson, Transl. Kelly Mellings

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2015

The Outsider
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Outsider And Others
H.P. Lovecraft

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The Outside (The Outside, #1)
Ada Hoffmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Outstation
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1924

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
Kelly Harms

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Overlook
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Overnight Guest
Heather Gudenkauf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Oversight (Oversight Trilogy, #1)
Charlie Fletcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Overstory
Richard Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Overton Window
Glenn Beck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Owl Service
Alan Garner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The Ox Bow Incident
Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

The Oxford History of Islam
John L. Esposito

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Oxford Murders
Guillermo Martínez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Oysterville Sewing Circle
Susan Wiggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability
Roger Connors, Tom Smith, Craig Hickman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994