Book Brief Library

The Phenomenon of Man

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1955

The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study

W.E.B. Du Bois

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1899

The Philosopher's Pupil

Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans (The New Marcus Garvey Library, No. 9)

Marcus Garvey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1940

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1975

The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche

H.L. Mencken

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1908

The Philosophy of History

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1831

The Phoenix and the Carpet (The Psammead Trilogy, #2)

E. Nesbit

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1904

The Phoenix and the Turtle

William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1601

The Phoenix Crown: A Novel

Kate Quinn, Janie Chang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Phoenix Pencil Company

Allison King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World

Laura Imai Messina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Photographer

Didier Lefèvre, Emmanuel Guibert, Frédéric Lemercier

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1)

Noah Gordon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Physicists

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1962

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

Katherine Howe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Pianist

Władysław Szpilman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1946

The Piano Lesson

August Wilson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1987

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier

Thad Carhart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

The Piano Teacher

Janice Y.K. Lee, Elfriede Jelinek

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Piano Tuner

Daniel Mason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Pickup

Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1890

The Pigeon

Patrick Süskind

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life

Nonfiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2016

The Pigman

Paul Zindel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1968

The Pilgrimage

Transl. Julia Sanches, Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Pilgrims of Rayne

D.J. MacHale

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

The Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1678

The Pillars of Creation

Terry Goodkind

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Pillow Book

Sei Shōnagon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1002

The Pillowman

Martin McDonagh

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2003

The Pilo Family Circus

Will Elliott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Pilot's Wife

Anita Shreve

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Pinballs

Betsy Byars

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

The Pinks: The First Women Detectives, Operatives, and Spies with the Pinkerton National Detective Agency

Chris Enss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Pioneers

James Fenimore Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1823

The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels

Ree Drummond

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Pirates of Pompeii (Roman Mysteries, #3)

Caroline Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

The Pisces

Melissa Broder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Places in Between

Rory Stewart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Places I've Cried in Public

Holly Bourne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Plague

Albert Camus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

The Plague Of Doves

Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Plains of Passage

Jean M. Auel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Planet of Junior Brown

Virginia Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1971

The Planets

Dava Sobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Plant

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

Hui-Neng

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 780

The Play

Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War

James Shapiro

Nonfiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2024

The Playboy of the Western World

John Millington Synge

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1907

The Player of Games

Iain M. Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Playground

Jane Shemilt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Playmaker

Thomas Keneally

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Playroom

John Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Play that Changed My Life

Ben Hodges

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Pleasure of My Company

Steve Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

Alain de Botton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Pledge

Kimberly Derting

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

The Plot

Jean Hanff Korelitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Plot Against America

Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Plum Tree

Ellen Marie Wiseman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1)

Paul Doiron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Pocket Wife

Susan Crawford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Poem of the Cid (The Song of the Cid)

Anonymous

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

The Poe Shadow

Matthew Pearl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

Anonymous, Henry Adams Bellows

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1270

The Poetics of Space

Gaston Bachelard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1957

The Poet of Tolstoy Park

Sonny Brewer

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2005

The Poet's Dog

Patricia MacLachlan

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2016

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2018

The Point of Return

Siddhartha Deb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Poison Daughter

Sheila Masterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy

Anna Clark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Poisoner

Stephen Bates

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

Deborah Blum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Poison Jungle

Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Deborah Blum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Poison Tree

Erin Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Pole

J.M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Polished Hoe

Austin Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation

Drew Westen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Political Unconscious

Fredric Jameson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

The Politics of Aesthetics

Jacques Rancière, Gabriel Rockhill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Politics of Education

Paulo Freire

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude

Étienne de La Boétie

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1549

The Politics of the Administrative Process

Donald F. Kettl, James W. Fesler

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adams to Bill Clinton

Stephen Skowronek

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

The Ponder Heart

Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1954

The Poorhouse Fair

John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Poor Mouth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Pope and Mussolini

David I. Kertzer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

The Pope Who Would Be King: The Exile of Pius IX and the Emergence of Modern Europe

David I. Kertzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Poppy War

R. F. Kuang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018