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The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3)
Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Prisoner of Zenda
Richard Wilbur

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1894

The Prisoner's Throne
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Prison Healer
Lynette Noni

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Vincent Starrett

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1933

The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges are Failing Disadvantaged Students
Anthony Abraham Jack

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Privilege of Youth
Dave Pelzer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

The Prize
Irving Wallace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
Daniel Yergin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Probability of Everything
Sarah Everett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Probability Of Miracles
Wendy Wunder

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Probable Future
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Problem Child
Peter Ferguson, Michael Buckley

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

The Problem of Pain
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1940

The Problem of Social Cost
R. H. Coase

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1960

The Problem with Forever
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Problem with Murmur Lee
Connie May Fowler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Procrastinator's Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now
Rita Emmett

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Prodigal Daughter (Kane & Abel, #2)
Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
Timothy J. Keller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Professional
Kresley Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Professor
Charlotte Brontë

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1857

The Professor And The Madman
Simon Winchester

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

The Professor (McMurtrie and Drake, #1)
Robert Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Professor of Desire
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Professor's House
Willa Cather

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

The Program
Suzanne Young

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Project
Courtney Summers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Promise
Damon Galgut

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Promise of American Life
Herbert Croly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1909

The Promise of a Pencil
Adam Braun

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Promise of Happiness
Justin Cartwright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Promise of Stardust
Priscille Sibley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Property
Rutu Modan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Prophetic Imagination
Walter Brueggemann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

The Prophet of Yonwood (Book of Ember, #3)
Jeanne DuPrau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Prophets
Robert Jones Jr., Abraham Joshua Heschel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

The Proposal
Jasmine Guillory

Fiction | Short Story | Published in 2012

The Proposition
Katie Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology
Snorri Sturluson

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1220

The Prospector
J.M.G. Le Clézio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Prospectors
Ariel Djanikian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Max Weber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1905

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
Barbara W. Tuchman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1965

The Providence of Fire
Brian Staveley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Prussian Officer
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1914

The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Psychology of Selling: Increase Your Sales Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible
Brian Tracy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Psychology of Time Travel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
Sigmund Freud, A.A. Brill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1901

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
Jon Ronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through The Madness Industry
Jon Ronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Public and Its Problems
John Dewey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1927

The Pugilist at Rest: Stories
Thom Jones

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1993

The Pull of the Moon
Elizabeth Berg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Punishment She Deserves (Inspector Lynley, #20)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Puppet Masters
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Puppet Show
Patrick Redmond

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Puppet Show (Washington Poe, #1)
M.W. Craven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Puppets of Spelhorst
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Pure and the Impure
Colette Gauthier-Villars, Judith Thurman, Herma Briffault

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop
Edmund S. Morgan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1958

The Purple Land
William Henry Hudson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1885

The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
Rick Warren

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart
Alicia Garza

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Pursuit of Alice Thrift
Elinor Lipman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine
A.W. Tozer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1948

The Pursuit of Happiness
Douglas Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Pursuit of Happyness
Chris Gardner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Pursuit of Love (Radlett & Montdore, #1)
Nancy Mitford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

The Pursuit (Sherring Cross, #3)
Johanna Lindsey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Pushcart War
Jean Merrill

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

The Push: Mother. Daughter. Angel. Monster?
Ashley Audrain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Puttermesser Papers
Cynthia Ozick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Puzzle Ring
Kate Forsyth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
Eric Berlin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007