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Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys (New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law, 7)

Victor M. Rios

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Punk 57

Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Pure

Julianna Baggott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Pure Colour

Sheila Heti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Purgatorio

Dante Alighieri

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1316

Purgatory

Tomás Eloy Martínez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Purgatory Ridge (Cork O'Connor, #3)

William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Purity

Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Purity and Danger

Mary Douglas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1966

Purity in Death

J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession

Søren Kierkegaard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1846

Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable

Seth Godin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Purple Heart

Patricia McCormick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Pursuit of God & Knowledge of the Holy & God's Pursuit of Man

A.W. Tozer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Pursuit of Honor

Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Push

Sapphire

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Pushing Ice

Alastair Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Pushing the Bear: A Novel of the Trail of Tears

Diane Glancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Pushing The Limits

Katie McGarry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Monique W. Morris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Puss in Boots

Charles Perrault

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1697

Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West

Catherine Belton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy

Bil Wright

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1913

Pygmy

Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Helge Dascher, Guy Delisle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Pyramids

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Pact

Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream

Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, Lisa Frazier Page

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Pagan Lord

Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Pagan Stone

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Pagoda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Paid Bridesmaid

Sariah Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Painted Bird

Jerzy Kosiński

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

The Painted Drum

Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Painted Girls

Cathy Marie Buchanan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Painted Veil

W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

The Painter

Peter Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Painter from Shanghai

Jennifer Cody Epstein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (Phaidon Arts and Letters)

Charles Baudelaire

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1863

The Pakistani Bride

Bapsi Sidhwa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Palace of Dreams

Ismail Kadare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Palace of Illusions

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Palace of Laughter (The Wednesday Tales, #1)

Jon Berkeley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Palace of Lost Memories (After the Rift, #1)

C.J. Archer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

Tina Brown

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Paladin

C.J. Cherryh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Paladin Prophecy

Mark Frost

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Pale Blue Eye

Louis Bayard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Pale-Faced Lie

David Crow

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Pale Horse

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Pale Horseman

Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Pale King

David Foster Wallace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Palm-Wine Drinkard & My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Amos Tutuola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

The Panda's Thumb

Stephen Jay Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1980

The Panther (John Corey, #6)

Nelson DeMille

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Paper Bag Christmas

Kevin Alan Milne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Paper Chase

John Jay Osborn Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician, #1)

Charlie N. Holmberg

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Paper Palace

Miranda Cowley Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Parade

Dave Eggers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Paradise Mystery

J.S. Fletcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1921

The Paradise of Bachelors and The Tartarus of Maids

Herman Melville

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1855

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

Barry Schwartz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Paragon Hotel

Lyndsay Faye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Paris Agent

Kelly Rimmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Paris Apartment

Lucy Foley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Paris Architect

Charles Belfoure

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Paris Bookseller

Kerri Maher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Paris Daughter

Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Paris Deception

Bryn Turnbull

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Paris Dressmaker

Kristy Cambron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Parisian

Isabella Hammad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Paris Librarian (Hugo Marston #6)

Mark Pryor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Paris Library: A Novel

Janet Skeslien Charles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Paris Seamstress

Natasha Lester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Paris Secret

Natasha Lester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Paris Wife

Paula McLain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Parker Inheritance

Varian Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Parking Lot Attendant

Nafkote Tamirat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial

David Lipsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Aimee Bender

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Partner

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Party

Elizabeth Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Party Crasher

Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Party Upstairs

Lee Conell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Passage

Justin Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)

Robert A. Caro

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The Passenger

Lisa Lutz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Passengers

John Marrs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Passion

Jeanette Winterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Passion According to G.H.

Clarice Lispector

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Passion Dream Book

Whitney Otto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Passion of Artemisia

Susan Vreeland

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Passion of New Eve

Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View

Richard Tarnas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Pastoral Clinic: Addiction and Dispossession along the Rio Grande

Angela Garcia

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Patchwork Girl of Oz (Oz, #7)

L. Frank Baum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1913

The Path

Michael Puett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016