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Rain Village
Carolyn Turgeon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Raised by Wolves
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction
J.D. Salinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Raise the Titanic!
Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids
Hunter Clarke-Fields

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Raising Steam
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Rajmohan's Wife
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1864

Ralph S. Mouse
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Rama II (Rama #2)
Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Ramayana: A Retelling
Daljit Nagra

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2013

Ramayana: Divine Loophole
Sanjay Patel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Rameau's Nephew
Denis Diderot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1805

Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer
Warren St. John

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Ramona
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1955

Ramona and Her Father
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Ramona and Her Mother
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1979

Ramona Blue

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Ramona Forever
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

Ramona Quimby Age 8
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

Ramona (Signet Classics)
Helen Hunt Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1884

Ramona's World
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1999

Ramona the Brave
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

Ramona the Pest
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

Random Family
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Random Harvest
James Hilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

Random in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Random Passage (Random Passage, #1)
Bernice Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan
John Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Ransom
David Malouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Rape Fantasies
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

Rapture
Lauren Kate

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Rapture in Death (In Death, #4)
J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Rapunzel's Revenge (Rapunzel's Revenge, #1)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era
Sterling North

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1963

Rash
Pete Hautman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Rashōmon
Ryūnosuke Niihara

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1915

Rashomon and Other Stories
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1915

Rat
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2005

RatBurger
David Walliams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Rat Life
Tedd Arnold

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery
Roc Upchurch, Kurtis J. Wiebe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth
Kurtis J. Wiebe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Rattlebone
Maxine Clair

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Ravel
Jean Echenoz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Ravelstein
Saul Bellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1)
Kalyn Josephson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Raven Rise
D.J. MacHale

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Raven's Gate
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Ravensong
T.J. Klune

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Raven Stratagem (The Machineries of Empire, #2)
Yoon Ha Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service
Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Ravished
Amanda Quick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Raw
Belle Aurora

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Raybearer
Jordan Ifueko

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Raymie Nightingale
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Raze
Tillie Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Razorblade Tears
S. A. Cosby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Razor Girl (Andrew Yancy, #2)
Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Reached
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Reaching Out
Francisco Jiménez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World
Maryanne Wolf

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Reading in the Dark
Seamus Deane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Francine Prose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Azar Nafisi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
Esau McCaulley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat
Michael Masterson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Ready or Not
Cara Bastone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Ready Player One
Ernest Cline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Real
Katy Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Real American
Julie Lythcott-Haims

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for
Jeff Goins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Real Christianity
William Wilberforce

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1797

Real Friends
Shannon Hale, Illustr. LeUyen Pham

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Reality Boy
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Real Life
Brandon Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Really Good, Actually: A Novel
Monica Heisey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden, #1)
Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Real (Real, #1)
Katy Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Real Tigers
Mick Herron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Reamde
Neal Stephenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Reaper
Will Wight

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2)
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Reaper's Gale
Steven Erikson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Reaper's Legacy
Joanna Wylde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Reaper's Property
Joanna Wylde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Reaper's Stand
Joanna Wylde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Reaping the Whirlwind
Rosey Dow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Reason
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1941

Reason for Hope
Jane Goodall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Reason in History
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1837

Reasons to Stay Alive
Matt Haig

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Reason to Breathe
Rebecca Donovan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Reason, Truth and History

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory (Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies)
Bruno Latour

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Reawakened (Reawakened, #1)
Colleen Houck

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938