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Return to Valetto
Dominic Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Reunion
Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2001

Reunion in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Revealed
Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Revelation
C. J. Sansom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Revelations
Melissa de la Cruz

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Revelations of Divine Love
Julian of Norwich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1393

Revelation Space
Alastair Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes (Goosebumps, #34)
R.L. Stine

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Revenge of the Living Dummy (Goosebumps HorrorLand, #1)
R.L. Stine

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen
Marilyn Chin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2009

Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns
Lauren Weisberger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1782

Revival Season
Monica West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Reviving Ophelia
Mary Pipher

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Revolt Against the Modern World
Julius Evola

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1934

Revolting Rhymes
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 1982

Revolution
Deborah Wiles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition
Chetan Bhagat

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence
Carol Berkin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Revolutionary Road
Sam Mendes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Ying Chang Compestine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Revolver
Marcus Sedgwick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Revved
Samantha Towle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Rewind
William Sleator

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

Rewind Replay Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Jeff Bell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Rework
Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Reykjavík Nights: Murder in Reykjavík (Young Inspector Erlendur, #2)
Arnaldur Indriðason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Reynard the Fox
Robert van Genechten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Rez Dogs
Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life
David Treuer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Rezso Kasztner
Ladislaus Löb

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Rhapsodic
Laura Thalassa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Rhapsody: Child of Blood (Symphony of Ages, #1)
Elizabeth Haydon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Rhett Butler's People
Donald McCaig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Rhinoceros
Eugène Ionesco

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

Rhinoceros and Other Plays
Eugène Ionesco

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin
Mariana Zapata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Ribbons
Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Ribsy (Henry Huggins, #6)
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1964

Rice Without Rain
Minfong Ho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Riceyman Steps: A Novel (Oxford Paperbacks)
Arnold Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

Richard II
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1597

Richard III
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1597

Richard Rive
Shaun Viljoen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Rich Blood
Robert Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert Kiyosaki, Sharon Lechter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Richistan
Robert Frank

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Rich Lizard: And Other Poems
Deborah Chandra

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Rich Man, Poor Man
Irwin Shaw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Rich People Problems
Kevin Kwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Rick
Alex Gino

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Ricochet
Sandra Brown, Sandra Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Ricochet (Addicted, #2)
Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Riders of the Purple Sage
Zane Grey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

Riders to the Sea
J.M. Synge

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1904

Ride Steady
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Riding Freedom
Pam Muñoz Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Riding Rockets
Mike Mullane

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Riding The Bus With My Sister
Rachel Simon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Rifleman Dodd
C. S. Forester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Rifles for Watie
Harold Keith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1957

Right
Jana Aston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Right as Rain (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #1)
George P. Pelecanos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Right Behind Her
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Righteous Dopefiend
Philippe Bourgois, Jeffrey Schonberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Righteous Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Right Ho, Jeeves (Jeeves, #6)
P.G. Wodehouse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Right Man, Right Time
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Rikers High
Paul Volponi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Riley Thorn and the Corpse in the Closet
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Rilla of Ingleside
L.M. Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1921

Ring (Ring, #1)
Kōji Suzuki, Glynne Walley, Robert B. Rohmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Ringworld
Larry Niven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Rinkitink in Oz (Oz, #10)
L. Frank Baum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1916

Riot Baby
Tochi Onyebuchi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Riotous Assembly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Ripe
Sarah Rose Etter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Ripley's Game (Ripley, #3)
Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Ripley Under Ground (Ripley, #2)
Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Ripper
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Rise Again!
Robert J. Morgan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Rise of a Merchant Prince
Raymond E. Feist

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Rise of the Dragons (Rise of the Dragons, #1)
Angie Sage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Rise of the Elgen
Richard Paul Evans

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Rise of the Evening Star
Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Rise of the Governor
Jay Bonansinga, Robert Kirkman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Rise of the Isle of the Lost (Descendants #3)
Melissa de la Cruz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Rise of the Robots
Martin Ford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Rise of the Rocket Girls
Nathalia Holt

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938
Stephen E. Ambrose, Douglas Brinkley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

Rise To Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution
Jeff Shaara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories
Amanda Li, Amy Blackwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

R is for Ricochet
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
Elizabeth Rush

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
Eli Saslow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Rising Storm
Dave Stevenson, Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004