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Rising Strong
Brené Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Rising Sun
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Rising Tide
John M. Barry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Risingtidefallingstar
Philip Hoare

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot: Hugh Monroe's Story of His First Year on the Plains
James Willard Schultz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1919

Risked (The Missing, #6)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1982

Rite of Passage
Alexei Panshin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
Modris Eksteins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Rival
Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Rival Darling
Alexandra Moody

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Rivals

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

Rivals (A Game Changer companion novel)
Tommy Greenwald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

River Boy
Tim Bowler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

River God (Ancient Egypt, #1)
Wilbur Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Riverkeep
Martin Stewart

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

River Marked
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom
Walter Johnson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

River of Darkness (John Madden, #1)
Rennie Airth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

River of Earth
James Still

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

River of Memory: The Everlasting Columbia
William D. Layman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

River of Shadows
Rebecca Solnit

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

River of Smoke
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

River of Teeth (River of Teeth, #1)
Sarah Gailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life
Richard Dawkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

River Secrets
Shannon Hale

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

River's End
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

River Sing Me Home
Eleanor Shearer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Rivers of London
Ben Aaronovitch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Rivers of London: Water Weed
Ben Aaronovitch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

River Town
Peter Hessler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line
Ben Hamper

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Roadside Picnic
Arkady Strugatsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Road to Chlifa
Michele Marineau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony
Lee Miller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Robbie
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1940

Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
Ty Seidule

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Robert Frost
Harold Bloom

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography
Stephen Thomas Knight

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves
Alexandre Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1862

Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1719

Robopocalypse
Daniel H. Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Robot Dreams
Sara Varon

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

Robots and Empire
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Rob Roy
Sir Walter Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1817

Robur the Conqueror
Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1886

Rocannon's World
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Rock Bottom
R.K. Lilley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Rock Chick Reckoning
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Rock Chick Redemption
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Rock Chick Regret
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Rock Chick Renegade
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Rock Chick Rescue
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Rock Chick Revenge
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Rock Chick Revolution
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Rock Chick (Rock Chick, #1)
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Rocket Boys
Homer Hickam

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
Robert Kurson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Rock Me
Cherrie Lynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Rock Springs
Richard Ford

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1987

Rock the Heart
Michelle A. Valentine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Rock with Me
Kristen Proby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Roderick Hudson
Henry James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1875

Rodham
Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Rodzina
Karen Cushman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Roger Malvin's Burial
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2003

Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
Ben Macintyre

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Rogue Male (Rogue Male, #1)
Geoffrey Household

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

Rogue Moon
Algis Budrys

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Star Wars Novelizations, #3.5)
Alexander Freed

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Rogue Protocol
Martha Wells

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2018

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Patrick Radden Keefe

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2022

Roland Barthes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Roller Skates
Ruth Sawyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1936

Roll, Jordan, Roll
Eugene D. Genovese

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

Roll With It
Jamie Sumner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1 (chapter 1-30)
Luo Guanzhong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1360

Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Romancing the Duke
Tessa Dare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Roman Fever and Other Stories
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1934

Roman Stories
Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2023

Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Rome
Jay Crownover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1595

Romey's Place
James Calvin Schaap

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Romiette and Julio
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Romney: A Reckoning
McKay Coppins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Romola
George Eliot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1863

Romulus, My Father
Raimond Gaita

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
Astrid Lindgren

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1981

Rooftoppers
Katherine Rundell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Rooftops of Tehran
Mahbod Seraji

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Rook
Sharon Cameron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Room
Emma Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Room 13
Robert Swindells

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989