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Runner: A Short Story About A Long Run
Lizzy Hawker

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Running
Natalia Sylvester

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Running in the Family
Michael Ondaatje

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

Running Loose
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

Running on Empty
Colette Ballard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Running Out Of Time
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Running the Rift
Naomi Benaron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Running Wild
J.G. Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Running With Scissors: A Memoir
Augusten Burroughs

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Running with the Demon
Terry Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen
Noel E. Monk

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Run on Red
Noelle W. Ihli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Run, Rose, Run
Dolly Parton, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
Sarah Polley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

R.U.R.
Karel ÄŒapek

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1920

Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 01
Nobuhiro Watsuki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Rush
Maya Banks

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Rush Home Road
Lori Lansens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims (Adventures of Rush Revere, #1)
Rush Limbaugh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Rush Revere and the First Patriots (Adventures with Rush Revere, #2)
Rush Limbaugh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Ruslan and Ludmila
Alexander Pushkin

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1820

Russian Roulette (Alex Rider, #10)
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Russian Winter
Daphne Kalotay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Rusty Nailed
Alice Clayton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ruth
Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1853

Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time
Fanny Fern

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1854

Ruthless
Sara Shepard

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Ruthless Fae
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Ruthless People
J.J. McAvoy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ruthless Rival
L.J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Ruthless Vows
Rebecca Ross

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Rabbits

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Race Beat
Gene Roberts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
Phillip Hoose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Rachel Incident
Caroline O'Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Rachel Papers
Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Racial Contract
Charles W. Mills

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Racketeer
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Radetzky March
Joseph Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Radiance of France: Nuclear Power and National Identity After World War II (Inside Technology Series)
Gabrielle Hecht

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Radical and the Republican
James Oakes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Radicalism of the American Revolution
Gordon S. Wood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
Kate Moore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Radius of Us
Marie Marquardt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Radleys
Matt Haig

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Raft
S.A. Bodeen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Ragamuffin Gospel
Brennan Manning, Michael W. Smith, Rich Mullins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Rag and Bone Shop
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)
Evan Winter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Ragged Astronauts (Land and Overland, #1)
Bob Shaw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Ragged Edge of Night
Olivia Hawker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Railway Children
E. Nesbit

Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1906

The Railway Man
Eric Lomax

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Rainbow
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister

Fiction | Short Story | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1992

The Rain God
Arturo Islas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Rain Heron
Robbie Arnott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Rainmaker
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Rains Came
Louis Bromfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

The Rain Watcher
Tatiana de Rosnay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Raj Quartet
Paul Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Rakess (Society of Sirens, #1)
Scarlett Peckham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Ramayana
R.K. Narayan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1972

The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
R. K. Narayan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

The Rape of Nanking
Iris Chang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Rapture
Liz Jensen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Rapture of Canaan
Sheri Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Rational Male
Rollo Tomassi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
Matt Ridley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Rats
James Herbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1845

The Raven Boys
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Raven King
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Raven Prince
Elizabeth Hoyt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Raven's Tale
Cat Winters

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Raven Tower
Ann Leckie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Ravishing of Lol Stein
Marguerite Duras

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Raw Shark Texts
Steven Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Razor's Edge
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1944

The Reach of a Chef: Beyond the Kitchen
Michael Ruhlman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin
Corey Robin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Reader
Bernhard Schlink

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Katarina Bivald, Alice Menzies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Reading List
Sara Nisha Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult

The Real Boy
Anne Ursu

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Real Inspector Hound
Tom Stoppard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1968

The Reality Bug
D.J. MacHale

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

The Reality Dysfunction
Peter F. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Realm of Possibility
David Levithan

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 2004

The Realms of the Gods
Tamora Pierce

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1996

The Real Riley Mayes
Rachel Elliott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Real World of Technology
Ursula Martius Franklin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Reapers are the Angels
Alden Bell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery
Vincent Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Timothy J. Keller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
Naoki Higashida

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007