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True Evil
Dick Hill, Greg Iles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

True Facts That Sound Like Bullst
Shane Carley

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2019

True Grit
Charles Portis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

True History of the Kelly Gang
Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

True Love Story
Willow Aster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

True Stories of the Second World War
Paul Dowswell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1900

Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South
Beth Macy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

True West
Sam Shepard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1980

True Women
Janice Woods Windle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Truly Devious
Maureen Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Truly, Madly, Deeply
Faraaz Kazi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Truman
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1992

Trumpet
Jackie Kay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #6)
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Trust
Hernan Diaz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Trustee from the Toolroom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Trust Exercise
Susan Choi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Trust Her
Flynn Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Trust & Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others
Stephen M. R. Covey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Trust No One
Linda Sue Park

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Truth
Aleatha Romig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Truth and Beauty
Ann Patchett

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Truth and Bright Water
Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Truth in Advertising
John Kenney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Truth or Beard
Penny Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada
Michelle Good

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Truthwitch
Susan Dennard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Try
Ella Frank

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Try Me
Olivia Cunning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Tryst Six Venom
Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Tsarina
Ellen Alpsten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Tsotsi
Athol Fugard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

Tuesdays at the Castle
Jessica Day George

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Tuesday's with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson
Mitch Albom

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Tuf Voyaging
George R.R. Martin

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1986

Tughlaq: A Play in Thirteen Scenes
Girish Karnad

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1972

Tulia
Nate Blakeslee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Tulip Fever
Deborah Moggach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Tulsa 1921
Randy Krehbiel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Tumble
Celia C. Perez

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Tunnel of Bones
V. E. Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Tunnels
Roderick Gordon, Brian Williams

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Tunnels of Blood
Darren Shan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2000

Turbo Twenty-Three (Stephanie Plum, #23)
Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return To His Jewish Family
Stephen J. Dubner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Turkish Embassy Letters
Mary Wortley Montagu

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1718

Turnabout
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

Turn Coat
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom
Lynda Blackmon Lowery

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2015

Turning Angel (Penn Cage #2)
Greg Iles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk
Marc Parent

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Turn of Mind
Alice LaPlante

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Turn the Ship Around
L. David Marquet

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Turtle Diary

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Turtle in Paradise
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Turtles All the Way Down
John Green

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Turtle Under Ice
Juleah del Rosario

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2020

Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
Jennet Conant

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
Adam Kay

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines
Nic Sheff

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1602

Twelve
Nick McDonell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Twelve Angry Men
Reginald Rose

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1954

Twelve Days
Teresa Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Twelve Sharp
Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Twelve Slays of Christmas (Christmas Tree Farm Mystery, #1)
Jacqueline Frost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
Alcoholics Anonymous

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1952

Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Karen Armstrong

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Twelve Types: A Collection of Mini-Biographies
G.K. Chesterton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1902

Twelve Years a Slave
Steve McQueen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Twenties Girl
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Twenty and Ten
Claire Huchet Bishop, Janet Joly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1952

Twenty Boy Summer
Sarah Ockler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Twenty Chickens for a Saddle
Robyn Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Twenty Days with Julian and Little Bunny by Papa
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1851

Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes
Denise Grover Swank

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1870

Twenty Years After (The d'Artagnan Romances, #2)
David Coward, Auguste Maquet, Alexandre Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1845

Twenty Years at Hull House
Jane Addams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1910

Twenty Years Later
Charlie Donlea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Twice
Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Twice Bitten
Chloe Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Twice in a Blue Moon
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Twice Shy
Sarah Hogle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Twice Tempted
Jeaniene Frost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Twice Upon a Time (Half Upon a Time, #2)
James Riley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Twilight
Catherine Hardwicke

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Twilight Eyes
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Twilight in Delhi
Ahmed Ali

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Anna Deavere Smith

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1994

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
Anne Applebaum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
Christopher L. Hayes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Twilight of the Idols
Friedrich Nietzsche

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1889

Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008