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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

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 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 Pro
Steven Pressfield

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

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!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

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

Tweet Cute
Emma Lord

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

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

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 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
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

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

Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1
Stephenie Meyer, Young Kim

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Twin Cities
José Pimienta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Twin Crowns
Catherine Doyle, Katherine Webber

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

Twins
Varian Johnson, Illustr. Shannon Wright

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Twisted
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Twisted Emotions
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Twisted Games
Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Twisted Hate
Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Twisted Hearts
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Twisted Lies (Twisted, #4)
Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Twisted Love
Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Twisted Palace
Erin Watt

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Twisted Perfection
Abbi Glines

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Twisted (Pretty Little Liars, #9)
Sara Shepard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Twisted Prey (Lucas Davenport, #28)
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Twisted Pride
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Twisted Summer
Willo Davis Roberts

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1976

Twisted Twenty-Six
Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Twist Me
Anna Zaires

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Two Boys Kissing
David Levithan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Two by Two
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Two Can Keep a Secret
Karen M. McManus

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Two Cities: On Exile, History, and the Imagination
Adam Zagajewski

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1991

Two Dark Reigns
Kendare Blake

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Two Degrees
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Two for Survival
Arthur J. Roth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1976

Two for the Dough
Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Two from Galilee: The Story of Mary and Joseph
Marjorie Holmes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Two Gentlemen of Verona
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1594

Two Graves
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Two Kinds of Truth
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Two Kingdoms
Kristy Cunning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Two Little Girls in Blue
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Two Lives
Vikram Seth

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

Two Lives of Charlemagne
Einhard, Notker the Stammerer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 887

Two Nights in Lisbon
Chris Pavone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again (Old Fools, #3)
Victoria Twead

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Two Old Women
Velma Wallis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993