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The Tragedy Of Great Power Politics
John J. Mearsheimer

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Tragedy of Mariam
Elizabeth Cary

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1613

The Tragedy Paper
Elizabeth LaBan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Trail
Ethan Gallogly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Trail of Conflict
Emilie Loring

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

The Train to Crystal City
Jan Jarboe Russell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1)
Seth Dickinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Traitor Queen
Danielle L. Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Traitor's Wife
Allison Pataki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Transall Saga
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Transit of Venus
Shirley Hazzard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Translator
Leila Aboulela

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Transmigration of Bodies
Yuri Herrera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Trap
John E. Smelcer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Trapped Girl
Robert Dugoni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
Sarah Krasnostein

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

The Traveler (Fourth Realm, #1)
John Twelve Hawks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success
Andy Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Hiro Arikawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Travels of Ibn Battutah
Ibn Battuta

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1355

The Travels of Marco Polo
Marco Polo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Travels of Marco Polo: Volume 2

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1285

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
John Mandeville

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1356

The Treasure of the City of Ladies
Christine de Pizan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1405

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
B. Traven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion
Thorkild Jacobsen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

The Treatment
Suzanne Young

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2001

The Tree of Man
Patrick White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Trees
Percival Everett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Trespasser
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Trial
Rob Rinder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Trial of Lizzie Borden
Cara Robertson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Trials Of Apollo, Book 1: The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Trials of Brother Jero
Wole Soyinka

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1960

The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Jessica Townsend

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda: A Northern Story
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1616

The Trials of Socrates: Six Classic Texts
Plato, Aristophanes, Xenophon

Nonfiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2002

The Trinity Six
Charles Cumming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Trip to Bountiful
Horton Foote

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1954

The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
Bart D. Ehrman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Triumph of Truth: A Life of Martin Luther
Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1862

The Trojan War: A New History
Barry Strauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Troop
Nick Cutter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1996 and the Search for Peace
Tim Pat Coogan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Trouble With Chickens
Doreen Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
Joanna Cannon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Trouble with Hating You
Sajni Patel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Trouble with Peace
Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy
Mary Gould Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1931

The True American
Anand Giridharadas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Eric Hoffer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1951

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

The True Deceiver
Tove Jansson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire
Stephen Kinzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The True History of Chocolate
Sophie D. Coe, Michael D. Coe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The True Love Experiment
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The True Story of Ah Q
Lu Xun, 魯迅

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
Louise Murphy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Trumpeter of Krakow
Eric P. Kelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1928

The Trumpet of the Swan
E. B. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1970

The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd
Jana Bommersbach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Truth About Alice
Jennifer Mathieu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Truth About Forever
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Truth About Melody Browne
Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Truth About Stacey: A Graphic Novel
Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1986

The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative
Thomas King

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It
Marcia Angell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair
Joel Dicker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Truth About Twinkie Pie
Kat Yeh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Truth According to Us
Annie Barrows

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Truth and Other Lies
Sascha Arango

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
Leslie Connor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Truth: Stage Adaptation
Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
Kamala Harris

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Truth The Dead Know
Anne Sexton

Fiction | Poem | Adult

The Tryout
Christina Soontornvat, Illustr. Joanna Cacao

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Tuft of Flowers
Robert Frost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Tulip Touch
Anne Fine

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

The Tumbling Turner Sisters
Juliette Fay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Tunnel
A.B. Yehoshua

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
Gene Kemp

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1977

The Turner House
Angela Flournoy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Turners
Mick Elliott

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Turn of The Key
Ruth Ware

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Turnout
Megan Abbott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Turtle of Oman
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Tuscan Child
Rhys Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Tusk That Did the Damage
Tania James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Twelve
Justin Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Twelve Caesars
Suetonius

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 121

The Twelve Chairs
Yevgeny Petrov, Ilya Ilf, Илья Ильф, Maurice Friedberg, Евгений Петров, John H.C. Richardson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

The Twelve Dogs of Christmas (Andy Carpenter, #15)
David Rosenfelt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
Hannah Tinti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Ayana Mathis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Twentieth Wife
Indu Sundaresan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Twilight of American Culture
Morris Berman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Twilight Saga
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide
Laura Byrne-Cristiano, Young Kim, Stephenie Meyer, Rebecca Bradley, Leah Palmer Preiss, James Carey, Sarah McMenemy, Lori Joff

Fiction | Reference/Text Book | Published in 2011

The Twilight Zone
Nona Fernández

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016