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Unshakeable
Tony Robbins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Unsinkable
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Unsouled
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Unspeakable Things
Jess Lourey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Unspoken
Sarah Rees Brennan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Unstoppable
Tim Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World
Yuval Noah Harari

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism
Roy Richard Grinker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Untamed
Glennon Doyle (Melton)

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions Into Adulthood
Lisa Damour

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It
Jennie Allen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Unteachable
Elliot Wake, Leah Raeder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Unterzakhn (Pantheon Graphic Library)
Leela Corman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own
Helen Thomson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Until Friday Night
Abbi Glines

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Until I Die
Amy Plum

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Until I Find You
John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Until It Fades
K.A. Tucker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Until Lilly
Aurora Rose Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Until Nico
Aurora Rose Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Until November
Aurora Rose Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Until They Bring The Streetcars Back
Stanley Gordon West

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Until Trevor
Aurora Rose Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Until Tuesday
Luis Carlos Montalvan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Until You
Judith McNaught

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
Rebecca Boggs Roberts

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Unto This Last
John Ruskin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1860

Untouchable
Mulk Raj Anand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

Untying the Knot
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Unveiled: Tamar
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Unwell Women
Elinor Cleghorn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

UnWholly
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Unwind
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
Claudio Saunt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News
Lisa Napoli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Up A Road Slowly
Irene Hunt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1966

Up at the Villa
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

Up Country
Nelson DeMille

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Up from Orchard Street
Eleanor Widmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Up From Slavery
Booker T. Washington

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1901

Up from the Grave
Jeaniene Frost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Up From the Sea
Leza Lowitz

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2016

Upgrade
Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
Jared Diamond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Up-hill
Christina Rossetti

Fiction | Poem | Adult

Up Home: One Girl's Journey
Ruth J. Simmons

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Upon the Head of the Goat
Aranka Siegal

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

Upon the Midnight Clear
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Upright Women Wanted
Sarah Gailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Uprising
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

Uprooted
Naomi Novik

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Upside Down
Danielle Steel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere
Julie T. Lamana

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies
J. B. West, Mary Lynn Kotz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1973

Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen
Dan Heath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Up the Line
Robert Silverberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Up to Me
M. Leighton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Uptown Girl
Christie Brinkley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Upward Bound
Woody Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Us
Terrence Real

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

U.S.A.
John Dos Passos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Us and Them: Understanding Your Tribal Mind
David Berreby

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money
John Dos Passos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Us Conductors
Sean Michaels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Useful Work versus Useless Toil
William Morris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1884

Use of Force (Scot Harvath, #16)
Brad Thor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Use of Weapons
Iain M. Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific
Gerold Frank

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1946

Utopia
Thomas More

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1516

Utopia Avenue
David Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There
Rutger Bregman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Utz
Bruce Chatwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror
Junji Ito, Transl. Yuji Oniki

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2000