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A Calamity of Souls
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Canticle For Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

A Carafe, that is a Blind Glass
Gertrude Stein

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1914

A Careful Passion
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

A Case Of Identity
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1891

A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes
Helen Hunt Jackson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1881

A Certain Hunger
Chelsea G. Summers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Chance in the World
Steve Pemberton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

A Child Called It: One Child’s Courage to Survive
Dave Pelzer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1843

A Christmas Memory
Truman Capote

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1956

A Civil Action
Jonathan Harr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

A Clash of Kings
George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1926

A Clock stopped—
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1896

A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

A Column of Fire
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Complaint
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1807

A Complicated Kindness
Miriam Toews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

A Confession
Leo Tolstoy

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1880

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

A Conversation with My Father
Grace Paley

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1972

A Corner of the Universe
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

A Council of Dolls
Mona Susan Power

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

A Court This Cruel and Lovely
Stacia Stark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Samuel H. Sternberg, Jennifer Doudna

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
Linda Urban

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

A Cup of Water Under My Bed
Daisy Hernandez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

A Curious Beginning
Deanna Raybourn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

A Curse for True Love
Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Brigid Kemmerer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Cabin Fever
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Caddie Woodlawn
Carol Ryrie Brink

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1935

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Marc Reisner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Caesar and Cleopatra
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1898

Caged Bird
Maya Angelou

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1983

Cajas de Carton
Francisco Jiménez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Caleb Williams
William Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1794

Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
Silvia Federici

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Calico Captive
Elizabeth George Speare

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1957

Caligula
Albert Camus

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1944

Calling for a Blanket Dance
Oscar Hokeah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work
Maya Millett, David Isay

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Call it Courage
Armstrong Sperry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1940

Call Me American
Abdi Nor Iftin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Call Me By Your Name
André Aciman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Call Me Maria
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2004

Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Bing West, Jim Mattis

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Call Your Daughter Home
Deborah Spera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Camino Ghosts
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Camino Island
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Candide
Voltaire

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1759

Cane
Jean Toomer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

Cannery Row
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
Bill Schutt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
David Goggins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition): A Hip-Hop History
Jeff Chang

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2021

Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
Roz Chast

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Canyons
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Capitalism And Freedom
Milton Friedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Joseph Alois Schumpeter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1942

Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
Laurence Leamer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Captain Blood: His Odyssey
Rafael Sabatini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Capture The Flag
Kate Messner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Caramelo
Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Caraval
Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
Timothy Mitchell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Career of Evil
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Careless People
Sarah Wynn-Williams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Carmen
Prosper Merimee

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1840

Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan le Fanu

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2012

Carnegie's Maid
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Carrie
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Jean Lee Latham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1955

Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Case Histories: A Novel
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Casey at the Bat
Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1888

Cassandra in Reverse
Holly Smale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Castle in the Air
Diana Wynne Jones

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Castle Rackrent
Maria Edgeworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1800

Catalina
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
Ross Gay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2015

Catalyst
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA

Catch-22
Joseph Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Stan Redding, Frank Abagnale

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980