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The Corporation
Joel Bakan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Correspondent
Virginia Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Cost of Discipleship
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1937

The Cost of Knowing
Brittney Morris

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1844

The Country Husband
John Cheever

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1962

The Country of the Blind
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1904

The Country Wife
William Wycherley

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1675

The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Courage of Sarah Noble
Alice Dalgliesh

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1954

The Courage That My Mother Had
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1956

The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Courage to be Happy: Discover the Power of Positive Psychology and Choose Happiness Every Day
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Cousins
Karen M. McManus

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Coven
Harper L. Woods

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Coworker
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Crash
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Crazy Woman
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1960

The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve
G. Edward Griffin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Cremation of Sam McGee
Robert W. Service

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1907

The Cricket In Times Square
George Selden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1960

The Cross and the Lynching Tree
James H. Cone

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Cross and the Switchblade
David Wilkerson, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1963

The Crossing
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

The Crossing
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Crossover
Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Crucible
Arthur Miller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1953

The Cruelest Month
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Cruel Prince
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
Amin Maalouf

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Cultural Politics of Emotion
Sara Ahmed

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Culture Map: Breaking through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
Erin Meyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1922

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Custom of the Country
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913