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Early in the Morning
Li-Young Lee

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1986

Earth Abides
George R. Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

Easter, 1916
William Butler Yeats

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1921

Easter Wings
George Herbert

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1633

East of Eden
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

Eaters Of The Dead
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Eating Alone
Li-Young Lee

Fiction | Poem | Adult

Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Elizabeth Gilbert

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Ebb
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1921

Echo
Pam Muñoz Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Echo Mountain
Lauren Wolk

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900
Alfred W. Crosby

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
Janisse Ray

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
Karl Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1843

Ecotopia
Ernest Callenbach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Edgar Huntly: Or, Memoirs of a Sleepwalker
Charles Brockden Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1799

Editha
William Dean Howells

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1906

Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year
Esmé Raji Codell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Edward II
Christopher Marlowe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1593

Efrén Divided
Ernesto Cisneros

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Efuru
Flora Nwapa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Ego Tripping
Nikki Giovanni

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1968

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
Hannah Arendt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Elantris
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

El Deafo
Cece Bell

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

Eleanor and Park
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Electra
Sophocles

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 450

Elegy for the Native Guards
Natasha Trethewey

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2007

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Thomas Gray

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1751

Elena
Pat Mora

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1984

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
Vicki Constantine Croke

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Elephant Run
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Eleven
Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1991

Eleven Minutes
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

El Filibusterismo
José Rizal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1891

Elijah of Buxton
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Elizabeth is Missing
Emma Healey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
Barbara Ransby

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Ella Minnow Pea
Mark Dunn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Elliptical
Harryette Mullen

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

Ellis Island
Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1979

Eloisa to Abelard
Alexander Pope

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1717

Elsewhere
Gabrielle Zevin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Emako Blue
Brenda Woods

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1863

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
John W. Dower

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Emergency
Denis Johnson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1991

Emile: On Education
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1763

Emma
Jane Austen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1815

Empire Falls
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Empire of Cotton
Sven Beckert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Empire Of Illusion: The End Of Literacy And The Triumph Of Spectacle
Chris Hedges

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Empire of the Sun
J. G. Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Empire of Wild
Cherie Dimaline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Emplumada
Lorna Dee Cervantes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1981

Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1959

Endymion: A Poetic Romance
John Keats

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1818

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Steven Pinker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Enrique's Journey
Sonia Nazario

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Entrance
Dana Gioia

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2001

Entropy
Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1960

Epilogue
Robert Lowell

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1977

Epistemology of the Closet
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Eragon
Christopher Paolini

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Erec and Enide
Chrétien De Troyes

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1170

Escape from Camp 14
Blaine Harden

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Escape From Freedom
Erich Fromm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1941

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
Chris Grabenstein

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Escaping Salem
Richard Godbeer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Escaping the Giant Wave
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Esperanza Rising
Pam Muñoz Ryan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1911

Ethics
Baruch Spinoza

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1677

Eugene Onegin
Alexander Pushkin

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1832

Eumenides
Aeschylus

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 458

Euphoria
Lily King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Eurydice
Ocean Vuong

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

Euthyphro
Plato

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | BCE

Eva Luna
Isabel Allende, Transl. Margaret Sayers Peden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1847

Eveline
James Joyce

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1904

Even As We Breathe
Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Evening Hawk
Robert Penn Warren

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1985

Everlost
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Everybody
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2018

Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
Bob Goff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Every Day
David Levithan

Fiction | Novel | YA

Every Day Is for the Thief
Teju Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Everyday Use
Alice Walker

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1973

Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
Sungju Lee, Susan Elizabeth McClelland

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2016

Every Last Word
Tamara Ireland Stone

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015