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The Fly
Karl Shapiro

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2003

The Fly
Katherine Mansfield

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1922

The Forest of Vanishing Stars
Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Forest People
Colin M. Turnbull

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

The Forever War
Joe Haldeman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
Gregory A. Freeman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Forgotten Soldier
Guy Sajer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1967

The Fort
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Fortunes
Peter Ho Davies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Forty Rules of Love
Elif Shafak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Foundling
Ann Leary

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

The Fountains of Silence: A Novel
Ruta Sepetys

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Four Loves
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

The Fourteenth Goldfish
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Fourth Stall
Chris Rylander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Fourth State of Matter
Jo Ann Beard

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1996

The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny
Neil Howe, William Strauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Foxhole Court
Nora Sakavic

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Fox Wife
Yangsze Choo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Fragile Threads of Power
V. E. Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Fraud
Zadie Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
Erin Gruwell and Freedom Writers

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The French Lieutenant's Woman
John Fowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
Griffin Dunne

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

The Friend
Sigrid Nunez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Friendship War
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The Friend Zone
Abby Jimenez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Frogs
Aristophanes

Fiction | Play | Adult

The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Fundamentals of Ethics
Russ Shafer Landau

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Fun They Had
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1951

The Furnished Room
O. Henry

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1904

The Fury
Alex Michaelides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Future
Naomi Alderman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Future of an Illusion
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1927

The Future of Life
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis
Tom Rivett-Carnac, Christiana Figueres

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020