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A Killing Cold
Kate Alice Marshall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

A Kind of Spark
Elle McNicoll

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
Brittany Barnett

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Kabuliwala
Rabindranath Tagore

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1892

Kaffir Boy
Mark Mathabane

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1986

Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi Patel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Kairos
Transl. Michael Hofmann, Jenny Erpenbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Kanthapura
Raja Rao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Kantika
Elizabeth Graver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Katie the Catsitter
Illustr. Stephanie Yue, Colleen AF Venable

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Keeper
Mal Peet

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Keeper'n Me
Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
Charlie N. Holmberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Keeping 13
Chloe Walsh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Keep It in the Family
John Marrs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Keep the Aspidistra Flying
George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Keesha's House
Helen Frost

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2003

Kensuke's Kingdom
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Kew Gardens
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1919

Key Player
Kelly Yang

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1886

Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
Faiza Guene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Killer Instinct
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Killers of a Certain Age
Deanna Raybourn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Killers of the Flower Moon (Adapted for Young Readers): The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Kill for Me, Kill for You
Steve Cavanagh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Killing Floor
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Killing Jesus: A History
Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Killing Mr. Griffin
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1978

Killing Patton
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Killing Rage: Ending Racism
bell hooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Killings
Andre Dubus II

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1979

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
Dorothy Roberts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Kill Joy
Holly Jackson

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2021

Kim
Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1901

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel
Cho Nam-Joo, Transl. Jamie Chang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Kindness
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1980

Kindred
Octavia E. Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

King: A Life
Jonathan Eig

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

King and the Dragonflies
Kacen Callender

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Roger Lancelyn Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1953

Kingdom of Ash
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Kingdom of the Wicked
Kerri Maniscalco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

King George: What Was His Problem?
Steve Sheinkin

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

King Hedley II
August Wilson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1985

King Lear
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1606

King Leopold's Ghost
Adam Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

King of Battle and Blood
Scarlett St. Clair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

King of Envy
Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

King of Greed
Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

King of Pride
Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

King of Sloth
Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

King of the Bingo Game
Ralph Ellison

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1944

King of Wrath: An Arranged Marriage Romance
Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Kira-Kira
Cynthia Kadohata

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Kisses from Katie
Katie J. Davis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Kissing in Vietnamese
Ocean Vuong

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

Kiss of the Fur Queen
Tomson Highway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Kiss of the Spider Woman
Manuel Puig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Kiss the Girls
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Kiss the Villain
Rina Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Kitchens of the Great Midwest
J. Ryan Stradal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat
Johnny Marciano

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Knights of the Kitchen Table
Jon Scieszka

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Knock Knock
Daniel Beaty

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2013

Knowing God
J. I. Packer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

Know My Name: A Memoir
Chanel Miller

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Knoxville, Tennessee
Nikki Giovanni

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1968

Kokoro
Natsume Sōseki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1914

Krapp's Last Tape
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1958

Krik? Krak!
Edwidge Danticat

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1996

Kristin Lavransdatter
Sigrid Undset

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

Kristy's Great Idea
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

Kubla Khan
Samuel Coleridge

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1816

The Kaiju Preservation Society
John Scalzi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Keeper of Happy Endings
Barbara Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Keeper of Hidden Books
Madeline Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Keeper of Lost Things
Ruth Hogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Keeper of Stars
Buck Turner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Keeper of Stories
Sally Page

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Key to Extraordinary
Natalie Lloyd

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Kid Who Ran for President
Dan Gutman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Killer Angels
Michael Shaara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Killers
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1927

The Kill Order
James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Kind Worth Killing: A Novel
Peter Swanson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark
Ridley Pearson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th Century America
Sean Wilentz, Paul E. Johnson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994