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Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Legends of the Fall
Jim Harrison

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

Leiningen Versus the Ants
Carl Stephenson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1938

Le Lai de Lanval
Marie De France

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2009

Lemons
Melissa Savage

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Leo Africanus
Amin Maalouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Leonard (My Life as a Cat)
Carlie Sorosiak

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Leonardo Da Vinci
Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

Le Père Goriot
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1835

Leroy Ninker Saddles Up
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Les Belles Soeurs
Michel Tremblay

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1968

Les Misérables
Victor Hugo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1862

Less
Andrew Sean Greer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Less Is Lost
Andrew Sean Greer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Lessons
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Less Than Zero
Bret Easton Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed
Philip Paul Hallie

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Let America Be America Again
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1936

Let Evening Come
Jane Kenyon

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1990

Let Me Hear a Rhyme
Tiffany D. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Yvon Chouinard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

Letter From Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1963

Letters From An American Farmer
J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult | Published in 1782

Letters from a Stoic
Seneca

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult

Letters from Cuba
Ruth Behar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Letters from Rifka
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Letters to a Young Poet
Rainer Maria Rilke

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult | Published in 1929

Letters to a Young Scientist
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Letters to a Young Teacher
Jonathan Kozol

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
Yossi Klein Halevi

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult | Published in 2018

Letter to My Daughter
Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1987

Letter to Someone Living Fifty Years From Now
Matthew Olzmann

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2017

Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
Galileo Galilei

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1615

Let The Circle Be Unbroken
Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Let the Right One In
John Ajvide Lindqvist

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Let Us Descend
Jesmyn Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Level 13
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1651

Leviathan
Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Leviathan Wakes
James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Liar, Liar
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Liars: A Novel
Sarah Manguso

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Liar’s Poker
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Karen Abbott

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2022

Libertie
Kaitlyn Greenidge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World
Maya Jasanoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Lies and Weddings
Kevin Kwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Lies He Told Me
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Lieutenant Nun
Catalina de Erauso

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1997

Life
Naomi Long Madgett

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1993

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Max Tegmark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Life After Life
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1881

Life As We Knew It
Susan Beth Pfeffer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Lifeboat 12
Susan Hood

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project
Jack Mayer

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
Misty Copeland

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2014

Life In The Iron Mills
Rebecca Harding Davis

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1861

Life Is a Dream
Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1636

Life of Black Hawk
Black Hawk

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1833

Life of Pi
Yann Martel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black
Gregory Howard Williams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult

Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1883

Life's Too Short
Abby Jimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1939

Lift Every Voice and Sing
James Weldon Johnson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1900

Ligeia
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1838

Light Bringer
Pierce Brown

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Light from Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Light in August
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Lightlark
Alex Aster

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Light Shining Out of Darkness
William Cowper

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1773

Lights Out
Navessa Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Like a Winding Sheet
Ann Petry

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1946

Like Mother, Like Daughter
Kimberly McCreight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Like Mother, Like Mother
Susan Rieger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Likes
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2017

Like Water for Chocolate
Laura Esquivel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
Cristina Rivera Garza

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Kathleen Rooney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Lily and Dunkin
Donna Gephart

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
Jim Kwik

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times
Donald T. Phillips

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Lincoln's Grave Robbers
Steve Sheinkin

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1865

Linden Hills
Gloria Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey ...
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1798

Lines of Courage
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Linked
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Listen for the Lie
Amy Tintera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Listen, Slowly
Thanhha Lai

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Litany
Billy Collins

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

Little Beast
Richard Siken

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2019

Little Bee
Chris Cleave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008