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Lovely One
Ketanji Brown Jackson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Lovely War
Julie Berry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Love Medicine
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Love, Mom
Iliana Xander

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Love on the Brain
Ali Hazelwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Love Poem
Linda Pastan

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2005

Love Poem With Toast
Miller Williams

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1999

Love Redesigned
Lauren Asher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Love, Ruby Lavender
Deborah Wiles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Love's Labour's Lost
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1598

Love Song for Alex, 1979
Margaret Walker

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1989

Love, Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Love That Dog
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Loving Frank
Nancy Horan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Lu
Jason Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Luckiest Girl Alive
Jessica Knoll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Lucky
Marissa Stapley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Lucky Broken Girl
Ruth Behar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
Kirsten Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Lullabies for Little Criminals
Heather O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Lullaby
Leslie Marmon Silko

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2002

Lunch Money
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Lupita Manana
Patricia Beatty

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

Luster
Raven Leilani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Lycidas
John Milton

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1638

Lyddie
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Lysistrata
Aristophanes

Fiction | Play | Adult

The Labors of Hercules Beal
Gary D. Schmidt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Labyrinth of Solitude
Octavio Paz

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1950

The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Ladies' Paradise
Émile Zola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1883

The Lady in the Lake
Raymond Chandler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

The Lady in the Looking Glass
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1960

The Lady Of Shalott
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1842

The Lady, or the Tiger?
Frank R. Stockton

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1882

The Lady With The Dog
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1899

The Lager Queen of Minnesota
J. Ryan Stradal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Lais of Marie de France
Marie De France

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1100

The Lake
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1827

The Lake House
Kate Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Lake Isle of Innisfree
William Butler Yeats

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1890

The Lake of Lost Girls
Katherine Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons in Living
Joseph M. Marshall III

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Lamb
William Blake

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1789

The Lamb
Lucy Rose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Lamp at Noon
Sinclair Ross

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1968

The Landlady
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1959

The Landlady
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1968

The Land of Counterpane
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1885

The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail
Jason De León

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Landry News
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

The Language of Baklava
Diana Abu-Jaber

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
Francis S. Collins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Laramie Project
Moises Kaufman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2001

The Last Anniversary
Liane Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Last Battle
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1956

The Last Book In The Universe
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II
Madeline Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Carolina Girl
Meagan Church

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Cuentista
Donna Barba Higuera

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Last Days of Night
Graham Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Last Days of Socrates
Plato

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | BCE

The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France
Eric Jager

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Last: Endling #1
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Last Flight
Julie Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Garden in England
Julia Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Graduate
Naomi Novik

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Last Green Valley
Mark Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last House Guest
Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last House on Needless Street
Catriona Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last House on the Street
Diane Chamberlain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Housewife
Ashley Winstead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Kids on Earth
Max Brallier

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Last Kids on Earth and the Monster Dimension
Max Brallier

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King
Max Brallier, Illustr. Douglas Holgate

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade
Max Brallier

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Last Kingdom
Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Last Leaf
O. Henry

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1907

The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 2008

The Last Letter
Rebecca Yarros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last Letter From Your Lover
Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Last Love Note: A Novel
Emma Grey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Man
Mary Shelley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1826

The Last Mapmaker
Christina Soontornvat

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Last Mrs. Parrish
Liv Constantine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Murder at the End of the World
Stuart Turton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1826

The Last of the Moon Girls
Barbara Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
Julie Andrews Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1974

The Last Olympian
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Last One at the Wedding
Jason Rekulak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last Painting of Sara De Vos
Dominic Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Party
A. R. Torre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last Question
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1956

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001