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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 of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1826

The Last Olympian
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Last Painting of Sara De Vos
Dominic Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Question
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1956

The Last Ride Together
Robert Browning

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1855

The Last Rose of Shanghai
Weina Dai Randel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Samurai
Helen DeWitt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Last Story of Mina Lee
Nancy Jooyoun Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last to Vanish
Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Tycoon
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Last Unicorn
Peter S. Beagle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1968

The Last White Man: A Novel
Mohsin Hamid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1993

The Last Wolf
Mary TallMountain

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

The Latecomer
Jean Hanff Korelitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Latehomecomer
Kao Kalia Yang

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Lathe Of Heaven
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 1993

The Law of Life
Jack London

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1901

The Leap
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1990

The Leash
Ada Limón

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2018

The Leavers
Lisa Ko

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Ledge
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1976

The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The Leftovers
Tom Perrotta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1820

The Lemonade Crime
Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Lemonade War
Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Lesson
Toni Cade Bambara

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1972

The Lesson
Eugène Ionesco

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

The Lesson
Maya Angelou

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1978

The Lesson of the Moth
Don Marquis

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1927

The Letters Of Abelard And Heloise
Peter Abelard, Heloise

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult | Published in 1133

The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Thomas L. Friedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Liars' Club
Mary Karr

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

The Librarian of Auschwitz
Antonio Iturbe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Library Book
Susan Orlean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lies I Tell
Julie Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Martin McDonagh

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2001

The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta
John Rollin Ridge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1854

The Life of Samuel Johnson
James Boswell

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1791

The Life She Was Given
Ellen Marie Wiseman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Life We Bury
Allen Eskens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Flannery O'Connor

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1953

The Lifted Veil
George Eliot

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1859

The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Light in Hidden Places
Sharon Cameron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Light Pirate
Lily Brooks-Dalton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Light We Lost
Jill Santopolo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Likeness
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
Francisco Cantú

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Line Tender
Kate Allen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The Lion and the Jewel
Wole Soyinka

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1962

The Lion of Mars
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Lions Of Little Rock
Kristin Levine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1950

The Lisbon Earthquake
Voltaire

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1756

The List
Patricia Forde

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Little Boy Found
William Blake

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1789

The Little Foxes
Lillian Hellman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1939

The Little Friend
Donna Tartt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Little Glass Slipper
Charles Perrault

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1697

The Little Liar
Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Transl. Simon Pare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1943

The Lives of Animals
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1999

The Living
Matt de la Peña

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Lock Artist
Steve Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Karl Popper

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1934

The London Eye Mystery
Siobhan Dowd

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The London Séance Society: A Novel
Sarah Penner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1993

The Longest Ride
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Long Goodbye
Raymond Chandler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

The Long Loneliness
Dorothy Day

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1952

The Long Walk
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Long Way Home
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Looking Glass Wars
Frank Beddor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Lords of Discipline
Pat Conroy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Losers Club
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Lost Baby Poem
Lucille Clifton

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1987

The Lost Bookshop
Evie Woods

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Lost Boy
Dave Pelzer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
Douglas Preston

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017