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Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Maru
Bessie Head

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Mary
Nat Cassidy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life
Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1848

Mary Jane
Jessica Anya Blau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Mary Poppins
P.L. Travers

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1934

Masks
Shel Silverstein

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Master and Man
Leo Tolstoy

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1895

Master Harold and the Boys
Athol Fugard

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 1982

Masterminds
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Masterpiece
Elise Broach

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Ilyon Woo

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

Masters of Death
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Mastery
Robert Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Matched
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Matilda
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1988

Matriarch: A Memoir
Tina Knowles

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Matrix
Lauren Groff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Maud Martha
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Maurice
E. M. Forster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Maus
Art Spiegelman

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Max the Mighty
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Maya and the Robot
Illustr. Christine Almeda, Eve L. Ewing

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Maybe He Just Likes You
Barbara Dee

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Maybe in Another Life
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Maybe Next Time
Cesca Major

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Maybe Not
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2014

Maybe Now
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Maybe Someday
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Lori Gottlieb

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Nathaniel Philbrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

M. Butterfly
David Henry Hwang

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1988

McTeague: A Story of San Francisco
Frank Norris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1899

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jesse Andrews

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Me and the Mule
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1959

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Layla Saad

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Mean Spirit
Linda Hogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Measure For Measure
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1604

Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
John Doerr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Measuring Up
Illustr. Ann Xu, Lily LaMotte

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Me Before You
Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Medea
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult

Medea
Seneca

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 49

Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America
Joy-Ann Reid

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Harriet A. Washington

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Medicine River
Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Medicine Walk
Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Meditation 17
John Donne

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1630

Meditations
Marcus Aurelius

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 180

Meditations on First Philosophy
René Descartes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1641

Meeting at Night
Robert Browning

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1845

Meet Me at the Lake
Carley Fortune

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring
Angela Cervantes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Meg Merrilies
John Keats

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1818

Melania
Melania Trump

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Mementos, 1
W. D. Snodgrass

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1987

Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Memorial Days
Geraldine Brooks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir
Natasha Trethewey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Ed. Aniela Jaffé, Transl. Richard Winston, Transl. Clara Winston, C. G. Jung

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1989

Memory Man
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Memory Wall
Anthony Doerr

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2010

Memphis
Tara M. Stringfellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex
John Gray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Mencius
Mencius

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Mending Wall
Robert Frost

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1914

Men Explain Things To Me
Rebecca Solnit

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2014

Men Have Called Her Crazy
Anna Marie Tendler

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

Meno
Plato

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult

Men of Iron
Howard Pyle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1891

Men We Reaped
Jesmyn Ward

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All
Laura Bates

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Merci Suárez Changes Gears
Meg Medina

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Mercury Pictures Presents
Anthony Marra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Mercy
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Mercy Among the Children
David Adams Richards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1952

Message In A Bottle
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Messenger
Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Messenger
Mary Oliver

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2006

Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2000

Metal Slinger
Rachel Schneider

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Metamorphoses
Ovid

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 8

Metaphysics
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Methland
Nick Reding

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Mexican WhiteBoy
Matt de la Peña

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
Pedro Martín

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

Mickey7
Edward Ashton

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Mick Harte Was Here
Barbara Park

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

Midaq Alley
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

Middlemarch
George Eliot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1871

Middle of the Night
Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Middle Passage
Charles R. Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life
Chris Tebbetts, James Patterson, Illustr. Laura Park

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Midnight At The Blackbird Cafe
Heather Webber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Midnight at the Electric
Jodi Lynn Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017