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The Man Who Was Almost a Man
Richard Wright

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1940

The Man Who Was Poe
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

The Man Who Was Thursday
G. K. Chesterton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1908

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
Daniel Nayeri, Illustr. Daniel Miyares

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
Jamie Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
Lara Love Hardin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

The Map of Love
Ahdaf Soueif

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Map of Salt and Stars
Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Marble Faun
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1860

The Mark Of Athena
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Mark Of The Beast
Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1890

The Mark of the Dragonfly
Jaleigh Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Mark on the Wall
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1917

The Marlow Murder Club
Robert Thorogood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
William Blake

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1789

The Marriage Of Opposites
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Marrow of Tradition
Charles W. Chesnutt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1901

The Marrow Thieves
Cherie Dimaline

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club
Martha Hall Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Martian
Andy Weir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

The Marvellers
Dhonielle Clayton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Marvelous Land of Oz
L. Frank Baum

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1904

The Masque of Anarchy
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1832

The Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1842

The Massacre at El Mozote
Mark Danner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Master
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Masterpiece
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose
Chris Wilson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship
Don Miguel Ruiz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Mauritanian (Guantánamo Diary)
Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1886

The Maypole Of Merry Mount
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1832

The Maze of Bones
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Maze Runner
James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Timothy Keller, Kathy Keller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Measure
Nikki Erlick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Medicine Woman of Galveston
Amanda Skenandore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Melian Dialogue
Thucydides

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | BCE

The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Memory of Things
Gae Polisner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Memory Palace Of Matteo Ricci
Jonathan Spence

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1984

The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Men of Brewster Place
Gloria Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1596

The Mercies
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mercy of Gods
James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1883

The Merry Wives of Windsor
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1597

The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2024

The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1915

The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650 - 1815
Richard White

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Midnight Fox
Betsy Byars

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

The Midnight Gang
David Walliams

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Midnight Library
Matt Haig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Midwife of Auschwitz
Anna Stuart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Midwife's Apprentice
Karen Cushman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Mighty Miss Malone
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Million Dollar Shot
Dan Gutman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1860

The Minds of Billy Milligan
Daniel Keyes

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1981

The Miniaturist
Jessie Burton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Minister's Black Veil
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1836

The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness
Arundhati Roy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Minority Report
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1956

The Minutemen and Their World
Robert A. Gross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

The Miracle of Morning
Amanda Gorman

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2020

The Miracle Worker
William Gibson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Mirror
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition
M. H. Abrams

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1954

The Mirror and the Light
Hilary Mantel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
Stacy McAnulty

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Emily M. Danforth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Mis-Education of the Negro
Carter Woodson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1933

The Miser
Jean-Baptiste Moliere

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1668

The Misfits
James Howe

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Mismeasure Of Man
Stephen Jay Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Missing Half
Ashley Flowers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Mist
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1980

The Mistress of Spices
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Misunderstanding
Albert Camus

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1943

The Mitford Affair
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mixquiahuala Letters
Ana Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Moffats
Eleanor Estes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1941

The Moment Before the Gun Went Off
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1991

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
Melinda French Gates

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
Nicholas Day

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Monk: A Romance
Matthew Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1796

The Monkey
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1980

The Monkey's Paw
W.W. Jacobs

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1902

The Monkey Wrench Gang
Edward Abbey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975