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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny
Robin S. Sharma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Rod Serling

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 1960

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Moon Is Down
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1868

The Moor's Account
Laila Lalami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Moose
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1976

The Moral Bucket List
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mosquito Coast
Paul Theroux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1924

The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Most Important Thing: Stories about Sons, Fathers, and Grandfathers
Avi

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise
Colleen Oakley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
Ally Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Mother
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1945

The Mother-in-Law
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mothers
Brit Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Motorcycle Diaries
Che Guevara

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

The Mountain
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1952

The Mountain Between Us
Charles Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Mountain in the Sea
Ray Nayler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
Brianna Wiest

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mountains Sing
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mountaintop
Katori Hall

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2011

The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1965

The Mousetrap
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1950

The Moviegoer
Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Moving Finger
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Munich Mannequins
Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1965

The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
Ibn Khaldun

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1377

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1841

The Murmur of Bees
Sofía Segovia, Transl. Simon Bruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Museum of Failures
Thrity Umrigar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mushroom at the End of the World
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Music of Bees
Eileen Garvin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Music Of Dolphins
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1794

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Mysterious Bakery On Rue De Paris
Evie Woods

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
Trenton Lee Stewart, Illustr. Diana Sudyka

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
Douglas Brunt

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels: A Novel
Janice Hallett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1875

The Mysterious Stranger
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1916

The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel
Nita Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1870

The Mystery of Locked Rooms
Lindsay Currie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | BCE

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1942

The Myth of the Eternal Return
Mircea Eliade, Transl. Willard R. Trask

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949