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A narrow Fellow in the Grass (1096)
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1865

A Nearly Normal Family
M. T. Edvardsson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home
Henry Cole

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

A New Earth: Create a Better Life
Eckhart Tolle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

A New England Nun
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1891

A New National Anthem
Ada Limón

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2018

A Night Divided
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

A Night to Remember
Walter Lord

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1955

A Noiseless Patient Spider
Walt Whitman

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1868

A Not So Meet Cute
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Novel Love Story
Ashley Poston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Nada
Carmen Laforet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Naked
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1997

Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
Charles Wheelan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Nana
Émile Zola, Transl. Gerhard Krüger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1880

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1845

Nathan the Wise
Gotthold Lessing

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1779

Native Son
Richard Wright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Native Speaker
Chang-rae Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1836

Nature
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1878

Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
William Cronon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Navigating Early
Clare Vanderpool

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Necessary Lies
Diane Chamberlain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Necessary Roughness
Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Marie G. Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
Drew Gilpin Faust

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Necessities of Life
Adrienne Rich

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1966

Necropolitics
Achille Mbembe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Nectar in a Sieve
Kamala Markandaya

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1954

Needful Things
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland
Jan Tomasz Gross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Neighbour Rosicky
Willa Cather

Fiction | Short Story | Adult

Neither Wolf Nor Dog
Kent Nerburn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism
Kwame Nkrumah

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1965

Neon Gods
Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Nervous Conditions
Tsitsi Dangarembga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Nettle & Bone
T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Neuromancer
William Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Neutral Tones
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1898

Never
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave
Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
Farley Mowat

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1963

Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
Keith Ferrazzi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Never Fall Down
Patricia McCormick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
David Goggins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Never Lie
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Never Never
Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Never Shall I Forget
Elie Wiesel

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1958

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as If Your Life Depended on It
Chris Voss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2023

New Atlantis
Francis Bacon

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1627

New England Bound
Wendy Warren

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

New from Here
Kelly Yang

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing
Ted Conover

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

New Kid
Jerry Craft

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

New Moon
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

News from Nowhere
William Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1890

News of the World
Paulette Jiles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America
Colin G. Calloway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

New York 2140
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan
Jill Lepore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Next of Kin
Hannah Bonam-Young

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Next Year In Havana
Chanel Cleeton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Nibelungenlied
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1200

Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy
Angie Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers
Lois P. Frankel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1839

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Night
Elie Wiesel

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1956

Night
William Blake

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1789

Night at the Fiestas
Kirstin Valdez Quade

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

Nightbane
Alex Aster

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Nightbitch
Rachel Yoder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Nightbooks
J. A. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Nightcrawling
Leila Mottley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Night, Death, Mississippi
Robert Hayden

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1966

Nightfall
Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative
Ignatia Broker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

Night Hoops
Carl Deuker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

Nightjohn
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

Night, Mother
Marsha Norman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1998

Night of the Living Rez
Morgan Talty

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2022

Night of the Twisters
Ivy Ruckman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

Night Road
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Nights at the Circus
Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Night Shift
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1978

Night Watch: A Novel
Jayne Anne Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Nightwatching
Tracy Sierra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Nightwood
Djuna Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Nimona
N. D. Stevenson

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2015

Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Geraldine Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Nineteen
Elizabeth Alexander

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1990