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Orwell's Roses
Rebecca Solnit

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Othello
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1604

Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Otherwise
Jane Kenyon

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1996

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

Other Words for Home
Jasmine Warga

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

Otto of the Silver Hand
Howard Pyle

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1888

Our Country Friends
Gary Shteyngart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Danielle S. Allen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Our Evenings
Alan Hollinghurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Our Fault
Mercedes Ron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
Nick Estes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions
Illustr. Peter Mueller, John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Ourika
Claire de Duras

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1823

Our Infinite Fates
Laura Steven

Fiction | Novel | YA

Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
Robert D. Putnam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Our Man in Havana
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1865

Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
Harriet E. Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1859

Our Sister Killjoy
Ama Ata Aidoo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Our Souls At Night
Kent Haruf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Our Town
Thornton Wilder

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1938

Our Violent Ends
Chloe Gong

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Our Wives Under the Sea
Julia Armfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
Warren St. John

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Outer Dark
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Outlander
Diana Gabaldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Outlawed
Anna North

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Outline
Rachel Cusk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Out of Darkness
Ashley Hope Pérez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Out of My Dreams
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

Out of My Heart
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Out of My Mind
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Out Of Nowhere
Maria Padian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Out of the Dust
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Out of the Easy
Ruta Sepetys

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Out of the Silent Planet
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Out of the Woods
Hannah Bonam-Young

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Out of This Furnace
Thomas Bell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

Out on a Limb
Hannah Bonam-Young

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Out, Out—
Robert Frost

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1916

Out Stealing Horses
Transl. Anne Born, Per Petterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Owls in the Family
Farley Mowat

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1961

Ox Cart Man
Donald Hall

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1977

Oxygen
Mary Oliver

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2005

Ozymandias
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1818

The Obelisk Gate
N. K. Jemisin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss
Jason Fung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Ryan Holiday

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Octopus: A Story of California
Frank Norris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1901

The Octoroon
Dion Boucicault

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1859

The Odd Couple
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1965

The Odyssey
Transl. Emily Wilson, Homer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

The Odyssey
Gareth Hinds

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2010

The Office of Historical Corrections
Danielle Evans

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

The Ogress and the Orphans
Kelly Barnhill

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Old Curiosity Shop
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1840

The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1952

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Luis Sepulveda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Old Nurse's Story
Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1852

The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Old Wives' Tale
Arnold Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1908

The Oligarch's Daughter
Joseph Finder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Once and Future King
T. H. White

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1958

The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The One
John Marrs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The One and Only Family
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

The One And Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The One and Only Ruby
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
Marianne Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1973

The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
Jay Papasan, Gary Keller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Only News I Know
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1929

The Only One Left
Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
Garrett M. Graff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Only Road
Alexandra Diaz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Only Woman in the Room
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Open Boat
Stephen Crane

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1897

The Open Society and Its Enemies
Karl Popper

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1945

The Open Window
Saki

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1911

The Optimist's Daughter
Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The Orchard Keeper
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

The Orchid Thief
Susan Orlean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
Michel Foucault

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1966

The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South
Chip Jones

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Origin of Others
Toni Morrison

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Friedrich Engels

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1884

The Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Ecological Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-first Century
Robert B. Marks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
Thomas J. Sugrue

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1951