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Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

Roll With It
Jamie Sumner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Roman Fever
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1934

Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1595

Romiette and Julio
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Romney: A Reckoning
McKay Coppins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Rooftoppers
Katherine Rundell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Rooftops of Tehran
Mahbod Seraji

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Room
Emma Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Room to Dream
Kelly Yang

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Root Magic
Eden Royce

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Rosa Parks
Nikki Giovanni

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

Rosaura A Las Diez
Marco Denevi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Rose in Chains
Julie Soto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Roselily
Alice Walker

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1973

Rosemary's Baby
Ira Levin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Tom Stoppard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1966

Rouge: A Novel
Mona Awad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Roughing It
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1872

Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People
Tracy Kidder

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress
Daniel Defoe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1724

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Tom Holland

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Ruby
Cynthia Bond

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ruby Holler
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Ruin and Rising
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Ruined
Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2009

Ruins of a Great House
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1953

Rule of the Aurora King
Nisha J. Tuli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Rule of the Bone
Russell Banks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Rules
Cynthia Lord

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
Saul D. Alinsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

Rules of Civility
Amor Towles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Rules of the Game
Amy Tan

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1989

Rules of the Road
Joan Bauer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Rumble Fish
S. E. Hinton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1975

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
Liesl Shurtliff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

Run
Ann Patchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Runaway Ralph
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1970

Runaway: Stories
Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

Run: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Illustr. Nate Powell, Illustr. L. Fury

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | YA | Published in 2021

Run for the Hills
Kevin Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Runner
Carl Deuker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Running Loose
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

Running Out Of Time
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Running With Scissors: A Memoir
Augusten Burroughs

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Run on Red
Noelle W. Ihli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Run, Rose, Run
Dolly Parton, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Runt
Marion Dane Bauer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

R.U.R.
Karel Čapek

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1920

Ruth
Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1853

Ruthless Creatures
J. T. Geissinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Ruthless Fae
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Ruthless Vows
Rebecca Ross

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Rachel Incident
Caroline O'Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Racial Contract
Charles W. Mills

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Racketeer
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Radical and the Republican
James Oakes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Radicalism of the American Revolution
Gordon S. Wood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
Kate Moore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Raft
S.A. Bodeen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Railway Children
E. Nesbit

Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1906

The Rainbow
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rainmaker
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
R. K. Narayan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

The Ransom of Red Chief
O. Henry

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1907

The Rape of Lucrece
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1594

The Rape of Nanking
Iris Chang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Rape of the Lock
Alexander Pope

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1712

The Rats in the Walls
H. P. Lovecraft

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1924

The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1845

The Raven Boys
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Raven King
Nora Sakavic

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Raven Scholar
Antonia Hodgson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Razor's Edge
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1944

The Reader
Bernhard Schlink

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Reading List
Sara Nisha Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult

The Real Thing
Henry James

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1892

The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Timothy J. Keller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
Naoki Higashida

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
Albert Camus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1951

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Jeanne Theoharis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

The Reckoning
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Recognition of Sakuntala
Kalidasa

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 400

The Recruit
Robert Muchamore

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The Red and the Black
Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1830

The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1895

The Red Bandanna
Tom Rinaldi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

The Red Convertible
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1974

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Ned Blackhawk

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Red Pencil
Andrea Davis Pinkney

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Red Pony
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1933

The Red Pyramid
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010