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The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin, Transl. Ken Liu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Kate Fagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
Anna Malaika Tubbs

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1844

The Threepenny Opera
Bertolt Brecht

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

The Throne of Fire
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Sogyal Rinpoche

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Tiger Flu
Larissa Lai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Tiger Rising
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Time Keeper
Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Time Machine
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1895

The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Tin Drum
Gunter Grass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Titan's Curse
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Tobacco Wives
Adele Myers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Toll
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Tombs of Atuan
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1971

The Topeka School
Ben Lerner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Tortilla Curtain
T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
Adrianna Cuevas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
Dave Ramsey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Tower of Nero
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Tradition
Jericho Brown

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2015

The Tragedy Of Great Power Politics
John J. Mearsheimer

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Tragedy of Mariam
Elizabeth Cary

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1613

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1893

The Tragedy of the Commons
Garrett James Hardin

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1968

The Train From Rhodesia
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1952

The Transall Saga
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Transit of Venus
Shirley Hazzard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Travels of Marco Polo
Marco Polo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
John Mandeville

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1356

The Treasure of Lemon Brown
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1969

The Trees
Percival Everett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Trespasser
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Trial
Franz Kafka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Jessica Townsend

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Triumph of Achilles
Louise Glück

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1985

The Triumph of Life
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1824

The Trojan War: A New History
Barry Strauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Troop
Nick Cutter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Tropics in New York
Claude McKay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922

The Trouble With Chickens
Doreen Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Truce
Primo Levi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1963

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Eric Hoffer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1951

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

The True Love Experiment
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The True Meaning of Smekday
Adam Rex

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
Louise Murphy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Trumpet of the Swan
E. B. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1970

The Truth About Forever
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative
Thomas King

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

The Truth about the Devlins
Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair
Joel Dicker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Truth According to Us
Annie Barrows

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
Leslie Connor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
Kamala Harris

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Tryout
Christina Soontornvat, Illustr. Joanna Cacao

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Tsar of Love and Techno
Anthony Marra

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

The Turning
Tim Winton

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

The Turn of The Key
Ruth Ware

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Turn of the Screw
Henry James

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1898

The Turtle of Oman
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Twelve Caesars
Suetonius

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 121

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Ayana Mathis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Twits
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

The Two Towers
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1954

The Tyger
William Blake

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1794

The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?
Michael J. Sandel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

They Cage the Animals at Night
Jennings Michael Burch

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1984

They Called Us Enemy
George Takei

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2019

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Hanif Abdurraqib

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

They Don't Love You Like I Love You
Natalie Diaz

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2019

They Feed They Lion
Philip Levine

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1972

They Never Learn
Layne Fargo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak, Alphonsion Deng

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2006

They Went Left
Monica Hesse

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Thick: And Other Essays
Tressie Mcmillan Cottom

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Thicker than Water: A Memoir
Kerry Washington

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Thief River Falls
Brian Freeman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Things Not Seen
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Things We Carry on the Sea
Wang Ping

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2018

Things We Do in the Dark
Jennifer Hillier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Things We Hide From the Light
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Things We Left Behind
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Things We Lost to the Water
Eric Nguyen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Things We Never Got Over
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Things You Save in a Fire
Katherine Center

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
Adam Grant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1937

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism
Temple Grandin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life
Avinash K. Dixit

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991