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The Ugly American
William J. Lederer, Eugene Burdick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Ultimate Gift
Jim Stovall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Ultimate Safari
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1991

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Unbreakable Code
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Uncanny
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1919

The Uncommon Reader
Alan Bennett

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2007

The Undefeated
Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2019

The Undercover Economist
Tim Harford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Underdogs
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Underdogs: A novel of the Mexican Revolution
Mariano Azuela

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Underneath
Kathi Appelt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
Megan Bannen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
Breanne Randall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You
Dina Nayeri

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 368

The Unhoneymooners
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
David Wallace-Wells

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The United States Welcomes You
Tracy K. Smith

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2018

The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog
James Sire

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1976

The Universe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Tracy K. Smith

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2011

The Unknown Citizen
W. H. Auden

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1940

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
Teresa Toten

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Unmaking of June Farrow
Adrienne Young

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America
John Putnam Demos

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Unsettling of America
Wendell Berry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Unteachables
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Unwanteds
Lisa McMann

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Unwedding
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
George Packer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Unworthy
Agustina Bazterrica, Transl. Sarah Moses

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Upanishads
Transl. Juan Mascaró, Anonymous

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | BCE

The Upside of Falling
Alex Light

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Upstairs Room
Johanna Reiss

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1972

The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Bruno Bettelheim

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

Ubik
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Ubu Roi
Alfred Jarry

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1896

Uglies
Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
Chris van Tulleken

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Ulysses
James Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

Ulysses
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1842

Ulysses
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1991

Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2008

Unbowed
Wangari Maathai

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
Laura Hillenbrand

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2014

Uncanny Valley: A Memoir
Anna Wiener

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1851

Uncle Vanya
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1897

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
Steve Sheinkin

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Under a Cruel Star: A Life In Prague, 1941-1968
Heda Margolius Kovály

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1973

Under a Painted Sky
Stacey Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
Elizabeth Kolbert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Underground To Canada
Barbara Smucker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1978

Under Milk Wood
Dylan Thomas

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1954

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Scott McCloud

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Under the Blood Red Sun
Graham Salisbury

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Under the Dome
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Under The Feet Of Jesus
Helena Maria Viramontes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Under The Mesquite
Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Under the Never Sky
Veronica Rossi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Under the Udala Trees
Chinelo Okparanta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Under the Volcano
Malcolm Lowry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

Under the Whispering Door
T. J. Klune

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Underworld
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Undoing Gender
Judith Butler

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life
Annette Lareau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Unflattening
Nick Sousanis

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Unfriended
Rachel Vail

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Ungifted
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Unlikely Animals
Annie Hartnett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
Paul Holes, Robin Gaby Fisher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
Devon Price

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
Deborah Feldman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Unplugged
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Unravel Me
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
Will Guidara

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Unsinkable
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Unspeakable Things
Jess Lourey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Unstoppable
Tim Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World
Yuval Noah Harari

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Untamed
Glennon Doyle (Melton)

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Until Friday Night
Abbi Glines

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Until They Bring The Streetcars Back
Stanley Gordon West

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Untouchable
Mulk Raj Anand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
Kelly Jones

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

UnWholly
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Unwind
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind
Judson Brewer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Up From Slavery
Booker T. Washington

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1901

Upgrade
Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Uprising
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007