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100 Cupboards
N. D. Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think
Brianna Wiest

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2016

102 Minutes
Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Steven M. Gillon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works
Dan Harris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Elif Shafak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

11.22.63
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

11 Birthdays: A Wish Novel
Wendy Mass

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan B. Peterson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

13 Little Blue Envelopes
Maureen Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

1408
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2014

1491
Charles C. Mann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Charles C. Mann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

1776
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

1984
George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

1Q84
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

1st to Die
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

23 Things they don't tell you about Capitalism
Ha-Joon Chang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

24 Hours In Nowhere
Dusti Bowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

2666
Roberto Bolano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

28 Summers
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

2 B R 0 2 B
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1962

300 Goats
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2016

55 Miles to the Gas Pump
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1999

8 Rules of Love: How to Find it, Keep it, and Let it Go
Jay Shetty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

90 Miles to Havana
Enrique Flores-Galbis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

96 Miles
J. L. Esplin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Abandoned Farmhouse
Ted Kooser

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1980

Abduction!
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

A Beautiful Mind
Sylvia Nasar

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Abel's Island
William Steig

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

Abend Der Worte
Paul Celan

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1950

A Bend In The River
V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Abeng
Michelle Cliff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History
Trevor R. Getz, Illustr. Liz Clarke

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2011

A Bird, came down the Walk
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1891

A Bird in the House
Margaret Laurence

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1974

A Black Man Talks of Reaping
Arna Bontemps

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1926

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Valérie Zenatti

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

About a Boy
Nick Hornby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

About Grace
Anthony Doerr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

A Boy at War
Harry Mazer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

A Boy Called Bat
Illustr. Charles Santoso, Elana K. Arnold

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution
James M. Mcpherson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1983

A Brave And Startling Truth
Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Diana Gabaldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Bridge Too Far
Cornelius Ryan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

A Brief History Of Neoliberalism
David Harvey

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2005

A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

A Brief History Of Time
Stephen Hawking

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi. Meanwhile, a Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1960

Absalom, Absalom
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Absalom and Achitophel
John Dryden

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1681

Absolutely Almost
Lisa Graff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Absolutely Normal Chaos
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Absolution
Alice McDermott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Abuela, Don't Forget Me
Rex Ogle

Nonfiction | Memoir in Verse | YA | Published in 2022

Abuelito Who
Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922

Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

A Burning
Megha Majumdar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

A Calamity of Souls
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Canticle For Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

A Carafe, that is a Blind Glass
Gertrude Stein

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1914

A Careful Passion
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

A Case Of Identity
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1891

Acceleration
Graham McNamee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
Dario Fo

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1970

A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes
Helen Hunt Jackson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1881

Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

A Certain Hunger
Chelsea G. Summers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Chance in the World
Steve Pemberton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

A Child Called It: One Child’s Courage to Survive
Dave Pelzer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1843

A Christmas Memory
Truman Capote

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1956

A Civil Action
Jonathan Harr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

A Clash of Kings
George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1926

A Clock stopped—
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1896

A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

A Column of Fire
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Complaint
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1807

A Complicated Kindness
Miriam Toews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

A Confession
Leo Tolstoy

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1880

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

A Conversation with My Father
Grace Paley

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1972

A Corner of the Universe
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

A Council of Dolls
Mona Susan Power

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

A Court This Cruel and Lovely
Stacia Stark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Acquainted with the Night
Robert Frost

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1928

A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Jennifer Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017