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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

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

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 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

Elana K. Arnold, Illustr. Charles Santoso

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 Brief History Of Neoliberalism

David Harvey

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

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

Abuelito Who

Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922

A Burning

Megha Majumdar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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 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 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

Acquainted with the Night

Robert Frost

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1928

Across A Hundred Mountains

Reyna Grande

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Across Five Aprils

Irene Hunt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

Act of Union

Seamus Heaney

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1975

Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim in the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation

Eboo Patel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

A Cup of Water Under My Bed

Daisy Hernandez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

A Curse So Dark and Lonely

Brigid Kemmerer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1942

Adam's Song

Derek Walcott

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1985

A Dance of the Forests

Wole Soyinka

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1963

A Dance With Dragons

George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

A Dark Brown Dog

Stephen Crane

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1901

A Darker Shade of Magic

V. E. Schwab

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

A Day of Fallen Night

Samantha Shannon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Day's Wait

Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1933

Address Unknown

Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1938

A Deadly Education

Naomi Novik

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020