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Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation

Silvia Federici

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Calico Captive

Elizabeth George Speare

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1957

Caligula

Albert Camus

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1944

Calling for a Blanket Dance

Oscar Hokeah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work

David Isay, Maya Millett

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Call it Courage

Armstrong Sperry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1940

Call Me American

Abdi Nor Iftin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Call Me By Your Name

André Aciman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Call Me Maria

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2004

Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

Jim Mattis, Bing West

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Call Your Daughter Home

Deborah Spera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Camino Ghosts

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Camino Island

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds

David A. Adler

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Candide

Voltaire

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1759

Cane

Jean Toomer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

Cannery Row

John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History

Bill Schutt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

David Goggins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition): A Hip-Hop History

Jeff Chang

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2021

Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir

Roz Chast

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Canyons

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Capitalism And Freedom

Milton Friedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Joseph Alois Schumpeter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1942

Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

Laurence Leamer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Captain Blood: His Odyssey

Rafael Sabatini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Captive Prince

C. S. Pacat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Capture The Flag

Kate Messner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Caramelo

Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Caraval

Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil

Timothy Mitchell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Career of Evil

Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Careless People

Sarah Wynn-Williams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Matt Dinniman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Carmen

Prosper Merimee

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1840

Carmilla

Joseph Sheridan le Fanu

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2012

Carnegie's Maid

Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Carrie

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Carrie Soto Is Back

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Jean Lee Latham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1955

Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow

Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Case Histories: A Novel

Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Casey at the Bat

Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1888

Cassandra in Reverse

Holly Smale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Castle in the Air

Diana Wynne Jones

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Castle Rackrent

Maria Edgeworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1800

Catalina

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Ross Gay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2015

Catalyst

Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA

Catch-22

Joseph Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Catch and Kill

Ronan Farrow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake

Frank Abagnale, Stan Redding

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

Caterpillar Summer

Gillian McDunn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam

Andrew X. Pham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Cathedral

Raymond Carver

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1983

Catherine, Called Birdy

Karen Cushman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Cat in the Rain

Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1925

Cato, a Tragedy

Joseph Addison

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1713

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955

Cat Person

Kristen Roupenian

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2017

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Cat's Eye

Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Catullus 51

Gaius Valerius Catullus

Fiction | Poem | Adult | BCE

Caucasia

Danzy Senna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Caught Up

Navessa Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

Richard J. Foster

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

Celestial Bodies

Jokha Alharthi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Celestina

Fernando de Rojas

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1499

Celia, A Slave

Melton Alonza McLaurin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Cell One

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2007

Cemetery Boys

Aiden Thomas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Ceremony

Leslie Marmon Silko

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Cereus Blooms At Night

Shani Mootoo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Chain of Gold

Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Adam Higginbotham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Challenger Deep

Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Chances Are . . .

Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England

William Cronon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

Channel Firing

Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1914

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

Tom O'Neill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Chaos: Making a New Science

James Gleick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Chapterhouse: Dune

Frank Herbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Charles

Shirley Jackson

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1948

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

Charlie Thorne And The Last Equation

Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Charlotte's Web

E. B. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth

Susanna Rowson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1791

Charming as a Verb

Ben Philippe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin

James L. Swanson

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2018

Chasing Lincoln's Killer

James L. Swanson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Chasing Love

Kat T. Masen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Chasing the Falconers

Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs

Johann Hari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015