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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

Cash
Jessica Peterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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 Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess
Richard Platt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

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

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Robert K. Massie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

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 | Published in 1 BCE

Caucasia
Danzy Senna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Caught Up
Navessa Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Caught Up
Liz Tomforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

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 Evil: Shocking Crimes, Supernatural Forces, and an FBI Agent's Search for Hope and Justice
Robert Hilland, John Edward

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Chasing Fireflies: A Novel of Discovery
Charles Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

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

Chasing the Wild
Elliott Rose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Chasing Vermeer
Blue Balliett

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
Ethan Kross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Cheaper By The Dozen
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1948

Checkers
Richard Nixon

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1952

Checking Out
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2013

Check & Mate
Ali Hazelwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Cherrylog Road
James Dickey

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

Cher: The Memoir: Part One
Cher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Chew On This: Everything You Don’t Want To Know About Fast Food
Charles Wilson, Eric Schlosser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Chickamauga
Ambrose Bierce

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1984

Child 44
Tom Rob Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Childhood
Margaret Walker

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1989

Childhood Memories
William Saphier

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1920

Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Child of God
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973