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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1807

I Was Anastasia: A Novel

Ariel Lawhon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

I Was a Teenage Slasher

Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir

Malaka Gharib

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

I Will Always Write Back

Martin Ganda, Caitlin Alifirenka, Liz Welch

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2015

I Will Fight No More Forever

Chief Joseph

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1877

I Will Find You

Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

I Will Put Chaos Into Fourteen Lines

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1949

I Will Save You

Matt de la Peña

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

I Will Teach You To Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works

Ramit Sethi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

I Write What I Like

Steve Biko

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1978

Jabberwocky

Lewis Carroll

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1871

J'Accuse

Émile Zola

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1898

Jackaby

William Ritter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Jacob Have I Loved

Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Jade City

Fonda Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Jake Drake, Bully Buster

Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Jake Drake, Know-It-All

Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Jake, Reinvented

Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Jamaica Inn

Daphne du Maurier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

James And The Giant Peach

Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1961

James: A Novel

Percival Everett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1847

Jar of Hearts

Jennifer Hillier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Jasmine

Bharati Mukherjee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Jason and the Golden Fleece

Apollonius of Rhodes

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

Jason's Gold

Will Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Jasper Jones

Craig Silvey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

jasper texas 1998

Lucille Clifton

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1998

Jaws

Peter Benchley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Jayber Crow

Wendell Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Jazz

Toni Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Jazz Fantasia

Carl Sandburg

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922

J.D. and the Great Barber Battle

J. Dillard

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot

Robert Olen Butler

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1996

Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

Tae Keller

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Wendy Mass

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

Bruce Coville

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Jerusalem

Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1994

Jesse

Gary Soto

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Jesus and the Disinherited

Howard Thurman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949

Jesus' Son

Denis Johnson

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

Jews Without Money

Michael Gold

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Jitterbug Perfume

Tom Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Joan Is Okay

Weike Wang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

August Wilson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1988

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

Jack Gantos

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address

John F. Kennedy

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1961

Johnny Got His Gun

Dalton Trumbo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

Johnny Tremain

Esther Forbes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1943

John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs

Ian Leslie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1970

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Jonny Appleseed

Joshua Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Journey of the Magi

T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1927

Journey To The Center Of The Earth

Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1864

Journey to the East

Hermann Hesse

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1956

Journey to the End of the Night

Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Transl. Ralph Manheim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Journey to the River Sea

Eva Ibbotson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Journey to Topaz: A Story of the Japanese-American Evacuation

Yoshiko Uchida

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1971

Joy in the Woods

Claude McKay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922

Joyland

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Jubilee

Margaret Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1895

Judith

Anonymous

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 975

Judy Moody Gets Famous!

Megan McDonald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Judy Moody Was in a Mood. Not a Good Mood. A Bad Mood.

Megan McDonald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Julie Chan Is Dead

Liann Zhang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Julie Of The Wolves

Jean Craighead George

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

Juliet Takes a Breath

Gabby Rivera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1599

July's People

Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Jump and Other Stories

Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1991

Junie

Erin Crosby Eckstine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Barbara Park

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Juno and the Paycock

Seán O'Casey

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1924

Jurassic Park

Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations

Michael Walzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

Just Another Missing Person

Gillian McAllister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Just for the Summer

Abby Jimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Justice

Michael J. Sandel

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

Justice and The Politics of Difference

Iris Marion Young

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Justice as Fairness: A Restatement

John Rawls

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Just Kids

Patti Smith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America

Helen Thorpe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Just Listen

Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care

Dayna Bowen Matthew

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice

Bryan Stevenson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2018

Just So Stories

Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1902

Just the Nicest Couple

Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Just Us: An American Conversation

Claudia Rankine

Nonfiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

juxtaposing the black boy & the bullet

Danez Smith

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

Kabuliwala

Rabindranath Tagore

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1892

Kaffir Boy

Mark Mathabane

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1986

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Kaikeyi

Vaishnavi Patel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Kairos

Transl. Michael Hofmann, Jenny Erpenbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023