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Kanthapura

Raja Rao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Kantika

Elizabeth Graver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Katie the Catsitter

Colleen AF Venable, Illustr. Stephanie Yue

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Keeper

Mal Peet

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Keeper'n Me

Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Keeper of Enchanted Rooms

Charlie N. Holmberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Keeper of the Lost Cities

Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Keeping 13

Chloe Walsh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Keep It in the Family

John Marrs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Keesha's House

Helen Frost

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2003

Kensuke's Kingdom

Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Kew Gardens

Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1919

Key Player

Kelly Yang

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Kidnapped

Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1886

Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow

Faiza Guene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Killer Instinct

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Killers of a Certain Age

Deanna Raybourn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Killers of the Flower Moon

David Grann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Killers of the Flower Moon (Adapted for Young Readers): The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Kill for Me, Kill for You

Steve Cavanagh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Killing Floor

Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Killing Jesus: A History

Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Killing Lincoln

Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Killing Mr. Griffin

Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1978

Killing Patton

Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Killing Rage: Ending Racism

bell hooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Killings

Andre Dubus II

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1979

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty

Dorothy Roberts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Kill Joy

Holly Jackson

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2021

Kim

Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1901

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel

Transl. Jamie Chang, Cho Nam-Joo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Kindness

Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1980

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

King and the Dragonflies

Kacen Callender

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table

Roger Lancelyn Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1953

Kingdom of Ash

Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Kingdom of the Wicked

Kerri Maniscalco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

King George: What Was His Problem?

Steve Sheinkin

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

King Hedley II

August Wilson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1985

King Lear

William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1606

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

King of Ashes

S. A. Cosby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

King of Battle and Blood

Scarlett St. Clair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

King of Envy

Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

King of Greed

Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

King of Pride

Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

King of Scars

Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

King of Sloth

Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

King of the Bingo Game

Ralph Ellison

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1944

King of Wrath: An Arranged Marriage Romance

Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Kira-Kira

Cynthia Kadohata

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Kisses from Katie

Katie J. Davis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Kissing in Vietnamese

Ocean Vuong

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

Kiss of the Fur Queen

Tomson Highway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Manuel Puig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Kiss the Girls

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Kiss the Villain

Rina Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Kitchens of the Great Midwest

J. Ryan Stradal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat

Johnny Marciano

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Kneeknock Rise

Natalie Babbitt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1970

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Knights of the Kitchen Table

Jon Scieszka

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Knock Knock

Daniel Beaty

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2013

Knowing God

J. I. Packer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

Know My Name: A Memoir

Chanel Miller

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Knoxville, Tennessee

Nikki Giovanni

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1968

Kokoro

Natsume Sōseki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1914

Krapp's Last Tape

Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1958

Krik? Krak!

Edwidge Danticat

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1996

Kristin Lavransdatter

Sigrid Undset

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

Kristy's Great Idea

Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

Kubla Khan

Samuel Coleridge

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1816

La Belle Dame sans Merci

John Keats

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1819

Lab Girl

Hope Jahren

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

La Casa De Bernarda Alba

Federico García Lorca

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1945

Lady Audley's Secret

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1862

Lady Chatterley's Lover

D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

Lady Clementine

Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Lady in the Lake

Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Lady Lazarus

Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1965

Lady Macbeth

Ava Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Lady Susan

Jane Austen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1871

Lady Tan's Circle of Women

Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

Sarah Vowell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Lakota Woman

Mary Crow Dog

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1990

Lalani of the Distant Sea

Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

La Linea

Ann Jaramillo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Christopher Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Lamb To The Slaughter

Roald Dahl

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1953

Lament

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1923

Lament for a Son

Nicholas Wolterstorff

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

La Migra

Pat Mora

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

Land of Milk and Honey

C Pam Zhang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023