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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

Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
Sonia Purnell

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

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 the Wind
Marguerite Henry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1948

King of Wrath: An Arranged Marriage Romance
Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Kings of the Wyld
Nicholas Eames

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

King Sorrow
Joe Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Basilisk
Lindsay Straube

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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

Lady Tremaine
Rachel Hochhauser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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
Maggie O'Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Land of Milk and Honey
C Pam Zhang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Landscape with Invisible Hand
M. T. Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
William Carlos Williams

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1960

Languages
Carl Sandburg

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1916

Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

LaRose
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Last Bus To Wisdom: A Novel
Ivan Doig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth
John Hubner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Richard Louv

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Last Days of Summer
Steve Kluger

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Last Exit to Brooklyn
Hubert Selby Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Last Man Out
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Last Patient of the Night
Gary Gerlacher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Last Shot
John Feinstein

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Last Twilight in Paris
Pam Jenoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Later
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World
Mike Davis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Lather and Nothing Else
Hernando Téllez

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1950

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Mariko Tamaki

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2019

Lavinia
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Lawn Boy
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Lawn Boy
Jonathan Evison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Layla
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands
Susan Carol McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Lazarillo De Tormes
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1554

Laziness Does Not Exist
Devon Price

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t
Simon Sinek

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
The Arbinger Institute

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun
Wess Roberts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
Henry Kissinger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Leadership Strategy And Tactics
Jocko Willink

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
Stacey Abrams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Leading Change
John P. Kotter

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Leaf by Niggle
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1945