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Maizy Chen's Last Chance
Lisa Yee

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Make Lemonade
Virginia Euwer Wolff

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 1993

Makes Me Wanna Holler
Nathan McCall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World
William H. Mcraven

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Make Your Home Among Strangers
Jennine Capó Crucet

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Making a Fist
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1988

Making Bombs for Hitler
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Malice
John Gwynne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Mama Day
Gloria Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America
Laurie Kaye Abraham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Mañanaland
Pam Muñoz Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Man and His Symbols
C. G. Jung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1964

Man And Superman
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1903

Manchild in the Promised Land
Claude Brown

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1965

Manfred
Lord George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron)

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1817

Manhattan Beach
Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
James L. Swanson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2006

Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Manifestoes of Surrealism
Transl. Richard Seaver, Transl. Helen R. Lane, André Breton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1924

Manliness and Civilization: A Cultural History of Gender and Race in the United States, 1880-1917
Gail Bederman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Man of La Mancha
Dale Wasserman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1965

Manon Lescaut
Abbe Prevost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1731

Mansfield Park
Jane Austen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1814

Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1946

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Adult | Published in 1988

Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
Brian Weiss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Maps of Meaning
Jordan B. Peterson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Mara, Daughter of The Nile
Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1953

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
August Wilson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1984

Marble Hall Murders
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

March
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2013

March: Books 2 & 3
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | YA | Published in 2016

March: Book Two
Andrew Aydin, John Lewis

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish
Pablo Cartaya

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Margo's Got Money Troubles
Rufi Thorpe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Maria Chapdelaine
Louis Hémon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913

Marianela
Benito Perez Galdos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1878

Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1798

Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Antonia Fraser

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2001

Marigolds
Eugenia Collier

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1969

Marionettes, Inc.
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1949

Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration
Devah Pager

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Mark of the Thief
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Mark Twain
Ron Chernow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog
John Grogan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

Marriage a la Mode
Katherine Mansfield

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1921

Marriage is a Private Affair
Chinua Achebe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1952

Marriage of Figaro
Pierre Beaumarchais

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1778

Martin Eden
Jack London

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1909

Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Maru
Bessie Head

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Mary
Nat Cassidy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life
Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1848

Mary Jane
Jessica Anya Blau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Mary Poppins
P.L. Travers

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1934

Masks
Shel Silverstein

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Master and Man
Leo Tolstoy

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1895

Master Harold and the Boys
Athol Fugard

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 1982

Masterminds
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Masterpiece
Elise Broach

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Ilyon Woo

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

Masters of Death
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Mastery
Robert Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Matched
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Mate
Ali Hazelwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Matilda
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1988

Matriarch: A Memoir
Tina Knowles

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Matrix
Lauren Groff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Maud Martha
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Maurice
E. M. Forster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Maus
Art Spiegelman

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II
Adam Gidwitz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

Max the Mighty
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Maya and the Robot
Eve L. Ewing, Illustr. Christine Almeda

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Maybe He Just Likes You
Barbara Dee

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Maybe in Another Life
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Maybe Next Time
Cesca Major

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Maybe Not
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2014

Maybe Now
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Maybe Someday
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Lori Gottlieb

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Nathaniel Philbrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

M. Butterfly
David Henry Hwang

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1988

McTeague: A Story of San Francisco
Frank Norris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1899

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jesse Andrews

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Me and the Mule
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1959

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Layla Saad

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Mean Spirit
Linda Hogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Measure For Measure
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1604

Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
John Doerr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Measuring Up
Lily LaMotte, Illustr. Ann Xu

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Me Before You
Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Medea
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult

Medea
Seneca

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 49

Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America
Joy-Ann Reid

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024