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Random Family
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Rape Fantasies
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

Rappaccini's Daughter
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1844

Rashomon
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1915

Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service
Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Raybearer
Jordan Ifueko

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Raymie Nightingale
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Raymond's Run
Toni Cade Bambara

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 24

Razorblade Tears
S. A. Cosby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Reaching Out
Francisco Jiménez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World
Maryanne Wolf

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Reading in the Dark
Seamus Deane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Francine Prose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Azar Nafisi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
Esau McCaulley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Reading with Patrick
Michelle Kuo

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Read People Like A Book: How to Analyze, Understand, and Predict People's Emotions, Thoughts, Intentions, and Behaviors
Patrick King

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Ready Player One
Ernest Cline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Real Americans
Rachel Khong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Real Friends
Shannon Hale, Illustr. LeUyen Pham

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Reality Boy
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Really Good, Actually: A Novel
Monica Heisey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Rear Window
Cornell Woolrich

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1942

Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey
Jane Goodall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Reasons to Stay Alive
Matt Haig

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Rebellion 1776
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

Rebel Witch
Kristen Ciccarelli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Rebound
Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Recitatif
Toni Morrison

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

Reckless
Lauren Roberts

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Reckless
Elsie Silver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Reckless Girls: A Novel
Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Sherry Turkle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Recursion
Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Red Azalea
Anchee Min

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Red City
Marie Lu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Red Dragon
Thomas Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Redeeming 6
Chloe Walsh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Redeeming Love
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Redefining realness: My path to womanhood, identity, love, & so much more
Janet Mock

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Redeployment
Phil Klay

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2014

Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Red Kayak
Priscilla Cummings

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Bill Browder

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Red Rising
Pierce Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Red River
Lalita Tademy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Red Scarf Girl
Ji-li Jiang

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Redwall
Brian Jacques

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

Red, White, and Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Red, White, and Whole
Rajani LaRocca

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

Redwood and Ponytail
K. A. Holt

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Reel
Kennedy Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Reflections in a Golden Eye
Carson McCullers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco
Paul Rabinow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

Reflections on the Psalms
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1958

Reflections On The Revolution In France
Edmund Burke

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1790

Reframe Your Brain: The User Interface for Happiness and Success
Scott Adams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Refugee
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Refugee Boy
Benjamin Zephaniah

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Regarding the Pain of Others
Susan Sontag

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 2003

Regret
Kate Chopin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1894

Regretting You
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Rejection: Fiction
Tony Tulathimutte

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2024

Releasing 10
Chloe Walsh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Remain: A Supernatural Love Story
Nicholas Sparks, M. Night Shyamalan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Remarkable Creatures
Tracy Chevalier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Remember
Christina Georgina Rossetti

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1862

Remember
Joy Harjo

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1982

Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and A Forever Promise Forged in World War II
Robert M. Edsel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Reminders of Him
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Remote Control
Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2021

Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Renegade Dreams: Living Through Injury in Gangland Chicago
Laurence Ralph

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Renegades
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Rent
Jonathan Larson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
Harlan Ellison

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1965

Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy
Mary Roach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Requiem
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1915

Requiem
Anna Akhmatova

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

Requiem for a Dream: A Novel
Hubert Selby Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
Noam Chomsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Rescue
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Rescue on the Oregon Trail (Ranger in Time, #1)
Kate Messner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Reservation Blues
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Reservation Love Song
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1991

Resistance
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Resist: A Story of D-Day
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Restart
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
Tricia Hersey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Restless Stars
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Restore Me
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018