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Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity
Winona Guo, Priya Vulchi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
Zora Neale Hurston

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1938

Tell No One
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Carol Rifka Brunt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Temple Grandin
Sy Montgomery

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Ten Days In A Mad-House
Nellie Bly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1887

Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
Ruth Reichl

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Tender Buttons [A Long Dress]
Gertrude Stein

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1914

Tender Is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Tender Is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Ten Indians
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1927

Tennessee's Partner
Bret Harte

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1869

Tenth of December
George Saunders

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2013

Terminus
Seamus Heaney

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1987

Terms and Conditions
Lauren Asher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Terror at Bottle Creek
Watt Key

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Tesla's Attic
Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1891

Testament of Youth
Vera Brittain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1933

Tex
S. E. Hinton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1979

Thanatopsis
William Cullen Bryant

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1817

Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion
Jay Heinrichs

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Thank You for Smoking
Christopher Buckley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Thank You For Your Service
David Finkel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Thank You, M'am
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1958

That Hideous Strength
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You
Elyse Myers

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

That's Not My Name
Megan Lally

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

That's Not What Happened
Kody Keplinger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

That Summer
Jennifer Weiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
Kimberly Lemming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

That Was Then, This Is Now
S. E. Hinton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1971

The 100
Kass Morgan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson, Transl. Rod Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The 15 Invaluable Laws Of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
John C. Maxwell

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

The 21 Balloons
William Pene du Bois

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1947

The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow
John C. Maxwell

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
John C. Maxwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The 33 Strategies of War
Robert Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The 48 Laws Of Power
Robert Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The 4 Disciplines Of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals
Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives (2017)
Dashka Slater

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2017

The 5 Am Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.
Robin Sharma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts
Gary Chapman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The 5 Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
Mel Robbins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life
Sahil Bloom

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The 6:20 Man
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
Sean Covey

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1998

The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less
Richard Koch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The ABC Murders
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

The Abduction
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Abolition of Man
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1943

The Absent Author
Ron Roy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Academy
T. Z. Layton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Academy
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
A. J. Baime

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

The Accidental Tourist
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Acorn People
Ron Jones

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Adding Machine
Elmer Rice

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1929

The Address
Fiona Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
Deirdre Mask

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Mary E. Pearson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business
Patrick M. Lencioni

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1892

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
S. A. Chakraborty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1884

The Adventures of Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1883

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Roger Lancelyn Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1956

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1892

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1876

The Adventures of Ulysses
Bernard Evslin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1969

Theaetetus
Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
Craig Whitlock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

The Age Of Miracles
Karen Thompson Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Age Of Reason
Thomas Paine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1794

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
Shoshana Zuboff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Novel of Michelangelo
Irving Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Albatross
Charles Baudelaire, Transl. Eli Siegel

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1861

The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Alchemist
Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1610

The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
Ainissa Ramirez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Alchemyst
Michael Scott

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Aleph
Jorge Luis Borges

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1945

The Alice Network
Kate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Alienist
Caleb Carr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
Brian Christian

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
Fannie Flagg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Alloy of Law
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Eric Jorgenson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Almond Trees
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1985

The Amalfi Curse
Sarah Penner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025