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The Amalfi Curse
Sarah Penner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Ambitious Guest
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1835

The Amen Corner
James Baldwin

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1954

The American Crisis
Thomas Paine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1776

The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation
Jim Cullen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The American Roommate Experiment
Elena Armas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The American Scholar
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1837

The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
Tracie McMillan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The America Play
Suzan-Lori Parks

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1994

The Amityville Horror
Jay Anson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Amulet of Samarkand
Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The Angel's Game
Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Anomaly
Hervé Le Tellier, Transl. Adriana Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

The Antichrist
Friedrich Nietzsche, Transl. H.L. Mencken

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1895

The Antidote
Karen Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

The Apothecary
Maile Meloy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Applicant
Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel
Dan Santat

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
C. G. Jung, Transl. R.F.C. Hull

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity
Amartya Sen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Argument of His Book
Robert Herrick

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1648

The Armadillo
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1957

The Armor of Light: A Novel
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Arrangement
Kiersten Modglin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Art Forger
B A. Shapiro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Articles of Confederation
Benjamin Franklin

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1781

The Artificial Silk Girl
Irmgard Keun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Artist of the Beautiful
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1844

The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Julia Cameron

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Art of Courtly Love
Andreas Capellanus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1186

The Art of Disappearing
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1994

The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook For Living
Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Jan-Philipp Sendker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Art of Love
Ovid

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2

The Art Of Loving
Erich Fromm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1956

The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

The Art of Public Speaking
Stephen Lucas

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Art of Seduction: An Indispensible Primer on the Ultimate Form of Power
Robert Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices for a Richer Life
Morgan Housel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Art Of Thinking Clearly
Rolf Dobelli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Art of War
Sun Tzu

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

The Ascended
Bree Grenwich, Parker Lennox

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Niall Ferguson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King
Carissa Broadbent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Aspern Papers
Henry James

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1888

The Assassin's Blade
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Assault
Harry Mulisch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Astonishing Color of After
Emily X. R. Pan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Atlantis Gene
A.G. Riddle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Atlas Complex
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Atlas Paradox
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Atlas Six
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Theatre of the Oppressed
Augusto Boal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Attack
Yasmina Khadra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Authenticity Project
Clare Pooley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Author to Her Book
Anne Bradstreet

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1678

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
Gertrude Stein

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1933

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
James Weldon Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X, Alex Haley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1965

The Autumn of the Patriarch
Gabriel García Márquez, Transl. Gregory Rabassa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Awakening
Kate Chopin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1899

The Awakening
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Bacchae
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 405

The Back of the Turtle
Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

The Bad Guys: Episode 1
Aaron Blabey

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Bad Weather Friend
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Bagel
David Ignatow

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1968

Thebaid
Statius, Transl. Jane Wilson Joyce

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 92

The Balcony
Jean Genet

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1956

The Bald Soprano
Eugène Ionesco

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1950

The Ballad of Black Tom
Victor Lavalle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Ballad of Never After
Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1896

The Ballad of Rudolph Reed
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Carson McCullers

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1963

The Ballad of the White Horse
G. K. Chesterton

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1911

The Ballot or the Bullet
Malcolm X

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1964

The Bandit Queens
Parini Shroff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Barbarian Nurseries
Héctor Tobar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Bar Code Tattoo
Suzanne Weyn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
Wright Thompson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

The Barren Grounds
David Alexander Robertson

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Basketball Diaries: The Classic About Growing Up Hip On New York’s Mean Streets
Jim Carroll

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1978

The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant
W.D. Wetherell

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1983

The Bastard of Istanbul
Elif Shafak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Batboy
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009