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The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination

Sandra Gilbert, Susan Gubar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Magic Barrel

Bernard Malamud

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1958

The Magic Finger

Illustr. Quentin Blake, Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1966

The Magic Fish

Trung Le Nguyen

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

The Magicians

Lev Grossman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Magician's Assistant

Ann Patchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Magician's Elephant

Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Magician's Nephew

C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1955

The Magic Lantern

Timothy Garton Ash

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Magic Misfits

Neil Patrick Harris, Illustr. Lissy Marlin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1924

The Magic Of Thinking Big

Dr. David Schwartz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post: A Novel

Allison Pataki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Magnolia Palace

Fiona Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Maid

Nita Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult

The Maidens

Alex Michaelides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Maids

Jean Genet

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1947

The Maid's Diary

Loreth Anne White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Maid's Secret

Nita Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Making of Asian America: A History

Erika Lee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Richard Rhodes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Making of the English Working Class

E. P. Thompson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

Kobe Bryant

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Managed Heart

Arlie Russell Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

The Management of Grief

Bharati Mukherjee

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1988

The Man He Killed

Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1902

The Man In The Black Suit

Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1994

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Sloan Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Man In The High Castle

Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Man In The Iron Mask

Alexandre Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1850

The Man Nobody Knows

Bruce Barton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1924

The Man of the Crowd

Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1840

The Man to Send Rain Clouds: Contemporary Stories by American Indians

Leslie Marmon Silko

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1974

The Man Who Died Twice

Richard Osman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

Robert Kanigel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

The Man Who Lived Underground

Richard Wright

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1942

The Man Who Loved Clowns

June Rae Wood

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

The Man Who Loved Flowers

Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Oliver Sacks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Man Who Planted Trees

Jean Giono

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1953

The Man Who Was Almost a Man

Richard Wright

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1940

The Man Who Was Poe

Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

The Man Who Was Thursday

G. K. Chesterton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1908

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

Illustr. Daniel Miyares, Daniel Nayeri

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

Jamie Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing

Lara Love Hardin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

The Map of Love

Ahdaf Soueif

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Map of Salt and Stars

Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Marble Faun

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1860

The Mark Of Athena

Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Mark Of The Beast

Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1890

The Mark of the Dragonfly

Jaleigh Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Mark on the Wall

Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1917

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

William Blake

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1789

The Marriage Of Opposites

Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Marriage Plot

Jeffrey Eugenides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Marrow of Tradition

Charles W. Chesnutt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1901

The Marrow Thieves

Cherie Dimaline

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Martian

Andy Weir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

The Marvellers

Dhonielle Clayton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Masque of Anarchy

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1832

The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1842

The Massacre at El Mozote

Mark Danner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Masterpiece

Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose

Chris Wilson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship

Don Miguel Ruiz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Mauritanian (Guantánamo Diary)

Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1886

The Maypole Of Merry Mount

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1832

The Maze of Bones

Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Maze Runner

James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

Timothy Keller, Kathy Keller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Measure

Nikki Erlick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Medicine Woman of Galveston

Amanda Skenandore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Theme for English B

Langston Hughes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1951

The Melian Dialogue

Thucydides

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | BCE

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Kim Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Memory of Things

Gae Polisner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Memory Palace Of Matteo Ricci

Jonathan Spence

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1984

The Memory Police

Yoko Ogawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Men of Brewster Place

Gloria Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1596

The Mercies

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mercy of Gods

James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Howard Pyle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1883

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2024

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1915

The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650 - 1815

Richard White

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Midnight Feast

Lucy Foley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Midnight Fox

Betsy Byars

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

The Midnight Gang

David Walliams

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Midwife of Auschwitz

Anna Stuart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Midwife's Apprentice

Karen Cushman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Mighty Miss Malone

Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012