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The Mighty Red

Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Million Dollar Shot

Dan Gutman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

The Mill on the Floss

George Eliot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1860

The Minds of Billy Milligan

Daniel Keyes

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1981

The Miniaturist

Jessie Burton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Minister's Black Veil

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1836

The Ministry for the Future

Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness

Arundhati Roy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Minority Report

Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1956

The Minutemen and Their World

Robert A. Gross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

The Miracle of Morning

Amanda Gorman

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2020

The Miracle Worker

William Gibson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Mirror

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Mirror and the Light

Hilary Mantel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

Stacy McAnulty

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Emily M. Danforth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Mis-Education of the Negro

Carter Woodson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1933

The Miser

Jean-Baptiste Moliere

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1668

The Misfits

James Howe

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Mismeasure Of Man

Stephen Jay Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Missing Half

Ashley Flowers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Mist

Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1980

The Mistress of Spices

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Mists of Avalon

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Misunderstanding

Albert Camus

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1943

The Mitford Affair

Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mixquiahuala Letters

Ana Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Moment Before the Gun Went Off

Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1991

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

Melinda French Gates

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Monk: A Romance

Matthew Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1796

The Monkey

Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1980

The Monkey's Paw

W.W. Jacobs

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1902

The Monkey Wrench Gang

Edward Abbey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny

Robin S. Sharma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

Rod Serling

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 1960

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Moon Is Down

John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1868

The Moor's Account

Laila Lalami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Moose

Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1976

The Moral Bucket List

David Brooks

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mosquito Coast

Paul Theroux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Most Dangerous Game

Richard Connell

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1924

The Most Fun We Ever Had

Claire Lombardo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise

Colleen Oakley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mother

Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1945

The Mother-in-Law

Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Motorcycle Diaries

Che Guevara

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

The Mountain

Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1952

The Mountain Between Us

Charles Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Mountain in the Sea

Ray Nayler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery

Brianna Wiest

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mountains Sing

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mountaintop

Katori Hall

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2011

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1965

The Mousetrap

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1950

The Moviegoer

Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Munich Mannequins

Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1965

The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History

Ibn Khaldun

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1377

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1841

The Murmur of Bees

Sofía Segovia, Transl. Simon Bruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Museum of Failures

Thrity Umrigar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mushroom at the End of the World

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Music of Bees

Eileen Garvin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Music Of Dolphins

Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Ann Radcliffe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1794

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Mysterious Bakery On Rue De Paris

Evie Woods

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Trenton Lee Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

Trenton Lee Stewart, Illustr. Diana Sudyka

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

Douglas Brunt

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels: A Novel

Janice Hallett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mysterious Island

Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1875

The Mysterious Stranger

Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1916

The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel

Nita Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1870

The Mystery of Locked Rooms

Lindsay Currie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | BCE

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie

Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

Daniel Maté, Gabor Maté

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Myth of Sisyphus

Albert Camus

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1942

The Myth of the Eternal Return

Transl. Willard R. Trask, Mircea Eliade

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949

Then

Morris Gleitzman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Name of the Rose

Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Name of This Book Is Secret

Pseudonymous Bosch

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Name of War

Jill Lepore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Names

Florence Knapp

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Namesake

Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Nanny

Lana Ferguson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1838

The Narrow Road Between Desires

Patrick Rothfuss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Richard Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Naturals

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Nature of Fragile Things

Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021