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Ars Poetica
Horace

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1991

Ars Poetica?
Czesław Miłosz

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1968

Art as Experience
John Dewey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1934

Artemis
Andy Weir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Artificial Condition
Martha Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

A Ruin of Roses
K.F. Breene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Rule Against Murder
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Rumor of War
Philip Caputo

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

Aru Shah and the End of Time
Roshani Chokshi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

A Sand County Almanac
Aldo Leopold

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1949

As Brave As You
Jason Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

As Bright As Heaven
Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

A Scandal in Bohemia
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1891

A Scanner Darkly
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A Scatter Of Light
Malinda Lo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

A Sea of Unspoken Things
Adrienne Young

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

A Secular Age
Charles Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
Laurence Sterne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1768

A Separate Peace
John Knowles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1959

A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy and Triumph
Sheldon Vanauken

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

As Good As Dead
Holly Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

A Shadow in the Ember
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Ashes
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Ashes Of Roses
Mary Jane Auch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Ashlords
Scott Reintgen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

A Shopkeeper’s Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815–1837
Paul E. Johnson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Bartolome de Las Casas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1552

A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

A Short History of Progress
Ronald Wright

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

A Short Stay in Hell
Steven L. Peck

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2011

A Short Walk Through a Wide World
Douglas Westerbeke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Shropshire Lad, Poem XXXVI
A. E. Housman

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1896

Ash Wednesday
T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1930

A Sicilian Romance
Ann Radcliffe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1790

As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

A Simple Favor
Darcey Bell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Simple Heart
Gustave Flaubert

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1877

A Single Man: A Novel
Christopher Isherwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

A Single Shard
Linda Sue Park

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

As I Walk These Broad Majestic Days
Walt Whitman

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1855

Ask Again, Yes
Mary Beth Keane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Ask And It Is Given: Learning To Manifest Your Desires
Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Ask for Andrea
Noelle W. Ihli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Ask Me No Questions
Marina Budhos

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
Maureen Callahan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

Ask The Dust
John Fante

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
Zoulfa Katouh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

A Slow Fire Burning
Paula Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1800

A Small Good Thing
Raymond Carver

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

A Small Needful Fact
Ross Gay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2015

A Small Place
Jamaica Kincaid

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1988

A Snake Falls to Earth
Darcie Little Badger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

As Nature Made Him
John Colapinto

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

A Snicker of Magic
Natalie Lloyd

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

A Soldier's Play
Charles Fuller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1981

A Song Below Water
Bethany C. Morrow

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

A Song to Drown Rivers
Ann Liang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Sorceress Comes to Call
T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Sorrowful Woman
Gail Godwin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1971

A Soul of Ash and Blood
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Soul to Keep
Opal Reyne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

A Sound Of Thunder
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1952

A Spark of Light
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Aspects of the Novel
E. M. Forster

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1927

A Spool of Blue Thread
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Assassination Vacation
Sarah Vowell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Assata: An Autobiography
Assata Shakur

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Star Called Henry
Roddy Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

A Stolen Life: A Memoir
Jaycee Dugard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

A Storm of Swords
George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

A Stranger in the House
Shari Lapena

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1947

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil Degrasse Tyson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

A Study in Charlotte
Brittany Cavallaro

Fiction | Novel | YA

A Study in Drowning
Ava Reid

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1887

A Summer Tragedy
Arna Bontemps

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1931

A Sunset of the City
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

A Supermarket in California
Allen Ginsberg

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1956

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
David Foster Wallace

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1997

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
George Saunders

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

As You Like It
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1599

A Tale Dark and Grimm
Adam Gidwitz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

A Tale For The Time Being
Ruth Ozeki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

A Talent for Murder
Peter Swanson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Tale Of A Tub
Jonathan Swift

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1704

A Tale of Three Kings: A Study of Brokenness
Gene Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1859

A Talk to Teachers
James Baldwin

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1963

A Tangle of Knots
Lisa Graff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

At an Inn
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1892

A Taste of Blackberries
Doris Buchanan Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

A Tempest
Aimé Césaire

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1969

A Tempest of Tea
Hafsah Faizal

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

A Temporary Matter
Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1998