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The Sweetness of Forgetting
Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sweetness of Water
Nathan Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Stephen Greenblatt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
Beth Lincoln

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Swimmer
John Cheever

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1964

The Swimmers
Julie Otsuka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann David Wyss

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1812

The Sword in the Tree
Clyde Robert Bulla

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1956

The Sword of Kaigen
M. L. Wang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Sword of Summer
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Liz Kessler

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Tain
Transl. Thomas Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Tainted Cup
Robert Jackson Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
Daniel Coyle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Talented Tenth
W. E. B. Du Bois

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1903

The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Tale Of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1008

The Tale of Sinuhe: and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940-1640 B.C.
R.B. Parkinson (Translator), Sinuhe

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | BCE

The Talisman
Stephen King, Peter Straub

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1593

The Tao Of Pooh
Benjamin Hoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Tattooed Soldier
Héctor Tobar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Teacher
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Teacher's Funeral
Richard Peck

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
Frances E. Jensen, Amy Ellis Nutt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Tell: A Memoir
Amy Griffin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

The Teller of Small Fortunes
Julie Leong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Tell-Tale Brain
V. S. Ramachandran

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1843

The Tempest
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1611

The Temple of My Familiar
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Tenant
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Anne Brontë

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1848

The Tender Bar
J.R. Moehringer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2005

The Tennis Partner
Abraham Verghese

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Tequila Worm
Viola Canales

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Terminal List
Jack Carr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Terrible Two
Mac Barnett, Jory John

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Terror
Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Testament
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Testaments
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Testing
Joelle Charbonneau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Thanksgiving Play
Larissa Fasthorse

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2019

The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1759

The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions
Thorstein Veblen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1899

The Therapist
B. A. Paris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Thief
Megan Whalen Turner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

The Thief and the Dogs
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Thief Of Always
Clive Barker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

The Thing About Georgie
Lisa Graff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Thing About Jellyfish
Ali Benjamin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Thing Around Your Neck
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

The Thing in the Forest
A. S. Byatt

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2003

The Things She's Seen
Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Ambelin Kwaymullina

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1990

The Things We Cannot Say
Kelly Rimmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Things We Do For Love
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Things We Leave Unfinished
Rebecca Yarros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Thin Man
Dashiell Hammett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
Kelly Bishop

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

The Third Man
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Thirty Nine Steps
John Buchan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Thread Collectors
Shaunna J. Edwards, Alyson Richman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin, Transl. Ken Liu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Kate Fagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
Anna Malaika Tubbs

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1844

The Threepenny Opera
Bertolt Brecht

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

The Throne of Fire
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Sogyal Rinpoche

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Tiger Flu
Larissa Lai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Tiger Rising
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Time Keeper
Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Time Machine
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1895

The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Tin Drum
Gunter Grass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Titan's Curse
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Tobacco Wives
Adele Myers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Toll
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Tombs of Atuan
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1971

The Topeka School
Ben Lerner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Tortilla Curtain
T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
Adrianna Cuevas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
Dave Ramsey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Tower of Nero
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Tradition
Jericho Brown

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2015

The Tragedy Of Great Power Politics
John J. Mearsheimer

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Tragedy of Mariam
Elizabeth Cary

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1613

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1893