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The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair
Joel Dicker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Truth According to Us
Annie Barrows

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
Leslie Connor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
Kamala Harris

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Tryout
Christina Soontornvat, Illustr. Joanna Cacao

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Tsar of Love and Techno
Anthony Marra

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

The Turning
Tim Winton

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

The Turn of The Key
Ruth Ware

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Turn of the Screw
Henry James

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1898

The Turtle of Oman
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Twelve Caesars
Suetonius

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 121

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Ayana Mathis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Twisted Ones
T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Twits
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

The Two Towers
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1954

The Tyger
William Blake

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1794

The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?
Michael J. Sandel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Ugly American
William J. Lederer, Eugene Burdick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Ultimate Gift
Jim Stovall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Ultimate Safari
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1991

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Unbreakable Code
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Uncanny
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1919

The Uncommon Reader
Alan Bennett

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2007

The Undefeated
Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2019

The Undercover Economist
Tim Harford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Underdogs
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Underdogs: A novel of the Mexican Revolution
Mariano Azuela

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Underneath
Kathi Appelt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
Megan Bannen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
Breanne Randall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You
Dina Nayeri

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 368

The Unhoneymooners
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
David Wallace-Wells

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The United States Welcomes You
Tracy K. Smith

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2018

The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog
James Sire

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1976

The Universe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Tracy K. Smith

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2011

The Unknown Citizen
W. H. Auden

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1940

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
Teresa Toten

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Unmaking of June Farrow
Adrienne Young

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America
John Putnam Demos

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Unsettling of America
Wendell Berry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Unteachables
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Unwanteds
Lisa McMann

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Unwedding
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
George Packer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Unworthy
Agustina Bazterrica, Transl. Sarah Moses

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Upanishads
Anonymous, Transl. Juan Mascaró

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | BCE

The Upside of Falling
Alex Light

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Upstairs Room
Johanna Reiss

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1972

The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Bruno Bettelheim

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

The Vagina Monologues
Eve Ensler

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

The Valley of Amazement
Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Vampire Lestat
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Vampyre
John Polidori

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1819

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Karina Yan Glaser

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Van Gogh Deception
Deron R. Hicks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Maggie O'Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Vanishing Half: A Novel
Brit Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature
William James

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1902

The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Vegetarian
Han Kang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Veiled Kingdom
Holly Renee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Veldt
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1950

The Vendor of Sweets
R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Venice Sketchbook
Rhys Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Venus Hottentot
Elizabeth Alexander

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1989

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Victims
Sharon Olds

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1984

The View From Lake Como
Adriana Trigiani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The View From Saturday
E. L. Konigsburg

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Villa
Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Violent Bear It Away
Flannery O'Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Violin Conspiracy
Brendan Slocumb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Virginian
Owen Wister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Virus
Jericho Brown

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2019

The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Vision of Sir Launfal
James Russell Lowell

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1848

The Visit
Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1956

The Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1839

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Voyage of the Frog
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

The Voyage Out
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Waiter’s Wife
Zadie Smith

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1999

The Wall
John Lanchester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How It's Transforming the American Economy
Charles Fishman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Walrus and the Carpenter
Lewis Carroll

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1871

The Wanderer
Anonymous

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 950

The Wanderings of Odysseus
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
Jamil Zaki

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The War I Finally Won
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Warm Hands of Ghosts
Katherine Arden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Warmth Of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010