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The Train From Rhodesia

Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1952

The Traitor Queen

Danielle L. Jensen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Transall Saga

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Transit of Venus

Shirley Hazzard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Travels of Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

John Mandeville

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1356

The Treasure of Lemon Brown

Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1969

The Trees

Percival Everett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Trespasser

Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Trial

Franz Kafka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

The Trials of Morrigan Crow

Jessica Townsend

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Triumph of Achilles

Louise Glück

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1985

The Triumph of Life

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1824

The Trojan War: A New History

Barry Strauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Troop

Nick Cutter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Tropics in New York

Claude McKay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922

The Trouble With Chickens

Doreen Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Truce

Primo Levi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1963

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Eric Hoffer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1951

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

The True Love Experiment

Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The True Meaning of Smekday

Adam Rex

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The True Story of Hansel and Gretel

Louise Murphy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Trumpet of the Swan

E. B. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1970

The Truth About Forever

Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative

Thomas King

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

The Truth about the Devlins

Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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

Illustr. Joanna Cacao, Christina Soontornvat

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

Eugene Burdick, William J. Lederer

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

Transl. Sarah Moses, Agustina Bazterrica

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