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The Power Elite
C. Wright Mills

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1956

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Power of One
Bryce Courtenay

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

The Power of One More: The Ultimate Guide to Happiness and Success
Ed Mylett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Power Of Positive Leadership: How and Why Positive Leaders Transform Teams and Organizations and Change the World
Jon Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
Daniel H. Pink

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Power of the Dog
Thomas Savage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Power of the Dog
Don Winslow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind
Dr. Joseph Murphy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

The Practice of the Presence of God
Brother Lawrence

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1692

The Prayer Box
Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
Toby Ord

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Premature Burial
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1844

The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life
Erving Goffman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

The President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
James L. Swanson

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2013

The President is Missing
Bill Clinton, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The President's Daughter: A Thriller
Bill Clinton, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation
Daina Ramey Berry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Price of Inequality
Joseph E. Stiglitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Price of Salt
Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

The Primal of Blood and Bone
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1532

The Prince and the Dressmaker
Jen Wang

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2018

The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1881

The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood
Richard Blanco

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Princess and the Goblin
George MacDonald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1872

The Princess Bride
William Goldman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Princesse de Clèves (The Princess of Cleves)
Madame de La Fayette

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1678

The Princess of Las Vegas
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Prisoner's Throne
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses
Bessie Head

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1963

The Prison Healer
Lynette Noni

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
James Hogg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1824

The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges are Failing Disadvantaged Students
Anthony Abraham Jack

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
Daniel Yergin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Problem of Pain
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1940

The Problems of Philosophy
Bertrand Russell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1912

The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
Timothy J. Keller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Professor And The Madman
Simon Winchester

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

The Professor's House
Willa Cather

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

The Program
Suzanne Young

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Progress of Poesy: A Pindaric Ode
Thomas Gray

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1757

The Promise
Damon Galgut

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Promise
Chaim Potok

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1969

The Promise of Happiness
Sara Ahmed

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Promise: The Omnibus (Parts 1-3)
Gene Luen Yang, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Max Weber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1905

The Proving Ground
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
Jon Ronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Pumpkin Spice Café
Laurie Gilmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Puppets of Spelhorst
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop
Edmund S. Morgan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1958

The Purloined Letter
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1844

The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
Rick Warren

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart
Alicia Garza

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Pursuit of Happyness
Chris Gardner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Pursuit of Love
Nancy Mitford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

The Push: Mother. Daughter. Angel. Monster?
Ashley Audrain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Quarry Girls: A Thriller
Jess Lourey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Queen of Dirt Island
Donal Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Queen of Nothing
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Queen Of Spades
Alexander Pushkin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1834

The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Queens of Crime
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Quiet American
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Quiet Librarian
Allen Eskens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness
Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

The Quiet Tenant
Clémence Michallon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Quitters Club: A Novel
Jessica Strawser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Rachel Incident
Caroline O'Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Racial Contract
Charles W. Mills

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Racketeer
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Radical and the Republican
James Oakes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Radicalism of the American Revolution
Gordon S. Wood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
Kate Moore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Raft
S.A. Bodeen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Rage of Dragons
Evan Winter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Railway Children
E. Nesbit

Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1906

The Rainbow
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rain God: A Desert Tale
Arturo Islas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Rainmaker
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
R. K. Narayan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

The Ransom of Red Chief
O. Henry

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1907

The Rape of Lucrece
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1594

The Rape of Nanking
Iris Chang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Rape of the Lock
Alexander Pope

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1712

The Rats in the Walls
H. P. Lovecraft

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1924

The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1845

The Raven Boys
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012