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The Worldly Philosophers
Robert Heilbroner

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1953

The World of Yesterday: An Autobiography
Stefan Zweig

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1942

The World on Turtle's Back
Iroquois Creation Myth

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1816

The World Played Chess
Robert Dugoni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The World That We Knew
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The World We Make
N. K. Jemisin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The World Without Us
Alan Weisman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Worst Best Man
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Worst Class Trip Ever
Dave Barry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Worst Hard Time
Timothy Egan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Wrath of the Fallen
Amber Nicole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Wreath: Kristin Lavransdatter #1
Sigrid Undset

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Wren, the Wren
Anne Enright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz Fanon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

The Wright Brothers
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Writer
Richard Wilbur

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1969

The Writing Life
Annie Dillard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1989

The Writing Retreat
Julia Bartz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Wrong Daughter
Dandy Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Wrong Family
Tarryn Fisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Yacoubian Building
Alaa Al Aswany

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

They Cage the Animals at Night
Jennings Michael Burch

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1984

They Called Us Enemy
George Takei

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2019

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Hanif Abdurraqib

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

They Don't Love You Like I Love You
Natalie Diaz

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2019

The Yearling
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1938

The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

The Year of Miss Agnes
Kirkpatrick Hill

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Year of the Dog
Grace Lin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Year of the Witching
Alexis Henderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Year We Disappeared
Cylin Busby

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1892

They Feed They Lion
Philip Levine

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1972

The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Michael Chabon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Yield: A Novel
Tara June Winch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

They Never Learn
Layne Fargo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Swami Satchidananda, Patañjali

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 400

The Young Elites
Marie Lu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Younger Wife
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Young Housewife
William Carlos Williams

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1916

The Young Landlords
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

The Young Man and the Sea
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
Alphonsion Deng, Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2006

They Went Left
Monica Hesse

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Diane Ackerman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

Thick: And Other Essays
Tressie Mcmillan Cottom

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Thicker than Water: A Memoir
Kerry Washington

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Thief River Falls
Brian Freeman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Thieves' Gambit
Kayvion Lewis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Thimble Summer
Elizabeth Enright

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1938

Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Things in Nature Merely Grow
Yiyun Li

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Things Not Seen
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Things We Carry on the Sea
Wang Ping

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2018

Things We Do in the Dark
Jennifer Hillier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Things We Hide From the Light
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Things We Left Behind
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Things We Lost to the Water
Eric Nguyen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Things We Never Got Over
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Things You Save in a Fire
Katherine Center

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
Adam Grant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1937

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism
Temple Grandin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Donella H. Meadows

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life
Avinash K. Dixit

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
Jay Shetty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Thin Wood Walls
David Patneaude

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Third Grade Angels
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Thirst
Varsha Bajaj

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Thirteen Days
Robert F. Kennedy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1968

Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Wallace Stevens

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1917

This Be the Verse
Philip Larkin

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1971

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
Tiffany Jewell

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

This Book is Gay
Juno Dawson

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2014

This Book Made Me Think of You
Libby Page

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

This Book Will Bury Me
Ashley Winstead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
Cherrie Moraga, ed., Gloria Anzaldua, ed.

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult

This Changes Everything
Naomi Klein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

This Could Be Us
Kennedy Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

This Dog Will Change Your Life
Elias Weiss Friedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

This Earth of Mankind
Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

This Girl
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
Jay Allison, Dan Gediman

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2006

This Inevitable Ruin
Matt Dinniman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

This Is a Love Story
Jessica Soffer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

This Is a Photograph of Me
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2009

This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Adam Kay

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

This Is Happiness
Niall Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

This Is How It Always Is
Laurie Frankel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
Nicole Perlroth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2010