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The Melian Dialogue
Thucydides

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | BCE

The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Memory of Things
Gae Polisner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Memory Palace Of Matteo Ricci
Jonathan Spence

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1984

The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1596

The Mercies
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1883

The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1915

The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650 - 1815
Richard White

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Midnight Fox
Betsy Byars

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

The Midnight Library
Matt Haig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Midwife's Apprentice
Karen Cushman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Mighty Miss Malone
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1860

The Minds of Billy Milligan
Daniel Keyes

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1981

The Miniaturist
Jessie Burton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Minister's Black Veil
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1836

The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness
Arundhati Roy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Minority Report
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1956

The Minutemen and Their World
Robert A. Gross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

The Miracle of Morning
Amanda Gorman

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2020

The Miracle Worker
William Gibson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Mirror and the Light
Hilary Mantel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
Stacy McAnulty

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Emily M. Danforth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Mis-Education of the Negro
Carter Woodson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1933

The Miser
Jean-Baptiste Moliere

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1668

The Misfits
James Howe

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Mismeasure Of Man
Stephen Jay Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Mist
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1980

The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Mitford Affair
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mixquiahuala Letters
Ana Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Moment Before the Gun Went Off
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1991

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
Melinda French Gates

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Monk: A Romance
Matthew Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1796

The Monkey
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1980

The Monkey's Paw
W.W. Jacobs

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1902

The Monkey Wrench Gang
Edward Abbey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny
Robin S. Sharma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Rod Serling

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 1960

The Moon Is Down
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Moor's Account
Laila Lalami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Moose
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1976

The Moral Bucket List
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mosquito Coast
Paul Theroux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1924

The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise
Colleen Oakley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mother
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1945

The Mother-in-Law
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Motorcycle Diaries
Che Guevara

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

The Mountain
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1952

The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
Brianna Wiest

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mountains Sing
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mountaintop
Katori Hall

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2011

The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1965

The Mousetrap
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1950

The Moviegoer
Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Munich Mannequins
Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1965

The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
Ibn Khaldun

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1377

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1841

The Murmur of Bees
Sofía Segovia, Transl. Simon Bruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mushroom at the End of the World
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Music of Bees
Eileen Garvin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Music Of Dolphins
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1794

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
Trenton Lee Stewart, Illustr. Diana Sudyka

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
Douglas Brunt

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1875

The Mysterious Stranger
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1916

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1870

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1942

The Myth of the Eternal Return
Mircea Eliade, Transl. Willard R. Trask

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949