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Like Mother, Like Daughter

Kimberly McCreight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Like Mother, Like Mother

Susan Rieger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Like Water for Chocolate

Laura Esquivel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Lilac Girls

Martha Hall Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

Kathleen Rooney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Linden Hills

Gloria Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Little Bee

Chris Cleave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Little Liar

Leigh Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Little Man, What Now?

Hans Fallada

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Little Monsters

Adrienne Brodeur

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Little Rot

Akwaeke Emezi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Little Secrets

Jennifer Hillier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Lives of the Saints

Nino Ricci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Local Woman Missing

Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Lock Every Door: A Novel

Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Lonesome Dove

Larry Mcmurtry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Lone Women

Victor Lavalle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Longbourn

Jo Baker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Long Bright River

Liz Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Long Island

Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Long Island Compromise

Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Look Closer

David Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Looking for Jane

Heather Marshall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Lore Olympus: Volume One

Rachel Smythe

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Losing Hope

Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Lost and Lassoed

Lyla Sage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook

Christina Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Lost Children Archive

Valeria Luiselli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Lost Horizon

James Hilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Lost in the Funhouse

John Barth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood

Richard E. Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Lost Roses: A Novel

Martha Hall Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Love and Other Words

Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Love: A Novel

Toni Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Lovecraft Country

Matt Ruff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Love in the Time of Serial Killers

Alicia Thompson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Lovelight Farms

B. K. Borison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Love Medicine

Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Love, Mom

Iliana Xander

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Love on the Brain

Ali Hazelwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Love Redesigned

Lauren Asher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Love, Theoretically

Ali Hazelwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Loving Frank

Nancy Horan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Luckiest Girl Alive

Jessica Knoll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Lucky

Marissa Stapley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Lucy by the Sea

Elizabeth Strout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Kirsten Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Lullabies for Little Criminals

Heather O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Luster

Raven Leilani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Maame

Jessica George

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Machines Like Me

Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

MaddAddam

Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Mad Honey

Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Madwoman

Chelsea Bieker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Maeve Fly

CJ Leede

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Magic Hour: A Novel

Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Magnolia Parks

Jessa Hastings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Magpie Murders

Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Maisie Dobbs

Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Malibu Rising

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Mama Day

Gloria Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Manhattan Beach

Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

March

Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Maru

Bessie Head

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Mary

Nat Cassidy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Master and Commander

Patrick O'Brian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Masters of Death

Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Matrix

Lauren Groff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Maud Martha

Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Maurice

E. M. Forster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Maybe in Another Life

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Maybe Next Time

Cesca Major

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Maybe Not

Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2014

Maybe Now

Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Mean Spirit

Linda Hogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Me Before You

Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Medicine River

Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Medicine Walk

Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Meet Me at the Lake

Carley Fortune

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Memory Man

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Memphis

Tara M. Stringfellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Mercury Pictures Presents

Anthony Marra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Mercy

Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Mercy Among the Children

David Adams Richards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Message In A Bottle

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Metal Slinger

Rachel Schneider

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Midaq Alley

Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

Middle of the Night

Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Middle Passage

Charles R. Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002