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The Last Letter From Your Lover

Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Last Love Note: A Novel

Emma Grey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Mrs. Parrish

Liv Constantine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last of the Moon Girls

Barbara Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last One at the Wedding

Jason Rekulak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last Painting of Sara De Vos

Dominic Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Party

A. R. Torre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last Rose of Shanghai

Weina Dai Randel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Runaway

Tracy Chevalier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Last Samurai

Helen DeWitt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Last Story of Mina Lee

Nancy Jooyoun Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Thing He Told Me

Laura Dave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Time I Lied: A Novel

Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Last to Vanish

Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Tycoon

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Last White Man: A Novel

Mohsin Hamid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Word

Taylor Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Latecomer

Jean Hanff Korelitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lathe Of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The Leavers

Lisa Ko

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The Leftovers

Tom Perrotta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Leftover Woman

Jean Kwok

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Leopard

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Librarianist

Patrick Dewitt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Librarian of Burned Books: A Novel

Brianna Labuskes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Library at Mount Char

Scott Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Lies I Tell

Julie Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Scott Lynch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

Emma Knight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Life Impossible

Matt Haig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Life She Was Given

Ellen Marie Wiseman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Life We Bury

Allen Eskens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Light Between Oceans

M.L. Stedman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Light Pirate

Lily Brooks-Dalton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Light We Lost

Jill Santopolo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Likeness

Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Lincoln Highway

Amor Towles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Lincoln Lawyer

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Lioness of Boston

Emily Franklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Lions of Fifth Avenue

Fiona Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Lion Women of Tehran

Marjan Kamali

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The List: A Novel

Yomi Adegoke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Little Friend

Donna Tartt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Little Liar

Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Little Paris Bookshop

Nina George, Transl. Simon Pare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Lives of Animals

J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1999

The Lock Artist

Steve Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Locked Door

Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The London Séance Society: A Novel

Sarah Penner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Long Call

Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Longest Ride

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Long Goodbye

Raymond Chandler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

The Long Walk

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Long Way Home

Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Lords of Discipline

Pat Conroy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Lost Apothecary

Sarah Penner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Lost Bookshop

Evie Woods

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Lost Daughter

Elena Ferrante

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

Holly Ringland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lost Girls of Paris: A Novel

Pam Jenoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Lost Girls of Willowbrook

Ellen Marie Wiseman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lost Man

Jane Harper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lost Steps

Alejo Carpentier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

The Lost Story: A Novel

Meg Shaffer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Lost Symbol

Dan Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Lost World

Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Loved One

Evelyn Waugh

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1948

The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

Lynda Cohen Loigman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Love Hypothesis

Ali Hazelwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Love of My Afterlife

Kirsty Greenwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Love of My Life

Rosie Walsh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lover

Marguerite Duras

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Love Wager

Lynn Painter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Lowland

Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Luminaries

Eleanor Catton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Lying Game

Ruth Ware

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Lying Life of Adults

Elena Ferrante

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Madness of Crowds

Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Madonnas of Echo Park

Brando Skyhorse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Magicians

Lev Grossman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Magician's Assistant

Ann Patchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post: A Novel

Allison Pataki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Magnolia Palace

Fiona Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Maidens

Alex Michaelides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Maid's Diary

Loreth Anne White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Maid's Secret

Nita Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Sloan Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Man In The High Castle

Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Man Who Died Twice

Richard Osman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

Jamie Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Map of Love

Ahdaf Soueif

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Map of Salt and Stars

Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Marriage Of Opposites

Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015