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The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Martian

Andy Weir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Masterpiece

Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Measure

Nikki Erlick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Medicine Woman of Galveston

Amanda Skenandore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Kim Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Memory Police

Yoko Ogawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Men of Brewster Place

Gloria Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Mercies

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mercy of Gods

James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Midnight Feast

Lucy Foley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Midwife of Auschwitz

Anna Stuart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Mighty Red

Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Miniaturist

Jessie Burton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Ministry for the Future

Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness

Arundhati Roy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Mirror

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Mirror and the Light

Hilary Mantel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Missing Half

Ashley Flowers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Mist

Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1980

The Mistress of Spices

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Mitford Affair

Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mixquiahuala Letters

Ana Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Monkey Wrench Gang

Edward Abbey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

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 Mosquito Coast

Paul Theroux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Most Fun We Ever Had

Claire Lombardo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise

Colleen Oakley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mother-in-Law

Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mountain Between Us

Charles Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Mountain in the Sea

Ray Nayler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Mountains Sing

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Moviegoer

Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Murmur of Bees

Transl. Simon Bruni, Sofía Segovia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Museum of Failures

Thrity Umrigar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Music of Bees

Eileen Garvin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Mysterious Bakery On Rue De Paris

Evie Woods

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels: A Novel

Janice Hallett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel

Nita Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie

Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Name of the Rose

Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Names

Florence Knapp

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Namesake

Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Nanny

Lana Ferguson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Narrow Road Between Desires

Patrick Rothfuss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Richard Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Nature of Fragile Things

Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Nature of the Beast

Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Nest

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family

Joshua Cohen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The New Couple in 5B

Lisa Unger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The New York Trilogy

Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Next Mrs. Parrish

Liv Constantine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Night She Disappeared

Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Night Shift

Alex Finlay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Night Tiger

Yangsze Choo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Night Watchman

Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Night We Lost Him

Laura Dave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Nine Tailors

Dorothy L. Sayers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

The Nix

Nathan Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Nonexistent Knight

Italo Calvino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Note

Alafair Burke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Notebook

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Then She Was Gone

Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Obelisk Gate

N. K. Jemisin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1952

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

Luis Sepulveda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Oligarch's Daughter

Joseph Finder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Once and Future Witches

Alix E. Harrow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The One

John Marrs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

Marianne Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Only One Left

Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Only Woman in the Room

Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Theo of Golden

Allen Levi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Optimist's Daughter

Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The Orchard Keeper

Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

The Orphanage by the Lake

Daniel G. Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Orphan Collector: A Heroic Novel of Survival During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Ellen Marie Wiseman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Orphan Master's Son

Adam Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Other Americans

Laila Lalami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Other Boleyn Girl

Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Other Einstein: A novel

Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Other Mrs.

Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Other Side of the Bridge

Mary Lawson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Other Woman

Sandie Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Outsider

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Overnight Guest

Heather Gudenkauf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Overstory

Richard Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018