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Chances Are . . .

Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Chapterhouse: Dune

Frank Herbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Chasing Love

Kat T. Masen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Childhood's End

Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Child of God

Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Children of Dune

Frank Herbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

China Rich Girlfriend

Kevin Kwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Chocolat

Joanne Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Christ in Concrete

Pietro Di Donato

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Christine

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1981

Cilka's Journey

Heather Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Circe

Madeline Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Cities of the Plain

Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

City of Girls

Elizabeth Gilbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

City of Thieves

David Benioff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Claire of the Sea Light

Edwidge Danticat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Clear Light of Day

Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Coco Mellors

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Clock Dance

Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Close to Death

Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Cloud Atlas

David C. Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Clytemnestra

Costanza Casati

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Code Name Hélène

Ariel Lawhon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Cold Comfort Farm

Stella Gibbons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Cold Mountain

Charles Frazier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Colored Television

Danzy Senna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Come and Get It

Kiley Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Comfort & Joy

Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Coming Up for Air

George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

Commonwealth

Ann Patchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Conclave

Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Confess

Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Confessions

Transl. Stephen Snyder, Kanae Minato

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Confessions of a Mask

Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

Confessions of the Fox

Jordy Rosenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Confessions on the 7:45

Lisa Unger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Consider Phlebas

Iain M. Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata, Transl. Ginny Tapley Takemori

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Conversations with Friends

Sally Rooney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Coolie

Mulk Raj Anand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Corregidora

Gayl Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Corrupt

Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Cotton Comes To Harlem

Chester Himes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Counterfeit

Kirstin Chen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Counting Miracles

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Count My Lies

Sophie Stava

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Cracking India

Bapsi Sidhwa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Crazy Rich Asians

Kevin Kwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Creation Lake

Rachel Kushner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Credence

Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Critical Chain

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Crooked House

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Tom Franklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Crook Manifesto

Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Cross Down

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Crossing the Mangrove

Maryse Condé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Crossing to Safety

Wallace Stegner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Crossroads

Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Crossroads

Devney Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Crow Lake

Mary Lawson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Crow Mary

Kathleen Grissom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Cry, the Beloved Country

Alan Paton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

Cujo

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Culpability

Bruce Holsinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Cutting for Stone

Abraham Verghese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Daisy Darker

Alice Feeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Daisy Haites

Jessa Hastings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Daisy Jones & The Six

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Damnation Spring

Ash Davidson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Dances with Wolves

Michael Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Jeff Lindsay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Darkness at Noon

Arthur Koestler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Dark Places

Gillian Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Darling Girls

Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Daughter Of Fortune

Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Daughter of Mine

Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Daughters of Shandong

Eve J. Chung

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Daughters of the Dust

Julie Dash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Dawn

Octavia E. Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Dawn

Elie Wiesel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Day

Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Daydream

Hannah Grace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Satoshi Yagisawa, Transl. Eric Ozawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Days Without End

Sebastian Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Daytripper

Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Deacon King Kong

James McBride

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Dead Lions

Mick Herron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Deadly Animals

Marie Tierney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Dear Edward

Ann Napolitano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Dear John

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Death at the Sign of the Rook: A Jackson Brodie Book

Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Death On The Nile

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Death Row

Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2025

Death's End

Liu Cixin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010