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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
Tricia Hersey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Return of the King
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1955

Return to Sender
Julia Alvarez

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Reunion
John Cheever

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1962

Revelations of Divine Love
Julian of Norwich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1393

Reviving Ophelia
Mary Pipher

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Rez Dogs
Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life
David Treuer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Rhapsody On A Windy Night
T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1915

Rhetoric
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | BCE

Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Richard Cory
Edwin Arlington Robinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1897

Richard II
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1597

Richard III
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1597

Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert Kiyosaki, Sharon Lechter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Rich People Problems
Kevin Kwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Rick
Alex Gino

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Riders of the Purple Sage
Zane Grey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

Riding Freedom
Pam Muñoz Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Riding The Bus With My Sister
Rachel Simon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Rifleman Dodd
C. S. Forester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Rifles for Watie
Harold Keith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1957

Righteous Dopefiend
Philippe Bourgois, Jeffrey Schonberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Rikki Tikki Tavi
Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1894

Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1819

Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938
Stephen E. Ambrose, Douglas Brinkley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

Rise To Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution
Jeff Shaara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
Elizabeth Rush

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
Eli Saslow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1982

Rite of Passage
Sharon Olds

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1984

Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
Modris Eksteins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
Candice Millard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2022

River Sing Me Home
Eleanor Shearer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Roadside Picnic
Arkady Strugatsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Road to Chlifa
Michele Marineau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
Ty Seidule

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1719

Robot Dreams
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1986

Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Patrick Radden Keefe

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2022

Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

Roll With It
Jamie Sumner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Roman Fever
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1934

Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1595

Romiette and Julio
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Romney: A Reckoning
McKay Coppins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Room
Emma Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Room to Dream
Kelly Yang

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Root Magic
Eden Royce

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Rosa Parks
Nikki Giovanni

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

Roselily
Alice Walker

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1973

Rosemary's Baby
Ira Levin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Tom Stoppard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1966

Rouge: A Novel
Mona Awad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Roughing It
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1872

Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People
Tracy Kidder

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress
Daniel Defoe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1724

Ruby
Cynthia Bond

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ruby Holler
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Ruin and Rising
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Ruined
Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2009

Ruins of a Great House
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1953

Rule of the Bone
Russell Banks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Rules
Cynthia Lord

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
Saul D. Alinsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

Rules of Civility
Amor Towles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Rules of the Game
Amy Tan

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1989

Rules of the Road
Joan Bauer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Rumble Fish
S. E. Hinton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1975

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
Liesl Shurtliff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

Run
Ann Patchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Runaway Ralph
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1970

Runner
Carl Deuker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Running Out Of Time
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Running With Scissors: A Memoir
Augusten Burroughs

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Run, Rose, Run
Dolly Parton, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

R.U.R.
Karel Čapek

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1920

Ruth
Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1853

The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Rachel Incident
Caroline O'Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Racial Contract
Charles W. Mills

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Racketeer
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Radical and the Republican
James Oakes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Radicalism of the American Revolution
Gordon S. Wood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
Kate Moore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Raft
S.A. Bodeen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Railway Children
E. Nesbit

Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1906

The Rainbow
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rainmaker
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
R. K. Narayan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

The Ransom of Red Chief
O. Henry

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1907