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Among the Enemy
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Among the Free
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Among the Thugs
Bill Buford

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1990

Amy and Isabelle
Elizabeth Strout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Amy Hill Hearth
Amy Hill Hearth, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Sarah Louise Delany

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

An Abundance of Katherines
John Green

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

An Academic Affair
Jodi Mcalister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

An Acquaintance with Darkness
Ann Rinaldi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
Barbara Brown Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Anam Cara
John O'Donohue

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

An American Dream
Norman Mailer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

An American Genocide
Benjamin Madley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

An American Requiem
James Carroll

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996

An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

An Astrologer's Day
R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1947

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything
Chris Hadfield

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient
Norman Cousins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1979

Anatomy of a Scandal
Sarah Vaughan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Anatomy of Injustice
Raymond Bonner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Ancient Light
John Banville

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Ancillary Mercy
Ann Leckie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Andersonville
MacKinlay Kantor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

And I Darken
Kiersten White

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

And It Don't Stop
Raquel Cepeda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

And Now, Back to You
B. K. Borison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

And Then All Hell Broke Loose
Richard Engel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

And There He Kept Her
Joshua Moehling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

And We Stay
Jenny Hubbard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

An Echo in the Darkness
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

An Empire for Slavery
Randolph B. Campbell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

An Enchantment of Ravens
Margaret Rogerson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
David Hume

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1751

An Equal Music
Vikram Seth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Angel Down
Daniel Kraus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Angels Flight
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Angels: God's Secret Agents
Billy Graham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Louise Rennison

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

An Imaginary Life
David Malouf

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1978

Animal
Lisa Taddeo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Animal Dreams
Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Animal Wise
Virginia Morell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

An Immense World (young Readers Edition)
Ed Yong, Illustr. Rebecca Mills

Nonfiction | Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2025

An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 1995

Anita and Me
Meera Syal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Anna and the French Kiss
Stephanie Perkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Anna And The Swallow Man
Gavriel Savit

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Anna Christie
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1922

Anna Dressed In Blood
Kendare Blake

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Annals of the Former World
John McPhee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Anne Frank Remembered
Miep Gies

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

Anne of Ingleside
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1939

Anne of the Island
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1915

Anne of Windy Poplars
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1936

Anne's House of Dreams
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1917

Annie and the Old One
Miska Miles

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1971

Annie on My Mind
Nancy Garden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

Annie's Ghosts
Steve Luxenberg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Annus Mirabilis
Sally Ball

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Ann Veronica
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1909

An Officer and a Spy
Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Anonymous
Christine Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

An Orchestra of Minorities
Chigozie Obioma

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Another Day in the Death of America
Gary Younge

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Another Man's Moccasins
Craig Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Another Roadside Attraction
Tom Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
Mark Bray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Antihero
Gregg Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Antonietta
John Hersey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

An Unfinished Woman
Lillian Hellman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1969

An Unnecessary Woman
Rabih Alameddine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

An Untamed State
Roxane Gay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World
Max Lucado

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Anya's Ghost
Vera Brosgol

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2011

Any Way the Wind Blows
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Apart at the Seams
Marie Bostwick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Apocalyptic Planet
Craig Childs

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Apollyon
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Apostle's Cove
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die
Greer Stothers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Apple
David Pogue

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Appointment in Samarra
John O'Hara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Appointment With Death
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Apt Pupil
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1982

Aquarium
David Vann

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Arabian Nights
Anonymous

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1704

Arabian Nights and Days
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Archenemies
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Arctic Summer
Damon Galgut

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Are We Rome?
Cullen Murphy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life
Tom Rath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Ark Angel
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Armada
Ernest Cline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Armageddon Summer
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Arms and the Man
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1894

Arranged Marriage
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1995

Arrow's Flight
Mercedes Lackey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Arrowsmith
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925