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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 the Island
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1915

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

Apocalyptic Planet
Craig Childs

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die
Greer Stothers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Appointment in Samarra
John O'Hara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

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

Arrowsmith
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Arrugas
Paco Roca

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Art and Illusion
Ernst Gombrich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

Arthurian Romances
Chrétien De Troyes

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1170

Arthur Miller
Christopher Bigsby

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

As a Driven Leaf
Milton Steinberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
Alan Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

As Close to Us As Breathing
Elizabeth Poliner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

As Cool as I Am
Pete Fromm

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

As for Me and My House
Sinclair Ross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

Ashfall
Mike Mullin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Asian American Dreams
Helen Zia

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Asking for It
Kate Harding

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Ask the Passengers
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Assassins
Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

As She Left It
Catriona McPherson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

As Simple As Snow
Gregory Galloway

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Astronomer's Wife
Kay Boyle

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1936

Astrophil and Stella
Sir Philip Sidney

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1591

Asylum for Nightface
Bruce Brooks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

As You Like It: The Gerald Kraak Anthology Volume II
Jacana Media

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

At Bertram's Hotel
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

At Home in Mitford
Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

At the Hands of Persons Unknown
Philip Dray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Augustine: Conversions and Confessions
Robin Lane Fox

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1966

Augustus
John Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Mario Vargas Llosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Au Revoir Crazy European Chick
Joe Schreiber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Austenland
Shannon Hale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Autism Out Loud
Kate Swenson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Autobiography of My Dead Brother
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Autonomous
Annalee Newitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Avalon High
Meg Cabot

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Avengers of the New World
Laurent Dubois

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Avenue of Mysteries
John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Awaken The Giant Within
Anthony Robbins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Aztec
Gary Jennings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Accidental Asian
Eric Liu

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

The Accidental Favorite
Fran Littlewood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Accident Season
Moira Fowley-Doyle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Acharnians
Aristophanes

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 425

The Admirable Crichton
J. M. Barrie

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1902

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Tobias Smollett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1751

The Adventures of Roderick Random
Tobias Smollett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1748

The Affair
C. P. Snow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Affluent Society
John Kenneth Galbraith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1958

The African Queen
C. S. Forester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

The Afterlife
Donald Antrim

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Age Of Revolution: Europe 1789-1848
Eric Hobsbawm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

The Agony of Alice
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1985

The Aguero Sisters: A Novel
Cristina García

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Aleph and Other Stories
Jorge Luis Borges

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1949

The Alexandria Quartet
Lawrence Durrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Alex Crow
Andrew Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015