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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

Arrugas
Paco Roca

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

Art and Illusion
Ernst Gombrich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

Arthur, High King of Britain
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

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

Ash Princess
Laura Sebastian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

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

Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail
Ashley Herring Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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

Asymmetry
Lisa Halliday

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

As You Wish
Cary Elwes, Joe Layden

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

At Bertram's Hotel
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

At Fault
Kate Chopin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1890

At First Sight
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

At Home in Mitford
Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Atlas of AI
Kate Crawford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt
Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Attachments
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Attention Seeker
Darcy Michael

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

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

Automatic Noodle
Annalee Newitz

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2025

Autonomous
Annalee Newitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Autopsy
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Autumn
Ali Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

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

Awakenings
Oliver Sacks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

Awaken The Giant Within
Anthony Robbins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Aztec
Gary Jennings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Absolutist
John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Accidental Asian
Eric Liu

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

The Accidental Empress
Allison Pataki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Accidental Favorite
Fran Littlewood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Accidental Superpower
Peter Zeihan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Accident Season
Moira Fowley-Doyle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Acharnians
Aristophanes

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 425

The ADHD Field Guide for Adults
Cate Osborn, Erik Gude

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Adjunct
Maria Adelmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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 Affair
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

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 Agathas
Kathleen Glasgow, Liz Lawson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Age Of Revolution: Europe 1789-1848
Eric Hobsbawm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

The Age of Walls
Tim Marshall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Richard Holmes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

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 Alcatraz Escape
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

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

The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning
Scott Galloway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1936

The Almost Moon
Alice Sebold

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Michael Booth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014