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City of Gold
Daniel Blackaby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

City of Heavenly Fire
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

City of Joy
Dominique Lapierre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

City of Lies and Legends
Kayla Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

City of Lost Souls
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

City of Refuge
Kenzo Kitakata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

City of Souls and Sinners
Kayla Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

City of Stairs
Robert Jackson Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

City of Thorns
Ben Rawlence

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

City on Fire
Garth Risk Hallberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

City on Fire
Don Winslow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Civil War on Sunday
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady
Samuel Richardson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1748

Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
Amara Lakhous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s
Leslie S. Klinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

Class Matters
The New York Times

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Class Mom
Laurie Gelman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

Clay's Ark
Octavia E. Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Clay's Quilt
Silas House

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
Rita Williams-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Clay Walls
Ronyoung Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Cleanness
Garth Greenwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Clear Thinking
Shane Parrish

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Cleat Cute
Meryl Wilsner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Cliffhanger
Jacqueline Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

Climate Change
A. Barrie Pittock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Climbing the Stairs
Padma Venkatraman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Clockwork Prince
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Clockwork Princess
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Closely Watched Trains
Jiri Menzel

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1965

Closer
Dennis Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Closet
R.D. Zimmerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Close to Famous
Joan Bauer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Close to Home
Robert Dugoni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Close To Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
Michael Capuzzo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1916

Close to the Knives
David Wojnarowicz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.
Viv Albertine

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Cloud 9
Caryl Churchill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1979

Cloudbuster Nine
Anne R. Keene

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

Cloud Nine
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Cloudstreet
Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Clutch
Emily Nemens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success
John Wooden, Jay Carty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Cockroach
Rawi Hage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Cockroaches
Scholastique Mukasonga

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Cockroaches
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Cocoa Beach
Beatriz Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Coconut
Kopano Matlwa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Code
Lawrence Lessig

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Coded Justice
Stacey Abrams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Code Girls
Liza Mundy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Code Girls
Liza Mundy

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Code Name: Lise
Larry Loftis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2019

Coffee Will Make You Black
April Sinclair

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Coffin Moon
Keith Rosson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Cogheart
Peter Bunzl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Cold Sassy Tree
Olive Ann Burns

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Cold Skies
Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Cold Zero
Brad Thor, Ward Larsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Coleridge: Early Visions
Richard Holmes

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1989

Colin Fischer
Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Collide
Bal Khabra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Collision Low Crossers
Nicholas Dawidoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Color of the Sea
John Hamamura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Colors of the Mountain
Da Chen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Come Back to Afghanistan
Said Hyder Akbar, Susan Burton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Come Closer
Sara Gran

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Come Fly the World
Julia Cooke

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Come, Thou Tortoise
Jessica Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Cometh Up as a Flower
Rhoda Broughton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1867

Comet in Moominland
Tove Jansson

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1946

Comfort Me With Apples
Catherynne M. Valente

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Comfort Woman
Nora Okja Keller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Comics and Sequential Art
Will Eisner

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Coming Apart
Roger Rosenblatt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Coming Apart
Charles Murray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Coming, Aphrodite!
Willa Cather

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1920

Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Timothy Ferris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Coming Through Slaughter
Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Coming Up Roses
Staci Hart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Coming up Short
Robert B. Reich

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
Eric Schlosser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage
Elizabeth Gilbert

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Communion
J. D. Vance

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Company
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1979

Competitive Advantage
Michael E. Porter

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Competitive Strategy
Michael E. Porter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1980

Concealed in Death
J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Concrete Botany
Joey Santore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Concrete Island
J. G. Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Concussion
Jeanne Marie Laskas

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Confessions of a Closet Catholic
Sarah Darer Littman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Confessions of a Murder Suspect
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Confessions Of An English Opium Eater
Thomas De Quincey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1821

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Gregory Maguire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty
Jody Gehrman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Confessions of the Dead
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Confronting Evil
Bill O'Reilly, Josh Hammer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025