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Crazy for the Storm
Norman Ollestad

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Crazy House
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Crazy in Love
Laura Pavlov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Crazy Love
Francis Chan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Crazy Sunday
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1932

Creating Black Americans
Nell Irvin Painter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies From a Life at Disney
Lee Cockerell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Creation
Gore Vidal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Creativity
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Crescendo
Becca Fitzpatrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Crescent
Diana Abu-Jaber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Cress
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Cress Watercress
Gregory Maguire

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Crier's War
Nina Varela

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Crimes Against Nature
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Criminal
Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Cripple Creek Days
Mabel Barbee Lee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1958

Crisis in the Red Zone
Richard Preston

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Crispin: At the Edge of the World
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Crocodile on the Sandbank
Elizabeth Peters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Crooked
Brian M. Wiprud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Crooked River
Shelley Pearsall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Cross and Sampson
James Patterson, Brian Sitts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Crossbones
Nuruddin Farah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Cross Creek
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1942

Crossed (Never After, 5)
Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Crosshairs
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Cross Her Heart
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
Geoffrey A. Moore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Crossing the River
Caryl Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Cross Justice
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Crossroads of Ravens
Andrzej Sapkowski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Crow Country
Kate Constable

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Crowds and Power
Elias Canetti

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

Crow Fair: Stories
Thomas McGuane

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

Crown Me Dead
Liv Zander

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Crow Talk
Eileen Garvin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Cruel Beauty
Rosamund Hodge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Cruel Seduction
Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Crush
Tracy Wolff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Crux
Gabriel Tallent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Cry Havoc
Jack Carr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Cry of the Kalahari
Mark Owens, Delia Owens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1984

Cuba 15
Nancy Osa

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Cuckoo Song
Frances Hardinge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Cultures and Organizations
Geert Hofstede

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Cursed
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Cursed Fates
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Curtain
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Curveball
Jordan Sonnenblick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Curvy Girl Summer
Danielle Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Custer's Trials
T. J. Stiles

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Chogyam Trungpa

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

Cycle of Hope
Tricia Downing

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Cycle of the Werewolf
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1983

Cyclops
Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Cytonic
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Cabin
Natasha Preston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Cactus
Sarah Haywood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Caine Mutiny
Herman Wouk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Calculating Stars
Mary Robinette Kowal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Camel Bookmobile
Masha Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Candy Smash
Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Captive Mind
Czesław Miłosz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

The Cardinal of the Kremlin
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Cardturner
Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Care and Management of Lies
Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Caretaker
Harold Pinter

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1960

The Carrying
Ada Limón

Nonfiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

The Cartel
Don Winslow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Carter Family
David Lasky, Frank M. Young

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

The Casanova
T. L. Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
Peter Ackroyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Case for Faith
Lee Strobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Castaways
Lucy Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Castaways
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Castle of Crossed Destinies
Italo Calvino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The Casual Vacancy
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
Paula Danziger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

The Catcher Was a Spy
Nicholas Dawidoff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1994

The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1957

The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
Lilian Jackson Braun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Cat Who Went to Heaven
Elizabeth Coatsworth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1930

The Cement Garden
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Cenci
Antonin Artaud

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1935

The Centaur
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Chalk Man
C. J. Tudor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Challenger Launch Decision
Diane Vaughan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Chaneysville Incident
David Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Change
Kirsten Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Changelings
Christina Soontornvat

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Changeover
Margaret Mahy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Thomas Keneally

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
Max Fisher

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism
Olivia Fox Cabane

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Charlie Method
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Chase
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Chateau
Jaclyn Goldis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Chatham School Affair
Thomas H. Cook

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996