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The Chef
James Patterson, Max DiLallo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Chemist
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Chemistry of Tears
Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Cherokee Rose
Tiya Miles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Chestnut Man
Soren Sveistrup

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Child
Fiona Barton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Child in Time
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Children's Book
A. S. Byatt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Chimp Paradox
Steve Peters

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health
T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell II

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Choice
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Choice
Kathy Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Chosen One
Carol Lynch Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Christmas Fix
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Christopher Killer
Alane Ferguson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Chronology of Water
Lidia Yuknavitch

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Cinderella Waltz
Ann Beattie

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1981

The Cinnamon Shops
Bruno Schulz

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1934

The Circus in Winter
Cathy Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Citizen of the World
Oliver Goldsmith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1762

The City in History
Lewis Mumford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

The Clementine Complex
Bob Mortimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Clocks
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Clockwork Three
Matthew J. Kirby

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Cloning of Joanna May
Franklin Birkinshaw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Club Dumas
Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Cocaine Wars
Paul Eddy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Cocktail Party
T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1950

The Coffin Dancer
Jeffery Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Coin
Yasmin Zaher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Cold War: A World History
Odd Arne Westad

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

The Collective
Alison Gaylin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Collector
K. R. Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Collector of Treasures
Bessie Head

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1977

The Collectors
Jacqueline West

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Collectors
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Colonel's Lady
Laura Frantz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Colony Club
Shelley Noble

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Colorado Kid
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Color of Death
Trey Gowdy, Christopher Greyson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Color of Law
Mark Gimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Colors of All the Cattle
Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Comfort of Strangers
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Coming Anarchy
Robert D. Kaplan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Coming Race
Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1871

The Commanding Heights
Daniel Yergin, Joseph Stanislaw

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Commitments
Roddy Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Committed
Viet Thanh Nguyen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Common Good
Robert B. Reich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
Tony Attwood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Concept of Law
H. L. A. Hart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

The Concept of Mind
Gilbert Ryle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949

The Concubine's Children
Denise Chong

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Conjure Woman
Charles W. Chesnutt

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1899

The Conquest of Gaul
Julius Caesar

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 58

The Conquest of Happiness
Bertrand Russell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1930

The Consequence of Anna
Kate Birkin, Mark Bornz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Conservationist
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Constant Gardener
John le Carré

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Constant Princess
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Constitution of Liberty
Friedrich A. Hayek

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1960

The Contender
Robert Lipsyte

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The Contrast
Maria Edgeworth

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1801

The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Copywriter's Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Copy That Sells
Robert Bly

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

The Cossacks
Leo Tolstoy

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1863

The Counterlife
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
Philip Sidney

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1590

The Country Girls
Edna O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Country in the City
Richard A. Walker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

The Country of the Pointed Firs
Sarah Orne Jewett

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1896

The Couple at No. 9
Claire Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Courage to Be
Paul Tillich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1952

The Course of Love
Alain de Botton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Court of the Dead
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Cove
Ron Rash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Crazed
Ha Jin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Crazy Horse Electric Game
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

The Creation
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Creation of Patriarchy
Gerda Lerner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Creative Habit
Twyla Tharp

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Crimson Crown
Cinda Williams Chima

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Crossing
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Crossing Places
Elly Griffiths

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Crossroads
C. J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Crown
Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Crowns of Croswald
D. E. Night

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Cry of the Icemark
Stuart Hill

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Cryptogram
David Mamet

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

The Culture Code
Daniel Coyle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Culture of Narcissism
Christopher Lasch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Cupcake Queen
Heather Hepler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Cure for Death by Lightning
Gail Anderson-Dargatz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Phaedra Patrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate
Jacqueline Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Curse of Capistrano
Johnston McCulley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1919

The Cutting Season
Attica Locke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012