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Esther Waters
George Augustus Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1894

Ethics
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Ethics
Simon Blackburn

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Ethics for the New Millennium
Dalai Lama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Ethnic Groups in Conflict
Donald Horowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Etta and Otto and Russell and James
Emma Hooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Eudora Welty
Suzanne Marrs

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1984

Eugenie Grandet
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1833

Europe Central
William T. Vollmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Evam Indrajit
Badal Sircar

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1963

Evangeline: The Wish Keeper's Helper
Maggie Alderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Evelina
Fanny Burney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1778

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Tom Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Even If We Break
Marieke Nijkamp

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Eventide
Kent Haruf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Everblaze
Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Evermore: The Immortals
Alyson Noel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Everybody Lies
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Everybody Sees the Ants
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Everybody Writes
Ann Handley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Every Bone Tells a Story
Jill Rubalcaba, Peter Robertshaw

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2004

Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Everyday Ambassador
Kate Otto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Every Fifteen Minutes
Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Every Last Fear
Alex Finlay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Every Last Lie
Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Every Living Thing
James Herriot

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

Everyman
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Every Man Dies Alone
Hans Fallada

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

Every Man In His Humour
Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1598

Every Man in This Village Is a Liar
Megan K. Stack

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
Chris Cleave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Everyone in the Group Chat Dies
L. M. Chilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret
Benjamin Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Every Secret Thing
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Every Spiral of Fate
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Everything Good Will Come
Sefi Atta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Everything in Its Path
Kai T. Erikson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
Mark Manson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Everything Under
Daisy Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Everything We Keep
Kerry Lonsdale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Evidence of Things Unseen
Marianne Wiggins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Evil Bones
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Evil Genius
Catherine Jinks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Evil Under The Sun
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

Evita: The Real Life of Eva Peron
Nicholas Fraser

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
Joya Goffney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Execution Poems
George Elliott Clarke

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2001

Executive
Piers Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Exiting Nirvana
Clara Claiborne Park

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

Exit, Pursued by a Bear
E. K. Johnston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Expecting Adam
Martha Beck

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Experience
Martin Amis

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Experiencing the Lifespan
Janet Belsky

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Exposure
Helen Dunmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle Against Dupont
Robert Bilott

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
Tom Bissell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Extraordinary Means
Robyn Schneider

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Eye of a Hurricane
Ruthann Robson

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Eye of Conscience
Milton Meltzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Eye of the Storm: Eilida's Tragedy
Elle Klass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Eyes of a Blue Dog
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1974

Eyes Of The Emperor
Graham Salisbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Eyes on Me
Sara Cate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Eagle Has Landed
Jack Higgins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Carolyn Mackler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Easy Way to Stop Smoking
Allen Carr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Eatonville Anthology
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1926

The Eaves of Heaven
Andrew X. Pham

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

The Ecclesiazusae
Aristophanes

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 392

The Edge
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Edge of Nowhere
Elizabeth George

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1907

The Education of Kevin Powell
Kevin Powell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
Peter F. Drucker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1966

The Egyptologist
Arthur Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Eichmann Trial
Deborah Lipstadt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Eights
Joanna Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
Elizabeth Letts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Elements of Journalism
Bill Kovach, Tom Rosenstiel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Elements of Marie Curie
Dava Sobel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

The Elements of Style
William Strunk Jr.

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1918

The Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1881

The Elsewhere Express
Samantha Sotto Yambao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Emerald Mile
Kevin Fedarko

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Emigrants
W.G. Sebald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Emperor
Ryszard Kapuściński

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

The Emperor of Any Place
Tim Wynne-Jones

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Emperor of Ice Cream
Brian Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

The Emperor of Ocean Park
Stephen L. Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Emperor's Children
Claire Messud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Empire of Necessity
Greg Grandin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Empress
Michelle Heard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Empty Space
Peter Brook

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
Michael E. Gerber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Enchanted
Rene Denfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Ending Writes Itself
Evelyn Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026