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God's Grace
Bernard Malamud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

God's Hotel
Victoria Sweet

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

God's Long Summer
Charles Marsh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

God's Secretaries
Adam Nicolson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

God's Trombones
James Weldon Johnson

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1927

Goethe: The Poet and the Age
Nicholas Boyle

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

Going Bovine
Libba Bray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Going Clear
Lawrence Wright

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Gold
Chris Cleave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Gold Boy Emerald Girl
Yiyun Li

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2010

Golden Arches East
James L. Watson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Golden Boy
Clifford Odets

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1937

Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York
Francis Spufford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Golden Son
Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Gold Fame Citrus
Claire Vaye Watkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Goldfinch
Raven Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Gomorrah
Roberto Saviano

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Gone
Mo Hayder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Gone for Good
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Gone to Ground
Brandilyn Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Good As Gone
Amy Gentry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Good in Bed
Jennifer Weiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Good Me, Bad Me
Ali Land

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Good Neighbors
Ryan David Jahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Goodnight!
Andrei Sinyavsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Goodnight Beautiful: A Novel
Aimee Molloy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Ann-Marie MacDonald

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1988

Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1947

Good People
Marcus Sakey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Good Spirits
B. K. Borison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Good to a Fault
Marina Endicott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs
Kathleen M. Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Gorboduc
Thomas Norton, Thomas Sackville

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1970

Gorilla, My Love
Toni Cade Bambara

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1972

Gorillas in the Mist
Dian Fossey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

Gorky Park
Martin Cruz Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Grace, Gold and Glory
Gabrielle Douglas, Michelle Burford

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Graceland
Chris Abani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Graceless Heart
Isabel Ibañez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Graceling
Kristin Cashore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Graffiti Moon
Cath Crowley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Grandma Gatewood's Walk
Ben Montgomery

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation
Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, Transl. Suika

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Grasshopper Jungle
Andrew Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Grave Empire
Richard Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Gravel Heart
Abdulrazak Gurnah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Grave Mercy
Robin LaFevers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Grave Silence
Rose Beecham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Greasy Lake and Other Stories
T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1985

Great at Work
Morten Hansen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
Morten T. Hansen, Jim Collins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Great House
Nicole Krauss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Green
Sam Graham-Felsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Green Angel
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Green Hills of Africa
Ernest Hemingway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1935

Green on Blue
Elliot Ackerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Green: The Light Within
S.M. Huggins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Grendel's Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd-Wife
Susan Signe Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Grinding It Out
Ray Kroc

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

Grit to Great
Linda Kaplan Thaler, Robin Koval

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Ground Zero
Andrew Holleran

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1977

Group Portrait with Lady
Heinrich Böll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Growing Up Rich
Anne Bernays

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising
Ryan Holiday

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Guantanamo Boy
Anna Perera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Guerrilla Warfare
Che Guevara

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Guests of the Nation
Frank O'Connor

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1931

Guided
Laura Lynne Jackson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Guilty by Definition
Susie Dent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Guinea Dog
Patrick Jennings

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Gun, with Occasional Music
Jonathan Lethem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Gutenberg's Apprentice
Alix Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Gwendy's Final Task
Richard Chizmar, Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Gwendy's Magic Feather
Richard Chizmar, Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Game of Love and Chance
Pierre Marivaux

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1730

The Game of Love and Death
Martha Brockenbrough

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Game of My Life
Jason J-Mac Mcelwain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Gap of Time: The Winter's Tale Retold
Jeanette Winterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Gargoyle
Andrew Davidson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Gate of Angels
Penelope Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Gate to Women's Country
Sheri S. Tepper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Mackenzi Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Geography of Genius
Eric Weiner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Geography of Thought
Richard E. Nisbett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Geography of You and Me
Jennifer E. Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The German War: A Nation Under Arms
Nicholas Stargardt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Ghost of Graylock
Dan Poblocki

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Ghost Road
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Ghost Sonata
August Strindberg

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1907

The Ghost Writer
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Gift
James Patterson, Ned Rust

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Gilded Years
Karin Tanabe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Ginger Man
J. P. Donleavy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Girl From Everywhere
Heidi Heilig

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Girl in the Red Coat
Kate Hamer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Girl in the Spider's Web
David Lagercrantz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Girl is Murder
Kathryn Miller Haines

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Girls
Lori Lansens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Melissa Bank

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

The Girl Who Chased the Moon
Sarah Addison Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010