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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 to a Fault
Marina Endicott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

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

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

Grasshopper Jungle
Andrew Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Grave Mercy
Robin LaFevers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Grave Silence
Rose Beecham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Gray Mountain
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

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 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
Robin Koval, Linda Kaplan Thaler

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

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

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

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 Gene
Siddhartha Mukherjee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

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 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

The Girl Who Could Fly
Victoria Forester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Girl Who Fell into the Sky
Kate Wilhelm

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1974

The Girl Who Played Go
Shan Sa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
Jonas Jonasson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales
Angela Slatter

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2010

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1964

The Glamour
Christopher Priest

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Glass Bead Game
Hermann Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

The Glass Universe
Dava Sobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Glorious Cause
Robert Middlekauff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Godfather Returns
Mark Winegardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The God of Animals
Aryn Kyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Gods Themselves
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

The Gods Will Have Blood
Anatole France

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

The Gold Bug Variations
Richard Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Golden Age
Gore Vidal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
Padraic Colum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1918

The Golden Gate
Vikram Seth

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1991

The Golden House
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Golden Legend
Nadeem Aslam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Golden Mean
Annabel Lyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Golden Spruce
John Vaillant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Good Good Pig
Sy Montgomery

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Good House
Ann Leary

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Good Husband
Gail Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Good Soldiers
David Finkel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

The Good Soldier Svejk
Jaroslav Hašek

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

The Gospel According to Larry
Janet Tashjian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Gospel of Judas
Simon Mawer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Graduate
Charles Webb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Grand Design
Donald Stoker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Grass Harp
Truman Capote

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Grave
James Heneghan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Gravedigger's Daughter
Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction
Linda Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Great Bridge
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972