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Gil Blas

Alain Rene Lesage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1715

Gilded Age

Claire Mcmillan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Gilgamesh

Bernarda Bryson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Gimpel the Fool: And Other Stories

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1957

Gingerbread

Helen Oyeyemi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Ginger Pye

Eleanor Estes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1951

Girl A

Abigail Dean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Girl at War

Sara Novic

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Girl, Forgotten

Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Girlhood

Melissa Febos

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

Girl Hurt

E.J. Miller Laino

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2021

Girl Mans Up

M-E Girard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Girls Burn Brighter

Shobha Rao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Girls Like Us

Cristina Alger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Girls of Riyadh

Rajaa Alsanea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

Rachel Hollis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Girl Waits with Gun

Amy Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Girl, Wash Your Face

Rachel Hollis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Give Me Liberty

Frank Miller

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Give Me More

Sara Cate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Give People Money

Annie Lowrey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Give Us the Ballot

Ari Berman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Give Us This Day

Helena Wisniewska Brow

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Giving up Is Unforgivable

Joyce Vance

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Giving up the Ghost

Hilary Mantel

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Gladiator

Philip Wylie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Glass

Alex Christofi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Glass

Ellen Hopkins

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2007

Gleanings

Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2022

Glitter and Glue

Kelly Corrigan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Glorious Exploits

Ferdia Lennon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Glory

NoViolet Bulawayo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Glory in Death

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Glory Road

Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Gloves Off

Stephanie Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar

Jessie Inchauspé

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Glyph

Percival Everett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest

Hanif Abdurraqib

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Goals

Zig Ziglar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible

Brian Tracy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Goddess Of Yesterday

Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Godkiller

Hannah Kaner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

God of Ruin

Rina Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

God of War

Rina Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Go Down, Moses

William Faulkner

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1942

Go Down Together

Jeff Guinn

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Gods and Generals

Jeffrey Shaara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

God Save the Child

Robert B. Parker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Gods Go Begging

Alfredo Vea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

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

Gods & Monsters

Shelby Mahurin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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

Going Postal

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine

Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Going There

Katie Couric

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Going Zero

Anthony Mccarten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Gold

Chris Cleave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Gold Boy Emerald Girl

Yiyun Li

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2010

Gold Coast

Nelson DeMille

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Golden Arches East

James L. Watson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Golden Boy

Clifford Odets

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1937

Golden Fool

Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Golden Gulag

Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

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

Goldfinger

Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Gomorrah

Roberto Saviano

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Gone

Mo Hayder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Gone-Away Lake (gone-Away Lake, #1)

Elizabeth Enright

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1957

Gone Crazy in Alabama

Rita Williams-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Gone for Good

Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Gone to Ground

Brandilyn Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood

Gary Paulsen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Good and Mad

Rebecca Traister

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Good As Gone

Amy Gentry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

Lysa TerKeurst

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Goodbye, Mr. Terupt

Rob Buyea

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Good Company

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Good Economics for Hard Times

Esther Duflo, Abhijit V. Banerjee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Good Girl Complex

Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Good Girls

Hadley Freeman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Good in Bed

Jennifer Weiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Good Me, Bad Me

Ali Land

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Good Morning, Gorillas

Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2002

Good Neighbors

Ryan David Jahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Good Neighbors

Sarah Langan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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

Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 1

Inio Asano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Good People

Marcus Sakey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Good Spirits

B. K. Borison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025