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Give Me More
Sara Cate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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

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 Road
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Gloves Off
Stephanie Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Fury
Rina Kent

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

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

Go Gentle
Maria Semple

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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

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 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

Goldfinch
Raven Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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 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 As Gone
Amy Gentry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Goodbye, Mr. Terupt
Rob Buyea

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Good Girl Complex
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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

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

Good Strategy / Bad Strategy
Richard Rumelt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

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

Good Writing
Neal Allen

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2026

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

Gossip Girl
Cecily Von Ziegesar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

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

Grace of Kings
Ken Liu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Graduation Day
Joelle Charbonneau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Graffiti Moon
Cath Crowley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

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 Peril
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Grave Silence
Rose Beecham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Graveyard Shift
M. L. Rio

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2024

Gravity and Grace
Simone Weil

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1947

Gray Dawn
Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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