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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 Rich People
Eliza Jane Brazier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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

Gooney Bird and the Room Mother
Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

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

Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers
David Perlmutter, Kristin Loberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

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

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Grand Union
Zadie Smith

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Grasshopper Jungle
Andrew Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Gratitude
Oliver Sacks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

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

Green Angel
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Greene on Capri
Shirley Hazzard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Green Hills of Africa
Ernest Hemingway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1935

Green Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Green on Blue
Elliot Ackerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Green: The Light Within
S.M. Huggins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Greetings From Bury Park: A Memoir
Sarfraz Manzoor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Gregor and the Code of Claw
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Gregor and the Marks of Secret
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

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

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Greta & Valdin
Rebecca K. Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Grey Sister
Mark Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Grinding It Out
Ray Kroc

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

Grip of the Shadow Plague
Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

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

Growth of the Soil
Knut Hamsun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1917

Grumpy Darling
Alexandra Moody

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Guantanamo Boy
Anna Perera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Guerrilla Warfare
Che Guevara

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Guest
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Guests of the Ayatollah
Mark Bowden

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Guests of the Nation
Frank O'Connor

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1931

Guided
Laura Lynne Jackson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Guilt
Keigo Higashino, Transl. Giles Murray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Guilty by Definition
Susie Dent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Guilty Pleasures (anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

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

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
Giulia Enders, Jill Enders

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
Lex Croucher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

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 Galaxy, and the Ground Within
Becky Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Game of Life and How to Play It
Florence Scovel Shinn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

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 Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Neil Strauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

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

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Garden of Small Beginnings
Abbi Waxman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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 Gathering Storm
Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
Margareta Magnusson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

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