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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 Getaway Girls
Dee MacDonald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Ghost of Graylock
Dan Poblocki

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
Penelope Lively

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Ghost Road
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Ghost Sonata
August Strindberg

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1907

The Ghostwriter
A.R. Torre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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 Gift
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Gift of Failure
Jessica Lahey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Gilded Blade
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

The Gilded Years
Karin Tanabe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Gingerbread Bakery
Laurie Gilmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Ginger Man
J. P. Donleavy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Girl Behind the Gates
Brenda Davies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Girlfriend
Michelle Frances

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Girl From Everywhere
Heidi Heilig

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Girl From Greenwich Street
Lauren Willig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Girl From Widow Hills
Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Girl He Used to Know
Tracey Garvis Graves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Girl in Cabin 13
A. J. Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Girl in the Lake
Lauren Oliver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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 Girl Next Door
Jack Ketchum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Girls
Lori Lansens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Girls Before
Kate Alice Marshall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Melissa Bank

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

The Girls I've Been
Tess Sharpe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Girl Who Came Home
Hazel Gaynor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Girl Who Chased the Moon
Sarah Addison Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Catherynne M. Valente

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

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 Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

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 Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
David Lagercrantz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Girl With Ice in Her Veins
Karin Smirnoff, Transl. Sarah Death

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Given Day
Dennis Lehane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

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 Universe
Dava Sobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times
Odd Arne Westad

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Glorians
Terry Tempest Williams

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2026

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 of New York
Jonathan Mahler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Doves
Martha Hall Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Golden Enclaves
Naomi Novik

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

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 Hour
Beatriz Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Golden House
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Golden Legend
Nadeem Aslam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Golden Lily
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Golden Mean
Annabel Lyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Golden Spruce
John Vaillant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Golden Touch
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1851

The Good Book of Human Nature
Carel Van Schaik

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Good Daughters
Joyce Maynard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Good Dog
Avi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

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 House
Tananarive Due

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Good Husband
Gail Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Good Left Undone
Adriana Trigiani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Good Liar
Denise Mina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
Robert Waldinger, Marc Schulz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
Maxwell King

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Good People
Hannah Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

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 Goose Girl
Shannon Hale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Gormenghast Trilogy
Mervyn Peake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

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 Graduation of Jake Moon
Barbara Park

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Grand Design
Donald Stoker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life
George Washington Cable

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1880

The Grasmere Journal
Dorothy Wordsworth

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

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 Gray Man
Mark Greaney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction
Linda Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Great Bridge
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972