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A Jest of God
Margaret Laurence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Jack and Rochelle
Jack Sutin, Rochelle Sutin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

Jack London: An American Life
Earle G. Labor

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Jack Maggs
Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Jacob Have I Loved
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Jacob's Rescue
Malka Drucker, Michael Halperin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Jacob's Room
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

Jacques the Fatalist and His Master
Denis Diderot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1796

Jaguar
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Jake and Lily
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

James Bond
Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

James Joyce: A New Biography
Gordon Bowker

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Jam on the Vine
Lashonda Katrice Barnett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Jane Austen: A Life
Carol Shields

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2001

Jane Steele
Lyndsay Faye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Janus: A Summing Up
Arthur Koestler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

Jarhead
Anthony Swofford

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Jason's Gold
Will Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Jazz
Toni Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Jefferson's Pillow
Roger Wilkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Jellicoe Road
Melina Marchetta

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Jennie Gerhardt
Theodore Dreiser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1911

Jennifer Government
Max Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Wendy Mass

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Jerusalem Delivered
Torquato Tasso

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1581

Jesus Land
Julia Scheeres

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

Jesus' Son
Denis Johnson

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

Jesus Through the Centuries
Jaroslav Pelikan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

JFK: Reckless Youth
Nigel Hamilton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1992

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Chris Ware

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Jim the Boy
Tony Earley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Joan of Arc: A History
Helen Castor

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Job: A Man of Heroic Endurance
Charles R. Swindoll

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1987

Joey Pigza Loses Control
Jack Gantos

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

John Adams
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2001

John Bull's Other Island
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1904

John Cardinal O'Connor
Nat Hentoff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

John Donne: The Reformed Soul
John Stubbs

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2019

John Henry Days
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

John Keats
Aileen Ward

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

John Milton
Thomas N. Corns

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand
Richard Reeves

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father
Francis J. Bremer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

Jonah's Gourd Vine
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World
Leo Damrosch

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Salman Rushdie

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Joseph Conrad: A Critical Biography
Jocelyn Baines

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1960

Joss Whedon
Amy Pascale

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Journey from the Land of No
Roya Hakakian

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Journey into the Whirlwind
Eugenia Ginzburg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1967

Journey of the Sparrows
Fran Leeper Buss

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Journey's End
R.C. Sherriff

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

Journey Through Genius
William Dunham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1990

Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan
Carlos Castaneda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

Journey to Munich
Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Journey to the End of the Night
Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Journey to Topaz
Yoshiko Uchida

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1971

Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1895

Juliet
Anne Fortier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

July's People
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Jumping Off Swings
Jo Knowles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Jumping the Nail
Eve Bunting

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

Jump Ship to Freedom
Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

Junky
William S. Burroughs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Just After Sunset
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2008

Just a Kiss
Denise Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Just Another Hero
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Just Ella
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Just One Day
Gayle Forman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Janissary Tree
Jason Goodwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Jesus I Never Knew
Philip Yancey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Jewel in the Crown
Paul Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Jew of Malta
Christopher Marlowe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1589

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Katherine Anne Porter

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1929

The John Carlos Story
John Carlos, Dave Zirin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Jolly Corner
Henry James

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1908

The Jordan Rules
Sam Smith

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

The Journalist and the Murderer
Janet Malcolm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Journal of John Woolman
John Woolman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1774

The Journey Home
Isabelle Holland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

The Joys of Motherhood
Buchi Emecheta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Just City
Jo Walton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015