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A Killer's Wife

Victor Methos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

A Kind of Flying

Ron Carlson

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2003

A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows

Holly Renee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A Kiss Before Dying

Ira Levin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Kaaterskill Falls

Allegra Goodman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Kabul Beauty School

Deborah Rodriguez, Kristin Ohlson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Kafka

Gilles Deleuze

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Kafka Was the Rage

Anatole Broyard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1975

Kaleidoscope

Brian Selznick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Kallocain

Karin Boye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Kane and Abel

Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Karen

Kelsey Grammer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Karl Marx

Francis Wheen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

Karma

Sadhguru

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Kasher in the Rye

Moshe Kasher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Katalin Street

Magda Szabó

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (austin Kleon)

Austin Kleon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Keeping Corner

Kashmira Sheth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Keeping Faith

Jimmy Carter

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

Keeping Faith

Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Keeping Pace

Laurie Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

Keeping the Castle

Patrice Kindl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Keeping the Moon

Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Keeping You A Secret

Julie Anne Peters

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Keep Me

Sara Cate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Keep Quiet

Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ketchup Clouds

Annabel Pitcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Keturah and Lord Death

Martine Leavitt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Khirbet Khizeh

S. Yizhar

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1949

Kicking Away the Ladder

Ha-Joon Chang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!

Liza Minnelli

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Kierkegaard: A Single Life

Stephen Backhouse

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Kiki's Delivery Service

Eiko Kadono

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1985

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul

James McBride

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Killer of Enemies

Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Killer Pizza

Greg Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Kill Hole

Jamake Highwater

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Killing Commendatore

Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence

Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Killing Jodie

Janet Fife-Yeomans

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Killing Moon

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw

Mark Bowden

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Killing The Rising Sun

Bill O'Reilly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Killman Creek

Rachel Caine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Kill Me Quick

Meja Mwangi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Kill Shot

Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Kill Switch

Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Kill Your Darlings

Peter Swanson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

King John

William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1598

King of Gluttony

Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

King of Kings

Scott Anderson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

King of Shadows

Susan Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

King Of The Mild Frontier

Chris Crutcher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2003

King of the Screwups

K. L. Going

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

King of the World

David Remnick

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

King Rat

China Miéville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

King's Cage

Victoria Aveyard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

King Solomon’s Mines

H. Rider Haggard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1885

Kings Rising

C.S. Pacat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover

Robert Moore, Douglas Gillette

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Kiss and Don't Tell

Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Kisses and Croissants

Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Kiss Her Once for Me

Alison Cochrun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Kiss Me First

Lottie Moggach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Kiss Number 8

Colleen AF Venable

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2019

Kiss the Sky

Becca Ritchie, Krista Ritchie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Kit's Wilderness

David Almond

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Knave of Diamonds

Laurie R. King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Knife

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Knockemstiff

Donald Ray Pollock

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2008

Knockout

K. A. Holt

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Knots in My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid

Jerry Spinelli

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Knowing What We Know

Simon Winchester

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Knucklehead

Jon Scieszka

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Kobe Bryant

Jeff Savage

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Kolyma Tales

Varlam Shalamov

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1978

Kotler On Marketing

Philip Kotler

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Krampus

Brom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Kyoto Protocol

United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Kane Chronicles Survival Guide

Rick Riordan

Fiction | Reference/Text Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Keep

Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Keeper

Guadalupe García Mccall

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Keeper of Magical Things

Julie Leong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Keepers of the House

Shirley Ann Grau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Kentucky Cycle

Robert Schenkkan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1991

The Kept

James Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore

Joan Lowery Nixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

David Kertzer

Nonfiction | Biography | Published in 1997

The Killer Across the Table

Mark Olshaker, John E. Douglas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Killer of Little Shepherds

Douglas Starr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Killer's Cousin

Nancy Werlin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Killer's Tears

Anne-Laure Bondoux

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Killing Stones

Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Kindest Lie

Nancy Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Kindness of Enemies

Leila Aboulela

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Kind Worth Saving

Peter Swanson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The King and I

Richard Rodgers

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

The Kingdom

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Kingdom of Copper

S. A. Chakraborty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The King Is Coming

John Bevere

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026