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A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting

Sophie Irwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A Legacy of Spies

John le Carré

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Life in the Twentieth Century

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

A Life's Work

Rachel Cusk

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

A Light in the Window

Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

A Line to Kill

Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Little Hatred

Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

A Little History of Philosophy

Nigel Warburton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

A Little Piece of Ground

Elizabeth Laird

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

A Living Nightmare

Darren Shan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

A Long Game

Elizabeth McCracken

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

A Long Time Coming

Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Love Like the Sun

Riss M. Neilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

Roland Barthes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

Labor

Mary Fariba Afsari

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Labor Day

Joyce Maynard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Labyrinths

Jorge Luis Borges

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1962

Laches

Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 381

L.A. Confidential

James Ellroy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Ladies in Hating

Alexandra Vasti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

Anne Glenconner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Lady Macbeth

Susan Fraser King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Lady Midnight

Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Lady of the Eternal City

Kate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Lady of the Lake

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Lady Oracle

Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Lady Smoke

Laura Sebastian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Lady Windermere's Fan

Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1892

Lagoon

Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Lair of Dreams

Libba Bray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Lake Wobegon Days

Garrison Keillor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Lakewood

Megan Giddings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Landline

Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Landlines

Raynor Winn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Land Mines

Sheilah Vance

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Land of Desire

William R. Leach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Land of Hope

Wilfred M. Mcclay

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | YA | Published in 2019

Land of Love and Drowning

Tiphanie Yanique

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Land of Love and Ruins

Oddný Eir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Language in Thought and Action

S. I. Hayakawa, Alan R. Hayakawa

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1939

Language, Truth and Logic

Alfred Jules Ayer

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1936

Lanny

Max Porter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Lanterns on the Levee

William Alexander Percy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1941

La Regenta

Leopoldo Alas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1884

Larry's Party

Carol Shields

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Las Madres

Esmeralda Santiago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Lassie Come-Home

Eric Knight

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1940

Last Argument of Kings

Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Last Call

Tim Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Last Chance to See

Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Last Christmas in Paris

Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Last Day

Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Last Friends

Jane Gardam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Last Girl Ghosted

Lisa Unger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Last Kiss

Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Last Man In Tower

Aravind Adiga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Last Man Standing

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Last Night at the Lobster

Stewart O'Nan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Last Night in Brooklyn

Xochitl Gonzalez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Last Night in Montreal

Emily St. John Mandel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Last of the Breed

Louis L'Amour

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Last of the Menu Girls

Denise Chavez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Last Orders

Graham Swift

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Last Rites

Ozzy Osbourne

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Last Sacrifice

Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Last Summer on State Street

Toya Wolfe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Late in the Day

Tessa Hadley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

Margaret Renkl

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Late Nights on Air

Elizabeth Hay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Lateral Thinking

Edward de Bono

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

Laughing At My Nightmare

Shane Burcaw

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story

Oliver La Farge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Laughing Without An Accent

Firoozeh Dumas

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Laughter in the Dark

Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

L.A. Weather

María Amparo Escandón

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Law Maker

Susie Tate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

L. A. Women

Ella Berman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Lawrence in Arabia

Scott Anderson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Laxdaela Saga

Anonymous

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1245

Lay Bare the Heart

James Farmer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Lázár

Nelio Biedermann, Transl. Jamie Bulloch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Leadership

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1994

Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know

John C. Maxwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Leadership Is an Art

Max De Pree

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Leadership without Easy Answers

Ronald Heifetz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Leading at a Higher Level

Ken Blanchard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Leading With Cultural Intelligence

David Livermore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

League of Dragons

Naomi Novik

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Leah on the Offbeat

Becky Albertalli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Learning Curve

Rachel Spangler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Learning to Die in the Anthropocene

Roy Scranton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Learning to Drive: A Novel

Mary Hays

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

Conor Knighton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Leaving Home

Jan Michael

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Leaving Home

Mark Haddon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Leaving the Atocha Station

Ben Lerner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Lectures on the Philosophy of History

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1831

Lee Miller: A Life

Carolyn Burke

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Left on Tenth

Delia Ephron

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Legacy

Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019