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The Land
Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1974

The Land of Green Plums
Herta Müller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Land of Little Rain
Mary Hunter Austin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1903

The Langoliers
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1990

The Language Instinct
Steven Pinker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Last
Hanna Jameson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last American Man
Elizabeth Gilbert

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Last Apprentice
Joseph Delaney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Last Ballad
Wiley Cash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Boy and Girl in the World
Siobhan Vivian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Last Castle
Denise Kiernan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

The Last Child
John Hart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Last Crossing
Guy Vanderhaeghe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Last Days of California
Mary Miller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary
Laura Shovan

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Last Good War
Thomas Sanders

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Last Juror
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Last Mile
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Mission
Harry Mazer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Alfred Uhry

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

The Last of the Just
André Schwarz-Bart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Last of the Wine
Mary Renault

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

The Last One
Rachel Howzell Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last Patriot
Brad Thor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Last Picture Show
Larry Mcmurtry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Last Policeman
Ben H. Winters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Last Sin Eater
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Last Star
Rick Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Last Sultan
Robert Greenfield

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Last Summer of the Death Warriors
Francisco X. Stork

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Last Temptation of Christ
Nikos Kazantzakis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Last Thing I Remember
Andrew Klavan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Last Time We Say Goodbye
Cynthia Hand

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Last Town On Earth
Thomas Mullen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Last Unicorn
William Debuys

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Voyage of Columbus
Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

The Last Werewolf
Glen Duncan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Late Mattia Pascal
Luigi Pirandello

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1904

The Late Show
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Laughing Policeman
Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The Lazarus Project
Aleksandar Hemon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations
Barry Z. Posner, James M. Kouzes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The League of Seven
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Ledge
Jim Davidson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Legacy
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Legend of Good Women
Geoffrey Chaucer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1385

The Leisure Seeker
Michael Zadoorian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Lemon Orchard
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Length of a String
Elissa Brent Weissman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Lesser Blessed
Richard Van Camp

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Liberal Tradition in America
Louis Hartz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1955

The Liberator
John L. Thomas

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

The Lie and How We Told It
Tommi Parrish

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Lies That Bind
Judith Van Gieson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Lie Tree
Frances Hardinge

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Lieutenant
Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
James Cross Giblin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Life and Death of Crazy Horse
Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Life of Andrew Jackson
Marquis James

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1938

The Life of Chuck
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2025

The Life of Our Lord: Written for His Children During the Years 1846 to 1849
Charles Dickens

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1934

The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Paul Elie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

The Light at Tern Rock
Julia L. Sauer

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1941

The Light Fantastic
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Light in the Forest
Conrad Richter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1953

The Light In The Ruins
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Lightkeepers
Abby Geni

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Lightless Sky
Gulwali Passarlay

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Lion in Winter
James Goldman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1966

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns
John C. Bogle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Little Red Chairs
Edna O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Little School
Alicia Partnoy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1986

The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Little White Bird
J. M. Barrie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1902

The Lives of a Cell
Lewis Thomas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

The Lives of Others
Neel Mukherjee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Living
Annie Dillard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Living End
Lisa Samson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Lizard Cage
Karen Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Loaded Dog
Henry Lawson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1901

The Lonely Londoners
Samuel Selvon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

The Loney
Andrew Michael Hurley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Longest Day
Cornelius Ryan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

The Longest Memory
Fred D'Aguiar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Longest Second
Bill S. Ballinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Long Game
Rachel Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Long Shadow of Little Rock
Daisy Bates

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1962

The Long Valley
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1938

The Long Walk
Brian Castner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The Looming Tower
Lawrence Wright

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Looting Machine
Tom Burgis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Lorax
Dr. Seuss

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1971

The Lord of Opium
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships
Michael P. Nichols

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Zachary Mason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Lost Continent
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The Lost Daughters of China
Karin Evans

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000