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Loving Day
Mat Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Lowboy
John Wray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Loyalty
Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Lucien
J. R. Thornton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Lucky
Alice Sebold

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Lucky
Jane Smiley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Lucky Boy
Shanthi Sekaran

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Lucky Day
Chuck Tingle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Lucky's Plott
Libby Bagby

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Lucy
Jamaica Kincaid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Lucy Gayheart
Willa Cather

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

Lucy Temple
Susanna Rowson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1828

Lullaby
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Lumberjanes
N.D. Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Lunar Park
Bret Easton Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Lust for Life
Irving Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Lying Awake
Mark Salzman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Lyrical Ballads
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1798

The Lace Reader
Brunonia Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lady of the Rivers
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Lady's Mine
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science
Armand Marie Leroi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Lamplighter
Maria Susanna Cummins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1854

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 Language of Sycamores
Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Language Police
Diane Ravitch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Lantern Bearers
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1959

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
Denis Johnson

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

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 Bear
Hannah Gold

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Last Black Unicorn
Tiffany Haddish

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | 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 Command
Timothy Zahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Last Contract of Isako
Fonda Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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 Days of John Lennon
Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge, James Patterson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Ember
Lily Berlin Dodd

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

The Last Enchantment
Mary Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Last Fallen Star
Graci Kim

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary
Laura Shovan

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

The Last Girl
Nadia Murad

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

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 Musketeer
Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

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 One
Will Dean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Orphan
Gregg Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Patriot
Brad Thor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Last Policeman
Ben H. Winters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Last Resort
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

The Last Romantics
Tara Conklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last Russian Doll
Kristen Loesch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Sin Eater
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Last Sister
Kendra Elliot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Nathaniel Philbrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

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 Tale of the Flower Bride
Roshani Chokshi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

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
Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Last Town On Earth
Thomas Mullen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Last Train to Key West
Chanel Cleeton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Train to London
Meg Waite Clayton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last Tudor
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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 Last Word
Elly Griffiths

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last Year of the War
Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

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 Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Laws of Medicine
Siddhartha Mukherjee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Laws of Simplicity
John Maeda

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lazarus Project
Aleksandar Hemon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Lazy Genius Way
Kendra Adachi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Leadership Moment
Michael Useem

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life
Robin S. Sharma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The League of Seven
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014