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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 Thing She Ever Did
Gregg Olsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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

The Least of Us
Sam Quinones

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Ledge
Jim Davidson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Legend of Drizzt: The Collected Stories
R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2011

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 Leopard
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Lesser Blessed
Richard Van Camp

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Lesser Dead
Christopher Buehlman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Lessons of History
Will Durant, Ariel Durant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Letter
Kathryn Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Letter Carrier
Francesca Giannone, Transl. Elettra Pauletto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Letter Keeper
Charles Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Liar
Steve Cavanagh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Liar
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

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 Librarians
Sherry Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Librarian Spy
Madeline Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Library of Amorlin
Kalyn Josephson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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 Lies That Bind
Emily Giffin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Lie Tree
Frances Hardinge

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Lieutenant
Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Lie You Don't Know You Believe
Jennie Allen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

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 Lifeguards
Amanda Eyre Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Life Intended
Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Life of Andrew Jackson
Marquis James

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1938

The Life of Herod the Great
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Novel | 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 Beyond the Forest
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Hazel Gaynor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lighthouse Witches
C.J. Cooke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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 Lightning Rod
Brad Meltzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Light of Luna Park
Addison Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Light Through the Leaves
Glendy Vanderah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Lion
Joseph Kessel, Transl. Peter Green

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1958

The Lion and the Rose
Kate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Lion in Winter
James Goldman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1966

The Lions of Lucerne
Brad Thor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Lions Run
Sara Pennypacker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

The Lion & the Deathless Dark
Carissa Broadbent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The List
Steve Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Litigators
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

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 Italian Hotel
Phaedra Patrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules
Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

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 Little White Horse
Elizabeth Goudge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1946

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