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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 Locked Ward
Sarah Pekkanen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Lola Quartet
Emily St. John Mandel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Lonely Hearts Hotel
Heather O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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 Longevity Project
Howard S. Friedman, Leslie R. Martin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Long Hard Road Out of Hell
Marilyn Manson, Neil Strauss

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

The Long Run
James Acker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Long Shadow of Little Rock
Daisy Bates

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1962

The Long Ships
Frans G. Bengtsson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Long Song
Andrea Levy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

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 God Made Them All
James Herriot

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1981

The Lord of Opium
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Lords of Easy Money
Christopher Leonard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lost
James Patterson, Emily Raymond

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Lost
Natasha Preston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Lost and Found Bookshop
Susan Wiggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Lost Book of the White
Wesley Chu, Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Zachary Mason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Lost Colony
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Lost Continent
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The Lost Continent
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Lost Daughters of China
Karin Evans

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel
Douglas Brunt

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

The Lost Gate
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Lost Girl
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Heinrich Böll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Lost Metal
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes
Chanel Cleeton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Lost Summers of Newport
Lauren Willig, Karen White, Beatriz Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lost Ticket
Freya Sampson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lost Vintage
Ann Mah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lost Wife
Alyson Richman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Love Of A Good Woman
Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

The Love of My Youth
Mary Gordon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Lover
Robin Schone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
Rachel Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Love That Split the World
Emily Henry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Love Wife
Gish Jen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Lower Depths
Maxim Gorky

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1902

The Luckiest Girl in the World
Steven Levenkron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Luminous Dead
Caitlin Starling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Lusiads
Luís de Camões

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1572

The Luxe
Anna Godbersen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Luzhin Defense
Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

The Lying Game
Sara Shepard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Lying Woods
Ashley Elston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018