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Marriage of Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1786

Marse Chan: The Tale of Old Virginia

Thomas Nelson Page

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1887

Martha

Diana Wallis Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Martha Quest

Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer

Steven Millhauser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World

Eric Metaxas

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

Martin & Malcolm & America

James H. Cone

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

Martyn Pig

Kevin Brooks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Marxism and Literature

Raymond Williams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

Mary Anne Saves the Day

Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1987

Mary, Bloody Mary

Carolyn Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Mary Chesnut's Civil War

C. Vann Woodward

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1981

Mary Coin

Marisa Silver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Mary Reilly

Valerie Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Mascot

Charles Waters, Traci Sorell

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

Mason & Dixon

Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Masquerade

O. O. Sangoyomi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Master Georgie

Beryl Bainbridge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Mastering the Market Cycle

Howard Marks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Master of Salt & Bones

Keri Lake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Master of the Game

Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Masters of Disaster

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Masters of the Dew

Jacques Roumain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1944

Master Your Emotions

Thibaut Meurisse

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Matchmaking for Beginners

Maddie Dawson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Matchmaking for Psychopaths

Tasha Coryell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Mateo Falcone

Prosper Merimee

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1829

Mathilda Savitch

Victor Lodato

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Matigari

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Matryona's House

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1963

Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

Karl Marlantes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Maxed Out

James D. Scurlock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Max Havelaar

Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1860

Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed

Brian Tracy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Maximum City

Suketu Mehta

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Max in the Land of Lies

Adam Gidwitz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

Maya's Notebook: A Novel

Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

May Day

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1920

Mayhem

Nicholas Rogers

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

M.C. Higgins, the Great

Virginia Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

Me

Elton John

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Meadowland

John Lewis-Stempel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Me and Orson Welles

Robert Kaplow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Mean Genes

Jay Phelan, Terry Burnham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Mean Moms

Emma Rosenblum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Means of Ascent

Robert A. Caro

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1990

Mean Streak

Sandra Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Meant to Be

Emily Giffin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Measuring the World

Daniel Kehlmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Med Head

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Medical Nemesis

Ivan Illich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

Meditation

Osho

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

Anthony Bourdain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

Marcus J. Borg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Meet Me at the Museum

Anne Youngson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Meet Me in the Garden

Nina LaCour

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Meet Me in the Margins

Melissa Ferguson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Meet the Austins

Madeleine L'Engle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1960

Mein Kampf

Adolf Hitler

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1925

Melanctha

Gertrude Stein

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1909

Memed, My Hawk

Yashar Kemal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Memoirs and Misinformation

Jim Carrey, Dana Vachon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

Simone de Beauvoir

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1958

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend

Matthew Dicks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Memoirs of a Polar Bear

Yoko Tawada

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Gabrielle Zevin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Memorial

Bryan Washington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Memories of a Catholic Girlhood

Mary Mccarthy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1957

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Memory of Departure

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Me, Myself and Us

Brian R. Little

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress

Rhoda Janzen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Men to Match My Mountains

Irving Stone

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1943

Mercies in Disguise

Gina Kolata

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

Mercy

Sara Cate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Mercy

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Mercy Falls

William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes

Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Meridian

Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Merle's Door

Ted Kerasote

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Merlin

Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Mermaids 13

John L. French

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2013

Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal

Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

MetaMaus

Art Spiegelman

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Metropolis

Thea von Harbou

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Mexico: The Cookbook

Margarita Carrillo Arronte

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Michael Kohlhaas

Heinrich von Kleist

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1810

Michael Vey

Richard Paul Evans

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling

Ross King

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Michel Foucault

Didier Eribon

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1989

Microbe Hunters

Paul De Kruif

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1926

Micromotives and Macrobehavior

Thomas Schelling

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

Middle of Nowhere

Caroline Adderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Middletide

Sarah Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Midnight

Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Midnight Assassin

Patricia L. Bryan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel

Fleur Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Midnight At The Dragon Cafe

Judy Fong Bates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Midnight Crossroad

Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014