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Master of the Game
Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Masters of Disaster
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

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

Mattering
Jennifer Breheny Wallace

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

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

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

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

Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time
Marcus J. Borg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

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

Meridian
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Merle's Door
Ted Kerasote

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

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

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

Midnight in Broad Daylight
Pamela Rotner Sakamoto

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Midnight Oil
V. S. Pritchett

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1971

Midnight on the Moon
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Midnight Ruin
Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Midwinterblood
Marcus Sedgwick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Midwinter Break
Bernard Maclaverty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Mighty Be Our Powers
Leymah Gbowee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Miguel Street
V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 1959

Mika in Real Life
Emiko Jean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Mila 18
Leon Uris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Milk Fed
Melissa Broder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Miller's Valley
Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway To Wealth & Prosperity
Dean Graziosi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Mindfulness in Plain English
Henepola Gunaratana

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
Gary Mack

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Mind Hacking
John Hargrave

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Mind Self and Society
George H.; Morris Mead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Mindwise
Nicholas Epley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Mine Boy
Peter Abrahams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results
Stephen Guise

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Mink River
Brian Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Minor Characters
Joyce Johnson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1983

Miracle on 34th Street
Valentine Davies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

Mirage City
Lev A. C. Rosen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Miriam
Aimée Sommerfelt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1957

Mischling
Affinity Konar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Misericordia
Benito Pérez Galdós

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1897

Miss Austen
Gill Hornby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Missing May
Cynthia Rylant

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Missing, Presumed
Susie Steiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Missing You
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Mississippi Blood
Greg Iles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017