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Mistakes Were Made But Not By Me
Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Mister Magic
Kiersten White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Mister Pip
Lloyd Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mistress
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Mistress of Rome
Kate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Mistress Of The Art Of Death
Ariana Franklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Mistress of the Bones
Patricia Marie Janeshutz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Moab Is My Washpot
Stephen Fry

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Moderato Cantabile
Marguerite Duras

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1958

Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age
Anthony Giddens

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Mohawk Saint: Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits
Allan Greer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Molloy
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

Moments of Being
Virginia Woolf

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1976

Momo
Michael Ende

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

Mona in the Promised Land
Gish Jen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Mona Lisa Overdrive
William Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Monday Morning Leadership
David Cottrell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Money
Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Mongrels
Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Monkey Bridge
Lan Cao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Monogamy
Sue Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Monsignor Quixote
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Monster Book
Alice Hoogstad

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2008

Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member
Sanyika Shakur

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1993

Monstrous Regiment
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Montana
Gwen Florio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Moon Called
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Moonglow
Michael Chabon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith
Gina B. Nahai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Moon of the Turning Leaves
Waubgeshig Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Moon Over Soho
Ben Aaronovitch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Moonraker
Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Moon Rising
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Moonwalking with Einstein
Joshua Foer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Morality
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2009

Morality Play
Barry Unsworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Moral Politics
George Lakoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

More Joy in Heaven
Morley Callaghan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

More Than an Echo
Linda Kay Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

More Than Enough
Elaine Welteroth

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

More Than Human
Ramez Naam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

More Than You'll Ever Know
Katie Gutierrez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Mornings on Horseback
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1981

Mort
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Mosaic
Diane Armstrong

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Moscow 2042
Vladimir Voinovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Moses and Monotheism
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1939

Mostly Harmless
Douglas Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Mother California
Kenneth E. Hartman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church
Kevin Sack

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Motherland
Julia Ioffe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Mothers and Daughters
Rae Meadows

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Mothers and Others
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Mothers of Invention
Drew Gilpin Faust

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Mother Tongue
Sara Novic

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Mountain of Gold
Betty Lee Sung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Mourning Becomes Electra
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1931

Move Like Water
Hannah Stowe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Move Your Shadow
Joseph Lelyveld

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Moving Among Strangers
Gabrielle Carey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

Moving Day
Terence Young

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2021

Mozart's Sister
Nancy Moser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mr. Fixer Upper
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket
Chris Grabenstein

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game
Chris Grabenstein

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race
Chris Grabenstein

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game
Chris Grabenstein

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Mr. Masters
T. L. Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Mr. Sammler's Planet
Saul Bellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Mrs. Caliban
Rachel Ingalls

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
Rhys Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Mrs. Nash's Ashes
Sarah Adler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Elizabeth Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Mr. Splitfoot
Samantha Hunt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Mrs. Warren's Profession
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1893

Mr. Vertigo
Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio
Peter Robb

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Much Madness Is Divinest Sense
Kathleen J. Greider

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Mulan: Before the Sword
Grace Lin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Mulatto
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1935

Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life
Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1930

Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Muppets in Moscow
Natasha Lance Rogoff

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Murambi, The Book of Bones
Boubacar Boris Diop

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Murder
David Halliday

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1978

Murder as a Fine Art
David Morrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Murder at the Book Club
Betsy Reavley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Murder in Mesopotamia
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Murder Is Easy
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

Murder Must Advertise
Dorothy L. Sayers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Murder on a Kibbutz
Batya Gur

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Murder Your Darlings: And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser
Roy Peter Clark

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Muse of Nightmares
Laini Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Music of the Ghosts
Vaddey Ratner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Muslims and the Making of America
Amir Hussain

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

My Abandonment
Peter Rock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

My Absolute Darling
Gabriel Tallent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

My Age of Anxiety
Scott Stossel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder
Nie Jun

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

My Beloved
Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025