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The Medusa and the Snail

Lewis Thomas

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

The Melting Pot

Maria Kaneva-Johnson

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Member of the Wedding

Carson McCullers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

The Memory Chalet

Tony Judt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Memory of an Elephant

Alex Lasker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Memory of Light

Francisco X. Stork

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Memory of Love

Aminatta Forna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Memory of Running

Ron McLarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Memory Palace

Mira Bartok

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Men in My Life

Vivian Gornick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Mephisto Club

Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock

Imogen Hermes Gowar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Mermaid Chair

Sue Monk Kidd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Messenger

Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Metaphysical Club

Louis Menand

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Meursault Investigation

Kamel Daoud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Mezzanine

Nicholson Baker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Middle Passage

Tom Feelings

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1995

The Middlesteins

Jami Attenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Milk of Birds

Sylvia Whitman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Millionaire Next Door

Thomas J. Stanley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Mime Order

Samantha Shannon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Mimic Men

V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Mind of the Strategist: The Mind of the Strategist

Kenichi Ohmae

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

Hal Elrod

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Mirror House Girls

Faith Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Misanthrope

Moliere

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1666

The Miserable Mill

Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

The Mistake

Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mitten

Jan Brett

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1989

The Mockingbird Next Door

Marja Mills

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

The Monk and the Riddle

Randy Komisar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Monk of Mokha

Dave Eggers

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

The Monogram Murders

Sophie Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Monsters of Templeton

Lauren Groff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Monstrumologist

Rick Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being

Simone Davies

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Monument

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

The Monuments Men

Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Moon and Sixpence

W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1919

The Moorchild

Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Moor's Last Sigh

Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Morgue and Me

John C. Ford

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Morning Star

Karl Ove Knausgård

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Most Human Human

Brian Christian

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Moths and Other Stories

Helena Maria Viramontes

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1985

The Mouse on the Mile

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Moves Make the Man

Bruce Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

The Murder at World's End

Ross Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Murder of the Century

Paul Collins

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Murder on the Links

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

The Museum of Extraordinary Things

Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Museum of Innocence

Orhan Pamuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Music of Chance

Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Mystic Masseur

V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Myths of Innovation

Scott Berkun

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007