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Nonesuch
Francis Spufford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

None to Accompany Me
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Non-Violent Resistance
Mahatma Gandhi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

No One Belongs Here More Than You
Miranda July

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2007

No One Ever Asked
Katie Ganshert

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

No One is Coming to Save Us
Stephanie Powell Watts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done
Sophie Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Noon Wine
Katherine Anne Porter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Noor
Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

No Ordinary Time
Doris Kearns Goodwin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1994

No Place Like Rome
Julie Moffett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

No Place to Hide
Glenn Greenwald

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

North Of Beautiful
Justina Chen Headley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Norwegian By Night
Derek B. Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

No Stone Unturned
Steve Jackson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

No Survivors
Tom Cain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

No Sweetness Here and Other Stories
Ama Ata Aidoo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

Notes from No Man's Land
Eula Biss

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

Notes on a Nervous Planet
Matt Haig

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Notes on a Scandal
Zoë Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Notes on Being a Man
Scott Galloway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Notes on Infinity
Austin Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Nothing
Janne Teller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

Nothing Ever Dies
Viet Thanh Nguyen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Nothing Gold Can Stay
Ron Rash

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2012

Nothing Like it in the World
Stephen Ambrose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Nothing Tastes as Good
Luke Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

No Time Like the Future
Michael J. Fox

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Not in the Heart
Chris Fabry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President
E. Jean Carroll

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Not on Our Watch
John Prendergast

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Notorious RBG
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Not Safe for Work
Nisha J. Tuli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Roxane Gay

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2018

Not That Kind of Girl
Lena Dunham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

No Turning Point
Theodore Corbett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Now I Surrender
Álvaro Enrigue, Transl. Natasha Wimmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Nurtureshock: New Thinking About Children
Ashley Merryman, Po Bronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Naked And The Dead
Norman Mailer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Naked Ape
Desmond Morris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

The Naked Sun
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Name of the Game Was Murder
Joan Lowery Nixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

The Name of the Star
Maureen Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Nanny Diaries
Nicola Kraus, Emma McLaughlin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Natural
Bernard Malamud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
Florence Williams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Nature of the Gods
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 46

The Nazi Conspiracy
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Nazi Officer's Wife
Edith Hahn Beer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

The Need
Helen Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Neighbor Favor
Kristina Forest

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Neon Bible
John Kennedy Toole

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

The Nest
Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Never King
Nikki St. Crowe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny
Laura Bates

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Betty Edwards

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education
W. Edwards Deming

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

The New Kids
Brooke Hauser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke
Jeffrey C. Stewart

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

The New New Thing
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, News Releases, & Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly
David Meerman Scott

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The News about Dinosaurs
Patricia Lauber

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

The New Science of Learning
Terry Doyle, Todd Zakrajsek

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World
Peter Frankopan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The New Yorkers
Cathleen Schine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Nick Adams Stories
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1972

The Night Agent
Matthew Quirk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Night Bird
Brian Freeman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Night Fire
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Night Gardener
George Pelecanos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Night in Question
Tobias Wolff

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1996

The Night Masquerade
Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2018

The Nightshade God
Hannah Whitten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Night the Bed Fell
James Thurber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1933

The Ninth Hour
Alice McDermott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Ninth Life of Louis Drax
Liz Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Ninth Month
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The No Club
Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, Laurie Weingart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Noise of Time
Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Noonday Demon
Andrew Solomon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

The North Water: A Novel
Ian Mcguire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The No-Show
Beth O'Leary

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022