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The Off Limits Rule
Sarah Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Old Drift
Namwali Serpell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Old Gringo
Carlos Fuentes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Old Regime and The French Revolution
Alexis de Tocqueville

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1856

The Omnivore's Dilemma - Young Readers Edition
Michael Pollan

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2006

The One
Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey
Kenneth H. Blanchard, William Oncken Jr.

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The One Safe Place
Tania Unsworth

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The One Thing You'd Save
Linda Sue Park, Illustr. Robert Sae-Heng

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The One Thing You Need to Know
Marcus Buckingham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Only
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Only Alien on the Planet
Kristen D. Randle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Only Story
Julian Barnes

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

The Only Survivors
Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Opal Deception
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Open Era
Edward Schmit

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Opposite of Loneliness
Marina Keegan

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2014

The Opposite of Spoiled
Ron Lieber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Orange Houses
Paul Griffin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Orchardist
Amanda Coplin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Ordeal of the Longhouse
Daniel K. Richter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Order of Time
Carlo Rovelli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Ordinary Princess
M.M. Kaye

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1980

The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
Rinker Buck

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Orenda
Joseph Boyden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Organic Machine
Richard White

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Organization Man
William H. Whyte

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1956

The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Daniel J. Levitin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
John R. Erickson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1983

The Original Daughter
Jemimah Wei

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Origins of Political Order
Francis Fukuyama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
María Rosa Menocal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Orphan Keeper
Camron Wright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Other Emily
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Other Mothers
Katherine Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Other Side
Juan Pablo Villalobos

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2019

The Other Side of Dark
Sarah Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

The Other Side of Silence
Ted Allbeury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Other Side of the Island
Allegra Goodman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Other Typist
Suzanne Rindell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Otherwhere Post
Emily J. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Other Woman
Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Outlander
Gil Adamson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne
Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Outrun: A Memoir
Amy Liptrot

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Outstation
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1924

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
Kelly Harms

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions
Joseph Nguyen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Overton Window
Glenn Beck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Owl Service
Alan Garner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The Ox Bow Incident
Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies
Kate Westbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026