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A Painful Case
James Joyce

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1914

A Parchment of Leaves
Silas House

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

A Passion in the Desert
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1830

A Patch of Blue
Elizabeth Kata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

A Patchwork Planet
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

A Peace to End All Peace
David Fromkin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

A Pearl in the Storm
Tori Murden McClure

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

A People's Tragedy
Orlando Figes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

A Personal Matter
Kenzaburo Oe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

A Pho Love Story
Loan Le

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

A Pickpocket's Tale
Timothy J. Gilfoyle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

A Piece of the World
Christina Baker Kline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Pigeon and a Boy
Meir Shalev

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

A Pigeon's Tale
S.A. Mahan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

A Place Called Freedom
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

A Place to Belong
Cynthia Kadohata

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

A Preface to Paradise Lost
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1942

A Pride of Poppies
Julie Bozza, et al.

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

A Primate's Memoir
Robert M. Sapolsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

A Princess of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

A Problem from Hell
Samantha Power

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
E. L. Konigsburg

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

Packinghouse Daughter
Cheri Register

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1990

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Roddy Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Paladin's Faith
T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Paladin's Hope
T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Paladin's Strength
T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Palimpsest
Gore Vidal

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1953

Pandora's Lab
Paul A. Offit

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Panic
Lauren Oliver

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Pantagruel
François Rabelais

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1532

Pantomime
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1978

Paper Princess
Erin Watt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Paradais
Fernanda Melchor, Transl. Sophie Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Paradise Road
Kirk Nesset

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Paranoia
James Patterson, James O. Born

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Paris to the Moon
Adam Gopnik

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Paris Trout
Pete Dexter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Parrot and Olivier in America
Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Parrot In The Oven
Victor Martinez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Party of Liars
Kelsey Cox

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Passing Strange
Martha A. Sandweiss

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Pastoralia
George Saunders

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2000

Pastrami on Rye
Ted Merwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Past the Shallows
Favel Parrett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Pather Panchali
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
Jonathan Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Pathologies of Power
Paul Farmer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Patrimony
Philip Roth

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Patriot Games
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Pattern Recognition
William Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Paula
Isabel Allende

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire
Flora Fraser

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

Paul Revere's Ride
David Hackett Fischer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Pavilion of Women
Pearl S. Buck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

Peace Breaks Out
John Knowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Peace Is Every Step
Thich Nhat Hanh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Peaches
Jodi Lynn Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Pearl Buck in China
Hilary Spurling

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Pearl Harbor: Warning And Decision
Roberta Wohlstetter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

Pearl in the Sand
Tessa Afshar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Pearl of China
Anchee Min

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Peeling the Onion
Günter Grass

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Peeps
Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Pendragon: Arthur And His Britain
Joseph P. Clancy

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1972

Penny from Heaven
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Peony In Love
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Perdido Street Station
China Mieville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Perfect Chemistry
Simone Elkeles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Peril at End House
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers
Seth Godin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Permutation City
Greg Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Persepolis Rising
James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Personal History
Katharine Graham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Persuader
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Pestilence
Laura Thalassa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Petals on the Wind
V. C. Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
J. M. Barrie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1906

Peter the Great
Robert K. Massie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1980

Phenomena: Poems
Cathryn Hankla

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2021

Philadelphia Fire
John Edgar Wideman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Philaster
Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1609

Philip Larkin
Andrew Motion

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

Phillis Wheatley: Complete Writings
Phillis Wheatley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1773

Philosophical Investigations
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
Richard Rorty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Phineas Gage
John Fleischman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

Phormio
Terence

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 161

Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
Michio Kaku

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Picture Bride
Cathy Song

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 1983

Picture Me Gone
Meg Rosoff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Picturing Will
Ann Beattie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Piece of My Heart
Peter Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
Herman Melville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1852

Piers Plowman
William Langland

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1377

Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories
John Updike

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1962

Pig Girl
Colleen Murphy

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2004

Pigs In Heaven
Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993