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Principles of Geology
Charles Lyell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1830

Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
Jacobo Timerman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1981

Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
Doris Lessing

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1987

Private
Maxine Paetro, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
Steve Coll

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Prodigal Son
Gregg Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Professional Troublemaker
Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Immanuel Kant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1783

Promise Me, Dad
Joe Biden

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Promise Me Not
Meagan Brandy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Promise of Blood
Brian McClellan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Proof of Heaven
Mary Curran Hackett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Prophecy
Carissa Véliz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Prophecy Of The Sisters
Michelle Zink

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Prospero's Daughter
Elizabeth Nunez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Prozac Nation
Elizabeth Wurtzel

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Prudence
David Treuer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

PS, I Love You
Cecelia Ahern

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Psycho-Cybernetics
Maxwell Maltz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

Psychology
William James

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1892

Psycho Shifters
Jasmine Mas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Public Opinion
Walter Lippmann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1922

Pucking Strong
Emily Rath

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice
Katie Cicatelli-Kuc

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Punished for Dreaming
Bettina L. Love

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Pure
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Purgatory
Tomás Eloy Martínez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Purgatory Ridge
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Purity
Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Purity in Death
J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
Seth Godin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Purple State
Dana Perino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Pushing The Limits
Katie McGarry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy
Bil Wright

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Python's Kiss
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2026

The Painted Girls
Cathy Marie Buchanan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Painter
Peter Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Painter from Shanghai
Jennifer Cody Epstein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Palace Papers
Tina Brown

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2022

The Paladin Prophecy
Mark Frost

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Pale Blue Eye
Louis Bayard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Pale-Faced Lie
David Crow

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Pale King
David Foster Wallace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Panda's Thumb
Stephen Jay Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1980

The Paris Match
Kate Clayborn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Aimee Bender

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Passenger
Lisa Lutz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Passion According to G.H.
Clarice Lispector

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Passion of Artemisia
Susan Vreeland

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Passion of New Eve
Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Path
Michael Puett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Path Between the Seas
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Path Made Clear
Oprah Winfrey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Patient's Secret
Loreth Anne White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Patriot Threat
Steve Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Peach Keeper
Sarah Addison Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Peacock and the Sparrow
I. S. Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Peacock Emporium
Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Peloponnesian War
Donald Kagan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Pentagon's Brain
Annie Jacobsen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Penultimate Peril
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The People's Platform
Astra Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The People vs. Alex Cross
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Peppermint Pig
Nina Bawden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

The Perennial Philosophy: An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West
Aldous Huxley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1945

The Perfect Find
Tia Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Perfect Husband
Lisa Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Perfect Other
Kyleigh Leddy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Perfume Collector
Kathleen Tessaro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Perilous Road
William O. Steele

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1958

The Persian Pickle Club
Sandra Dallas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Philosopher in the Valley
Michael Steinberger

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
Laura Imai Messina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Photographer
Didier Lefèvre, Emmanuel Guibert, Frédéric Lemercier

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Physicists
Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1962

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Katherine Howe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Piano Tuner
Daniel Mason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Pickup
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Pilgrimage
Transl. Julia Sanches, Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Pisces
Melissa Broder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Places in Between
Rory Stewart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Planets
Dava Sobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Play
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Player of Games
Iain M. Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Playmaker
Thomas Keneally

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Playroom
John Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Play that Changed My Life
Ben Hodges

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Pleasure of My Company
Steve Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Pocket Wife
Susan Crawford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Poe Shadow
Matthew Pearl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Poet
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Poisoner
Stephen Bates

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Poison Jungle
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Poison Tree
Erin Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Poison Tree
Alan Prendergast

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Politics of Education
Paulo Freire

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Ponder Heart
Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1954

The Pope and Mussolini
David I. Kertzer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

The Populist Explosion
John Judis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Porcupine of Truth
Bill Konigsberg

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015