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The Portable Beat Reader
Ann Charters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Portrait
Danielle Steel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Possessed
Elif Batuman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Possession of Alba Díaz
Isabel Cañas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Postman
David Brin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Postmistress
Sarah Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Postmodern Condition
Jean-François Lyotard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Power
Michael Grant

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Power
Rhonda Byrne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Power of a Praying Woman
Stormie Omartian

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Power of Full Engagement
Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
Tim Marshall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Power Of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters
Emily Esfahani Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Power of Positive Thinking
Norman Vincent Peale

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1952

The Power of Six
Pittacus Lore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Power of Sympathy
William Hill Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1789

The Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Predator
RuNyx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Prediction
Faith Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir
Gaby Rodriguez

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2012

The Prelude
William Wordsworth

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1850

The Prestige
Christopher Priest

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Pretender
Jo Harkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Prince of Fenway Park
Julianna Baggott

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Prince of Frogtown
Rick Bragg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Prince of Mist
Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Printed Letter Bookshop
Katherine Reay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Prisoner of Chillon
James Patrick Kelly

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1986

The Privilege of Youth
Dave Pelzer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

The Prize
Jill Bialosky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Probability Of Miracles
Wendy Wunder

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Problem of Social Cost
R. H. Coase

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1960

The Problem with Forever
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy
Chris Bailey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Professor
Charlotte Brontë

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1857

The Project
David A. Graham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Promise
Ann Weisgarber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Promise of American Life
Herbert Croly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1909

The Promise of a Pencil
Adam Braun

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Promise of Heaven
David Jeremiah

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
Laura Schlessinger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Prophet of Yonwood
Jeanne DuPrau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Proposal
Jasmine Guillory

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2012

The Prussian Officer
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1914

The Psychology of Selling: Increase Your Sales Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible
Brian Tracy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Public and Its Problems
John Dewey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1927

The Pucking Wrong Number
C.R. Jane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Pugilist at Rest: Stories
Thom Jones

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1993

The Pursuit of Happiness
Douglas Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Pursuit of Holiness
Jerry Bridges

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

The Pushcart War
Jean Merrill

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
Eric Berlin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007