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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 Hope

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Perfect Husband

Lisa Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Perfect Other

Kyleigh Leddy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Perfect Stranger

Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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 Plea

Steve Cavanagh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Pleasure of My Company

Steve Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Plight Before Christmas

Kate Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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

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 Postmistress of Paris

Meg Waite Clayton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Postmodern Condition

Jean-François Lyotard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Postscript Murders

Elly Griffiths

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Power

Michael Grant

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Power

Rhonda Byrne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Power of a Positive Team: Proven Principles and Practices That Make Great Teams Great (jon Gordon)

Jon Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

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 Intention: Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way

Wayne W. Dyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Power of Letting Go

John Purkiss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

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 Showing Up

Tina Payne Bryson, Daniel J. Siegel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

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 Practice of Groundedness

Brad Stulberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

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 Price of Peace

Zachary D. Carter

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

The Price of Time

Tim Tigner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

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 Private Equity Playbook

Adam Coffey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

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 Prophets

Robert Jones Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Proposal

Jasmine Guillory

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2012