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A Rage for Order
Robert F. Worth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

A Remarkable Woman
Anne Edwards

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

A Replacement Life
Boris Fishman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Rabbit at Rest
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Rabbit Hole: A Satanic Ritual Abuse Survivor's Story
David Shurter

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Rabbit Is Rich
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Rabbit Redux
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Rabbit, Run
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Rabelais and His World
Mikhail Bakhtin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1965

Race for Profit
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Race in America
Matthew Desmond, Mustafa Emirbayer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling
Marc Mauer, Sabrina Jones

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2013

Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America
Jonathan Kozol

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Radiance of Tomorrow
Ishmael Beah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Radical Candor
Kim Scott

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Radical Evolution
Joel Garreau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Radioactive Boy Scout
Ken Silverstein

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Raiders Night
Robert Lipsyte

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1966

Rainbow Boys
Alex Sanchez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Rainbows End
Vernor Vinge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Raining Sardines
Enrique Flores-Galbis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Rain Village
Carolyn Turgeon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Ramayana: A Retelling
Daljit Nagra

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2013

Rameau's Nephew
Denis Diderot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1805

Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer
Warren St. John

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Ramona
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1955

Ransom
Julie Garwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Rape Fantasies
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era
Sterling North

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1963

Rat Life
Tedd Arnold

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Rattlebone
Maxine Clair

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Raven's Gate
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Raw
Belle Aurora

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Reached
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Real American
Julie Lythcott-Haims

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Reaping the Whirlwind
Rosey Dow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Reason for Hope
Jane Goodall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1903

Reconstructing Amelia
Kimberly McCreight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
Eric Foner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
Sandra Dallas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Red Cap
G. Clifton Wisler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Red Card
Daniel J. Hale, Matthew LaBrot

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Redchapel
Mike Resnick

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2008

Red Doc>
Anne Carson

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2013

Redemption
Julie Chibbaro

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Red Moon at Sharpsburg
Rosemary Wells

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Red Sky at Morning
Richard Bradford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Red Sorghum
Mo Yan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Red Sparrow
Jason Matthews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Red Storm Rising
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Reefer Madness
Eric Schlosser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Refuge
Dot Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Refund
Karen E. Bender

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

Regeneration
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Reinventing Government
Ted Gaebler, David Osborne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Rejection Proof
Jia Jiang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Religio Medici
Sir Thomas Browne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1642

Remembering Babylon
David Malouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Remember Me Like This
Bret Anthony Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Remembrance of Things Past
Marcel Proust

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefevre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Renia's Diary
Renia Spiegel

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1944

Reputations
Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Rescuing Jeffrey
Richard Galli

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Resilience
Amy Eleanor Heart, ed., Larissa Glasser, ed., Sugi Pyrrophyta, ed.

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy
Mihir S. Sharma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Revelation
C. J. Sansom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Revolution
Deborah Wiles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Ying Chang Compestine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Rewind
William Sleator

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

Reynard the Fox
Robert van Genechten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Rezso Kasztner
Ladislaus Löb

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Rhinoceros
Eugène Ionesco

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

Rice Without Rain
Minfong Ho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Richard Rive
Shaun Viljoen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Richistan
Robert Frank

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Rich Lizard: And Other Poems
Deborah Chandra

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Riders to the Sea
John Millington Synge

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1904

Rikers High
Paul Volponi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Ringworld
Larry Niven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Ripper
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Rise Again!
Robert J. Morgan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Rise of the Robots
Martin Ford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Rise of the Rocket Girls
Nathalia Holt

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Rising Strong
Brené Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Rising Tide
John M. Barry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Rite of Passage
Alexei Panshin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

River Boy
Tim Bowler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

River of Earth
James Still

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

River of Memory: The Everlasting Columbia
William D. Layman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

River of Shadows
Rebecca Solnit

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

River of Smoke
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

River Town
Peter Hessler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line
Ben Hamper

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Robert Frost
Harold Bloom

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1991