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A Rage for Order
Robert F. Worth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

A Red Death
Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

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

A Resistance of Witches
Morgan Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"
Marianne Williamson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

A Revolution of Common Sense
Scott Jennings

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

A Richer Retirement
William P. Bengen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Rabbit at Rest
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

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

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | 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

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

Radiant Sin
Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
Tara Brach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Radical Candor
Kim Scott

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN
Tara Brach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Radical Evolution
Joel Garreau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Radioactive Boy Scout
Ken Silverstein

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Radio Silence
Alice Oseman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Rage
Bob Woodward

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

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

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
J. D. Salinger

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1955

Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids
Hunter Clarke-Fields MSAE

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

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

Ramona
Helen Hunt Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1884

Ramona Blue
Julie Murphy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Ramona's World
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Ransom
Julie Garwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era
Sterling North

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1963

Rationality
Steven Pinker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Rat Life
Tedd Arnold

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Rattlebone
Maxine Clair

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Raven Black
Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Raven's Gate
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Ravensong
T. J. Klune

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Raw
Belle Aurora

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Reached
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Ready or Not
Cara Bastone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Read Your Mind
Oz Pearlman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Real American
Julie Lythcott-Haims

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Reality Is Broken
Jane McGonigal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Reality Is Not What It Seems
Carlo Rovelli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Real Life
Brandon Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Reaper Man
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Reaping the Whirlwind
Rosey Dow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Reassembling the Social
Bruno Latour

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1903

Rebel
Marie Lu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Rebel Angels
Libba Bray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Rebel Ideas
Matthew Syed

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

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

Record of a Spaceborn Few
Becky Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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 Country
Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Red Doc>
Anne Carson

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

Redemption
Julie Chibbaro

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Red Moon at Sharpsburg
Rosemary Wells

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Redshirts
John Scalzi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Red Sky at Morning
Richard Bradford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Red Storm Rising
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Reefer Madness
Eric Schlosser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Reflected in You
Sylvia Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Reflection
Elizabeth Lim

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

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

Reincarnation Blues
Michael Poore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Reinventing Government
Ted Gaebler, David Osborne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Reinventing Organizations
Frederic Laloux

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Rejection Proof
Jia Jiang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Relationship Goals
Michael Todd

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Religio Medici
Sir Thomas Browne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1642

Religion and the Decline of Magic
Keith Thomas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

Remembering Babylon
David Malouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Rememberings
Sinead O'Connor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Remember Me Like This
Bret Anthony Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
Lisa Genova

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

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

Renia's Diary
Renia Spiegel

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1944

Rental House
Weike Wang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Reparenting the Inner Child
Nicole LePera

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026