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Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography
Stephen Thomas Knight

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Robopocalypse
Daniel H. Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Robot Dreams
Sara Varon

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

Rob Roy
Sir Walter Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1817

Rocket Boys
Homer Hickam

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Roderick Hudson
Henry James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1875

Roll, Jordan, Roll
Eugene D. Genovese

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

Romulus, My Father
Raimond Gaita

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Rooftops of Tehran
Mahbod Seraji

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Rosaura A Las Diez
Marco Denevi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
Kate Clifford Larson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Roses Are Red
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Rose Under Fire
Elizabeth Wein

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Rotters
Daniel Kraus

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Roughing It
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1872

Rubyfruit Jungle
Rita Mae Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Rucker Park Setup
Paul Volponi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Rules For Old Men Waiting
Peter R. Pouncey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Rules of Attraction
Simone Elkeles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Runaway Twin
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Run for Your Life
Silvana Gandolfi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Runner: A Short Story About A Long Run
Lizzy Hawker

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Running in the Family
Michael Ondaatje

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

Running Loose
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

Running on Empty
Colette Ballard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Running the Rift
Naomi Benaron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Race Beat
Gene Roberts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Rachel Papers
Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Radetzky March
Joseph Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Rag and Bone Shop
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Ragged Edge of Night
Olivia Hawker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister

Fiction | Short Story | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1992

The Rapture of Canaan
Sheri Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
Matt Ridley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Raven King
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Raw Shark Texts
Steven Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Real Boy
Anne Ursu

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Real Inspector Hound
Tom Stoppard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1968

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Reapers are the Angels
Alden Bell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Recruit
Robert Muchamore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Recruiting Officer
George Farquhar

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1706

The Red and the Black
Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1830

The Red-Haired Woman
Orhan Pamuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Red Necklace
Sally Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Red Queen
Margaret Drabble

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The Red Room
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1896

The Reivers
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

The Republic of Imagination
Azar Nafisi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Rescue
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Residue Years
Mitchell S. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Bertolt Brecht

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1941

The Return of the Soldier
Rebecca West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1918

The Revenant
Sonia Gensler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Revenge of Geography
Robert D. Kaplan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Revenger's Tragedy
Thomas Middleton

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1607

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
Jonathan Evison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Revolt of the Cockroach People
Oscar Zeta Acosta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
Sonia Manzano

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Rice Mother
Rani Manicka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Robert J. Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
Peter Parnell

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1976

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund Morris

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

The Rising of the Moon
Flynn Connolly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Risk Pool
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Rithmatist
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Rivals
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1775

The River King
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The River Niger
Joseph A. Walker

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1972

The River of Consciousness
Oliver Sacks

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

The River of Doubt
Candice Millard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

The River of No Return
Bee Ridgway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The River Why
David James Duncan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Road from Coorain
Jill Ker Conway

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1989

The Road Home
Rose Tremain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Road to Memphis
Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Robber Bridegroom
Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1942

The Robbers
Friedrich Schiller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1781

The Robe
Lloyd C. Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Rock of Tanios
Amin Maalouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Rocks
Peter Nichols

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1969

The Romance of the Forest
Ann Radcliffe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1791

The Romance of the Rose
Guillaume De Lorris

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1230

The Romance of Tristan
Béroul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1150

The Room on Rue Amélie
Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Rooster Bar
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Rose Tattoo
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Peter Shaffer

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

The Ruby in the Smoke
Philip Pullman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Rule of Four
Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Rules Do Not Apply
Ariel Levy

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

The Rules of Backyard Cricket
Jock Serong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rules of Survival
Nancy Werlin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Rules of the Game
Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Rum Diary: A Novel
Hunter S. Thompson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Runaway Jury
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Runaway Species
Anthony Brandt, David Eagleman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017