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The Things a Brother Knows
Dana Reinhardt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Third Chimpanzee
Jared Diamond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Third Life of Grange Copeland
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

The Third Plate
Dan Barber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Third Policeman
Flann O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Thousandth Floor
Katharine Mcgee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Thrashers
Julie Soto

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Three Little Javelinas
Susan Lowell

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

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

The Throat
Peter Straub

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Tiffany Box
Kathleen Buckstaff

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Tiger
John Vaillant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Tiger in the Tunnel
Ruskin Bond

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1974

The Tiger's Bride
Merline Lovelace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Time in Between
David Bergen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Time in Between
María Dueñas, Transl. Daniel Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Time It Never Rained
Elmer Kelton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Time of the Hero
Mario Vargas Llosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Time of Voice
Robert Kelly

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1969

The Tin Flute
Gabrielle Roy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

The Toilet Paper Tigers
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Tommyknockers
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Toughest Indian in the World
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2000

The Town
Conrad Richter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

The Toynbee Convector
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1988

The Tragedy Paper
Elizabeth LaBan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Train to Crystal City
Jan Jarboe Russell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
Pietra Rivoli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Trials Of Apollo, Book 1: The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Trials of Brother Jero
Wole Soyinka

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1960

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
Joanna Cannon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The True American
Anand Giridharadas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Trumpeter of Krakow
Eric P. Kelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1928

The Truth About Alice
Jennifer Mathieu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Turner House
Angela Flournoy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Turners
Mick Elliott

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Twelve
Justin Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Twelve Dates of Christmas
Jenny Bayliss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
Hannah Tinti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Twentieth Wife
Indu Sundaresan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Tyranny of Experts
William Easterly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Tyrant's Daughter
J.C. Carleson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

They All Ran After the President's Wife
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1992

They Called Themselves the KKK
Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2010

They Call Me Coach
John Wooden

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1972

They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems
David Bowles

Nonfiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2018

They Can't Kill Us All
Wesley Lowery

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

They Marched into Sunlight
David Maraniss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Thief of Night
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Thief of Time
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Things Hoped For
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Think Like a Dinosaur
James Patrick Kelly

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1995

Thinner
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Third and Indiana
Steve Lopez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
Laura Ruby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Thirteen Moons
Charles Frazier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Thirteen Ways of Looking
Colum McCann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

This Angel on My Chest
Leslie Pietrzyk

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

This Boy's Life
Tobias Wolff

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1989

This Dark Endeavor
Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

This Dog for Hire
Carol Lea Benjamin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light
Allison Holker

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

This House of Sky
Ivan Doig

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1978

This I Believe II
Jay Allison, ed., Dan Gediman, ed.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

This Inevitable Ruin
Matt Dinniman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

This is Just to Say
Joyce Sidman

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See
Seth Godin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

This Is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2012

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Ann Patchett

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

This is What Happy Looks Like
Jennifer E. Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

This Lullaby
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

This Perfect Day
Ira Levin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

This Place Is Dry
Vicki Cobb

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

This Side of Brightness
Colum McCann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

This Song Will Save Your Life
Leila Sales

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

This Time of Dying
Reina James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

This Was Our Valley
Shirlee Matheson, Earl K. Pollon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1950

Thomas and Beulah
Rita Dove

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Jon Meacham

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Thomas Wyatt
Susan Brigden

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

Thornhedge
T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2023

Those We Thought We Knew
David Joy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Those Who Save Us
Jenna Blum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Thr3e
Ted Dekker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Three Black Swans
Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Three Cups of Tea
David O. Relin, Greg Mortenson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
Richard Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Three Lives
Gertrude Stein

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1909

Three Men in a Boat
Jerome K. Jerome

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1889

Three Sisters
Heather Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Three Sisters, Three Queens
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Three Tall Women
Edward Albee

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1991

Throne of Secrets
Kerri Maniscalco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Tiger Eyes
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

Tiger, Tiger
James Patterson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

Tiger Woods
Jeff Benedict

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Tik-Tok
John Sladek

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983