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Thanksgiving
Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Thanksgiving on Thursday
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2002

Thanks to My Mother
Schoschana Rabinovici

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Thank You For Being Late
Thomas L. Friedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Thank You for Listening
Julia Whelan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row
Jarvis Jay Masters

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

That Championship Season
Jason Miller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1972

That Deadman Dance
Kim Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

That Evening Sun
William Faulkner

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1931

That Kind of Mother
Rumaan Alam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

That Last Carolina Summer
Karen White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

That Long Silence
Shashi Deshpande

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

That Night
Chevy Stevens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

That Night
Alice McDermott

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

That Old Cape Magic
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

That Summer
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

That Used to Be Us
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Theft by Finding
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Them
Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Them
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Them Dark Days
William Dusinberre

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1971

Then We Came to the End
Joshua Ferris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Theodore Roosevelt: Fighting Patriot
Clara Ingram Judson

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

Theory of Constraints
Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Theory U
C. Otto Scharmer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

There Are No Children Here
Alex Kotlowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

There's a Bug in My Blossom
J.C. Donaho

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

There's a Girl in my Hammerlock
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Therese
François Mauriac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1927

Thérèse Raquin
Émile Zola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1867

There's Someone Inside Your House
Stephanie Perkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

There Was a Country
Chinua Achebe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

These Happy Golden Years
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1943

These Heathens
Mia Mckenzie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

These High, Green Hills
Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

These Infinite Threads
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

These Shallow Graves
Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

These Tangled Vines
Julianne MacLean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

These Twisted Bonds
Lexi Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

These Violent Delights
Micah Nemerever

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Tables Turned
William Morris

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1887

The Tale
Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1917

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1902

The Tale of the Body Thief
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Taming of the Queen
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Tapestry of Fate
Shannon Chakraborty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Target
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Teacher of Nomad Land
Daniel Nayeri

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession
Dana Goldstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
Carlos Castaneda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The Technological Society
Jacques Ellul

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1954

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
Edgar Allan Poe

Nonfiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1843

The Temporary Roomie
Sarah Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Temporary Wife
Catharina Maura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Tenant
Katrine Engberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Tenant
Roland Topor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Tenderness of Wolves
Stef Penney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Tenth Circle
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
Gennifer Choldenko

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

The Ten Year Affair
Erin Somers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Terra-Cotta Dog
Andrea Camilleri, Transl. Stephen Sartarelli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket
John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Testament of Gideon Mack
James Robertson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Testament of Mary
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Texas Murders
James Patterson, Andrew Bourelle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Thanatos Syndrome
Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Thank You Economy
Gary Vaynerchuk

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How to Think Like One
David Sklansky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Thief
Fuminori Nakamura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Thief Knot
Kate Milford

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Thing About Luck
Cynthia Kadohata

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

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 Thirst
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Thirteenth Child
Erin A. Craig

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Thirteenth Fairy
Melissa de la Cruz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Thomas Berryman Number
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

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 Signs of a Miserable Job
Patrick Lencioni

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

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 Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava, Karma-Glin-Pa, Transl. Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup, Ed. Walter Evans-Wentz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1927

The Tiffany Box
Kathleen Buckstaff

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Tiffany Girls
Shelley Noble

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

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 Hop Coffee Shop
Phaedra Patrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Time Paradox
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008