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A Universe From Nothing
Lawrence M. Krauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Ugly Little Boy
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1958

The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business With Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies
Chet Holmes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Michelle Hodkin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Unbroken
C. L. Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1890

The Unconsoled
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Uncool
Cameron Crowe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest
Aubrey Hartman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

The Underground Girls of Kabul
Jenny Nordberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Underground Library
Jennifer Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Underground Man
Mick Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Undiscovered Country
Paul Andrew Hutton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Undomestic Goddess
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Unexpected Journey
Emma Heming Willis

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

The Unfinished Journey
William H. Chafe

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Unfortunate Traveller
Thomas Nashe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1594

The Union Buries Its Dead
Henry Lawson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1893

The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope for and Believe
Richard Rohr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith
Gabrielle Bernstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Universe in a Nutshell
Stephen Hawking

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Universe in a Single Atom
Dalai Lama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Universe Versus Alex Woods
Gavin Extence

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Unlikely Disciple
Kevin Roose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Unquiet Bones
Loreth Anne White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Unquiet Earth
Denise Giardina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Unraveling of Mercy Louis
Keija Parssinen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Unseen Realm: Discovering the Supernatural World of the Bible
Michael S. Heiser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Unseen World
Liz Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4
Beth Brower

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Unsinkable Greta James
Jennifer E. Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Unvanquished
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood
Kien Nguyen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

The Unwanted Marriage: Dion and Faye's Story
Catharina Maura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
Don Brown

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2018

The Upside Of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
Dan Ariely

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Upside of Unrequited
Becky Albertalli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Upward Spiral
Alex Korb

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Usual Rules
Joyce Maynard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Ultra 85
Logic

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Umbertina
Helen Barolini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Unbound
Tarana Burke

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Unbreakable
Vonda Wright

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity
Lilliana Mason

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Uncle Tom's Children
Richard Wright

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1938

Uncle Tungsten
Oliver Sacks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three
Dawn Staley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Uncommon Type
Tom Hanks

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Under a Shooting Star
Maxine Trottier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Under Currents
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Under Fire
Henri Barbusse, Transl. Robin Buss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1916

Underground Airlines
Ben H. Winters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Underland
Robert Macfarlane

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Under Loch and Key
Lana Ferguson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Understanding by Design
Jay McTighe, Grant P. Wiggins

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Understanding Media
Marshall McLuhan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1964

Under the Bridge
Rebecca Godfrey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Under the Egg
Laura Marx Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Under the Magnolias
T. I. Lowe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Under the Net
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Under the Persimmon Tree
Suzanne Fisher Staples

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Under the Skin
Michel Faber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Under the Skin: A Novel
James Carlos Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
Linda Villarosa

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Under the Stars
Beatriz Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Under the Sun
O Thiam Chin

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

Under Water
Tara Menon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Under Western Eyes
Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1911

Undivided
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League
Dan-el Padilla Peralta

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Undone
Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Unearthly
Cynthia Hand

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Unforgivable Blackness
Geoffrey C. Ward

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

Unforgiven
Lauren Kate

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Unfortunately Yours
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

UnGuarded
Ashley Robertson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Unhooking the Moon
Gregory Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely
Lysa TerKeurst

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Unique
Alison Allen-Gray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
Barry M. Prizant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

United
Cory Booker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Unite Me
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2014

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
United Nations General Assembly

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1948

Universality
Natasha Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Unlikely Story
Ali Rosen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
Kevin Horsley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement
Anthony Robbins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Unlocked
Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Un Lun Dun
China Miéville

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Unnatural Exposure
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Unpolished Gem
Alice Pung

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Unraveled
C.J. Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

UnSelfie
Michele Borba

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Unshakeable
Tony Robbins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Unsouled
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Untamed
Kristin Cast, P. C. Cast

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Untamed Shore
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions Into Adulthood
Lisa Damour

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Until I Find You
John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Until Tuesday
Luis Carlos Montalvan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011