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Enduring Love
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Endymion
Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

End Zone
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Enemy Of The State
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Enemy Women
Paulette Jiles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

England, England
Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Enter Three Witches
Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Entitlement: A Novel
Rumaan Alam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Eon
Alison Goodman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Equal Rites
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Eros and Civilization
Herbert Marcuse

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

Escaped Alone
Caryl Churchill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2016

Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System
Leiyu Shi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Esther Waters
George Augustus Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1894

Ethics
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Ethics for the New Millennium
Dalai Lama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Ethnic Groups in Conflict
Donald Horowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Etta and Otto and Russell and James
Emma Hooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Eudora Welty
Suzanne Marrs

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1984

Eugenie Grandet
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1833

Europe Central
William T. Vollmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Evam Indrajit
Badal Sircar

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1963

Evangeline: The Wish Keeper's Helper
Maggie Alderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Evelina
Fanny Burney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1778

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Tom Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Eventide
Kent Haruf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Evermore: The Immortals
Alyson Noel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Everybody Lies
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Everybody Sees the Ants
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Every Bone Tells a Story
Jill Rubalcaba, Peter Robertshaw

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2004

Everyday Ambassador
Kate Otto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Every Fifteen Minutes
Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Every Last Lie
Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Everyman
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Every Man Dies Alone
Hans Fallada

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

Every Man In His Humour
Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1598

Every Man in This Village Is a Liar
Megan K. Stack

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
Chris Cleave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Everyone in the Group Chat Dies
L. M. Chilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret
Benjamin Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Every Secret Thing
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Every Spiral of Fate
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Everything Good Will Come
Sefi Atta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Everything in Its Path
Kai T. Erikson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope
Mark Manson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Everything Under
Daisy Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Everything We Keep
Kerry Lonsdale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Evidence of Things Unseen
Marianne Wiggins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Evil Bones
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Evil Genius
Catherine Jinks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Evil Under The Sun
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

Evita: The Real Life of Eva Peron
Nicholas Fraser

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

Execution Poems
George Elliott Clarke

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2001

Executive
Piers Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Exiting Nirvana
Clara Claiborne Park

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

Exit, Pursued by a Bear
E. K. Johnston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Expecting Adam
Martha Beck

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Experience
Martin Amis

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Experiencing the Lifespan
Janet Belsky

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Exposure
Helen Dunmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
Tom Bissell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Extraordinary Means
Robyn Schneider

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Eye of a Hurricane
Ruthann Robson

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Eye of Conscience
Milton Meltzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Eye of the Storm: Eilida's Tragedy
Elle Klass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Eyes of a Blue Dog
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1974

Eyes Of The Emperor
Graham Salisbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Eyes on Me
Sara Cate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Faceless Killers
Henning Mankell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2003

Factory Girls
Leslie T. Chang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Faithful Place
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Faith, Hope, and Ivy June
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir
John McCain, Mark Salter

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Fallen City
Adrienne Young

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Falling Like Leaves
Misty Wilson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Fallout
Ellen Hopkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Family
J. California Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Family Life
Akhil Sharma

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Family Matters
Rohinton Mistry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Family Tree
Barbara Delinsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Famous All Over Town
Danny Santiago

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

Far and Away
Andrew Solomon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Farewell My Concubine
Lilian Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Farewell, My Queen
Chantal Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Farewell Summer
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Far Far Away
Tom McNeal

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Far from the Tree
Andrew Solomon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Farmer Giles of Ham
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1949

Far to Go
Alison Pick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Far Tortuga
Peter Matthiessen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
Dana Thomas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Fast, Feast, Repeat: The Comprehensive Guide to Delay, Don't Deny Intermittent Fasting
Gin Stephens

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Fatelessness
Imre Kertesz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Fates Worse Than Death
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Fatherless America
David Blankenhorn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Fat Kid Rules The World
K. L. Going

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Fault Lines
Meena Alexander

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1993

Fear Street
R. L. Stine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

Feast Your Eyes
Myla Goldberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019