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Edge of Eternity

Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Edith Wharton: A Biography

R.W.B. Lewis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1975

Ed King

David Guterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Edmund Burke: The First Conservative

Jesse Norman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Edna in the Desert

Maddy Lederman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Educating Rita

Willy Russell

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1980

Effi Briest

Theodor Fontane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1895

Eighth Grade Bites

Heather Brewer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Eight Keys

Suzanne LaFleur

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Eight Men Out

Eliot Asinof

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

Einstein: His Life and Universe

Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

Either/or

Søren Kierkegaard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1843

El Bronx Remembered

Nicholasa Mohr

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1969

Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life

Louise Aronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Elder Race

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2021

Eleanore of Avignon

Elizabeth Delozier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Eleanor's Story

Eleanor Ramrath Garner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1961

Elective Affinities

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1809

Electra

Hugo Von Hofmannsthal

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1903

Eleemosynary

Lee Blessing

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1985

Elektra

Jennifer Saint

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Elements of the Philosophy of Right

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1821

Elephants Can Remember

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Eleven Seasons

Paul D. Carter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Elf Dog and Owl Head

M. T. Anderson, Illustr. Junyi Wu

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

Eligible

Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Elizabeth and Hazel

David Margolick

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography

Margaret Forster

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1988

Elizabeth Costello

J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Elmer Gantry

Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1927

Elmet

Fiona Mozley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

El Niño

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

Elphie: A Wicked Childhood

Gregory Maguire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Elsewhere

Alexis Schaitkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Embassytown

China Mieville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Embers of War

Fredrik Logevall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Emergence

Steven Johnson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Emily Dickinson

Cynthia Griffin Wolff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1986

Eminent Victorians

Lytton Strachey

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1918

Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things

Donald A. Norman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Emotional First Aid

Guy Winch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash a Revolution in Your Life in Christ

Peter Scazzero

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life

Paul Ekman

Nonfiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Emperor of the Air

Ethan Canin

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

Empire of the Damned

Jay Kristoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Empire of the Dawn

Jay Kristoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Empress of the Seven Hills

Kate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Empress Orchid

Anchee Min

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Empty Mansions

Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell Jr.

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Enchantress from the Stars

Sylvia Engdahl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1970

Encounters at the Heart of the World

Elizabeth A. Fenn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

Donald J. Sobol

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1963

Ender's Shadow

Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

End Game

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Endless Night

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

End Times at Ridgemont High

Ian Welke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Endurance

Scott Kelly

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

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

Enshittification

Cory Doctorow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Enter Three Witches

Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Entitlement: A Novel

Rumaan Alam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Entwined With You

Sylvia Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

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

Escape

Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Escape

Carolyn Jessop

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Escape!

Sid Fleischman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2006

Escaped Alone

Caryl Churchill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2016

Escape From Cubicle Nation

Pamela Slim

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Escaping Peril

Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | 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

Simon Blackburn

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2009

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

Even If We Break

Marieke Nijkamp

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Eventide

Kent Haruf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Everblaze

Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

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

Everybody Writes

Ann Handley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Every Bone Tells a Story

Jill Rubalcaba, Peter Robertshaw

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2004

Every Breath

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Everyday Ambassador

Kate Otto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015