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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

Ethic

Ashley Antoinette

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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

Every Fifteen Minutes

Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Every Last Fear

Alex Finlay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Every Last Lie

Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Every Living Thing

James Herriot

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

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 Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

Rivka Galchen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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's Eventual

Stephen King

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2002

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

Excellent Women

Barbara Pym

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

Exciting Times

Naoise Dolan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Joya Goffney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

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

Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle Against Dupont

Robert Bilott

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

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

Face Off

Chelsea Curto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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

Factotum

Charles Bukowski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Fair Play

Louise Hegarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do

Eve Rodsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Fair Warning

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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

Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

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

Fallout

Steve Sheinkin

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Fall With Me

Becka Mack

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2001

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