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Mindfulness in Plain English
Henepola Gunaratana

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Mind Hacking
John Hargrave

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Mindwise
Nicholas Epley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Mink River
Brian Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Minor Characters
Joyce Johnson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1983

Miriam
Aimée Sommerfelt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1957

Mischling
Affinity Konar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Missing May
Cynthia Rylant

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Missing, Presumed
Susie Steiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Mississippi Blood
Greg Iles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Miss Lonelyhearts
Nathanael West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Miss New India
Bharati Mukherjee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself
Radclyffe Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Peter Høeg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Mistaken Identity
Alyssa J. Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Mistakes Were Made But Not By Me
Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Mister Pip
Lloyd Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mistress Of The Art Of Death
Ariana Franklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Mistress of the Bones
Patricia Marie Janeshutz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Moderato Cantabile
Marguerite Duras

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1958

Mohawk Saint: Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits
Allan Greer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Molloy
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

Moments of Being
Virginia Woolf

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1976

Mona in the Promised Land
Gish Jen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Money
Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Monkey Bridge
Lan Cao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Monsignor Quixote
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Monster Book
Alice Hoogstad

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2008

Monstrous Regiment
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Montana
Gwen Florio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Moonglow
Michael Chabon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith
Gina B. Nahai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Moonwalking with Einstein
Joshua Foer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Morality Play
Barry Unsworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Moral Politics
George Lakoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

More Joy in Heaven
Morley Callaghan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

More Than an Echo
Linda Kay Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

More Than Human
Ramez Naam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Mornings on Horseback
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1981

Mort
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Mosaic
Diane Armstrong

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Moscow 2042
Vladimir Voinovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Moses and Monotheism
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1939

Mostly Harmless
Douglas Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Mother California
Kenneth E. Hartman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Mothers and Daughters
Rae Meadows

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Mothers and Others
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Mothers of Invention
Drew Gilpin Faust

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Mountain of Gold
Betty Lee Sung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Mourning Becomes Electra
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1931

Move Your Shadow
Joseph Lelyveld

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Moving Among Strangers
Gabrielle Carey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

Moving Day
Terence Young

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2021

Mozart's Sister
Nancy Moser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mr. Splitfoot
Samantha Hunt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Mrs. Warren's Profession
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1893

Mr. Vertigo
Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio
Peter Robb

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Much Madness Is Divinest Sense
Kathleen J. Greider

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Mulatto
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1935

Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life
Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1930

Murambi, The Book of Bones
Boubacar Boris Diop

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Murder
David Halliday

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1978

Murder as a Fine Art
David Morrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Murder on a Kibbutz
Batya Gur

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Music of the Ghosts
Vaddey Ratner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Muslims and the Making of America
Amir Hussain

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

My Abandonment
Peter Rock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

My Absolute Darling
Gabriel Tallent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

My Age of Anxiety
Scott Stossel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder
Nie Jun

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

My Book of Life by Angel
Martine Leavitt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

My Brother Jack
George Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

My Brother's Keeper
Patricia McCormick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

My Cousin Rachel
Daphne du Maurier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

My Darling, My Hamburger
Paul Zindel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1969

My Education
Susan Choi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

My Enemy's Cradle
Sara Young (Pennypacker)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

My Escapee: Stories
Corinna Vallianatos

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1956

My Father's Paradise
Ariel Sabar

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

My Father's Tears and Other Stories
John Updike

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

My Friend Leonard
James Frey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me
Jennifer Teege

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

My Heart and Other Black Holes
Jasmine Warga

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

My Jim
Nancy Rawles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

My Last Duchess
Daisy Goodwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

My Left Foot
Christy Brown

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1954

My Life and Hard Times
James Thurber

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1933

My Life as a Traitor
Zarah Ghahramani

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

My Life in Dog Years
Gary Paulsen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

My Life in France
Julia Child

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

My Life Next Door
Huntley Fitzpatrick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

My Life on the Road
Gloria Steinem

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

My Lives
Edmund White

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

My Lord The Baby
Rabindranath Tagore

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1914

My Most Excellent Year
Steve Kluger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

My Name is Aram
William Saroyan

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1940

My Name Is Asher Lev
Chaim Potok

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

My Name is Mary Sutter
Robin Oliveira

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010