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From the Deep Woods to Civilization
Charles Alexander Eastman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1916

From the Dust Returned
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia
Pankaj Mishra

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Frostbite
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Frozen
Melissa de la Cruz, Michael Johnston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Fugitive Pieces
Anne Michaels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Fugitive Telemetry
Martha Wells

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2021

Full Circle
Gloria Killian

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Full Dark, No Stars
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Fullmetal Alchemist 3
Hiromu Arakawa

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Funny Girl
Nick Hornby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Furious Love
Sam Kashner

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Furiously Happy
Jenny Lawson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Fury
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Future Boy
Michael J. Fox, Nelle Fortenberry

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Future Shock
Alvin Toffler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Jorge Amado

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Gabriel's Moon
William Boyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Gaia
James Lovelock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Galatea 2.2
Richard Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Galileo's Daughter
Dava Sobel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

Gallows Hill
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Gallows Hill
Darcy Coates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Game
Barry Lyga

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Game Change
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Game Changer
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships
Eric Berne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1964

Gandhi: The Man, His People, and the Empire
Rajmohan Gandhi

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Garbage Land
Elizabeth Royte

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Garden of Beasts
Jeffery Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Gardens in the Dunes
Leslie Marmon Silko

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Garlic and Sapphires
Ruth Reichl

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

Gatekeepers
Franca Iacovetta

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Gateway to Freedom
Eric Foner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Gathering the Bones
Jack Dann, ed., Dennis Etchison, ed., Ramsey Campbell, ed.

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2003

Gather Together in My Name
Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1974

Generation Kill
Evan Wright

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Generations
William Strauss, Neil Howe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Generation We
Eric Greenberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Douglas Coupland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Genes, Girls and Gamow
James D. Watson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Genesis
Wallace Stegner

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1971

Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
James Gleick

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1993

Genome
Matt Ridley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
Dane C. Ortlund

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Gentlehands
M.E. Kerr

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1978

Gentlemen and Players
Joanne Harris

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady
Anita Loos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Genuine Fraud
E. Lockhart

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

George Eliot
Rosemary Ashton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1978

George Washington, Spymaster
Thomas B. Allen

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

George Washington's Secret Six
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Gertrude and Claudius
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Get Good With Money
Tiffany Aliche

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Get in Trouble
Kelly Link

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
Jennie Allen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Get Over It, April Evans
Ashley Herring Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Get Shorty
Elmore Leonard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Get The Guy: How to Find, Attract, and Keep Your Ideal Mate
Matthew Hussey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Getting Naked
Valerie Bertinelli

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations
William Ury

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Getting the Love You Want
Harville Hendrix, Helen Lakelly Hunt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Gettysburg: The Last Invasion
Allen C. Guelzo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Ghachar Ghochar
Vivek Shanbhag

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2013

Ghana Must Go
Taiye Selasi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Ghetto Klown
John Leguizamo

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Ghost Canoe
Will Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Ghost Hawk
Susan Cooper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Ghost Lights
Lydia Millet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Ghosts
David Alexander Robertson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Ghosts of Greenglass House
Kate Milford

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Ghosts of Mississippi
Maryanne Vollers

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Ghosts of the Tsunami
Richard Lloyd Parry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Ghosts of War
Ryan Smithson

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2009

Ghost Story
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Ghost Town
Tom Perrotta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Ghost Town at Sundown
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Ghost Wars
Steve Coll

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Ghost World
Daniel Clowes

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Gifted & Talented
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Gil Blas
Alain Rene Lesage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1715

Gilded Age
Claire Mcmillan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Gimpel the Fool: And Other Stories
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1957

Gingerbread
Helen Oyeyemi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Ginger Pye
Eleanor Estes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1951

Girl A
Abigail Dean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Girl at War
Sara Novic

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

#girlboss
Sophia Amoruso

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Girl, Forgotten
Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Girl Hurt
E.J. Miller Laino

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2021

Girl Mans Up
M-E Girard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Girls Burn Brighter
Shobha Rao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Girls Like Girls
Hayley Kiyoko

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Girls Like Us
Cristina Alger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Girls of Riyadh
Rajaa Alsanea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
Rachel Hollis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Girl Waits with Gun
Amy Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Girl, Wash Your Face
Rachel Hollis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Give Me Liberty
Frank Miller

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Give Me More
Sara Cate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022