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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

Effortless Mastery

Kenny Werner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

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

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

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 Rings

Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

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

Richard Wagamese

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

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

Emma in the Night

Wendy Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life

Susan David

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

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

Empowered

Marty Cagan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Empress Dowager Cixi

Jung Chang

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Empress of the Nile

Lynne Olson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

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

Encore in Death

J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

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 of Days

Chris Jennings

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

End Times at Ridgemont High

Ian Welke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

End Times Fascism

Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

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 at the Gates

Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Enemy Of The State

Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Enemy Women

Paulette Jiles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Energy and Civilization

Vaclav Smil

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2017

England, England

Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Enigma

Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Enough Already

Valerie Bertinelli

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

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

Eradication

Jonathan Miles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Eric

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

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

Escape!

Stephen Fishbach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Escaped Alone

Caryl Churchill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2016

Escape From Cubicle Nation

Pamela Slim

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Escape Me

Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

Escaping Peril

Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Escaping the Build Trap

Melissa Perri

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Essays

George Orwell

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1968

Essays of E.B. White

E. B. White

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1936

Essential Scrum

Kenneth S. Rubin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

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

Eternity in Their Hearts

Don Richardson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1980

Ethic 3

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

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1955

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