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Paladin's Faith

T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Paladin's Hope

T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Paladin's Strength

T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Palimpsest

Gore Vidal

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1953

Pandora's Lab

Paul A. Offit

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Panic

Lauren Oliver

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Pantagruel

François Rabelais

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1532

Pantomime

Derek Walcott

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1978

Paper Princess

Erin Watt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Paradais

Fernanda Melchor, Transl. Sophie Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Paradise Road

Kirk Nesset

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Paranoia

James Patterson, James O. Born

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Paris to the Moon

Adam Gopnik

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Paris Trout

Pete Dexter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Parrot and Olivier in America

Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Parrot In The Oven

Victor Martinez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Party of Liars

Kelsey Cox

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Passing Strange

Martha A. Sandweiss

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Pastoralia

George Saunders

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2000

Pastrami on Rye

Ted Merwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Past the Shallows

Favel Parrett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Pather Panchali

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

Jonathan Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Pathologies of Power

Paul Farmer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Patrimony

Philip Roth

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Patriot Games

Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Pattern Recognition

William Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Paula

Isabel Allende

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire

Flora Fraser

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

Paul Revere's Ride

David Hackett Fischer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Pavilion of Women

Pearl S. Buck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

Peace Breaks Out

John Knowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Peace Is Every Step

Thich Nhat Hanh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Peaches

Jodi Lynn Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Pearl Buck in China

Hilary Spurling

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Pearl Harbor: Warning And Decision

Roberta Wohlstetter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

Pearl in the Sand

Tessa Afshar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Pearl of China

Anchee Min

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Peeling the Onion

Günter Grass

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Peeps

Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Pendragon: Arthur And His Britain

Joseph P. Clancy

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1972

Penny from Heaven

Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Peony In Love

Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes

Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Perdido Street Station

China Mieville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Perfect Chemistry

Simone Elkeles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Peril at End House

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers

Seth Godin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Permutation City

Greg Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Persepolis Rising

James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Personal History

Katharine Graham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Persuader

Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Pestilence

Laura Thalassa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Petals on the Wind

V. C. Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

J. M. Barrie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1906

Peter the Great

Robert K. Massie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1980

Phenomena: Poems

Cathryn Hankla

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2021

Philadelphia Fire

John Edgar Wideman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Philaster

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1609

Philip Larkin

Andrew Motion

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

Phillis Wheatley: Complete Writings

Phillis Wheatley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1773

Philosophical Investigations

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature

Richard Rorty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Phineas Gage

John Fleischman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

Phormio

Terence

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 161

Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

Michio Kaku

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Picture Bride

Cathy Song

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 1983

Picture Me Gone

Meg Rosoff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Picturing Will

Ann Beattie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Piece of My Heart

Peter Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

Herman Melville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1852

Piers Plowman

William Langland

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1377

Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories

John Updike

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1962

Pig Girl

Colleen Murphy

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2004

Pigs In Heaven

Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Pirate Hunters

Robert Kurson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Pirates Past Noon

Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Pitcher Perfect

Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation

John Phillip Santos

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Plain, Honest Men

Richard Beeman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Plain Truth

Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Planet of the Apes

Pierre Boulle, Transl. Xan Fielding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Playing for Keeps

David Halberstam

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

Playing for the Devil's Fire

Phillippe Diederich

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Playing for Time

Fania Fenelon

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1976

Play Their Hearts Out

George Dohrmann

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Play with Me

Becka Mack

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Pleasantville

Attica Locke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Please Ignore Vera Dietz

A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Please Kill Me

Gillian McCain, Legs McNeil

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

Plus Size Player

Danielle Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Pnin

Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Point Blank

Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Point Counter Point

Aldous Huxley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

Point Omega

Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Poirot Investigates

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1924

Poison

Bridget Zinn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Poison Study

Maria V. Snyder

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Poland

James A. Michener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983