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Ravensong
T. J. Klune

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Raw
Belle Aurora

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Reached
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Real American
Julie Lythcott-Haims

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Reality Is Broken
Jane McGonigal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Real Tigers
Mick Herron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Reaping the Whirlwind
Rosey Dow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Reassembling the Social
Bruno Latour

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1903

Reconstructing Amelia
Kimberly McCreight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
Eric Foner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
Sandra Dallas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Red Cap
G. Clifton Wisler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Red Card
Daniel J. Hale, Matthew LaBrot

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Redchapel
Mike Resnick

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2008

Red Country
Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Red Doc>
Anne Carson

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2013

Redemption
Julie Chibbaro

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Red Moon at Sharpsburg
Rosemary Wells

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Red Sky at Morning
Richard Bradford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Red Sorghum
Mo Yan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Red Sparrow
Jason Matthews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Red Storm Rising
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Reefer Madness
Eric Schlosser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Reflected in You
Sylvia Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Refuge
Dot Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Refund
Karen E. Bender

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

Regeneration
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Reinventing Government
Ted Gaebler, David Osborne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Reinventing Organizations
Frederic Laloux

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Rejection Proof
Jia Jiang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Relationship Goals
Michael Todd

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Religio Medici
Sir Thomas Browne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1642

Remembering Babylon
David Malouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Remember Me Like This
Bret Anthony Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Remembrance of Things Past
Marcel Proust

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefevre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

Renia's Diary
Renia Spiegel

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1944

Replay
Ken Grimwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Reputations
Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Requiem
Lauren Oliver

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Rescuing Jeffrey
Richard Galli

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Resilience
Amy Eleanor Heart, ed., Larissa Glasser, ed., Sugi Pyrrophyta, ed.

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy
Mihir S. Sharma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Return of the Spider
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Revelation
C. J. Sansom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Revolution
Deborah Wiles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Revolutionary War on Wednesday
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Ying Chang Compestine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Rewind
William Sleator

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

Rewind It Back
Liz Tomforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Reynard the Fox
Robert van Genechten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Rezso Kasztner
Ladislaus Löb

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Rhinoceros
Eugène Ionesco

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

Rice Without Rain
Minfong Ho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Richard Rive
Shaun Viljoen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Richistan
Robert Frank

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Rich Lizard: And Other Poems
Deborah Chandra

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Rikers High
Paul Volponi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Ringworld
Larry Niven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Ripper
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Rise Again!
Robert J. Morgan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Rise of the Robots
Martin Ford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Rise of the Rocket Girls
Nathalia Holt

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Rising Strong
Brené Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Rising Tide
John M. Barry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Rite of Passage
Alexei Panshin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

River Boy
Tim Bowler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

River of Earth
James Still

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

River of Memory: The Everlasting Columbia
William D. Layman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

River of Shadows
Rebecca Solnit

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

River of Smoke
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

River Thieves
Michael Crummey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

River Town
Peter Hessler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line
Ben Hamper

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Roadwork
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Robert Frost
Harold Bloom

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography
Stephen Thomas Knight

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Robopocalypse
Daniel H. Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Robot Dreams
Sara Varon

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

Rob Roy
Sir Walter Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1817

Rocket Boys
Homer Hickam

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Roderick Hudson
Henry James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1875

Rogue Justice
Stacey Abrams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Role Model
Rachel Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Roll, Jordan, Roll
Eugene D. Genovese

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

Romulus, My Father
Raimond Gaita

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
Kate Clifford Larson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Roses Are Red
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Rose Under Fire
Elizabeth Wein

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall, 1783-1787
Winston Graham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Rotters
Daniel Kraus

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Rubyfruit Jungle
Rita Mae Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Rucker Park Setup
Paul Volponi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Rule of Wolves
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Rules For Old Men Waiting
Peter R. Pouncey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Rules for Ruin
Mimi Matthews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Rules of Attraction
Simone Elkeles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Run Away
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019