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Lost Girls

Robert Kolker

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Lost in Shangri-La

Mitchell Zuckoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Lost in the City

Edward P. Jones

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

Lost in the Cosmos

Walker Percy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

Lost in the Forest

Sue Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Lost in the War

Nancy Antle

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Lost in Time

A. G. Riddle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Lost in Translation

Nicole Mones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Lost in Translation

Eva Hoffman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1989

Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon

Mizuki Tsujimura, Transl. Yuki Tejima

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Lo Terciario / The Tertiary

Raquel Salas Rivera

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

Louisiana's Way Home

Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Love and Other Consolation Prizes

Jamie Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Love and Ruin: A Novel

Paula McLain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Love Anthony

Lisa Genova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Love Arranged

Lauren Asher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Love, Aubrey

Suzanne LaFleur

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Love by the Book

Jessica George

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Loved and Missed

Susie Boyt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

David Rakoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Loved One

Aisha Muharrar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Love Forms

Claire Adam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Love Letters to a Serial Killer

Tasha Coryell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Love Letters to the Dead

Ava Dellaira

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Love & Luck

Jenna Evans Welch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Lovely, Dark, and Deep

Amy McNamara

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Love of Country: A Journey through the Hebrides

Madeleine Bunting

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Love on the Dotted Line

David E. Talbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Love Overboard

Kandi Steiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Lover Awakened

J. R. Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Loverboy

Victoria Redel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Lover Forbidden

J. R. Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Lovers Leap

J.L. Merrow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Love Story

Erich Segal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Love Unwritten

Lauren Asher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Love! Valour! Compassion!

Terrence McNally

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1994

Love Warrior

Glennon Doyle (Melton)

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Love You Forever

Robert Munsch

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1986

Love Your Enemies

Arthur C. Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It

Kamal Ravikant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Loving

Henry Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Loving Day

Mat Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Lowboy

John Wray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Loyalty

Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Lucien

J. R. Thornton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Lucky

Alice Sebold

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Lucky

Jane Smiley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Lucky Boy

Shanthi Sekaran

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Lucky Day

Chuck Tingle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Lucky Jim

Kingsley Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Lucky's Plott

Libby Bagby

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Lucy

Jamaica Kincaid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Lucy Gayheart

Willa Cather

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

Lucy Temple

Susanna Rowson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1828

Lullaby

Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Lumberjanes

N.D. Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Lunar Park

Bret Easton Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Lust for Life

Irving Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Lying Awake

Mark Salzman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Lyrical Ballads

William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1798

Machine Learning

Tom M Mitchell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Machine Man

Max Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Madame Doubtfire

Anne Fine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Madonna in a Fur Coat

Sabahattin Ali

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Stephen Crane

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1893

Maggie Moves On

Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Maggot Moon

Sally Gardner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Magic Hour

Susan Isaacs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

Magic Lessons

Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Magna Carta Libertatum

Stephen Langton

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1215

Magpie

Elizabeth Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Maid for Each Other

Lynn Painter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Maintenance of Everything: Part One

Stewart Brand

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Major Barbara

George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1905

Make Me

Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Make Room! Make Room!

Harry Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Makers and Takers

Rana Foroohar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Making Globalization Work

Joseph Stiglitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Making Ideas Happen

Scott Belsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Malas

Marcela Fuentes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

Manning Marable

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Malgudi Days

R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1943

Mama Lola

Karen McCarthy Brown

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

Mama's Bank Account

Kathryn Forbes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

Mammon and the Archer

O. Henry

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1905

Managing Oneself

Peter Drucker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Managing the Professional Service Firm

David H. Maister

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change

William Bridges

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Man Alive

Thomas Page McBee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Manhattan Transfer

John Dos Passos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Manhunt

Gretchen Felker-Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Mankiller: A Chief and Her People

Wilma Mankiller, Michael Wallis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1993

Man of the People

Alonzo L. Hamby

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1992

Man's Fate

Andre Malraux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Mantissa

John Fowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future

Kate Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Many Waters

Madeleine L'Engle

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

Mao II

Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Mao's Last Dancer

Li Cunxin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Mapping the Interior

Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2017