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The Islands at the End of the World
Austin Aslan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Italians and the Holocaust
Susan Zuccotti

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Janissary Tree
Jason Goodwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Jesus I Never Knew
Philip Yancey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Jewel in the Crown
Paul Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Jew of Malta
Christopher Marlowe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1589

The John Carlos Story
Dave Zirin, John Carlos

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Jordan Rules
Sam Smith

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

The Journalist and the Murderer
Janet Malcolm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Journal of John Woolman
John Woolman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1774

The Journey Home
Isabelle Holland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

The Just City
Jo Walton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Keep
Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Keepers of the House
Shirley Ann Grau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Kentucky Cycle
Robert Schenkkan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1991

The Kept
James Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore
Joan Lowery Nixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
David Kertzer

Nonfiction | Biography | Published in 1997

The Killer of Little Shepherds
Douglas Starr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Killer's Cousin
Nancy Werlin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Killer's Tears
Anne-Laure Bondoux

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Kindness of Enemies
Leila Aboulela

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The King and I
Richard Rodgers

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

The King Must Die
Mary Renault

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The King of Elfland's Daughter
Lord Dunsany

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1924

The King of Torts
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The King's Shadow
Elizabeth Alder

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Kitchen God's Wife
Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Kitemaker
Ruskin Bond

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1976

The Kite Rider
Geraldine Mccaughrean

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Koran
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 1956

The Korean War
Bruce Cumings

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Kreutzer Sonata
Margriet De Moor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Kugelmass Episode
Woody Allen

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

The Lace Reader
Brunonia Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science
Armand Marie Leroi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Land
Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1974

The Land of Green Plums
Herta Müller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Land of Little Rain
Mary Hunter Austin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1903

The Language Instinct
Steven Pinker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Last
Hanna Jameson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last American Man
Elizabeth Gilbert

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Last Apprentice
Joseph Delaney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Last Ballad
Wiley Cash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Boy and Girl in the World
Siobhan Vivian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Last Castle
Denise Kiernan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

The Last Child
John Hart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Last Crossing
Guy Vanderhaeghe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Last Days of California
Mary Miller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary
Laura Shovan

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Last Good War
Thomas Sanders

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Last Juror
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Last Mile
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Mission
Harry Mazer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Alfred Uhry

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

The Last of the Just
André Schwarz-Bart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Last of the Wine
Mary Renault

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

The Last Patriot
Brad Thor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Last Picture Show
Larry Mcmurtry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Last Policeman
Ben H. Winters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Last Sin Eater
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Last Song
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Last Star
Rick Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Last Sultan
Robert Greenfield

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Last Summer of the Death Warriors
Francisco X. Stork

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Last Temptation of Christ
Nikos Kazantzakis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Last Thing I Remember
Andrew Klavan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Last Time We Say Goodbye
Cynthia Hand

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Last Town On Earth
Thomas Mullen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Last Unicorn
William Debuys

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Voyage of Columbus
Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

The Last Werewolf
Glen Duncan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Late Mattia Pascal
Luigi Pirandello

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1904

The Laughing Policeman
Per Wahlöö, Maj Sjöwall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The Lazarus Project
Aleksandar Hemon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Ledge
Jim Davidson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Legend of Good Women
Geoffrey Chaucer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1385

The Leisure Seeker
Michael Zadoorian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Lemon Orchard
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Length of a String
Elissa Brent Weissman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Lesser Blessed
Richard Van Camp

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Liberator
John L. Thomas

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

The Lie and How We Told It
Tommi Parrish

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Lies That Bind
Judith Van Gieson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Lie Tree
Frances Hardinge

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Lieutenant
Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
James Cross Giblin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Life and Death of Crazy Horse
Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Life of Andrew Jackson
Marquis James

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1938

The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Paul Elie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

The Light at Tern Rock
Julia L. Sauer

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1941

The Light in the Forest
Conrad Richter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1953

The Light In The Ruins
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Lightkeepers
Abby Geni

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Lightless Sky
Gulwali Passarlay

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Lion in Winter
James Goldman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1966

The Little Red Chairs
Edna O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015