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Joe Country

Mick Herron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Joey Pigza Loses Control

Jack Gantos

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

John Adams

David McCullough

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2001

John Brown

W. E. B. Du Bois

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1909

John Bull's Other Island

George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1904

John Cardinal O'Connor

Nat Hentoff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

John Donne: The Reformed Soul

John Stubbs

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2019

John Henry Days

Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

John Keats

Aileen Ward

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

John Milton

Thomas N. Corns

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand

Richard Reeves

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father

Francis J. Bremer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

Jonah's Gourd Vine

Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World

Leo Damrosch

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Joseph Anton: A Memoir

Salman Rushdie

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Joseph Conrad: A Critical Biography

Jocelyn Baines

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1960

Joss Whedon

Amy Pascale

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Journey

Patricia MacLachlan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

Journey from the Land of No

Roya Hakakian

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Journey into the Whirlwind

Eugenia Ginzburg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1967

Journey of the Sparrows

Fran Leeper Buss

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Journey's End

R.C. Sherriff

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

Journey Through Genius

William Dunham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1990

Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan

Carlos Castaneda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

Journey to Munich

Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Joyride

Susan Orlean

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Judgment Prey

John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Judy Blume

Mark Oppenheimer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

Judy Moody, M.D.: The Doctor Is In! (judy Moody #5)

Megan McDonald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Judy Moody Predicts the Future

Megan McDonald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Judy Moody Saves the World!

Megan McDonald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Julia

Sandra Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Julia and the Shark

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Julian

Gore Vidal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Juliet

Anne Fortier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Julius Winsome

Gerard Donovan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Jump and Find Joy

Hoda Kotb

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Jumping Off Swings

Jo Knowles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Jumping the Nail

Eve Bunting

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

Jump Ship to Freedom

Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

June First

Jennifer Hartmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Juniper's Christmas

Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

Juniper & Thorn

Ava Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Junky

William S. Burroughs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Jupiter Rising

Gary D. Schmidt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Just Add Water

Katie Ledecky

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Just After Sunset

Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2008

Just a Kiss

Denise Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Just Another Hero

Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Just Ella

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Just for the Cameras

Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Just for the Plot

Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Just Haven't Met You Yet

Sophie Cousens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue

Marquis de Sade

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1791

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Marguerite Henry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1945

Just Last Night

Mhairi McFarlane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Just Like Heaven

Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Just Like Home

Sarah Gailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Just Like That

Gary D. Schmidt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Just Once

Karen Kingsbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Just One Damned Thing After Another

Jodi Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Just One Day

Gayle Forman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Kaaterskill Falls

Allegra Goodman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Kabul Beauty School

Deborah Rodriguez, Kristin Ohlson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Kafka

Gilles Deleuze

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Kafka Was the Rage

Anatole Broyard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1975

Kala

Colin Walsh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Kaleidoscope

Brian Selznick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Kallocain

Karin Boye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Kane and Abel

Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Karen

Kelsey Grammer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Karl Marx

Francis Wheen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

Karma

Sadhguru

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Kasher in the Rye

Moshe Kasher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Katalin Street

Magda Szabó

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (austin Kleon)

Austin Kleon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Keeping Corner

Kashmira Sheth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Keeping Faith

Jimmy Carter

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

Keeping Faith

Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Keeping Pace

Laurie Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

Keeping the Castle

Patrice Kindl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Keeping the Moon

Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Keeping You A Secret

Julie Anne Peters

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Keep Me

Sara Cate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Keep Quiet

Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ketchup Clouds

Annabel Pitcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Keturah and Lord Death

Martine Leavitt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Khirbet Khizeh

S. Yizhar

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1949

Kicking Away the Ladder

Ha-Joon Chang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!

Liza Minnelli

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Kierkegaard: A Single Life

Stephen Backhouse

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Kiki's Delivery Service

Eiko Kadono

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1985

Kill All Normies

Angela Nagle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul

James McBride

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Killer of Enemies

Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Killer Pizza

Greg Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Kill Hole

Jamake Highwater

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Killing Commendatore

Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence

Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Killing Jodie

Janet Fife-Yeomans

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021