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My Uncle Oswald

Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

My Utmost for His Highest

Oswald Chambers

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1924

Nadja

Andre Breton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

Naked in Death

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Names for the Sea

Sarah Moss

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting

Anna Quindlen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Nancy Drew Mystery Series

Carolyn Keene

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1930

Nantucket Nights

Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History

Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Narcissus and Goldmund

Hermann Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Natchez Burning

Greg Iles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Nation

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Native Guard

Natasha Trethewey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Akala

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity

William Paley

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1802

Nearly Gone

Elle Cosimano

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Near the Bone

Christina Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Necessary Lies

Eva Stachniak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Necessary Losses

Judith Viorst

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Negative Space

B. R. Yeager

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Negotiating With the Dead: A Writer on Writing

Margaret Atwood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Negroland

Margo Jefferson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Nelson Mandela

Kadir Nelson

Nonfiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2013

Nemesis

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Nemesis Games

James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Nero

S.J. Tilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Nesting

Roisín O'Donnell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Netherland

Joseph O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

NeuroTribes

Steve Silberman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Nevada

Imogen Binnie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Never Ever After

Sue Lynn Tan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Never Fade

Alexandra Bracken

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Never Have I Ever

Joshilyn Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Nevermore

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Nevernight

Jay Kristoff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Never Say Never

Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Neverseen

Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Never Stop Walking

Christina Rickardsson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Never Tell

Lisa Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Never the Roses

Jennifer K. Lambert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Never Thought I'd End up Here

Ann Liang

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

New Grub Street

George Gissing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1891

New Sales. Simplified

Mike Weinberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

News of a Kidnapping

Gabriel García Márquez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

New Times

Rehana Rossouw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

New York Days

Willie Morris

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1993

Next

Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Next

Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Next: A Novel

James Hynes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Next of Kin: A Memoir

Gabrielle Hamilton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Next Time Will Be Our Turn

Jesse Q. Sutanto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Next to Heaven

James Frey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Nice Work

David Lodge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Nicholas and Alexandra

Robert K. Massie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1967

Nick and Charlie

Alice Oseman

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 2015

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Nietzsche

Peter Berkowitz

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Night and Day

Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1919

Nightbird

Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Night Boat to Tangier

Kevin Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Night Crossing

Don J. Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Nightfall

Anne Stuart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Nightfall

Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Nightfall

Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Nightingale

David Farland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Nightmare Mountain

Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

Night Night Fawn

Jordy Rosenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Night of Miracles

Elizabeth Berg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Night of the Howling Dogs

Graham Salisbury

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Night of the Living Dummy

R.L. Stine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Night of the Mannequins

Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2020

Night of the Ninjas

Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

Night School

Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Night Sea Journey: A Tale of the Supernatural

Paula Cappa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Nights in Rodanthe

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Night Sky With Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2016

Night Swim

Jessica Keener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Night Train

Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Night Watch

Sergei Lukyanenko, Transl. Andrew Bromfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Night Watch

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Night Watcher

Daphne Woolsoncroft

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Nightwoods

Charles Frazier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Nightwork

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Nim's Island

Wendy Orr

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Nine Days

Toni Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief

T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2013

Nine Lives

William Dalrymple

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Nine Month Contract

Amy Daws

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born

Miranda Paul

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2019

Nine Stories

J. D. Salinger

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1953

Noah Barleywater Runs Away

John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America

Darnell L. Moore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Nobody's Fool

Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Nobody's Story

Catherine Gallagher

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Nobody Wants Your Sh*t

Messie Condo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Nobody Will Tell You This but Me

Bess Kalb

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

Kate Bowler

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

No Easy Day

Kevin Maurer, Matt Bissonnette

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012