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The Little School
Alicia Partnoy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1986

The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Little White Bird
J. M. Barrie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1902

The Lives of a Cell
Lewis Thomas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

The Lives of Others
Neel Mukherjee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Living End
Lisa Samson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Lizard Cage
Karen Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Loaded Dog
Henry Lawson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1901

The Log From The Sea of Cortez
John Steinbeck

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1951

The Lonely Londoners
Samuel Selvon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

The Loney
Andrew Michael Hurley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Longest Day
Cornelius Ryan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

The Longest Memory
Fred D'Aguiar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Longest Second
Bill S. Ballinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Long Shadow of Little Rock
Daisy Bates

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1962

The Long Valley
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1938

The Long Walk
Brian Castner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The Looming Tower
Lawrence Wright

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Looting Machine
Tom Burgis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Lorax
Dr. Seuss

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1971

The Lord of Opium
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Zachary Mason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Lost Continent
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The Lost Daughters of China
Karin Evans

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

The Lost Gate
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Lost Girl
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Heinrich Böll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Love Of A Good Woman
Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

The Love of My Youth
Mary Gordon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Lover
Robin Schone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Love Wife
Gish Jen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Lower Depths
Maxim Gorky

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1902

The Luckiest Girl in the World
Steven Levenkron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Lusiads
Luís de Camões

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1572

The Luxe
Anna Godbersen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Madman of Piney Woods
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Madonna of Excelsior
Zakes Mda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Madonnas of Leningrad
Debra Dean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Maestro
Tim Wynne-Jones

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Magician of Lublin
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Magic Toyshop
Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Magnificent Ambersons
Booth Tarkington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1918

The Magus
John Fowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Making of a Navy SEAL
Brandon Webb

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2015

The Makioka Sisters
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Oscar Hijuelos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Manchurian Candidate
Richard Condon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Mandarins
Simone de Beauvoir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Man from New York
Benjamin Lawrence Reid

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

The Mango Season
Amulya Malladi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Man in My Basement
Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
Mark Seal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
Lucette Lagnado

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Man in the Woods
Rosemary Wells

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

The Man of Mode
George Etherege

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1676

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Mark Twain

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1899

The Manticore
Robertson Davies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

The Man Who Loved Children
Christina Stead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

The Man Who Turned into a Stick
Kōbō Abe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1957

The Man Who Would Be King
Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1888

The Man Without a Face
Masha Gessen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

The Man Without Qualities
Robert Musil

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

The Mapmakers
John Noble Wilford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The March
E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Mark
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Mars Room
Rachel Kushner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Masque of Blackness
Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1605

The Master Builder
Henrik Ibsen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1892

The Master Butchers Singing Club
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Master of Ballantrae
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1889

The Master Puppeteer
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

The Matchmaker: A Farce in Four Acts
Thornton Wilder

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1954

Them Dark Days
William Dusinberre

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Meaning of Consuelo
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Meaning of Human Existence
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Measure of a Man
Sidney Poitier

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1967

The Medusa and the Snail
Lewis Thomas

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

The Melting Pot
Maria Kaneva-Johnson

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Member of the Wedding
Carson McCullers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

The Memory Chalet
Tony Judt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Memory of Light
Francisco X. Stork

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Memory of Love
Aminatta Forna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Memory of Running
Ron McLarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Memory Palace
Mira Bartok

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Men in My Life
Vivian Gornick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Mephisto Club
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
Imogen Hermes Gowar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Mermaid Chair
Sue Monk Kidd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Merry Wives of Windsor
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1602

The Messenger
Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Metaphysical Club
Louis Menand

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Meursault Investigation
Kamel Daoud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Mezzanine
Nicholson Baker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Middle Passage
Tom Feelings

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1995

The Middlesteins
Jami Attenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Milk of Birds
Sylvia Whitman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Millionaire Next Door
Thomas J. Stanley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Mimic Men
V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Misanthrope
Moliere

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1666

The Miserable Mill
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999