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An Acquaintance with Darkness
Ann Rinaldi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Anam Cara
John O'Donohue

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

An American Dream
Norman Mailer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

An American Genocide
Benjamin Madley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

An American Requiem
James Carroll

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett
David Crockett

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1834

An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

An Astrologer's Day
R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1947

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything
Chris Hadfield

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

A Nation Under Our Feet
Steven Hahn

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient
Norman Cousins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1979

Anatomy of Injustice
Raymond Bonner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Ancient Light
John Banville

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Ancillary Mercy
Ann Leckie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Andersonville
MacKinlay Kantor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

And I Darken
Kiersten White

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

And It Don't Stop
Raquel Cepeda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

And Now, Back to You
B. K. Borison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

And Then All Hell Broke Loose
Richard Engel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

And We Stay
Jenny Hubbard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

An Empire for Slavery
Randolph B. Campbell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
David Hume

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1751

An Equal Music
Vikram Seth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

A Nervous Splendor
Frederic Morton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

A New Religious America
Diana Eck

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

A New Way to Pay Old Debts
Philip Massinger

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1625

Angel Down
Daniel Kraus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

An Imaginary Life
David Malouf

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1978

Animal
Lisa Taddeo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Animal Dreams
Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Animal Wise
Virginia Morell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 1995

Anita and Me
Meera Syal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Anna and the French Kiss
Stephanie Perkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Anna And The Swallow Man
Gavriel Savit

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Anna Christie
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1922

Anna Dressed In Blood
Kendare Blake

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Annals of the Former World
John McPhee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Anne Frank Remembered
Miep Gies

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

Anne of the Island
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1915

Annie and the Old One
Miska Miles

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

Annie on My Mind
Nancy Garden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

Annie's Ghosts
Steve Luxenberg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Annus Mirabilis
Sally Ball

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Ann Veronica
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1909

An Officer and a Spy
Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Anonymous
Christine Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

An Orchestra of Minorities
Chigozie Obioma

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

A Northern Light
Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Another Day in the Death of America
Gary Younge

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Another Man's Moccasins
Craig Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Another Roadside Attraction
Tom Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
Mark Bray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Antonietta
John Hersey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

An Unfinished Woman
Lillian Hellman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1969

An Unnecessary Woman
Rabih Alameddine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

A Nurse's Story
Peter Baida

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World
Max Lucado

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Anya's Ghost
Vera Brosgol

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2011

A Painful Case
James Joyce

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1914

A Parchment of Leaves
Silas House

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

A Passion in the Desert
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1830

A Patch of Blue
Elizabeth Kata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

A Patchwork Planet
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

A Peace to End All Peace
David Fromkin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

A Pearl in the Storm
Tori Murden McClure

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

A People's Tragedy
Orlando Figes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

A Personal Matter
Kenzaburo Oe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

A Pickpocket's Tale
Timothy J. Gilfoyle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

A Piece of the World
Christina Baker Kline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Pigeon and a Boy
Meir Shalev

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

A Pigeon's Tale
S.A. Mahan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

A Place Called Freedom
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

A Place to Belong
Cynthia Kadohata

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Apocalyptic Planet
Craig Childs

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Appointment in Samarra
John O'Hara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

A Preface to Paradise Lost
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1942

A Pride of Poppies
Julie Bozza, et al.

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

A Primate's Memoir
Robert M. Sapolsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

A Princess of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

A Problem from Hell
Samantha Power

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
E. L. Konigsburg

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

Apt Pupil
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1982

A Quality of Light
Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Aquarium
David Vann

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

A Question of Blood
Ian Rankin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

A Question of Freedom
R. Dwayne Betts

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

A Question of Guilt
Frances Fyfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Arabian Nights
Anonymous

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1704

Arabian Nights and Days
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

A Rage for Order
Robert F. Worth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Arctic Summer
Damon Galgut

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

A Red Death
Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

A Remarkable Woman
Anne Edwards

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

A Replacement Life
Boris Fishman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Are We Rome?
Cullen Murphy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life
Tom Rath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015