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Loonshots
Safi Bahcall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Loot
Tania James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Lord of Light
Roger Zelazny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

Lord of Misrule
Jaimy Gordon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Lord of Shadows
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Lord of the Nutcracker Men
Iain Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Lords of Uncreation
Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Losers: Part I
Harley Laroux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Losers Take All
David Klass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Losing Battles
Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Losing My Cool
Thomas Chatterton Williams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Lost
Rachel Hartigan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

Lost Birds
Anne Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Lost City Radio
Daniel Alarcon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Lost & Found: A Memoir
Kathryn Schulz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Lost Girls
Robert Kolker

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Lost Illusions
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1843

Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Lost in the City
Edward P. Jones

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

Lost in the Cosmos
Walker Percy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

Lost in the Forest
Sue Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Lost in the War
Nancy Antle

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Lost in Time
A. G. Riddle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Lost in Translation
Nicole Mones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Lost in Translation
Eva Hoffman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1989

Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon
Mizuki Tsujimura, Transl. Yuki Tejima

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Lot
Bryan Washington

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Lo Terciario / The Tertiary
Raquel Salas Rivera

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Louisiana's Way Home
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Love and Other Consolation Prizes
Jamie Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Love and Ruin: A Novel
Paula McLain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Love Anthony
Lisa Genova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Love Arranged
Lauren Asher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Love, Aubrey
Suzanne LaFleur

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Love by the Book
Jessica George

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Love Comes Softly
Janette Oke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Loved and Missed
Susie Boyt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish
David Rakoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Loved One
Aisha Muharrar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Love Forms
Claire Adam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Love Lettering
Kate Clayborn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Love Letters to a Serial Killer
Tasha Coryell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Love Letters to the Dead
Ava Dellaira

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Love & Luck
Jenna Evans Welch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Lovely, Dark, and Deep
Amy McNamara

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Love of Country: A Journey through the Hebrides
Madeleine Bunting

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Love on the Dotted Line
David E. Talbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Love Overboard
Kandi Steiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Lover Awakened
J. R. Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Loverboy
Victoria Redel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Lover Forbidden
J. R. Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Lovers Leap
J.L. Merrow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Love Story
Erich Segal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Love Unwritten
Lauren Asher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Love! Valour! Compassion!
Terrence McNally

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1994

Love Warrior
Glennon Doyle (Melton)

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Love & Whiskey
Fawn Weaver

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

Love You Forever
Robert Munsch

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1986

Love You More
Emily Giffin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Love Your Enemies
Arthur C. Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It
Kamal Ravikant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Loving
Henry Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Loving Day
Mat Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Lowboy
John Wray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Loyalty
Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Lucien
J. R. Thornton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Lucky
Alice Sebold

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Lucky
Jane Smiley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Lucky Boy
Shanthi Sekaran

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Lucky Day
Chuck Tingle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Lucky's Plott
Libby Bagby

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Lucy
Jamaica Kincaid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Lucy Gayheart
Willa Cather

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

Lucy Temple
Susanna Rowson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1828

Lullaby
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Lumberjanes
N.D. Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Lunar Park
Bret Easton Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Lust for Life
Irving Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Lustrum
Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Lying Awake
Mark Salzman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Lying Next to Me
Gregg Olsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Lyrical Ballads
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1798

Macbeth
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Machine Learning
Tom M Mitchell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Machine Man
Max Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Madame Doubtfire
Anne Fine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Mad Eden
Morgan Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night
Julian Sancton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Madness
Shantel Tessier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Stephen Crane

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1893

Maggie Moves On
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Maggot Moon
Sally Gardner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Magical Midlife Madness
K.F. Breene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Magic Bites
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Magic for Liars
Sarah Gailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Magic Hour
Susan Isaacs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

Magic Pill
Johann Hari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Magna Carta Libertatum
Stephen Langton

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1215