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The Bunker Diary

Kevin Brooks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution

Peter Hessler

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Buried Mirror

Carlos Fuentes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Burning Girl

Claire Messud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Burn Journals

Brent Runyon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Bushwhacked Piano

Thomas McGuane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The Busybody Book Club

Freya Sampson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Butcher

Jennifer Hillier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Butcher Boy

Patrick Mccabe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Butcher's Masquerade

Matt Dinniman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Butler Did It

Kasey Michaels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Butterfly Mosque

G. Willow Wilson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Caine Mutiny

Herman Wouk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Camel Bookmobile

Masha Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Camp of the Saints

Jean Raspail, Transl. Ethan Rundell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Candy Smash

Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Captive Mind

Czesław Miłosz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

The Cardinal of the Kremlin

Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Cardturner

Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Care and Management of Lies

Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Caretaker

Harold Pinter

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1960

The Carrying

Ada Limón

Nonfiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

The Cartel

Don Winslow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Carter Family

David Lasky, Frank M. Young

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

The Casanova

T. L. Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein

Peter Ackroyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Case for Faith

Lee Strobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Castaways

Lucy Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Casual Vacancy

J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

Paula Danziger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

The Catcher Was a Spy

Nicholas Dawidoff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1994

The Cat in the Hat

Dr. Seuss

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1957

The Cat's Table

Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards

Lilian Jackson Braun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Cement Garden

Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Cenci

Antonin Artaud

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1935

The Centaur

John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Challenger Launch Decision

Diane Vaughan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Chaneysville Incident

David Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Change

Kirsten Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Changeover

Margaret Mahy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

Thomas Keneally

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

The Charlie Method

Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Chatham School Affair

Thomas H. Cook

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Chemist

Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Chemistry of Tears

Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Child

Fiona Barton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Child in Time

Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Children's Book

A. S. Byatt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Chosen One

Carol Lynch Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Christmas Fix

Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Christopher Killer

Alane Ferguson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Cinderella Waltz

Ann Beattie

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1981

The Cinnamon Shops

Bruno Schulz

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1934

The Circus in Winter

Cathy Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Citizen of the World

Oliver Goldsmith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1762

The City in History

Lewis Mumford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

The Clocks

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Clockwork Three

Matthew J. Kirby

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Cloning of Joanna May

Franklin Birkinshaw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Club Dumas

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Cocaine Wars

Paul Eddy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Cocktail Party

T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1950

The Coffin Dancer

Jeffery Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Coin

Yasmin Zaher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Collected Works of Billy the Kid

Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

The Collector of Treasures

Bessie Head

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1977

The Collectors

Jacqueline West

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Collectors

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Colonel's Lady

Laura Frantz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Colorado Kid

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Color of Death

Trey Gowdy, Christopher Greyson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Color of Law

Mark Gimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Comfort of Strangers

Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Coming Anarchy

Robert D. Kaplan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Coming Race

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1871

The Commanding Heights

Daniel Yergin, Joseph Stanislaw

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Commitments

Roddy Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Common Good

Robert B. Reich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Concept of Law

H. L. A. Hart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

The Concubine's Children

Denise Chong

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Conjure Woman

Charles W. Chesnutt

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1899

The Conquest of Gaul

Julius Caesar

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 58

The Conquest of Happiness

Bertrand Russell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1930

The Consequence of Anna

Kate Birkin, Mark Bornz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Conservationist

Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Constant Gardener

John le Carré

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Constant Princess

Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Contender

Robert Lipsyte

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The Contrast

Maria Edgeworth

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1801

The Copywriter's Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Copy That Sells

Robert Bly

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Cossacks

Leo Tolstoy

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1863

The Counterlife

Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

Philip Sidney

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1590

The Country Girls

Edna O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Country in the City

Richard A. Walker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

The Country of the Pointed Firs

Sarah Orne Jewett

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1896

The Courage to Be

Paul Tillich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1952

The Court of the Dead

Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Cove

Ron Rash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012