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The Invisible Coup

Peter Schweizer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Invisible Library

Genevieve Cogman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Invisible Woman

Claire Tomalin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1990

The Iron Ring

Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

The Island

Adrian McKinty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Island at the Center of the World

Russell Shorto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Island of the Day Before

Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Islands at the End of the World

Austin Aslan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Isle of the Lost

Melissa de la Cruz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Italians and the Holocaust

Susan Zuccotti

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Janissary Tree

Jason Goodwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Jesus I Never Knew

Philip Yancey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Jewel in the Crown

Paul Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Jew of Malta

Christopher Marlowe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1589

The John Carlos Story

John Carlos, Dave Zirin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Jordan Rules

Sam Smith

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

The Journalist and the Murderer

Janet Malcolm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Journal of John Woolman

John Woolman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1774

The Journey Home

Isabelle Holland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

The Just City

Jo Walton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Keep

Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Keepers of the House

Shirley Ann Grau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Kentucky Cycle

Robert Schenkkan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1991

The Kept

James Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore

Joan Lowery Nixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

David Kertzer

Nonfiction | Biography | Published in 1997

The Killer Across the Table

Mark Olshaker, John E. Douglas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Killer of Little Shepherds

Douglas Starr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Killer's Cousin

Nancy Werlin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Killer's Tears

Anne-Laure Bondoux

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Killing Stones

Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Kindness of Enemies

Leila Aboulela

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The King and I

Richard Rodgers

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

The Kingdom

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The King Must Die

Mary Renault

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The King of Elfland's Daughter

Lord Dunsany

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1924

The King's Fifth

Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1966

The King's Shadow

Elizabeth Alder

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Kiss Curse

Erin Sterling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Kitchen God's Wife

Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Kitemaker

Ruskin Bond

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1976

The Kite Rider

Geraldine Mccaughrean

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Koran

Anonymous

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 1956

The Korean War

Bruce Cumings

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Kreutzer Sonata

Margriet De Moor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Kugelmass Episode

Woody Allen

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

The Lace Reader

Brunonia Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lady of the Rivers

Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science

Armand Marie Leroi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Lamplighter

Maria Susanna Cummins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1854

The Land

Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1974

The Land of Green Plums

Herta Müller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Land of Little Rain

Mary Hunter Austin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1903

The Langoliers

Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1990

The Language Instinct

Steven Pinker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Language of Sycamores

Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Last

Hanna Jameson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last American Man

Elizabeth Gilbert

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Last Apprentice

Joseph Delaney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Last Ballad

Wiley Cash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Boy and Girl in the World

Siobhan Vivian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Last Castle

Denise Kiernan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

The Last Child

John Hart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Last Crossing

Guy Vanderhaeghe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Last Days of California

Mary Miller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary

Laura Shovan

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Last Good War

Thomas Sanders

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Last Juror

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Last Mile

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Mission

Harry Mazer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

The Last Night of Ballyhoo

Alfred Uhry

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

The Last of the Just

André Schwarz-Bart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Last of the Wine

Mary Renault

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

The Last One

Rachel Howzell Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last Patriot

Brad Thor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Last Picture Show

Larry Mcmurtry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Last Policeman

Ben H. Winters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Last Resort

Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

The Last Russian Doll

Kristen Loesch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Sin Eater

Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Last Star

Rick Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Last Sultan

Robert Greenfield

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Last Summer of the Death Warriors

Francisco X. Stork

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Last Temptation of Christ

Nikos Kazantzakis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Last Thing I Remember

Andrew Klavan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Last Time We Say Goodbye

Cynthia Hand

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Last Town

Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Last Town On Earth

Thomas Mullen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Last Unicorn

William Debuys

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Voyage of Columbus

Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

The Last Werewolf

Glen Duncan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Last Year of the War

Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Late Mattia Pascal

Luigi Pirandello

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1904

The Late Show

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Laughing Policeman

Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The Lazarus Project

Aleksandar Hemon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations

Barry Z. Posner, James M. Kouzes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The League of Seven

Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Ledge

Jim Davidson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Legacy

Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021