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The Legend of Good Women
Geoffrey Chaucer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1385

The Leisure Seeker
Michael Zadoorian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Lemon Orchard
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Length of a String
Elissa Brent Weissman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Lesser Blessed
Richard Van Camp

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Lesser Dead
Christopher Buehlman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Liberal Tradition in America
Louis Hartz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1955

The Liberator
John L. Thomas

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

The Librarians
Sherry Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Lie and How We Told It
Tommi Parrish

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Lies That Bind
Judith Van Gieson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Lie Tree
Frances Hardinge

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Lieutenant
Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
James Cross Giblin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Life and Death of Crazy Horse
Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Life of Andrew Jackson
Marquis James

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1938

The Life of Our Lord: Written for His Children During the Years 1846 to 1849
Charles Dickens

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1934

The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Paul Elie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

The Light at Tern Rock
Julia L. Sauer

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1941

The Light Fantastic
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Light in the Forest
Conrad Richter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1953

The Light In The Ruins
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Lightkeepers
Abby Geni

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Lightless Sky
Gulwali Passarlay

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Lion in Winter
James Goldman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1966

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns
John C. Bogle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Little Red Chairs
Edna O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

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
Annie Dillard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

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 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 Game
Rachel Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Long Run
James Acker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

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 God Made Them All
James Herriot

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1981

The Lord of Opium
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships
Michael P. Nichols

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

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 Lost Metal
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes
Chanel Cleeton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Lost Summers of Newport
Lauren Willig, Karen White, Beatriz Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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 Machine in the Garden
Leo Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1964

The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production
James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

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
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1908

The Magician of Lublin
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
Richard Dawkins

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2011

The Magic Toyshop
Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Magnificent 12: The Call
Michael Grant

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Magnificent Ambersons
Booth Tarkington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1918

The Magnolia Story
Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines, Mark Dagostino

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

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 Feeling
Henry MacKenzie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1771

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