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The News about Dinosaurs

Patricia Lauber

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

The New Science of Learning

Terry Doyle, Todd Zakrajsek

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World

Peter Frankopan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The New Yorkers

Cathleen Schine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Nick Adams Stories

Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1972

The Night Bird

Brian Freeman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Night Gardener

George Pelecanos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Night in Question

Tobias Wolff

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1996

The Nightshade God

Hannah Whitten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Night the Bed Fell

James Thurber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1933

The Ninth Hour

Alice McDermott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Ninth Life of Louis Drax

Liz Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Noise of Time

Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Noonday Demon

Andrew Solomon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

The North Water: A Novel

Ian Mcguire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Then We Came to the End

Joshua Ferris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Oath

Jeffrey Toobin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Odd Women

George Gissing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1893

Theodore Roosevelt: Fighting Patriot

Clara Ingram Judson

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Old Gringo

Carlos Fuentes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Old Regime and The French Revolution

Alexis de Tocqueville

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1856

The One

Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The One Safe Place

Tania Unsworth

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Only

Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Only Alien on the Planet

Kristen D. Randle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Only Story

Julian Barnes

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

The Opposite of Loneliness

Marina Keegan

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2014

The Orange Houses

Paul Griffin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Orchardist

Amanda Coplin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Ordeal of the Longhouse

Daniel K. Richter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Order of Time

Carlo Rovelli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey

Rinker Buck

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Orenda

Joseph Boyden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Organic Machine

Richard White

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Organization Man

William H. Whyte

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1956

The Origins of Political Order

Francis Fukuyama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain

María Rosa Menocal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Orphan Keeper

Camron Wright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Other Emily

Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Other Side

Juan Pablo Villalobos

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2019

The Other Side of Dark

Sarah Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

The Other Side of Silence

Ted Allbeury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Other Side of the Island

Allegra Goodman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Other Typist

Suzanne Rindell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Outlander

Gil Adamson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Outstation

W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1924

The Overton Window

Glenn Beck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Owl Service

Alan Garner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The Ox Bow Incident

Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

The Painted Girls

Cathy Marie Buchanan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Painter

Peter Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Painter from Shanghai

Jennifer Cody Epstein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Paladin Prophecy

Mark Frost

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Pale Blue Eye

Louis Bayard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Pale King

David Foster Wallace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Panda's Thumb

Stephen Jay Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1980

The Paris Express

Emma Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Aimee Bender

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Passion of Artemisia

Susan Vreeland

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Passion of New Eve

Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Path

Michael Puett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Path Between the Seas

David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Path Made Clear

Oprah Winfrey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Patriot Threat

Steve Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Peach Keeper

Sarah Addison Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Peacock Emporium

Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Peloponnesian War

Donald Kagan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Pentagon's Brain

Annie Jacobsen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Penultimate Peril

Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The People's Platform

Astra Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Peppermint Pig

Nina Bawden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

The Perennial Philosophy: An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West

Aldous Huxley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1945

The Perfume Collector

Kathleen Tessaro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Perilous Road

William O. Steele

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1958

The Phoenix Pencil Company

Allison King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Photographer

Didier Lefèvre, Emmanuel Guibert, Frédéric Lemercier

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Physicists

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1962

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

Katherine Howe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Pickup

Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Places in Between

Rory Stewart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Playmaker

Thomas Keneally

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Playroom

John Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Play that Changed My Life

Ben Hodges

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Pleasure of My Company

Steve Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Pocket Wife

Susan Crawford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Poe Shadow

Matthew Pearl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Poet

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Poison Daughter

Sheila Masterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Poisoner

Stephen Bates

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Poison Tree

Erin Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Poison Tree

Alan Prendergast

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Ponder Heart

Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1954

The Porcupine of Truth

Bill Konigsberg

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Portable Beat Reader

Ann Charters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Possessed

Elif Batuman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Possession of Alba Díaz

Isabel Cañas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Postmistress

Sarah Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Postmodern Condition

Jean-François Lyotard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Power of Full Engagement

Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Power Of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters

Emily Esfahani Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017