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Paper Ghosts

Sarah Addison Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Paper Princess

Erin Watt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Papillon

Henri Charrière

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1969

Paradais

Fernanda Melchor, Transl. Sophie Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Paradise Road

Kirk Nesset

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Paradiso 17

Hannah Lillith Assadi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Paradox

Douglas Preston, Aletheia Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Parakeet

Marie-Helene Bertino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Paranoia

James Patterson, James O. Born

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

Gad Saad

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Paris to the Moon

Adam Gopnik

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Paris Trout

Pete Dexter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Park Avenue Summer

Renée Rosen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Parrot and Olivier in America

Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Parrot In The Oven

Victor Martinez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Party of Liars

Kelsey Cox

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Passager

Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Passing Strange

Martha A. Sandweiss

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Pastoralia

George Saunders

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2000

Pastrami on Rye

Ted Merwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Past the Shallows

Favel Parrett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Pather Panchali

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

Jonathan Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Pathologies of Power

Paul Farmer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Patients Come Second

Paul Spiegelman, Britt Berrett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Patient Zero: Solving the Mysteries of Deadly Epidemics

Marilee Peters

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Patricia Wants to Cuddle

Samantha Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Patrimony

Philip Roth

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Patriot Games

Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Pattern Recognition

William Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Paula

Isabel Allende

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Paul: A Biography

N. T. Wright

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire

Flora Fraser

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

Paul Revere's Ride

David Hackett Fischer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Pavilion of Women

Pearl S. Buck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

Payback

Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Payback's a Witch

Lana Harper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Peace Breaks Out

John Knowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Peace Is Every Step

Thich Nhat Hanh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Peace Talks

Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Peach Blossom Spring

Melissa Fu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Peaches

Jodi Lynn Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Peak

Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Peaks and Valleys: Making Good and Bad Times Work for You--At Work and in Life

Spencer Johnson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Pearl Buck in China

Hilary Spurling

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Pearl Harbor: Warning And Decision

Roberta Wohlstetter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

Pearl in the Sand

Tessa Afshar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Pearl of China

Anchee Min

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Pedagogy of Hope

Paulo Freire

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Peeling the Onion

Günter Grass

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Peeps

Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Pendragon: Arthur And His Britain

Joseph P. Clancy

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1972

Penny from Heaven

Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Penrod

Booth Tarkington

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1914

Peony In Love

Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

People Like Her

Ellery Lloyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

People Love Dead Jews

Dara Horn

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

Peopleware

Tom Demarco, Timothy Lister

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes

Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files

Rick Riordan

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Perdido Street Station

China Mieville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Perfect Chemistry

Simone Elkeles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Peril at End House

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers

Seth Godin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Permission to Feel

Marc Brackett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Permutation City

Greg Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Persepolis Rising

James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Personal

Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Personal History

Katharine Graham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Perspective Made Easy

Ernest R. Norling

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1939

Persuader

Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Pestilence

Laura Thalassa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Petals on the Wind

V. C. Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

J. M. Barrie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1906

Petersburg

Andrei Bely

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913

Peter the Great

Robert K. Massie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1980

Phantom

H. D. Carlton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Phantom

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

V.S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Phases

Brandy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Phenomena: Poems

Cathryn Hankla

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2021

Philadelphia Fire

John Edgar Wideman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Philaster

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1609

Philip Larkin

Andrew Motion

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

Phillis Wheatley: Complete Writings

Phillis Wheatley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1773

Philosophical Investigations

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature

Richard Rorty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Phormio

Terence

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 161

Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

Michio Kaku

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Pick a Color

Souvankham Thammavongsa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Picture Bride

Cathy Song

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 1983

Picture Me Gone

Meg Rosoff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Picture This

Joseph Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Picturing Will

Ann Beattie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Piece of My Heart

Peter Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Piercing the Darkness

Frank E. Peretti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

Herman Melville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1852

Piers Plowman

William Langland

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1377

Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories

John Updike

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1962