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A Memory of Light

Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

America, América

Greg Grandin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

America for Americans

Erika Lee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

America Is Not the Heart

Elaine Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

American Assassin

Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump

Tim Alberta

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood

Marie Arana

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

American Heiress

Jeffrey Toobin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

American Icon

Bryce G. Hoffman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

American Kings

Seth Wickersham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

American Notes

Charles Dickens

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1842

American Nursing

Patricia D'Antonio

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

American Queen

Sierra Simone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

American Reckoning

Christian G. Appy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

American Son

Brian Ascalon Roley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

Joseph J. Ellis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1997

American Spy

Lauren Wilkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

American Wasteland

Jonathan Bloom

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

American Wife

Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

America (The Book)

Jon Stewart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

A Midnight Clear

William Wharton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

A Million Junes

Emily Henry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science

Barbara Oakley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

A Minute to Midnight

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

A Mirror Mended

Alix E. Harrow

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2022

Amity

Nathan Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Among the Barons

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Among the Brave

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Among the Burning Flowers

Samantha Shannon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Among the Enemy

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Among the Free

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Among the Thugs

Bill Buford

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1990

A Monsoon Rising

Thea Guanzon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Month of Summer

Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Moon for the Misbegotten

Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1952

A Morbid Taste For Bones

Ellis Peters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A More Beautiful Question

Warren Berger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

A Most Agreeable Murder

Julia Seales

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Most Wanted Man

John le Carré

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Mother's Reckoning

Sue Klebold

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Amp It Up

Frank Slootman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

A Municipal Report

O. Henry

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1909

A Murder in Hollywood

Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

A Murder in Virginia

Suzanne Lebsock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Amy and Isabelle

Elizabeth Strout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Amy Hill Hearth

Amy Hill Hearth, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Sarah Louise Delany

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

An Abundance of Katherines

John Green

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

An Academic Affair

Jodi Mcalister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

An Acquaintance with Darkness

Ann Rinaldi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

Barbara Brown Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Anam Cara

John O'Donohue

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

An American Dream

Norman Mailer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

An American Genocide

Benjamin Madley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

An American Requiem

James Carroll

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996

An Archive of Romance

Ava Reid

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2025

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett

David Crockett

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1834

An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Anastasia

Sophie Lark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Anastasia Again!

Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

An Astrologer's Day

R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1947

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

Chris Hadfield

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

A Nation Under Our Feet

Steven Hahn

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient

Norman Cousins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1979

Anatomy of a Scandal

Sarah Vaughan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Anatomy of Injustice

Raymond Bonner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

A Natural History of Dragons

Marie Brennan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Ancient Light

John Banville

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Ancillary Mercy

Ann Leckie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Andersonville

MacKinlay Kantor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

And I Darken

Kiersten White

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

And It Don't Stop

Raquel Cepeda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

And Now, Back to You

B. K. Borison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

And Then All Hell Broke Loose

Richard Engel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

And There He Kept Her

Joshua Moehling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

And We Stay

Jenny Hubbard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

An Echo in the Darkness

Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

An Empire for Slavery

Randolph B. Campbell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

An Enchantment of Ravens

Margaret Rogerson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

David Hume

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1751

An Equal Music

Vikram Seth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

A Nervous Splendor

Frederic Morton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

A New New Me

Helen Oyeyemi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

A New Religious America

Diana Eck

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

A New Way to Pay Old Debts

Philip Massinger

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1625

Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Angels Flight

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Angels: God's Secret Agents

Billy Graham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

Angry River

Ruskin Bond

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

Louise Rennison

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

An Honest Lie

Tarryn Fisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

An Imaginary Life

David Malouf

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1978

Animal

Lisa Taddeo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Animal Dreams

Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Animals in Translation

Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Animal Wise

Virginia Morell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

An Immense World (young Readers Edition)

Ed Yong, Illustr. Rebecca Mills

Nonfiction | Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2025

An Innocent Client

Scott Pratt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 1995

Anita and Me

Meera Syal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Anna and the French Kiss

Stephanie Perkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010