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The Third Chimpanzee

Jared Diamond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Third Life of Grange Copeland

Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

The Third Plate

Dan Barber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Third Policeman

Flann O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

David Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Thousandth Floor

Katharine Mcgee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Thrashers

Julie Soto

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Three Little Javelinas

Susan Lowell

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1992

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

The Throat

Peter Straub

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Tiffany Box

Kathleen Buckstaff

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Tiger

John Vaillant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Tiger in the Tunnel

Ruskin Bond

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1974

The Tiger's Bride

Merline Lovelace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Time in Between

David Bergen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Time in Between

María Dueñas, Transl. Daniel Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Time It Never Rained

Elmer Kelton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Time of the Hero

Mario Vargas Llosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Time of Voice

Robert Kelly

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1969

The Tin Flute

Gabrielle Roy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

The Toilet Paper Tigers

Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Tommyknockers

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Toughest Indian in the World

Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2000

The Town

Conrad Richter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

The Toynbee Convector

Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1988

The Tragedy Paper

Elizabeth LaBan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Train to Crystal City

Jan Jarboe Russell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Traitors Circle

Jonathan Freedland

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade

Pietra Rivoli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Trials Of Apollo, Book 1: The Hidden Oracle

Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Trials of Brother Jero

Wole Soyinka

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1960

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

Joanna Cannon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The True American

Anand Giridharadas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Trumpeter of Krakow

Eric P. Kelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1928

The Truth About Alice

Jennifer Mathieu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Turner House

Angela Flournoy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Turners

Mick Elliott

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Twelve

Justin Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Twelve Dates of Christmas

Jenny Bayliss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

Hannah Tinti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Twentieth Wife

Indu Sundaresan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Tyranny of Experts

William Easterly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Tyrant's Daughter

J.C. Carleson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Ugly Little Boy

Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1958

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

Michelle Hodkin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Unbroken

C. L. Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Unconsoled

Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Uncool

Cameron Crowe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

The Underground Girls of Kabul

Jenny Nordberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Underground Man

Mick Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Undomestic Goddess

Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Union Buries Its Dead

Henry Lawson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1893

The Universe in a Nutshell

Stephen Hawking

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Universe in a Single Atom

Dalai Lama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Universe Versus Alex Woods

Gavin Extence

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Unlikely Disciple

Kevin Roose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Unquiet Earth

Denise Giardina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Unraveling of Mercy Louis

Keija Parssinen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Unseen Realm: Discovering the Supernatural World of the Bible

Michael S. Heiser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Unvanquished

William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood

Kien Nguyen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

The Unwanted Marriage: Dion and Faye's Story

Catharina Maura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees

Don Brown

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2018

The Upside Of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home

Dan Ariely

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Upside of Unrequited

Becky Albertalli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Usual Rules

Joyce Maynard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Valley of Fear

Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Van Alen Legacy

Melissa de la Cruz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Vast Fields of Ordinary

Nick Burd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Velveteen Rabbit

Margery Williams

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1922

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1766

The Victorian Internet

Tom Standage

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The View from Castle Rock

Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2006

The Village

Nikita Lalwani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Village by the Sea

Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Viper

Brad Meltzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Visitor

Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Visitor

Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Waiting Years

Fumiko Enchi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Wallcreeper

Nell Zink

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Walls Around Us

Nova Ren Suma

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Wanderer

Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Wanderers

Meg Howrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Wandering Falcon

Jamil Ahmad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Wangs vs. the World

Jade Chang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Wapshot Chronicle

John Cheever

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The War Between the Classes

Gloria D. Miklowitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Warden

Anthony Trollope

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1855

The Warrior Heir

Cinda Williams Chima

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The War That Ended Peace

Margaret MacMillan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The War to End All Wars: World War I

Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Wasted Vigil

Nadeem Aslam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby

Charles Kingsley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1863

The Water Cure

Sophie Mackintosh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Water Will Come

Jeff Goodell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Waterworks

E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart

Alice Walker

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2000

The Way of the World

Nicolas Bouvier

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

The Way We Live Now

Elizabeth Osborn

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2022

The Way We Live Now

Anthony Trollope

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1875