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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 African American and Latinx History of the United States
Paul Ortiz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

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 Epidemic
Robert Whitaker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

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 Criticism
Northrop Frye

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1957

Anatomy of Injustice
Raymond Bonner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

A Natural History of Dragons
Marie Brennan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

An Author's Odyssey
Chris Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

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 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 Education in Malice
S.T. Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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
Denis Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Angels Flight
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Angels: God's Secret Agents
Billy Graham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

Angry God
L.J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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

Animal Liberation Now
Peter Singer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

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

Anna And The Swallow Man
Gavriel Savit

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Anna Christie
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1922

Anna Dressed In Blood
Kendare Blake

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Annals of the Former World
John McPhee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Anne Frank
Melissa Müller

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Anne Frank Remembered
Miep Gies

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

Anne of Ingleside
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1939

Anne of the Island
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1915

Anne of Windy Poplars
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1936

Anne's House of Dreams
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1917

Annie and the Old One
Miska Miles

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1971

Annie on My Mind
Nancy Garden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

Annie's Ghosts
Steve Luxenberg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Annus Mirabilis
Sally Ball

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Ann Veronica
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1909

An Officer and a Spy
Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

An Orchestra of Minorities
Chigozie Obioma

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

A Northern Light
Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Another
Paul Tremblay

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

Another Day in the Death of America
Gary Younge

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Another Man's Moccasins
Craig Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Another Roadside Attraction
Tom Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
Mark Bray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Antihero
Gregg Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Antonietta
John Hersey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

An Unexpected Life
Gloria Steinem

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

An Unfinished Woman
Lillian Hellman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1969

An Unnecessary Woman
Rabih Alameddine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

An Untamed State
Roxane Gay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

A Nurse's Story
Peter Baida

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World
Max Lucado

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Anya's Ghost
Vera Brosgol

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2011

Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?
Leslie Connor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Any Way the Wind Blows
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Anywhere You Run
Wanda M. Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A Painful Case
James Joyce

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1914

A Pair of Blue Eyes
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1873

A Parchment of Leaves
Silas House

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Apart at the Seams
Marie Bostwick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014