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Aquarium
David Vann

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

A Question of Blood
Ian Rankin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

A Question of Freedom
R. Dwayne Betts

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

A Question of Guilt
Frances Fyfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Arabian Nights
Anonymous

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1704

Arabian Nights and Days
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

A Rage for Order
Robert F. Worth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Archenemies
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Arctic Summer
Damon Galgut

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

A Red Death
Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

A Remarkable Woman
Anne Edwards

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

A Replacement Life
Boris Fishman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

A Resistance of Witches
Morgan Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"
Marianne Williamson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Are We Rome?
Cullen Murphy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life
Tom Rath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

A Richer Retirement
William P. Bengen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Ark Angel
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Armada
Ernest Cline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Armageddon Summer
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Arms and the Man
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1894

Arranged Marriage
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1995

Arrow's Flight
Mercedes Lackey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Arrowsmith
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Arrugas
Paco Roca

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Art and Illusion
Ernst Gombrich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

Arthur, High King of Britain
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Arthurian Romances
Chrétien De Troyes

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1170

Arthur Miller
Christopher Bigsby

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

As a Driven Leaf
Milton Steinberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

A Salty Piece of Land
Jimmy Buffett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
Alan Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

As Close to Us As Breathing
Elizabeth Poliner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

As Cool as I Am
Pete Fromm

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

A Season in the Congo
Aimé Césaire

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1966

A Season in the Life of Emmanuel
Marie-Claire Blais

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

A Secret Kept
Tatiana de Rosnay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

A Sentimental Education
Gustave Flaubert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1869

A Serious Proposal To The Ladies
Mary Astell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1694

A Severed Head
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

As for Me and My House
Sinclair Ross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23_Keller_AIPS
W. Phillip Keller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

Ashfall
Mike Mullin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

A Shining Thread of Hope
Darlene Clark Hine, Kathleen Thompson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

A Short Guide to Writing About Art
Sylvan Barnet

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1993

A Short History of the United States
Edward Channing

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1908

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Marina Lewycka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Ash Princess
Laura Sebastian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Asian American Dreams
Helen Zia

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

A Silver Dish
Saul Bellow

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1978

A Simple Plan
Scott B. Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

A Single Thread
Tracy Chevalier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

A Single Thread
Marie Bostwick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

#askgaryvee
Gary Vaynerchuk

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Asking for It
Kate Harding

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Ask the Passengers
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

A ​sky Beyond the Storm
Sabaa Tahir

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

A Slight Trick of the Mind
Mitch Cullin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage
M. K. Oliver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

A Soft Place to Land
Janae Marks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

A Soldier of the Great War
Mark Helprin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

A Soldier's Secret
Marissa Moss

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

A Solitary Blue
Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

A Song Flung Up to Heaven
Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

A Song of Ice and Fire
George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

A Son of the Circus
John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

A Spell for Chameleon
Piers Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A Spindle Splintered
Alix E. Harrow

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2021

A Splendid Exchange
William J. Bernstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

A Spot of Bother
Mark Haddon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

A Spy Among Friends
Ben Macintyre

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Assassins
Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

As She Left It
Catriona McPherson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

As Simple As Snow
Gregory Galloway

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

A Stage Set for Villains
Shannon J. Spann

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

A Step from Death
Larry Woiwode

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1978

A Step from Heaven
An Na

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

A Step Toward Falling
Cammie McGovern

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

A Stillness at Appomattox
Bruce Catton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

A Stone of Hope: A Memoir
Jim St. Germain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2021

A Story Teller's Story
Sherwood Anderson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1924

A Strange and Sublime Address
Amit Chaudhuri

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1991

A Stranger Among Us
Stacy Bierlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Stranger in Your Own City
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

A Stranger is Watching
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A Street Cat Named Bob
James Bowen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Astronomer's Wife
Kay Boyle

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1936

Astrophil and Stella
Sir Philip Sidney

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1591

A Study in Scarlet Women
Sherry Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

A Sudden Light
Garth Stein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

A Sudden Silence
Eve Bunting

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

A Summer Affair
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Summer Life
Gary Soto

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1990

A Summer's Reading
Bernard Malamud

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1961

A Summer to Die
Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1977

A Summons to Memphis
Peter Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
Gil Courtemanche

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000