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Tehanu

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Telegraph Avenue

Michael Chabon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Telephone

Percival Everett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Telex from Cuba

Rachel Kushner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Tell Me

Joan Bauer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Tell Me a Riddle

Tillie Olsen

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1961

Tell Me Everything

Minka Kelly

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say

Kelly Corrigan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Tell Me Your Dreams

Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Tempest

Victoria Aveyard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Temptation

Ivy Smoak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Tempt Me

Nina West, K. A. Tucker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Jaron Lanier

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Ten Days That Shook the World

John Reed

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1919

Tender Cruelty

Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Tending Roses

Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Tending to Grace

Kimberly Newton Fusco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Ten Little Indians

Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2003

Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh

John Lahr

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Tennyson, The Unquiet Heart

Robert Bernard Martin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1980

Ten Things I Hate About Me

Randa Abdel-Fattah

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Ten Thousand Light Years from Okay

Tracy Dobmeier, Wendy Katzman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Ten Thousand Saints

Eleanor Henderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Tent of Miracles

Jorge Amado

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1969

Terminal Velocity

M. P. Woodward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Terms of Endearment

Larry Mcmurtry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Terra Nostra

Carlos Fuentes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Terrible Typhoid Mary

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Territory of Light

Yuko Tsushima

Novel | Published in 1979

Terror in the Name of God

Jessica Stern

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Tess

Kirsten Mcdougall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Testimony: A Memoir

Robbie Robertson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Testimony of Pilot

Barry Hannah

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1978

Texaco

Patrick Chamoiseau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Thanksgiving

Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Thanksgiving on Thursday

Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2002

Thanks to My Mother

Schoschana Rabinovici

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Thank You For Being Late

Thomas L. Friedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Thank You for Listening

Julia Whelan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row

Jarvis Jay Masters

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

That Championship Season

Jason Miller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1972

That Deadman Dance

Kim Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

That Evening Sun

William Faulkner

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1931

That Kind of Mother

Rumaan Alam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

That Last Carolina Summer

Karen White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

That Long Silence

Shashi Deshpande

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

That Month in Tuscany

Inglath Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

That Night

Chevy Stevens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

That Night

Alice McDermott

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

That Old Cape Magic

Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

That Summer

Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

That Used to Be Us

Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The $100 Startup

Chris Guillebeau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure

Grant Cardone

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The 12 Week Year

Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The 12 Week Year Field Guide

Brian P. Moran

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The 13 Clocks

James Thurber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1950

The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle

Joanne Huist Smith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The 13th Valley

John M. Del Vecchio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork: Embrace Them and Empower Your Team

John C. Maxwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The 17th Suspect

James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The 19th Wife

David Ebershoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The #1 Dad Book

James Patterson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The 1 Lawyer

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk

Jack Trout, Al Ries

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

The 23rd Midnight

James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The 24th Hour

James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence From Anywhere in the Organization

John C. Maxwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The 36-Hour Day

Nancy L. Mace, Peter V. Rabins

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1981

The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

Stephen R. Covey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The 9th Judgment

Maxine Paetro, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Absolutist

John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Accidental Asian

Eric Liu

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

The Accidental Empress

Allison Pataki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Accidental Favorite

Fran Littlewood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Accidental Superpower

Peter Zeihan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Accident Season

Moira Fowley-Doyle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Acharnians

Aristophanes

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 425

The ADHD Field Guide for Adults

Cate Osborn, Erik Gude

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Adjunct

Maria Adelmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Admirable Crichton

J. M. Barrie

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1902

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

Tobias Smollett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1751

The Adventures of Roderick Random

Tobias Smollett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1748

The Affair

C. P. Snow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Affair

Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Affluent Society

John Kenneth Galbraith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1958

The African Queen

C. S. Forester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

The Afterlife

Donald Antrim

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Agathas

Kathleen Glasgow, Liz Lawson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Age Of Revolution: Europe 1789-1848

Eric Hobsbawm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

The Age of Spiritual Machines

Ray Kurzweil

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Age of Walls

Tim Marshall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

Richard Holmes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Agony of Alice

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1985

The Aguero Sisters: A Novel

Cristina García

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Alcatraz Escape

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Aleph and Other Stories

Jorge Luis Borges

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1949