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The Ugly Little Boy
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1958

The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business With Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies
Chet Holmes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

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 Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest
Aubrey Hartman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

The Underground Girls of Kabul
Jenny Nordberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Underground Library
Jennifer Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Underground Man
Mick Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Undomestic Goddess
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Unexpected Journey
Emma Heming Willis

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

The Unfinished Journey
William H. Chafe

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Union Buries Its Dead
Henry Lawson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1893

The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope for and Believe
Richard Rohr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

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 Unseen World
Liz Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

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 Upward Spiral
Alex Korb

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

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 Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop
Takuya Asakura, Transl. Yuka Maeno

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Vengeance of Mothers
Jim Fergus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

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 Vision of the Anointed
Thomas Sowell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Visitor
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Visitor
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Waiting
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Waiting Years
Fumiko Enchi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Wallcreeper
Nell Zink

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Mariana Zapata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

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 Waste Lands
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

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 Margin
Shi Nai'an, Transl. J. H. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1369

The Water Will Come
Jeff Goodell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Waterworks
E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Wayfinder
Adam Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart
Alice Walker

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2000

The Way I Am Now
Amber Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

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

The Way We're Working Isn't Working
Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes, Catherine Mccarthy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
David S. Landes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Weather Makers
Tim Flannery

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Wedding
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Wedding Date
Jasmine Guillory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Wedding Gift
Marlen Suyapa Bodden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Wee Free Men
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Weekend
Charlotte Wood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Weight of Silence
Heather Gudenkauf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Weirdo
Theodore Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

The Well and the Mine
Gin Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Whiskey Rebels
David Liss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Whispering Room
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The White Bone
Barbara Gowdy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The White Book
Han Kang, Transl. Deborah Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The White Boy Shuffle
Paul Beatty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The White Castle
Orhan Pamuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The White Darkness
Geraldine Mccaughrean

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

The White Hot
Quiara Alegría Hudes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The White Hotel
D.M. Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The White King
György Dragomán

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The White Lie
Andrea Gillies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The White Queen
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The White Raven
Diana L. Paxson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Why Café
John P. Strelecky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Wicked Deep
Shea Ernshaw

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018