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A Passion in the Desert
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1830

A Patch of Blue
Elizabeth Kata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

A Patchwork Planet
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

A Peace to End All Peace
David Fromkin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

A Pearl in the Storm
Tori Murden McClure

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

A People's Tragedy
Orlando Figes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

A Personal Matter
Kenzaburo Oe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

A Pho Love Story
Loan Le

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

A Pickpocket's Tale
Timothy J. Gilfoyle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

A Piece of the World
Christina Baker Kline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Pigeon and a Boy
Meir Shalev

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

A Pigeon's Tale
S.A. Mahan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

A Place Called Freedom
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

A Place to Belong
Cynthia Kadohata

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Apocalypse Never
Michael Shellenberger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Apocalyptic Planet
Craig Childs

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Apollyon
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Apostle's Cove
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die
Greer Stothers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Apple
David Pogue

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Appointment in Samarra
John O'Hara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Appointment With Death
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

A Preface to Paradise Lost
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1942

A Pride of Poppies
Julie Bozza, et al.

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

April 1865: The Month That Saved America
Jay Winik

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

A Primate's Memoir
Robert M. Sapolsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

A Princess of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

A Problem from Hell
Samantha Power

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

A Promise of Peridot
Kate Golden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
E. L. Konigsburg

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

Apt Pupil
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1982

A Quality of Light
Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

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

Archer's Quest
Linda Sue Park

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Archimedes and the Door of Science
Jeanne Bendick

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1962

Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Arctic Summer
Damon Galgut

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

A Redbird Christmas
Fannie Flagg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

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

A Revolution of Common Sense
Scott Jennings

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

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

Argylle
Elly Conway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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

Aru Shah and the City of Gold
Roshani Chokshi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Aru Shah and the Song of Death
Roshani Chokshi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

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 Separation
Katie Kitamura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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

Asha and the Spirit Bird
Jasbinder Bilan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

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 Myth
Karen Armstrong

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2005

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