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The Infatuations

Javier Marías

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Infinite Plan

Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Informant

Kurt Eichenwald

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

James Gleick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Inhabited Woman

Gioconda Belli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

Zoraida Córdova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Inheritance of Rome

Chris Wickham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Inheritors

William Golding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Ink Black Heart

Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Inner Game of Tennis

W. Timothy Gallwey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

The Inner Life of Animals

Peter Wohlleben, Transl. Ewa Kochanowska

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Innocent

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Innocent

Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Innovators

Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

The Innovator's Solution

Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Insanity of God

Nik Ripken, Gregg Lewis

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The International Bank of Bob

Bob Harris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf

Ambelin Kwaymullina

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Intrigue

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Invasion

Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Invasion of the Tearling

Erika Johansen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Invention of Solitude

Paul Auster

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Invisible Bridge

Julie Orringer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Invisible Bridge

Rick Perlstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Invisible Coup

Peter Schweizer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Invisible Gorilla

Christopher Chabris, Daniel Simons

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Invisible Heart

Nancy Folbre

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Invisible Library

Genevieve Cogman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Invisible Woman

Claire Tomalin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1990

The Iron King

Julie Kagawa

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Iron Ring

Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

The Irony of American History

Reinhold Niebuhr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1952

The Island

Adrian McKinty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Island

Victoria Hislop

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Island

Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Island

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

The Island at the Center of the World

Russell Shorto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Island of the Day Before

Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Islands at the End of the World

Austin Aslan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Isle of the Lost

Melissa de la Cruz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Italians and the Holocaust

Susan Zuccotti

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Jailhouse Lawyer

Nancy Allen, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Jane Austen Book Club

Karen Joy Fowler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Jane Austen Society

Natalie Jenner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Janissary Tree

Jason Goodwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Jesus Discoveries

Jeremiah J. Johnston

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Jesus I Never Knew

Philip Yancey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Jetsetters

Amanda Eyre Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Jewel in the Crown

Paul Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Jew of Malta

Christopher Marlowe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1589

The JFK Conspiracy

Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

The John Carlos Story

John Carlos, Dave Zirin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Jordan Rules

Sam Smith

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

The Journalist and the Murderer

Janet Malcolm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Journal of Curious Letters

James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Journal of John Woolman

John Woolman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1774

The Journey Home

Isabelle Holland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

The Journey of Crazy Horse

Joseph M. Marshall III

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

The Just City

Jo Walton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Kamogawa Food Detectives

Jesse Kirkwood, Hisashi Kashiwai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Kane Chronicles Survival Guide

Rick Riordan

Fiction | Reference/Text Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Keep

Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Keeper

Guadalupe García Mccall

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Keeper

Charles Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Keeper of Lost Causes

Jussi Adler-Olsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Keeper of Magical Things

Julie Leong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Keepers of the House

Shirley Ann Grau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Kentucky Cycle

Robert Schenkkan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1991

The Kept

James Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza

Jack Gantos

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Key to Rebecca

Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore

Joan Lowery Nixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

David Kertzer

Nonfiction | Biography | Published in 1997

The Killer Across the Table

Mark Olshaker, John E. Douglas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Killer of Little Shepherds

Douglas Starr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Killer's Cousin

Nancy Werlin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Killer's Tears

Anne-Laure Bondoux

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Killing Stones

Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Kindest Lie

Nancy Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Kindness of Enemies

Leila Aboulela

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Kind Worth Saving

Peter Swanson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The King and I

Richard Rodgers

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

The Kingdom

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Kingdom of Copper

S. A. Chakraborty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The King Is Coming

John Bevere

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The King Must Die

Mary Renault

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The King of Diamonds

Rena Pederson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

The King of Elfland's Daughter

Lord Dunsany

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1924

The King's Curse

Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The King's Fifth

Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1966

The Kings of Clonmel

John Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The King's Shadow

Elizabeth Alder

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Kiss

James Patterson, Jill Dembowski

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Kiss Curse

Erin Sterling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Kissing Booth

Beth Reekles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Kiss Thief

L. J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Kitchen God's Wife

Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Kitemaker

Ruskin Bond

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1976

The Kite Rider

Geraldine Mccaughrean

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Knowledge of the Holy

A.W. Tozer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961