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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

The Kommandant's Girl

Pam Jenoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Koran

Anonymous

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 1956

The Korean War

Bruce Cumings

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Kreutzer Sonata

Margriet De Moor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Kugelmass Episode

Woody Allen

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

The Lace Reader

Brunonia Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lady of the Rivers

Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Lady's Mine

Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science

Armand Marie Leroi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Lamplighter

Maria Susanna Cummins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1854

The Lamplighters

Emma Stonex

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Land

Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1974

The Land and Its People

David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2026

The Land of Green Plums

Herta Müller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Land of Little Rain

Mary Hunter Austin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1903

The Langoliers

Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1990

The Language Instinct

Steven Pinker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Language of Sycamores

Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Language Police

Diane Ravitch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Lantern Bearers

Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1959

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

Denis Johnson

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

The Last

Hanna Jameson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last American Man

Elizabeth Gilbert

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Last Animal

Ramona Ausubel

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Apprentice

Joseph Delaney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Last Ballad

Wiley Cash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Bear

Hannah Gold

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Last Black Unicorn

Tiffany Haddish

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Boy and Girl in the World

Siobhan Vivian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Last Castle

Denise Kiernan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

The Last Child

John Hart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Last Chinese Chef

Nicole Mones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Last Command

Timothy Zahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Last Crossing

Guy Vanderhaeghe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Last Days of California

Mary Miller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Last Days of John Lennon

Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge, James Patterson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Dragon King

Leia Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Dragonslayer

Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Last Ember

Lily Berlin Dodd

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

The Last Enchantment

Mary Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Last Ever After

Soman Chainani

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Last Fallen Star

Graci Kim

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary

Laura Shovan

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Last Girl

Nadia Murad

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Good War

Thomas Sanders

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Last Juror

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Last Lifeboat

Hazel Gaynor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Lion

William Manchester

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1983

The Last Mile

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Mission

Harry Mazer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

The Last Musketeer

Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Last Night of Ballyhoo

Alfred Uhry

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

The Last of the Just

André Schwarz-Bart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Last of the Wine

Mary Renault

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

The Last One

Rachel Howzell Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last One

Will Dean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Orphan

Gregg Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Party

Clare Mackintosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Patriot

Brad Thor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Last Policeman

Ben H. Winters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Last Resort

Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

The Last Romantics

Tara Conklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last Russian Doll

Kristen Loesch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Sin Eater

Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Last Sister

Kendra Elliot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Nathaniel Philbrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Last Star

Rick Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Last Sultan

Robert Greenfield

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Last Summer of the Death Warriors

Francisco X. Stork

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

Roshani Chokshi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Temptation of Christ

Nikos Kazantzakis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Last Thing I Remember

Andrew Klavan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Last Thing She Ever Did

Gregg Olsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Last Time We Say Goodbye

Cynthia Hand

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Last Town

Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Last Town On Earth

Thomas Mullen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Last Train to Key West

Chanel Cleeton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Train to London

Meg Waite Clayton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last Tudor

Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Unicorn

William Debuys

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Voyage of Columbus

Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

The Last Werewolf

Glen Duncan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Last Word

Elly Griffiths

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last Year of the War

Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Late Mattia Pascal

Luigi Pirandello

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1904

The Late Show

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Laughing Policeman

Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The Law of Innocence

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Laws of Medicine

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Laws of Simplicity

John Maeda

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lazarus Project

Aleksandar Hemon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Lazy Genius Way

Kendra Adachi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations

Barry Z. Posner, James M. Kouzes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Leadership Moment

Michael Useem

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life

Robin S. Sharma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The League of Seven

Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Least of Us

Sam Quinones

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021