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The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel

Douglas Brunt

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

The Lost Gate

Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Lost Girl

D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Heinrich Böll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Lost Metal

Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

Chanel Cleeton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Lost Summers of Newport

Lauren Willig, Karen White, Beatriz Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lost Ticket

Freya Sampson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lost Vintage

Ann Mah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lost Wife

Alyson Richman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Love Of A Good Woman

Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

The Love of My Youth

Mary Gordon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Lover

Robin Schone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

Rachel Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Love That Split the World

Emily Henry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Love Wife

Gish Jen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Lower Depths

Maxim Gorky

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1902

The Luckiest Girl in the World

Steven Levenkron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Lucky One

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Luminous Dead

Caitlin Starling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Lusiads

Luís de Camões

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1572

The Luxe

Anna Godbersen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Luzhin Defense

Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

The Lying Game

Sara Shepard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Lying Woods

Ashley Elston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Them

Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Them

Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Machine in the Garden

Leo Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1964

The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production

James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Madman of Piney Woods

Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Madonna of Excelsior

Zakes Mda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Madonnas of Leningrad

Debra Dean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Maestro

Tim Wynne-Jones

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Magic

Rhonda Byrne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Magician

W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1908

The Magician

Michael Scott

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Magician King

Lev Grossman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Magician of Lublin

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Magician's Land

Lev Grossman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

Rachel Linden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

Richard Dawkins

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2011

The Magic Thief

Sarah Prineas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Magic Toyshop

Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Magnificent 12: The Call

Michael Grant

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Magnificent Ambersons

Booth Tarkington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1918

The Magnolia Story

Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines, Mark Dagostino

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You

Julie Zhuo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Making of a Navy SEAL

Brandon Webb

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2015

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Tom Hanks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

Beth Allison Barr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Makioka Sisters

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

Oscar Hijuelos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Mammoth Hunters

Jean M. Auel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Manchurian Candidate

Richard Condon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Mandarins

Simone de Beauvoir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Man from New York

Benjamin Lawrence Reid

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

The Mango Season

Amulya Malladi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Maniac

Benjamín Labatut

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Man in My Basement

Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Man in the Brown Suit

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1924

The Man in the Rockefeller Suit

Mark Seal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit

Lucette Lagnado

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Man in the Woods

Rosemary Wells

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

The Man of Feeling

Henry MacKenzie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1771

The Man of Property

John Galsworthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1906

The Man of the Forest

Zane Grey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

Mark Twain

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1899

The Man the Moment Demands

Jason Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Manticore

Robertson Davies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

The Man Who Could Move Clouds

Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Man Who Listens to Horses

Monty Roberts

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996

The Man Who Loved Children

Christina Stead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

Gregory Zuckerman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Man Who Turned into a Stick

Kōbō Abe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1957

The Man Who Would Be King

Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1888

The Man Without a Face

Masha Gessen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

The Man Without Qualities

Robert Musil

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

The Mapmakers

John Noble Wilford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Map Trap

Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The March

E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam

Barbara W. Tuchman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

The Mark

Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Marriage Act

John Marrs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Marriage Lie

Kimberly Belle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Marriage Pact

Michelle Richmond

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Marsh King's Daughter

Karen Dionne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Mars Room

Rachel Kushner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Martyred

Richard E. Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Marvels

Brian Selznick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The MASH Up

Laura Marie Meyers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Masque of Blackness

Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1605

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

Iain McGilchrist

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Master Builder

Henrik Ibsen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1892

The Master Butchers Singing Club

Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Master of Ballantrae

Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1889

The Masterpiece

Émile Zola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1886

The Master Puppeteer

Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

The Match

Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Matchlock Gun

Walter D. Edmonds

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Matchmaker: A Farce in Four Acts

Thornton Wilder

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1954