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The Murder Inn

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Murder of Mr. Wickham

Claudia Gray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Murder of the Century

Paul Collins

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Murder Rule

Dervla McTiernan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Muse

Jessie Burton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Museum of Extraordinary Things

Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Music of Chance

Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Music Shop

Rachel Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

Trenton Lee Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle

Taryn Souders

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Mystic Masseur

V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Myths of Innovation

Scott Berkun

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Then Again, Maybe I Won't

Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1971

The Naked Ape

Desmond Morris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

The Naked Sun

Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Name of the Game Was Murder

Joan Lowery Nixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

The Name of the Star

Maureen Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Names

Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Nanny

Gilly Macmillan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Nanny Diaries

Nicola Kraus, Emma McLaughlin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

G.K. Chesterton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1904

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth, Olive Gilbert

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1850

The Natural

Bernard Malamud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

The Natural Way of Things

Charlotte Wood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

Florence Williams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Nature of the Gods

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 46

The Nazi and the Psychiatrist

Jack El-Hai

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

The Nazi Conspiracy

Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Nazi Officer's Wife

Edith Hahn Beer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

The Need

Helen Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Neighbor Favor

Kristina Forest

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Neighbor's Secret

L. Alison Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Neon Bible

John Kennedy Toole

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

The Neptune Project

Polly Holyoke

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Nerd Reich

Gil Durán

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Nest

Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Neverfear

Katherine Rundell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2026

The Never Game

Jeffery Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Never King

Nikki St. Crowe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny

Laura Bates

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Newcomer

Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The New Couple

Alison James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Betty Edwards

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education

W. Edwards Deming

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

The New Emotional Intelligence

Travis Bradberry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Newer World

Sebastian Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The New Kids

Brooke Hauser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations

Daniel Yergin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke

Jeffrey C. Stewart

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

The New New Thing

Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, News Releases, & Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly

David Meerman Scott

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The News about Dinosaurs

Patricia Lauber

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

The New Science of Learning

Terry Doyle, Todd Zakrajsek

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The News From Dublin

Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2026

The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World

Peter Frankopan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The New Yorkers

Cathleen Schine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Next Ship Home

Heather Webb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Nick Adams Stories

Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1972

The Night Agent

Matthew Quirk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Night Bird

Brian Freeman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Night Ends With Fire

K. X. Song

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Night Fire

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Night Gardener

George Pelecanos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Night in Question

Tobias Wolff

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1996

The Nightmare Before Kissmas

Sara Raasch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Night Masquerade

Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2018

The Night Raven

Johan Rundberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran

Shida Bazyar, Transl. Ruth Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Nightshade God

Hannah Whitten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Night Swim

Megan Goldin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Night the Bed Fell

James Thurber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1933

The Nine

Gwen Strauss

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli

Karina Yan Glaser

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

The Ninth Hour

Alice McDermott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Ninth Life of Louis Drax

Liz Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Ninth Month

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The No Club

Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund, Laurie Weingart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Noise of Time

Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Noonday Demon

Andrew Solomon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

The Nordic Theory of Everything

Anu Partanen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The North Water: A Novel

Ian Mcguire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The No-Show

Beth O'Leary

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Nothing Man

Catherine Ryan Howard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective

Andy Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Novice

Taran Matharu

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Now Habit

Neil Fiore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: The Graphic Novel

E.T.A. Hoffmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Then We Came to the End

Joshua Ferris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Oath

Jeffrey Toobin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Obsession

Natasha Preston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue

Zoulfa Katouh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

The Odds of You

Kate Dramis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Odd Women

George Gissing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1893

Theodore Roosevelt: Fighting Patriot

Clara Ingram Judson

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Office Bffs: Tales of the Office From Two Best Friends Who Were There

Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook

Melani Sanders

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Off Limits Rule

Sarah Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Old Drift

Namwali Serpell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Old Gringo

Carlos Fuentes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Old Regime and The French Revolution

Alexis de Tocqueville

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1856