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Charles Dickens: A Life
Claire Tomalin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Charley's Choice
Fern J. Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Charlie Wilson's War
George Crile

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Charm
Leyla Atke

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Charm City
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Charming Billy
Alice McDermott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Chasing Redbird
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Chasing the Valley
Skye Melki-Wegner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World
Donald R. Howard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1987

Cheaper By The Dozen
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Frank B. Gilbreth Jr

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1948

Cheating Death
Owen Davies, Marvin J Cetron

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Check, Please: #Hockey
Ngozi Ukazu

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2018

Chee's Daughter
Juanita Platero

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1991

Chekhov
Henri Troyat

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Chesapeake
James Michener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
Mark Victor Hansen

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1997

Chicken with Plums
Marjane Satrapi

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Child 44
Tom Rob Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Lord George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron)

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1812

Child of Dandelions
Shenaaz Nanji

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Child of the Owl
Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Children of a Lesser God
Mark Medoff

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1979

Children of Dust
Ali Eteraz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Children of Gebelawi
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Children of God
Mary Doria Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Children of Light
Robert Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Children Of The Dust
Jerry Stanley

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1995

Children of the New World
Alexander Weinstein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Children of the River
Linda Crew

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

Children on Their Birthdays
Truman Capote

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1948

China Boy
Gus Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

China Men
Maxine Hong Kingston

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1980

China's Second Continent
Howard W. French

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Chinese Handcuffs
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

Choke
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Choosing Up Sides
John H. Ritter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Chopin's Funeral
Benita Eisler

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

Chord
Rick Barot

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Chorus of Mushrooms
Hiromi Goto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Christ Stopped At Eboli
Carlo Levi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1945

Chronicles of the Crusades
Jean de Joinville

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1309

Chronology
Zahra Patterson

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Church of Marvels
Leslie Parry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1959

Cinderella
Grimm Brothers

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1812

Circle of Friends
Maeve Binchy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Circling the Sun
Paula McLain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Cities Of Salt
Abdelrahman Munif

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Citizen Jane
Christopher Andersen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

Citizen of the Galaxy
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Citizen Tom Paine
Howard Fast

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

Citizen Vince
Jess Walter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

City of Fallen Angels
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

City of Gold
Daniel Blackaby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

City of Heavenly Fire
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

City of Joy
Dominique Lapierre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

City of Lost Souls
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

City of Refuge
Kenzo Kitakata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

City of Thorns
Ben Rawlence

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

City on Fire
Garth Risk Hallberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady
Samuel Richardson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1748

Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
Amara Lakhous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s
Leslie S. Klinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

Class Matters
The New York Times

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Clay's Quilt
Silas House

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
Rita Williams-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Clay Walls
Ronyoung Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Cleanness
Garth Greenwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Clear and Present Danger
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Climate Change
A. Barrie Pittock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Climbing the Stairs
Padma Venkatraman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Closely Watched Trains
Jiri Menzel

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1965

Closer
Dennis Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Closet
R.D. Zimmerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Close to Famous
Joan Bauer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Close To Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
Michael Capuzzo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1916

Close to the Knives
David Wojnarowicz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.
Viv Albertine

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Cloud 9
Caryl Churchill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1979

Cloud Nine
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Cloudstreet
Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Cockroach
Rawi Hage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Cockroaches
Scholastique Mukasonga

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Coconut
Kopano Matlwa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Code Girls
Liza Mundy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Coffee Will Make You Black
April Sinclair

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Cold Sassy Tree
Olive Ann Burns

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Coleridge: Early Visions
Richard Holmes

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1989

Colin Fischer
Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Collision Low Crossers
Nicholas Dawidoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Color of the Sea
John Hamamura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Colors of the Mountain
Da Chen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Come Back to Afghanistan
Susan Burton, Said Hyder Akbar

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Come, Thou Tortoise
Jessica Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Cometh Up as a Flower
Rhoda Broughton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1867

Comfort Woman
Nora Okja Keller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Coming Apart
Roger Rosenblatt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Coming, Aphrodite!
Willa Cather

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1920

Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Timothy Ferris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Coming Through Slaughter
Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976