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The Omnivore's Dilemma - Young Readers Edition

Michael Pollan

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2006

The One

Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey

Kenneth H. Blanchard, William Oncken Jr.

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The One Safe Place

Tania Unsworth

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The One Thing You'd Save

Linda Sue Park, Illustr. Robert Sae-Heng

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The One Thing You Need to Know

Marcus Buckingham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Only

Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Only Alien on the Planet

Kristen D. Randle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Only Story

Julian Barnes

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

The Only Survivors

Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Opal Deception

Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Open Era

Edward Schmit

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Opposite of Loneliness

Marina Keegan

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2014

The Opposite of Spoiled

Ron Lieber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Orange Houses

Paul Griffin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Orchardist

Amanda Coplin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Ordeal of the Longhouse

Daniel K. Richter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Order of Time

Carlo Rovelli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Ordinary Princess

M.M. Kaye

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1980

The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey

Rinker Buck

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Orenda

Joseph Boyden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Organic Machine

Richard White

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Organization Man

William H. Whyte

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1956

The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

Daniel J. Levitin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog

John R. Erickson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1983

The Original Daughter

Jemimah Wei

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Origins of Political Order

Francis Fukuyama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain

María Rosa Menocal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Orphan Keeper

Camron Wright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Theory of Constraints

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Theory U

C. Otto Scharmer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Other Emily

Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Other Mothers

Katherine Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Other Side

Juan Pablo Villalobos

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2019

The Other Side of Dark

Sarah Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

The Other Side of Silence

Ted Allbeury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Other Side of the Island

Allegra Goodman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Other Typist

Suzanne Rindell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Otherwhere Post

Emily J. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Other Woman

Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Outlander

Gil Adamson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne

Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Outrun: A Memoir

Amy Liptrot

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Outstation

W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1924

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler

Kelly Harms

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions

Joseph Nguyen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Overton Window

Glenn Beck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Owl Service

Alan Garner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The Ox Bow Incident

Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies

Kate Westbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Paint Brush Kid

Clyde Robert Bulla

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

The Painted Girls

Cathy Marie Buchanan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Painter

Peter Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Painter from Shanghai

Jennifer Cody Epstein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Palace Papers

Tina Brown

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2022

The Paladin Prophecy

Mark Frost

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Pale Blue Eye

Louis Bayard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Pale-Faced Lie

David Crow

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Pale King

David Foster Wallace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Palm House

Gwendoline Riley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Panda's Thumb

Stephen Jay Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1980

The Paris Apartment

Kelly Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Parisian

Isabella Hammad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Parisian Heist

Jo Piazza

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Paris Seamstress

Natasha Lester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Paris Widow

Kimberly Belle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Aimee Bender

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Partly Cloudy Patriot

Sarah Vowell

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2002

The Party

Elizabeth Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Passenger

Lisa Lutz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Passion According to G.H.

Clarice Lispector

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Passion of Artemisia

Susan Vreeland

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Passion of New Eve

Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Pastures of Heaven

John Steinbeck

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1932

The Path

Michael Puett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Path Between the Seas

David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Path Made Clear

Oprah Winfrey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Path to Power (the Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)

Robert A. Caro

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

The Patient's Secret

Loreth Anne White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Patriot Threat

Steve Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Peach Keeper

Sarah Addison Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Peacock and the Sparrow

I. S. Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Peacock Emporium

Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Pearl Sister

Lucinda Riley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Peloponnesian War

Donald Kagan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Pentagon's Brain

Annie Jacobsen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Penultimate Peril

Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The People's Platform

Astra Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The People vs. Alex Cross

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Peppermint Pig

Nina Bawden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

The Perennial Philosophy: An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West

Aldous Huxley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1945

The Perfect Find

Tia Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Perfect Hope

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Perfect Husband

Lisa Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Perfect Other

Kyleigh Leddy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Perfect Stranger

Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Perfume Collector

Kathleen Tessaro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Perilous Fight

Colin Kaepernick

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

The Perilous Road

William O. Steele

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1958

The Persian Pickle Club

Sandra Dallas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995