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The Queen of Attolia
Megan Whalen Turner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Queen of Katwe
Tim Crothers

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

The Queen of Palmyra
Minrose Gwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Queen of Poisons
Robert Thorogood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Queen of the Damned
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Queen of the Night
Alexander Chee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Queen of the Tearling
Erika Johansen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Queen of Water
Laura Resau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Queen's Fortune
Allison Pataki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Queen's Poisoner
Jeff Wheeler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth
Josh Levin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2019

The Quest
Daniel Yergin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Quest Begins
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Quest of the Silver Fleece
W.E.B. Du Bois

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1911

The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking
Dale Carnegie

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

The Quiet Game
Greg Iles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Race Beat
Gene Roberts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Race of the Century
Neal Bascomb

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2022

The Rachel Papers
Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Raconteur's Commonplace Book
Kate Milford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Radetzky March
Joseph Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Radiant Dark
Alexandra Oliva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Ragamuffin Gospel
Brennan Manning

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Rag and Bone Shop
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Rag Doll Plagues
Alejandro Morales

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Ragged Edge of Night
Olivia Hawker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister

Fiction | Short Story | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1992

The Rapture of Canaan
Sheri Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
Matt Ridley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Raven King
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Raven Tower
Ann Leckie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Raw Shark Texts
Steven Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Katarina Bivald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Real Boy
Anne Ursu

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Real Inspector Hound
Tom Stoppard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1968

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Reapers are the Angels
Alden Bell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

There Are No Children Here
Alex Kotlowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Reason I Married Him
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Reason You Walk
Wab Kinew

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Rebel and the Rose
Catherine Doyle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Recognitions
William Gaddis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Recruiting Officer
George Farquhar

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1706

The Redbreast
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Redeemer
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Red-Haired Woman
Orhan Pamuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Redhead of Auschwitz
Nechama Birnbaum

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

The Red House
Mark Haddon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Red Lotus
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Red Necklace
Sally Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Red Notebook
Antoine Laurain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Red Queen
Margaret Drabble

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Matt Ridley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

The Red Room
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1896

The Red Scrolls of Magic
Wesley Chu, Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Red Winter
Cameron Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Reel Wish
Yamile Saied Méndez

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

The Regulators
Richard Bachman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Reivers
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Relationship Cure
John M. Gottman, Joan DeClaire

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

The Rembrandt Affair
Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Remembered Soldier
Anjet Daanje, Transl. David Mckay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Renovation
Kenan Orhan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Republic of Imagination
Azar Nafisi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

There's a Bug in My Blossom
J.C. Donaho

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

There's a Girl in my Hammerlock
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

The Rescue
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Rescue
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Rescuers
Margery Sharp

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1959

Therese
François Mauriac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1927

Thérèse Raquin
Émile Zola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1867

The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
Kate Andersen Brower

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Residue Years
Mitchell S. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

There's Someone Inside Your House
Stephanie Perkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Rest of the Story
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Restoration Garden
Sara Blaydes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Retirement Plan
Sue Hincenbergs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Retreat
Sarah Pearse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Return
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Return
Rachel Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1905

The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
Henri J.M. Nouwen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Return of the Soldier
Rebecca West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1918

The Revenant
Sonia Gensler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge
Michael Punke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Revenge of Geography
Robert D. Kaplan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Revenger's Tragedy
Thomas Middleton

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1607

The Reversal
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI
Cory Doctorow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
Jonathan Evison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Revolt of the Cockroach People
Oscar Zeta Acosta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

There Was a Country
Chinua Achebe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The Rice Mother
Rani Manicka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Ride of a Lifetime
Robert Iger

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Rifle
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Right Call
Sally Jenkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Rights of the Reader
Daniel Pennac

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1992

The Rings of Saturn
W.G. Sebald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995