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The Year Of The Rat

Grace Lin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Year of the Runaways

Sunjeev Sahota

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Years

Annie Ernaux

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Years

Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

The Years of Rice and Salt

Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Year We Fell From Space

A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

They Marched into Sunlight

David Maraniss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Young Lions

Irwin Shaw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

They're Going to Love You

Meg Howrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

They Say a Girl Died Here

Sarah Pinborough

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

They Stole a City

Lauren Collins

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

They Stole Our Hearts

Daniel Kraus

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

They Wish They Were Us

Jessica Goodman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession

Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Zero

Jess Walter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Zigzag Way

Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Zodiac Legacy Convergence

Stan Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks

Max Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Zoo Story

Edward Albee

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

The Zorg

Siddharth Kara

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Thief of Night

Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Thief of Time

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Things

Georges Perec

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

Eric LaRocca

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2021

Things Hoped For

Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Things I Don't Want to Know

Deborah Levy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Things I Wish I Told My Mother

Susan Patterson, Susan Dilallo, James Patterson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

Annie Duke

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Think Like a Dinosaur

James Patrick Kelly

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1995

Thinks...

David Lodge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Think Twice

Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Thinner

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Third and Indiana

Steve Lopez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Third Girl

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Thirteen

James Phelan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

Laura Ruby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Thirteen Moons

Charles Frazier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Thirteen Ways of Looking

Colum McCann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Thirty Love

Tom Vellner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

This Angel on My Chest

Leslie Pietrzyk

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

This Boy's Life

Tobias Wolff

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1989

This Brave New World

Anja Manuel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

This Changes Everything

Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

This Close to Okay

Leesa Cross-Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

This Cursed Beautiful Land

Evan Gershkovich

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

This Dark Endeavor

Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

This Dog for Hire

Carol Lea Benjamin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light

Allison Holker

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

This Here Is Love

Princess Joy L. Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

This House of Sky

Ivan Doig

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1978

This I Believe II

Jay Allison, ed., Dan Gediman, ed.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

This Immortal Heart

Jennifer Saint

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

This is Just to Say

Joyce Sidman

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See

Seth Godin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

This Is Not About Running

Mary Cain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

This Is Not My Hat

Jon Klassen

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2012

This Isn't Going to End Well

Daniel Wallace

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

Ann Patchett

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

This is What Happy Looks Like

Jennifer E. Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

This Is Where the Serpent Lives

Daniyal Mueenuddin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

This Is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods That Fight Depression, Anxiety, Ptsd, OCD, Adhd, and More

Uma Naidoo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

This Lullaby

Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

This Man

Jodi Ellen Malpas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

This Mournable Body

Tsitsi Dangarembga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

This Perfect Day

Ira Levin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

This Place Is Dry

Vicki Cobb

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality

Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

This Savage Song

V. E. Schwab

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

This Side of Brightness

Colum McCann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

This Song Will Save Your Life

Leila Sales

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

This Time of Dying

Reina James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Thistlefoot

GennaRose Nethercott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

This Vast Enterprise

Craig Fehrman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

This Was Our Valley

Shirlee Matheson, Earl K. Pollon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

This Winter

Alice Oseman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Thomas and Beulah

Rita Dove

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Jon Meacham

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Thomas Wyatt

Susan Brigden

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2023

Thorn Season

Kiera Azar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Those Across the River

Christopher Buehlman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Those Beyond the Wall

Micaiah Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Those Girls

Chevy Stevens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Those We Thought We Knew

David Joy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Those Who Save Us

Jenna Blum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Thoughtless

S. C. Stephens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Thr3e

Ted Dekker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Threading the Needle

Marie Bostwick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Three Act Tragedy

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Three Black Swans

Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Three Cups of Tea

David O. Relin, Greg Mortenson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance

Richard Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Three Lives

Gertrude Stein

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1909

Three Men in a Boat

Jerome K. Jerome

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1889

Three Ordinary Girls

Tim Brady

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Three Sisters

Heather Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Three Sisters, Three Queens

Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Three Tall Women

Edward Albee

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1991

Three to Get Deadly

Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997