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The Orchardist

Amanda Coplin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Orenda

Joseph Boyden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Orphan's Tale

Pam Jenoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Other Side of Silence

Ted Allbeury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Outlander

Gil Adamson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Overton Window

Glenn Beck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Ox Bow Incident

Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

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 Pale King

David Foster Wallace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Paris Wife

Paula McLain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Aimee Bender

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Passion of New Eve

Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Patriot Threat

Steve Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Peach Keeper

Sarah Addison Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Perfume Collector

Kathleen Tessaro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

Katherine Howe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Pickup

Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Playmaker

Thomas Keneally

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Playroom

John Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Pleasure of My Company

Steve Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Pocket Wife

Susan Crawford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Poe Shadow

Matthew Pearl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Poison Tree

Erin Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Ponder Heart

Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1954

The Portable Beat Reader

Ann Charters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Postmistress

Sarah Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Prague Cemetery

Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The President is Missing

Bill Clinton, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Prize

Jill Bialosky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Promise

Ann Weisgarber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Pursuit of Happiness

Douglas Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Queen of Palmyra

Minrose Gwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Queen of the Night

Alexander Chee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rachel Papers

Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Radetzky March

Joseph Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Ragged Edge of Night

Olivia Hawker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Rapture of Canaan

Sheri Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Raw Shark Texts

Steven Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

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

The Red-Haired Woman

Orhan Pamuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Red Necklace

Sally Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Red Queen

Margaret Drabble

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The Reivers

William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Rescue

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Residue Years

Mitchell S. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

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

The Rice Mother

Rani Manicka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

Nicole Galland, Neal Stephenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Rising of the Moon

Flynn Connolly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Risk Pool

Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The River King

Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The River of No Return

Bee Ridgway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The River Why

David James Duncan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Road Home

Rose Tremain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Road to Memphis

Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Robber Bridegroom

Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1942

The Robe

Lloyd C. Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Rock of Tanios

Amin Maalouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Rooster Bar

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Rule of Four

Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Rules of Backyard Cricket

Jock Serong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rum Diary: A Novel

Hunter S. Thompson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Sandcastle Girls

Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Savage Detectives

Roberto Bolano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Schooldays of Jesus

J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The School of Essential Ingredients

Erica Bauermeister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Scorpion Rules

Erin Bow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Sculptor

Scott McCloud

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Sea Captain's Wife

Beth Powning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Sea, the Sea

Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Second Coming

John Niven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Secret River

Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Sentinel

Mark Oldfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Serpent and the Rope

Raja Rao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Shadow Dancer

Margaret Coel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

Fatima Bhutto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Sherlockian

Graham Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Shipping News

Annie Proulx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Shock of the Fall

Nathan Filer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Siege of Krishnapur

J.G. Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Silence of the Girls

Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Silkworm

Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Silver Pigs

Lindsey Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Silver Swan

Elena Delbanco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Sky Fisherman

Craig Lesley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Slap

Christos Tsiolkas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Slave

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Snow Queen

Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

Paolo Giordano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Song Is You

Arthur Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Sound of the Mountain

Yasunari Kawabata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Sound of Things Falling

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Sound of Waves

Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Space Between Us

Zoya Pirzad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Sport of Kings

C.E. Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016