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Oscar and Lucinda

Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Other Voices, Other Rooms

Truman Capote

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

Our Daily Bread

Lauren B. Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Our Twisted Hero

Yi Mun-Yol

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Outerbridge Reach

Robert Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Out of the Night that Covers Me

Pat Cunningham Devoto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Paris Trout

Pete Dexter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Parrot and Olivier in America

Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Past the Shallows

Favel Parrett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Patriot Games

Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Pavilion of Women

Pearl S. Buck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

Peace Breaks Out

John Knowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Pearl of China

Anchee Min

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Peony In Love

Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Perdido Street Station

China Mieville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Petals on the Wind

V. C. Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Philadelphia Fire

John Edgar Wideman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Picturing Will

Ann Beattie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Piece of My Heart

Peter Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Pigs In Heaven

Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Plain Truth

Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Pleasantville

Attica Locke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Pnin

Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Point Blank

Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Point Omega

Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Poland

James A. Michener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Polar Star

Martin Cruz Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Pope Joan

Donna Woolfolk Cross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Portrait in Sepia

Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Portrait of a Lady: A Leonardo Da Vinci Mystery

Diane A.S. Stuckart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Possessing the Secret of Joy

Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Possession

A. S. Byatt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Pretend It's Love

Stefanie London

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Proof of Heaven

Mary Curran Hackett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Prospero's Daughter

Elizabeth Nunez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Prudence

David Treuer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

PS, I Love You

Cecelia Ahern

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Purgatory

Tomás Eloy Martínez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Purity in Death

J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Quichotte

Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Rabbit at Rest

John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Rabbit Is Rich

John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Rabbit Redux

John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Rabbit, Run

John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Radiance of Tomorrow

Ishmael Beah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Rainbows End

Vernor Vinge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Rain Village

Carolyn Turgeon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Ransom

Julie Garwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Raw

Belle Aurora

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Reconstructing Amelia

Kimberly McCreight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Red Doc>

Anne Carson

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2013

Red Sky at Morning

Richard Bradford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Red Sorghum

Mo Yan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Red Sparrow

Jason Matthews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Red Storm Rising

Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Refuge

Dot Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Regeneration

Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Remembering Babylon

David Malouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Remember Me Like This

Bret Anthony Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Reputations

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Revelation

C. J. Sansom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Reynard the Fox

Robert van Genechten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Rice Without Rain

Minfong Ho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Ringworld

Larry Niven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Ripper

Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Rite of Passage

Alexei Panshin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

River of Earth

James Still

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

River of Smoke

Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Robopocalypse

Daniel H. Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Roses Are Red

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Rubyfruit Jungle

Rita Mae Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Rules For Old Men Waiting

Peter R. Pouncey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Running the Rift

Naomi Benaron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Sacred Clowns

Tony Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Sacred Hunger

Barry Unsworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Safely Home

Randy Alcorn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Saffron Dreams

Shaila M. Abdullah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Sailor Song

Ken Kesey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Saint Maybe

Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Saint Mazie

Jami Attenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Saints and Villains

Denise Giardina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Saints for All Occasions

J. Courtney Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Salem Falls

Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Samarkand

Amin Maalouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Sam's Letters to Jennifer

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Sand Dollar

Sebastian Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Santa Evita

Tomás Eloy Martínez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo

Ntozake Shange

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Satin Island

Tom Mccarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Save Me the Waltz

Zelda Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Saving Ceecee Honeycutt

Beth Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Saving Fish from Drowning

Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Saving Grace

Raeanne Thayne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Say Goodnight, Gracie

Julie Reece Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Saying Grace

Beth Gutcheon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Scarlet Song

Mariama Ba

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Scar Tissue

Michael Ignatieff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

School Days

Patrick Chamoiseau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994