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Abaddon’s Gate
James S.A. Corey, James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Abandon
Meg Cabot

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Abandoned in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Abarat
Clive Barker

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

Abby
Verna Clay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Abducted
T.R. Ragan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Abduction
T.J. Pieffer, Brad Kemp, Becki Toth

Fiction | Book | YA | Published in 1997

Abduction!
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Abe Lincoln At Last! (Magic Tree House, #47)
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Abel's Island
William Steig

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

Abeng
Michelle Cliff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Abhorsen
Garth Nix

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Abide in Christ: The Joy of Being in God's Presence
Andrew Murray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1864

Abide with Me
Elizabeth Strout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Abigail Adams
Woody Holton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History
Trevor R. Getz, Illustr. Liz Clarke

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2011

Abingdon Square
María Irene Fornés

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1977

ABNKKBSNPLAko?!
Bob Ong

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Abol Tabol: The Nonsense World of Sukumar Ray
Sukumar Ray

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1923

About a Boy
Nick Hornby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

About a Mountain
John D'Agata

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

About Behaviorism
B.F. Skinner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

About Face
David Hackworth, Julie Sherman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

About Grace
Anthony Doerr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

About That Night
Julie James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Above All Things
Tanis Rideout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Above Suspicion
Joe Sharkey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Above the Bay of Angels
Rhys Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Above the River: The Complete Poems
James Wright

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1990

Above Us Only Sky
Michele Young-Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution
James M. Mcpherson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1983

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years
Carl Sandburg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1939

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Absalom, Absalom
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Absent in the Spring
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1944

Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 1
Yuu Watase

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Absolutely Almost
Lisa Graff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Absolutely Normal Chaos
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Absolute Power
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Absolution
Alice McDermott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Absolution Gap
Alastair Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Absurdistan
Gary Shteyngart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Absurd Person Singular
Sir Alan Ayckbourn

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1972

Abundance
Peter H. Diamandis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Abyssinian Chronicles
Moses Isegawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Academ's Fury (Codex Alera, #2)
Jim Butcher, Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Academy Street
Mary Costello

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Accabadora
Michela Murgia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Accelerando
Charles Stross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Acceleration
Graham McNamee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)
Jeff VanderMeer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Accidental
Alex Richards

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
Dario Fo

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1970

Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People
Nadia Bolz-Weber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Accomplice to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Accordance
Shelly Crane

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Accordion Crimes
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
Dashka Slater

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Ace of Shades
Amanda Foody

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Acheron
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Achilles
Elizabeth Cook

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Achilles in Vietnam
Jonathan Shay

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Achtung-Panzer!: The Development of Armoured Forces, Their Tactics and Operational Potential

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1937

Acid for the Children
Flea

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Acqua Alta (Commissario Brunetti, #5)
Donna Leon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Acquainted With The Night
Christopher Dewdney

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

Acres of Diamonds
Russell H. Conwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1915

Acres Of Diamonds, And His Life And Achievements
Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

Across A Hundred Mountains
Reyna Grande

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Across a War-Tossed Sea
L.M. Elliott

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Across Five Aprils
Irene Hunt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

Across the Barricades (Kevin and Sadie, #2)
Joan Lingard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1972

Across the Bridge and Other Stories
Graham Greene

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1981

Across the Green Grass Fields
Seanan McGuire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Across The Nightingale Floor
Lian Hearn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Across the River and into the Trees
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

Across The Universe
Beth Revis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Across The Wide Missouri
Bernard DeVoto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1947

Act
Kayla Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy
Joanna Macy, Chris Johnstone

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
Steve Harvey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success
Steve Harvey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Act of God
Jeremiah Healy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Act of Treason
Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Acts of Desperation
Megan Nolan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim in the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation
Eboo Patel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Acts of the Apostles
St. Luke the Evangelist

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 70

Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Talia Hibbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Ada Lace, on the Case (Ada Lace Adventures, #1)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Adaline Falling Star
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Adam and Eve: Though He Knew Better
John Erskine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1927

Adam Bede
George Eliot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1859

Adam of the Road
Elizabeth Gray Vining

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1942

Adam's Breed
Radclyffe Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

Adam Smith
Nicholas Phillipson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Addicted After All
Becca Ritchie, Krista Ritchie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014