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ALPHABETICAL

The Arabian Nights
Sir Richard Burton

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1885

The Arcades Project
Walter Benjamin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1927

The Archer's Tale
Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Architect's Apprentice
Elif Shafak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Archived
Victoria Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

The Arctic Incident
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Armies of the Night
Norman Mailer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The Armor of Light
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Arrangement
Robyn Harding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Art Book
Phaidon Press

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Art Forger
B A. Shapiro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Artificial Silk Girl
Irmgard Keun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Artist of Disappearance
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Art of Asking
Amanda Palmer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Art of Being Normal
Lisa Williamson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Art of Choosing
Sheena Iyengar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Art of Courtly Love
Andreas Capellanus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1186

The Art of Deception
Stephanie Burgis

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2013

The Art of Fiction
John Gardner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Art of Happiness
Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Jan-Philipp Sendker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Art of Inheriting Secrets
Barbara O'Neal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Art of Keeping Cool
Janet Taylor Lisle

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Art of Love
Ovid

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2

The Art of Loving
Erich Fromm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Art of Memoir
Mary Karr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Art of Resistance
Justus Rosenberg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Art of Seduction
Robert Greene and Joost Elffers

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Art of the Commonplace
Wendell Berry

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1977

The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring
Gary Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Art of the Personal Essay
Phillip Lopate

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

The Art of the Wasted Day
Patricia Hampl

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Art of Thinking Clearly
Rolf Dobelli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Art of Travel
Alain de Botton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Art of War
Sun Zi (also written in English as Sun Tzu)

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 512

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Niall Ferguson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King
Carissa Broadbent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Ash Garden
Dennis Bock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Ask and the Answer
Patrick Ness

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Aspern Papers
Henry James

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1888

The Assault
Harry Mulisch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Assistant
Bernard Malamud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Associate
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Association of Small Bombs
Karan Mahajan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl
Barry Lyga

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Astonishing Color of After
Emily X. R. Pan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing
M.T. Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Astronaut Wives Club
Lily Koppel

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Atlantis Complex
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

The Atlantis Gene
A.G. Riddle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Atlantis Plague
A.G. Riddle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Atlantis World
A.G. Riddle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Atlas Complex
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Atlas Paradox
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Atlas Six
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Atonement Child
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Atrocity Archives
Charles Stross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Attack
Yasmina Khadra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2006

The Au Pair
Emma Rous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Au Pair Affair
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Auroras of Autumn
Wallace Stevens

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1950

The Auschwitz Escape
Joel C. Rosenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Austere Academy
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Authenticity Project
Clare Pooley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
Oscar Zeta Acosta

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1972

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
Gertrude Stein

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1933

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
James Weldon Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

The Autobiography of an Execution
David R. Dow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens
Lincoln Steffens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1931

The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X, Alex Haley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1965

The Autobiography of Mark Twain
Mark Twain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Clayborne Carson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Ernest J. Gaines

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The Autobiography of My Mother
Jamaica Kincaid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich
David Bach

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Autumn Republic
Brian McClellan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Aviator's Wife
Melanie Benjamin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

The Awakening
Kate Chopin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1899