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Ape House
Sara Gruen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Apeirogon
Colum McCann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Apex Hides the Hurt
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Apocalyptic Planet
Craig Childs

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Apollyon
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Apple: Skin to the Core
Eric Gansworth

Nonfiction | Memoir in Verse | YA | Published in 2020

Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Apple Tree Yard
Louise Doughty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Appointment in Samarra
John O'Hara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Appointment with Death
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Apprentice in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

April Morning
Howard Fast

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1961

Apt Pupil
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

Aquarium
David Vann

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Arabella
Georgette Heyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Arabian Nights
Anonymous

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1704

Arabian Nights and Days
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Arcadia
Lauren Groff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Archangel's Blade
Nalini Singh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Archangel's Consort
Nalini Singh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Archangel's Kiss
Nalini Singh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Archangel's Legion
Nalini Singh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Archangel's Shadows
Nalini Singh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Archenemies
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Archer's Voice
Mia Sheridan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Arc of Justice
Kevin Boyle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Arctic Summer
Damon Galgut

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Arden of Faversham
Anonymous

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1592

Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Are We Rome?
Cullen Murphy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
Alison Bechdel

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1970

Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Argylle
Elly Conway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Ariadne
Jennifer Saint

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Ark Angel
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Armada
Ernest Cline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Armageddon Summer
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Arms and the Man
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1894

Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1872

Arranged Marriage
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1995

Arrow of God
Chinua Achebe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Arrow's Fall
Mercedes Lackey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Arrow's Flight
Mercedes Lackey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Arrowsmith
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Arrugas
Paco Roca

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Arsenic and Adobo
Mia P. Manansala

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Arsenic and Old Lace
Joseph Kesselring

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1941

Art and Fear
Ted Orland, David Bayles

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Artemis
Andy Weir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Arthurian Romances
Chrétien De Troyes

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1170

Arthur Miller
Christopher Bigsby

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Artificial Condition
Martha Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Aru Shah and the End of Time
Roshani Chokshi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

As a Driven Leaf
Milton Steinberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

As Brave As You
Jason Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

As Bright as Heaven
Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Ascend
Amanda Hocking

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
Alan Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

As Close to Us As Breathing
Elizabeth Poliner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

As Cool as I Am
Pete Fromm

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

As Good As Dead
Holly Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Ash
Malinda Lo

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Ashes
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Ashes in the Snow
Ruta Sepetys

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Ashes Of Roses
Mary Jane Auch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Ashes to Ashes
Tami Hoag

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Ashfall
Mike Mullin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Ash Princess
Laura Sebastian

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Asian American Dreams
Helen Zia

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Ask Again, Yes
Mary Beth Keane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Asking for It
Kate Harding

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Asking For It
Louise O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Ask Me No Questions
Marina Budhos

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Ask The Dust
John Fante

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

Ask the Passengers
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
Zoulfa Katouh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

As Nature Made Him
John Colapinto

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

Aspects of the Novel
E. M. Forster

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1927

Assassination Vacation
Sarah Vowell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Assassins
Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Assassin's Fate
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Assassin's Quest
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Assata: An Autobiography
Assata Shakur

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

As She Left It
Catriona McPherson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

As Simple As Snow
Gregory Galloway

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023