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A Canticle For Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

A Caress of Twilight
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Caribbean Mystery
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Mohammed Hanif

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Case of Need
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Catskill Eagle
Robert B. Parker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes
Helen Hunt Jackson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1881

A Certain Hunger
Chelsea G. Summers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Certain Justice
P.D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

A Chance in the World
Steve Pemberton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
Thomas Middleton

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1613

A Child Called It: One Child’s Courage to Survive
Dave Pelzer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

A Childhood
Harry Crews

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1978

A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

A Chorus of Stones
Susan Griffin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1843

A Civil Action
Jonathan Harr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

A Clash of Kings
George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

A Closed and Common Orbit
Becky Chambers, Becky Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

A Coffin for Dimitrios
Eric Ambler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

A Column of Fire
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Complicated Kindness
Miriam Toews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

A Conjuring of Light
V. E. Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1889

A Conspiracy in Belgravia
Sherry Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Conspiracy of Kings
Megan Whalen Turner

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

A Conspiracy of Paper
David Liss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

A Cool Million: The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin
Nathanael West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

A Corner of the Universe
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

A Countess Below Stairs
Eva Ibbotson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

A Country Doctor
Franz Kafka

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1919

A Course in Miracles: Combined Volume - Volume I : Text, Volume II: Workbook for Students, Volume III: Manual for Teachers
Foundation for Inner Peace, Helen Schucman

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1996

A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

A Court This Cruel and Lovely
Stacia Stark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Jennifer Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

A Crack in the Earth
Haim Watzman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

A Crime In The Neighborhood
Suzanne Berne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

A Crime So Monstrous
E. Benjamin Skinner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

A Criminal Defense
William L. Myers Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
Linda Urban

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

A Crown of Swords
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

A Crucible of Souls
Mitchell Hogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
Laura Taylor Namey

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

A Cup of Water Under My Bed
Daisy Hernandez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

A Cure for Night
Justin Peacock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Cure for Suicide
Jesse Ball

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

A Curious Beginning
Deanna Raybourn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life
Brian Grazer, Charles Fishman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

A Curse Dark As Gold
Elizabeth C. Bunce

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

A Curse for True Love
Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Brigid Kemmerer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

A Curve in the Road
Julianne MacLean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Cabal
Clive Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Cabin Fever
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Published in 2011

Cackle
Rachel Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Caddie Woodlawn
Carol Ryrie Brink

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1935

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Marc Reisner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Caesar
Colleen McCullough

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Caesar and Cleopatra
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1898

Cage
Harper Sloan

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Caged Warrior
Alan Sitomer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Cajas de Carton
Francisco Jiménez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Cal
Bernard Maclaverty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Calamity
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Calculated in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Calculating God
Robert J. Sawyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Caleb Williams
William Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1794

Calendar Girl: Volume One
Audrey Carlan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
Silvia Federici

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Caliban’s War
James S. A. Corey, James S.A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Calico Captive
Elizabeth George Speare

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1957

Calico Joe
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

California
Edan Lepucki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Caligula
Albert Camus

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1944

Call Down the Hawk
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Call for the Dead
John le Carré

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Calling for a Blanket Dance
Oscar Hokeah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Calling Me Home
Julie Kibler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Calling on Dragons
Patricia C. Wrede

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work
David Isay, Maya Millett

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Call it Courage
Armstrong Sperry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1940

Call It Sleep
Henry Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Call It What You Want
Brigid Kemmerer

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Call Me American
Abdi Nor Iftin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Call Me By Your Name
André Aciman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Call Me Irresistible
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Call Me Maria
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2004

Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Jim Mattis, Bing West

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Call the Canaries Home
Laura Barrow

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2023

Call Us What We Carry
Amanda Gorman

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2021

Call Your Daughter Home
Deborah Spera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Calypso
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2018