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The Course of Love
Alain de Botton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Courtship Of Miles Standish
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2007

The Cousins
Karen M. McManus

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Cove
Catherine Coulter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Coven
Harper L. Woods

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Covenant
James A. Michener, Larry McKeever

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Coworker
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Crab with the Golden Claws (Tintin #9)
Hergé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Crack in Space
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Crack-Up
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

The Cradle Will Fall
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Craft of Research
Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Crane Husband
Kelly Barnhill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Crane Wife
Patrick Ness

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Crazed
Ha Jin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Crazy Horse Electric Game
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

The Creation of Patriarchy
Gerda Lerner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Creative Habit
Twyla Tharp

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Creeper (Brennan & Esposito, #2)
Tania Carver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Creeping Shadow
Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Cresswell Plot
Eliza Wass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Cricket In Times Square
George Selden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1960

The Cricket on the Hearth
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2007

The Crimson Campaign
Brian McClellan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Crimson Crown
Cinda Williams Chima

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Crimson Petal and the White
Michel Faber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Crippled God
Steven Erikson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Cripple of Inishmaan
Martin McDonagh

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1998

The Crisis
Winston Churchill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 (The Age of Roosevelt, Vol 1)
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

The Crisis of Zionism
Peter Beinart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Crock of Gold
James Stephens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Cross and the Lynching Tree
James H. Cone

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Cross and the Switchblade
David Wilkerson, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1963

The Crossing
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1)
Elly Griffiths

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Crossover
Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Crow
James O'Barr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Crown
Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Crown Conspiracy
Michael J. Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Crown of Embers
Rae Carson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Crown's Game
Evelyn Skye

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles, #1)
Michael J. Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Crow Road
Iain Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1)
Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Crucible
Arthur Miller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1953

The Crucifix Killer
Chris Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Cruelest Month
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Cruel Prince
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
Amin Maalouf

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

The Crux
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Cry
Helen Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Cry of the Icemark
Stuart Hill

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Cry of the Owl
Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Cryptogram
David Mamet

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1)
Mary Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Crystal Shard
R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

The Crystal World
J.G. Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Cuban Affair
Nelson DeMille, Scott Brick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Cultural Politics of Emotion
Sara Ahmed

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Culture Code
Daniel Coyle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Culture Industry
Theodor W. Adorno

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Culture of Narcissism
Christopher Lasch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Cunning Man (Toronto Trilogy, #2)
Robertson Davies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Cupcake Queen
Heather Hepler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Cure for Death by Lightning
Gail Anderson-Dargatz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Phaedra Patrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Currents of Space (Galactic Empire, #2)
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Cursed (Coven of Bones, #2)
Harper L. Woods

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Curse of Capistrano
Johnston McCulley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1919

The Curse of the Pharaohs
Elizabeth Peters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Custodian of Paradise
Wayne Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Custom of the Country
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913

The Cut
Richard Armitage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Cut (Spero Lucas #1)
George P. Pelecanos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Cutting Room
Louise Welsh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Cutting Season
Attica Locke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Cypress Maze
Fiona Valpy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023