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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Lord George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron)

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1812

Childhood and Society
Erik Erikson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Child of Dandelions
Shenaaz Nanji

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Child of God
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Child of the Owl
Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Child of the Prophecy
Juliet Marillier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Children of a Lesser God
Mark Medoff

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1979

Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Children of Dune
Frank Herbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Children of Dust
Ali Eteraz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Children of Fallen Gods
Carissa Broadbent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Children of Gebelawi
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Children of God
Mary Doria Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Children of God (The Sparrow, #2)
Mary Doria Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Children of Light
Robert Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Children of Ruin
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mel Hudson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Children Of The Dust
Jerry Stanley

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1995

Children of the Mind
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

Children of the New World
Alexander Weinstein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Children of the River
Linda Crew

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Children of Virtue and Vengeance
Tomi Adeyemi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Children on Their Birthdays
Truman Capote

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1948

Chilled
Kendra Elliot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Chill Factor
Sandra Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them
Steve Peters

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

China Boy
Gus Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

China Dolls
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

China Men
Maxine Hong Kingston

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1980

China Rich Girlfriend
Kevin Kwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

China's Second Continent
Howard W. French

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Chinese Cinderella
Adeline Yen Mah

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1999

Chinese Handcuffs
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

Chip War
Chris Miller

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Chlorine
Jade Song

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Chobits, Vol. 1
Shirley Kubo, Clamp

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

Chocolat
Joanne Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Joanne Fluke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Choke
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Chomp
Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Choose Me
Tess Gerritsen, Gary Braver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Choosing Theo
Victoria Aveline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Choosing Up Sides
John H. Ritter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Chopin's Funeral
Benita Eisler

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

Chopsticks
Jessica Anthony, Rodrigo Corral

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Chord
Rick Barot

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Chorus of Mushrooms
Hiromi Goto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Chosen
Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Chosen at Nightfall
C.C. Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Chosen Ones
Veronica Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Christ in Concrete
Pietro Di Donato

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Christine
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Christmas In Camelot
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

Christ Stopped At Eboli
Carlo Levi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1945

Chron
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1981

Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition
Álvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1542

Chronicles
Jean Froissart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1400

Chronicles of the Crusades
Jean de Joinville

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1309

Chronicles, Volume One
Bob Dylan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

Chronology
Zahra Patterson

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Church of Marvels
Leslie Parry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Cibola Burn
James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1959

Cilka's Journey
Heather Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Cinder
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Cinderella
Grimm Brothers

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1812

Cinder & Ella
Kelly Oram

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Cinderella is Dead
Kalynn Bayron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Circe
Madeline Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Circle of Friends
Maeve Binchy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Circling the Sun
Paula McLain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Circus Mirandus
Cassie Beasley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Circus of the Damned
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare (Cirque Du Freak, #1)
Darren Shan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

Cirque Du Freak: Lord of the Shadows, Vol. 11
Darren O'Shaughnessy

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

C is for Corpse
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Cities Of Salt
Abdelrahman Munif

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Cities of the Plain
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Citizen 13660
Miné Okubo

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1946

Citizen: An American Lyric
Claudia Rankine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Citizen Jane
Christopher Andersen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

Citizen of the Galaxy
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
Stephen E. Ambrose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Citizen Tom Paine
Howard Fast

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

Citizen Vince
Jess Walter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

City of Ashes
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

City of Bones
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

City of Bones: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Mimi O'Connor

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

City of Dragons
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

City of Endless Night
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

City of Fallen Angels
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

City of Ghosts
V. E. Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

City of Glass
Paul Karasik

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

City of God
E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult

City of Gold
Daniel Blackaby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

City of Golden Shadow
Tad Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998