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Crooked House
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Tom Franklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Crooked River
Shelley Pearsall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Cross
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Crossbones
Nuruddin Farah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Cross Bones
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Cross Country
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Cross Creek
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1942

Cross Down
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Crossed
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Crossed (Never After, 5)
Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Cross Her Heart
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
Geoffrey A. Moore, Regis McKenna

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Crossing the Mangrove
Maryse Condé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Crossing the River
Caryl Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Crossing the Wire
Will Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Crossing to Safety
Wallace Stegner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Cross Justice
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
Ally Carter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Crossroads of Twilight
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Cross Stitch
Diana Gabaldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Crow Fair: Stories
Thomas McGuane

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

Crow Lake
Mary Lawson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Crow Mary
Kathleen Grissom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Crown of Midnight
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Crow's Row
Julie Hockley

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Talking About Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior
Kerry Patterson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Crucible
James Rollins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Cruel Beauty
Rosamund Hodge

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Cruel Seduction
Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Crumbs From the Table of Joy
Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1998

Crush
Svetlana Chmakova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion
Gary Vaynerchuk

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Cry of the Kalahari
Mark Owens, Delia Owens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1984

Cryptid Hunters
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Crystal Crowned
Elise Kova

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Crystal Singer
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

Cry to Heaven
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Cry Wolf
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Cuba 15
Nancy Osa

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Cuba: An American History
Ada Ferrer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Cue for Treason
Geoffrey Trease

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1940

Cujo
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Cult Classic
Sloane Crosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Amanda Montell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Zaretta L. Hammond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism
Matthew Arnold

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1869

Culture and Imperialism
Edward Said

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Curious Minds
Janet Evanovich, Phoef Sutton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Cursed
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

Cursed Bunny: Stories
Bora Chung, Transl. Anton Hur

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Curse of the Bane
Patrick Arrasmith, Joseph Delaney

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Curse of the Starving Class
Sam Shepard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1976

Cursor's Fury
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Curtain
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Curtsies & Conspiracies
Gail Carriger

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Curveball
Jordan Sonnenblick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Vine Deloria Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

Custer's Trials
T. J. Stiles

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Cut
Patricia McCormick

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Cut and Run
Mary Burton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Cut & Run
Abigail Roux, Madeleine Urban

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

CyberStorm
Matthew Mather

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Cycle of Hope
Tricia Downing

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Cyclops
Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Cymbeline
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1623

Cyrano de Bergerac
Anthony Burgess (translator) & Edmund Rostand

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 1985

Cytonic
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

The Cabin at the End of the World
Paul Tremblay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Cabinet of Curiosities
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Cactus
Sarah Haywood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Cafe by the Sea
Jenny Colgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Cage
Ruth Minsky Sender

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

The Caine Mutiny
Herman Wouk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Calculating Stars
Mary Robinette Kowal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Calcutta Chromosome
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Calling
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Call of the Wild
Jack London

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1903

The Camel Bookmobile
Masha Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Camel Club
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Cancer Journals
Audre Lorde

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

The Candid Life of Meena Dave
Namrata Patel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Candy House
Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Candymakers
Wendy Mass

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Candy Shop War
Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1400

The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1887

The Canyon's Edge
Dusti Bowling

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Captain's Daughter
Alexander Pushkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1836

The Captive Mind
Czesław Miłosz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

The Cardboard Kingdom
Chad Sell

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Cardinal of the Kremlin
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988