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The Cardturner
Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
Anissa Gray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Care and Management of Lies
Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Caretaker
Harold Pinter

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1960

The Carnivorous Carnival
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

The Carrie Diaries
Candace Bushnell

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

The Carrying
Ada Limón

Nonfiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

The Cartel
Don Winslow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Carter Family
David Lasky, Frank M. Young

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

The Cartographers
Peng Shepherd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Casanova
T. L. Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
Peter Ackroyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God
Lee Strobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Case For Christ
Lee Strobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Case for Faith
Lee Strobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Case of the Missing Marquess
Nancy Springer

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

The Castaways
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Castle
Franz Kafka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

The Castle in the Attic
Elizabeth Winthrop

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1985

The Castle of Llyr
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

The Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1764

The Casual Vacancy
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
Paula Danziger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Catcher Was a Spy
Nicholas Dawidoff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1994

The Cater Street Hangman
Anne Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1957

The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
Lilian Jackson Braun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Cat Who Saved Books
Louise Heal Kawai, Sōsuke Natsukawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Bertolt Brecht

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1944

The Caves of Steel
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

The Cay
Theodore Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1969

The Celebrants
Steven Rowley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

The Celestine Prophecy
James Redfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Cellar
Natasha Preston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Cellist of Sarajevo
Steven Galloway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Cement Garden
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Cenci
Antonin Artaud

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1935

The Centaur
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
Elyn R. Saks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Chain
Adrian McKinty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Chalice of the Gods
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Chalk Man
C. J. Tudor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Chalk Pit
Elly Griffiths

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Challenger Launch Decision
Diane Vaughan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation
Matthew Dixon, Brent Adamson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Chamber
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
Kati Marton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

The Chaneysville Incident
David Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Change
Kirsten Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Changeling
Thomas Middleton, William Rowley

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1622

The Changeling: A Novel
Victor Lavalle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Changeover
Margaret Mahy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Thomas Keneally

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
Max Fisher

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Chaperone
Laura Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Charlemagne Pursuit
Steve Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Charm Offensive
Alison Cochrun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Charm School
Nelson DeMille

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Charterhouse of Parma
Marie-Henri Beyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1839

The Chase
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Chatham School Affair
Thomas H. Cook

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Cheat Sheet
Sarah Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
Atul Gawande

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Cheerleaders
Kara Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

The Cheese And The Worms: The Cosmos Of A Sixteenth-Century Miller
Carlo Ginzburg

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1980

The Chemist
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Chemistry of Death
Simon Beckett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Chemistry of Tears
Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1904

The Chessmen
Peter May

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Chestnut Man
Søren Sveistrup, Caroline Waight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Chicken Sisters
K.J. Dell'Antonia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
Jennifer Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Child
Fiona Barton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Child Finder
Rene Denfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Child in Time
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Children Act
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Children of Húrin
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Children of Men
P. D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Children of Noisy Village
Florence Lamborn, Ilon Wikland, Astrid Lindgren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Children on the Hill
Jennifer McMahon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Children's Blizzard
David Laskin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Children's Book
A. S. Byatt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Children's Hour
Lillian Hellman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1934

The Chimp Paradox
Steve Peters

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health
T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell II

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Chocolate Touch
Patrick Skene Catling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Chocolate War
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

The Choice
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Choice: Embrace the Possible
Edith Eva Eger

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

The Chosen
Chaim Potok

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The Chosen and the Beautiful
Nghi Vo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Chosen One
Carol Lynch Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Christie Affair
Nina de Gramont

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Christmas Bookshop
Jenny Colgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Christmas Box
Richard Paul Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Christmas Fix
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017