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Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Firelight
Sophie Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Fire on the Mountain
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Fireproof
Eric Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Fire Season
Philip Connors

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Charles M. Blow

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Fires In The Mirror
Anna Deavere Smith

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1993

Firestar's Quest
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Firestarter
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Fire Study
Maria V. Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Fire Touched
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
John Vaillant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Fire with Fire
Siobhan Vivian, Jenny Han

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

First Among Sequels
Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

First, Break All the Rules
Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

First Comes Love
Emily Giffin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

First Comes Scandal
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

First Drop of Crimson
Jeaniene Frost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

First Family
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

First Farmers
Peter Bellwood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

First Frost
Sarah Addison Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

First Grave on the Right
Darynda Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

First in Their Hearts
Thomas James Fleming

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1985

First Kill
Michael Kronenwetter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

First King of Shannara
Terry Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Firstlife
Gena Showalter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

First Lord's Fury
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

First Love
Ivan Turgenev, Constance Garnett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

First Rider's Call
Kristen Britain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

First Test
Tamora Pierce

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2000

First They Killed My Father
Loung Ung

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

First Things First
Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill, A. Roger Merrill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

First Year
Rachel E. Carter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2017

F is for Fugitive
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Fish
L. S. Matthews

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Fish!
Stephen C. Lundin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Fish: A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
Ken Blanchard, John Christensen, Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Fish in a Tree
Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun: A Personal History of Violence
Geoffrey Canada

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

Five Children and It
E. Nesbit

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
Olga Lengyel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1947

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Sheri Fink

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child
Laura Cumming

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Five Feet Apart
Rachael Lippincott

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Five Flavors of Dumb
Antony John

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Five Go Adventuring Again
Enid Blyton

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2001

Five Little Indians
Michelle Good

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Margaret Sidney

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Five Little Pigs
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Five on a Treasure Island
Enid Blyton

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2001

Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT
Chetan Bhagat

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Five Quarters of the Orange
Joanne Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Five Seasons
A.B. Yehoshua

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Five Survive
Holly Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Five Total Strangers
Natalie D. Richards

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Five Weeks in a Balloon
1st World Library, Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Five Women Who Loved Love
Hirayama Tōgo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

Fixed on You
Laurelin Paige

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Fix Her Up
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Fixing Patriarchy
Donald E. Hall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Flags of Our Fathers
James Bradley, Ron Powers

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

Flame in the Mist
Renée Ahdieh

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2017

Flamer
Mike Curato

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2020

Flash and Bones
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Flashback
Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Edwin A. Abbott

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1884

Flat-Out Love
Jessica Park

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Flaubert's Parrot
Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Flawed
Cecelia Ahern

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Flawed Dogs
Berkeley Breathed

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Flawless
Sara Shepard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Fledgling
Octavia E. Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Fledgling: Jason Steed
Mark A. Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Flesh and Blood
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Flesh and Blood So Cheap
Albert Marrin

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2011

Flesh and Bone
Cydney Chadwick

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

Flight: A Novel
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Flight of the Intruder
Stephen Coonts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Flight Of The Puffin
Ann Braden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Flights
Olga Tokarczuk, Transl. Jennifer Croft

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Flipped
Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Flirt
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Float
Laura Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Floating in My Mother's Palm
Ursula Hegi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Flood of Fire
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Flood Tide
Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Flora And Ulysses
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Florence Adler Swims Forever
Rachel Beanland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Florida
Lauren Groff

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being
Martin E. P. Seligman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Flowers For Algernon
Daniel Keyes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1966

Flowers In The Attic
V. C. Andrews

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Christopher Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Flunked
Jen Calonita

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Flush
Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005