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Good Morning, Midnight
Lily Brooks-Dalton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery
Catherine Gildiner

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2019

Good Neighbors
Ryan David Jahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Goodnight!
Andrei Sinyavsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Goodnight Beautiful
Aimee Molloy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Ann-Marie MacDonald

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1988

Good Night, Irene
Luis Alberto Urrea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Goodnight Mister Tom
Michelle Magorian

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1947

Goodnight Nobody
Jennifer Weiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Good People
Marcus Sakey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
Richard Rumelt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
Mira Jacob

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Good to a Fault
Marina Endicott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Good to Great
Jim Collins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Good Vibes, Good Life: How Self-Love Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness
Vex King

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Good Wives
Louisa May Alcott

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Gooney Bird Greene
Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Go Pro - 7 Steps to Becoming a Network Marketing Professional
Eric Worre

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Gorboduc
Thomas Norton, Thomas Sackville

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1970

Gorgias
Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Gorilla, My Love
Toni Cade Bambara

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1972

Gorillas in the Mist
Dian Fossey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

Gorky Park
Martin Cruz Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Go Set A Watchman
Harper Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Gospel of John
John the Apostle

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 90

Gossamer
Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Diana Gabaldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Gothikana
RuNyx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Go, Went, Gone
Jenny Erpenbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Grace and Glory
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

Gracefully Grayson
Ami Polonsky

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Grace, Gold and Glory
Gabrielle Douglas, Michelle Burford

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Graceland
Chris Abani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Graceling
Kristin Cashore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Gracelying
Kristin Cashmore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Graduation Day
Joelle Charbonneau

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Graffiti Moon
Cath Crowley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers
David Perlmutter, Kristin Loberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Grandma Gatewood's Walk
Ben Montgomery

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1
Pengie, Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭, Jin Fang, Suika, Marina Privalova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Grant
Ron Chernow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

Granted
John David Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Grass for His Pillow
Lian Hearn

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Grasshopper Jungle
Andrew Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Gratitude
Oliver Sacks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Grave Mercy
Robin LaFevers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Grave Peril
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Grave Secret
Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Grave Secrets
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Grave Sight
Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Grave Silence
Rose Beecham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Grave Surprise
Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Grave Witch
Kalayna Price

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Gray Mountain
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Grayson's Vow
Mia Sheridan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Greasy Lake and Other Stories
T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1985

Great at Work
Morten Hansen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
Morten T. Hansen, Jim Collins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Great Expectations
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1861

Great House
Nicole Krauss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Green
Sam Graham-Felsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Green Angel
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Greenglass House
Kate Milford

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Green Grass, Running Water
Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Green Hills of Africa
Ernest Hemingway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1935

Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Green Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Green on Blue
Elliot Ackerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Green Rider
Kristen Britain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Green: The Beginning and the End
Ted Dekker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Green: The Light Within
S.M. Huggins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Greenwich Park
Katherine Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Greenwitch
Susan Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1997

Greetings from Bury Park: A Memoir
Sarfraz Manzoor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Greetings From Witness Protection!
Jake Burt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Gregor and the Code of Claw
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Gregor the Overlander
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Grenade
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Grendel
John Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Grendel's Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd-Wife
Susan Signe Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Grey
E.L. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Grey Sister
Mark Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Grief is the Thing with Feathers
Max Porter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Griffin & Sabine
Nick Bantock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Grimm's Fairy Tales
Brothers Grimm

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | YA | Published in 1812

Grim Tuesday
Garth Nix

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2005

Grin and Beard It
Penny Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Grinding It Out
Ray Kroc

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

Grip of the Shadow Plague
Brandon Dorman, Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Gris Grimly's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016