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The Morgue and Me
John C. Ford

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Mosquito Coast
Paul Theroux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Most Human Human
Brian Christian

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise
Colleen Oakley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mote in God's Eye
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Mother-in-Law
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mothers
Brit Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Mother's Promise
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Moths and Other Stories
Helena Maria Viramontes

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1985

The Motorcycle Diaries
Che Guevara

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

The Mountain Between Us
Charles Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Mountain in the Sea
Ray Nayler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Mountains Sing
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mountaintop
Katori Hall

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2011

The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1965

The Mousetrap
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1950

The Moves Make the Man
Bruce Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

The Moviegoer
Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Moving Finger
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Mummy
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
Ibn Khaldun

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1377

The Murder House
David Ellis, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

The Murder of the Century
Paul Collins

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Murder on the Links
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Murder Rule
Dervla McTiernan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Murmur of Bees
Sofía Segovia, Transl. Simon Bruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Muse
Jessie Burton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Museum of Extraordinary Things
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Museum of Innocence
Orhan Pamuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Mushroom at the End of the World
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Music of Bees
Eileen Garvin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Music of Chance
Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Music Of Dolphins
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Music Shop
Rachel Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Michael Chabon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1794

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
Janice Hallett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mysterious Howling
Maryrose Wood, Jon Klassen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1875

The Mysterious Stranger
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1916

The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel
Nita Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1870

The Mystery of Locked Rooms
Lindsay Currie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | BCE

The Mystery of Mercy Close
Marian Keyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mystery of the Blue Train
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Mystic Masseur
V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
Justin O'Brien, Albert Camus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Myth of the Eternal Return
Mircea Eliade, Transl. Willard R. Trask

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949