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Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
Liz Cheney

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Oath of Loyalty
Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Obasan
Joy Kogawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Oblivion
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Oblomov
Ivan Goncharov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1859

Obsessed
T. R. Ragan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

OBSESSED
James Patterson and James O. Born

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Obsessed: A Memoir of My Life with OCD
Allison Britz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Obsession
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Obsession in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Obsidian
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Obsidian Butterfly
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Obsidio
Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

OCDaniel
Wesley King

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

Ocean Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Ocean Sea
Alastair McEwen, Alessandro Baricco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Odd and the Frost Giants
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Odd Apocalypse
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Odder
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
Rachel Simmons

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Odd Hours
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Odd One Out
Nic Stone

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Odds Against
Dick Francis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Oedipus
Seneca

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 60

Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 401

Oedipus Rex
Sophocles

Fiction | Play | Adult

Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard
Mawi Asgedom

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2001

Of Blood and Bone
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Of Fire and Stars
Audrey Coulthurst

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Off the Deep End
Lucinda Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Off the Grid
C.J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Off to Be the Wizard
Scott Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Of Grammatology
Jacques Derrida

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

Of Love And Other Demons
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Of Love and Shadows
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1937

Of Nightingales That Weep
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

Of One Blood: Or, the Hidden Self
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647
William Bradford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1651

Of Poseidon
Anna Banks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Of Sound Mind
Jean Ferris

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Of Triton
Anna Banks

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Of Women and Salt
Gabriela Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Oh, Beautiful
John Paul Godges

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Oh, William
Elizabeth Strout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Oil on Water
Helon Habila

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

O is for Outlaw
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Okay for Now
Gary D. Schmidt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Old Bones
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Allan Gurganus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Old Filth
Jane Gardam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Old God's Time
Sebastian Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Old Man's War
John Scalzi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Old School
Tobias Wolff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Old Yeller
Fred Gipson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1942

Oleanna
David Mamet

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1992

Olga Dies Dreaming
Xóchitl González

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1838

Olive's Ocean
Kevin Henkes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Omar Rising
Aisha Saeed

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Omens
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Omeros
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1990

Omon Ra
Victor Pelevin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Omoo
Herman Melville

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1847

On a Pale Horse
Piers Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

On a Quiet Street
Seraphina Nova Glass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

On Basilisk Station
David Weber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

On Beauty
Zadie Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

On Black Sisters Street
Chika Unigwe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

On Borrowed Time
Lawrence Edward Watkin

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1938

On Canaan's Side
Sebastian Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Once
Morris Gleitzman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Once and Always
Judith McNaught

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Once Burned
Jeaniene Frost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America
María Hinojosa

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Once More with Feeling
Elissa Sussman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Once There Were Wolves
Charlotte McConaghy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Once Upon a Crime
Peter Ferguson, Michael Buckley

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Once Upon a Dream
Liz Braswell

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Once Upon a Marigold
Jean Ferris

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Once Upon a Quinceanera
Julia Alvarez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Once Upon a River
Diane Setterfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Once Upon a Tim
Stuart Gibbs, Illustr. Stacy Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel
Quentin Tarantino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored
Clifton L. Taulbert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Once Were Warriors
Alan Duff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Once We Were Brothers
Ronald H. Balson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

On Chesil Beach
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

On China
Henry Kissinger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

On Christian Doctrine
Augustine of Hippo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

On Death and Dying
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

On Dreams
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1901

On Dublin Street
Samantha Young

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019