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Parvana's Journey
Deborah Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Parzival
Wolfram Von Eschenbach

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1215

Pashmina
Nidhi Chanani

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Passage to Dawn
R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Passenger
Alexandra Bracken

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Passing
Nella Larsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Passing Strange
Martha A. Sandweiss

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Passion
Lauren Kate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Pastoralia
George Saunders

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2000

Pastrami on Rye
Ted Merwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Past Tense
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Past the Shallows
Favel Parrett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Paterson
William Carlos Williams

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1946

Pather Panchali
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Pathfinder
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Path of Destruction
Drew Karpyshyn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Pathologies of Power
Paul Farmer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Patient Zero: Solving the Mysteries of Deadly Epidemics
Jonathan Maberry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Patina
Jason Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Patrimony
Philip Roth

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Patriot
Alexei Navalny

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Patriot Games
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Patron Saints of Nothing
Randy Ribay

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Pattern Recognition
William Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Patterns of Culture
Ruth Benedict

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1934

Paula
Isabel Allende

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire
Flora Fraser

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

Paul Revere's Ride
David Hackett Fischer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Pavilion of Women
Pearl S. Buck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

Pawn of Prophecy
David Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Pax
Sara Pennypacker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Pax, Journey Home
Sara Pennypacker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Payback in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Payback's a Witch
Lana Harper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Pay It Forward
Catherine Ryan Hyde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Payment in Blood
Elizabeth George

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Peace Breaks Out
John Knowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Thich Nhat Hanh, Arnold Kotler, Dalai Lama XIV

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Peace Like a River
Leif Enger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Peace Talks
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Peaches
Jodi Lynn Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Peak
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Pearl Buck in China
Hilary Spurling

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Pearl Harbor: Warning And Decision
Roberta Wohlstetter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

Pearl of China
Anchee Min

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Pearls of Lutra
Brian Jacques

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen
Richard M. Wunderli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Pebble in the Sky
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

Pedro Paramo
Juan Rulfo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Peeps
Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Peer Gynt
Henrik Ibsen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1867

Penance
Eliza Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Pendragon: Arthur And His Britain
Joseph P. Clancy

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1972

Penny from Heaven
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Penpal
Dathan Auerbach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Pen Pal
J. T. Geissinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Pensées
Blaise Pascal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1670

Peony In Love
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

People Like Her
Ellery Lloyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

People of the Book
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

People of the Whale
Linda Hogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo—and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up
Richard Lloyd Parry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Perceval, the Story of the Grail
Chrétien De Troyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1181

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes
John Rocco, Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files
Rick Riordin

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Published in 2009

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide
Mary-Jane Knight, Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Perdido Street Station
China Mieville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Perelandra
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

Perestroika
Tony Kushner

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1993

Perestroika In Paris
Jane Smiley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Perfect
Natasha Friend

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Perfect Chemistry
Simone Elkeles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Perfection
R.L. Mathewson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Perfect Match
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Perfect on Paper
Sophie Gonzales

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

Perfect Peace
Daniel Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Perfect Strangers
J.T. Geissinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Perfect You
Lisa Fyfe, Elizabeth Scott

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Perfume
Patrick Süskind

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Patrick Süskind

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Pericles
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1609

Peril
Bob Woodward, Robert Costa

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Peril at End House
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Permanent Record
Edward Snowden

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Permanent Record: How One Man Exposed the Truth about Government Spying and Digital Security
Edward Snowden

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Marjane Satrapi, Transl. Anjali Singh

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Persepolis Rising
James S.A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Persian Letters
Montesquieu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1721

Personal
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Personal Demon
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Personal History
Katharine Graham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Persuader
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Persuasion
Jane Austen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1817

Pestilence
Laura Thalassa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Pet
Akwaeke Emezi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019