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That Deadman Dance
Kim Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

That Evening Sun
William Faulkner

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1931

That Hideous Strength
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

That Kind of Guy
Stephanie Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

That Kind of Mother
Rumaan Alam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

That Long Silence
Shashi Deshpande

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

That Month in Tuscany
Inglath Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

That Night
Chevy Stevens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

That Old Cape Magic
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

That's Not My Name
Megan Lally

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

That's Not What Happened
Kody Kepinger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

That Summer
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
Kimberly Lemming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

That Used to Be Us
Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

That Was Then, This Is Now
S. E. Hinton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1971

Theaetetus
Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Theatre of the Oppressed
Augusto Boal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

Thebaid
Statius, Transl. Jane Wilson Joyce

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 92

Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Their Vicious Darling
Nikki St. Crowe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Them: Adventures with Extremists
Jon Ronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Them Dark Days
William Dusinberre

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Then
Morris Gleitzman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1986

Then Came You
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Then She Was Gone
Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Then We Came to the End
Joshua Ferris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Theodore Rex
Edmund Morris

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Theodore Roosevelt: Fighting Patriot
Clara Ingram Judson

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

Theories of Relativity
Barbara Haworth-Attard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

There Are No Children Here
Alex Kotlowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

There Are No Saints
Sophie Lark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

There Are Rivers in the Sky
Elif Shafak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

There Is No Devil
Sophie Lark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
Fiona Hill

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1987

There's a Bug in My Blossom
J.C. Donaho

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

There's a Girl in my Hammerlock
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Thérèse Raquin
Émile Zola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1867

There's Someone Inside Your House
Stephanie Perkins

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2017

There There
Tommy Orange

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

There Was a Country
Chinua Achebe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

There Will Be No Miracles Here
Casey Gerald

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

These Broken Stars
Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

These Happy Golden Years
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1953

These High, Green Hills
Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

These Hollow Vows
Lexi Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

These Hollow Vows (These Hollow Vows, 1)
Lexi Ryan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

These Infinite Threads
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2023

These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
Nancy E. Turner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

These Old Shades
Georgette Heyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

These Shallow Graves
Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

These Silent Woods
Kimi Cunningham Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

These Tangled Vines
Julianne MacLean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

These Things Hidden
Heather Gudenkauf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

These Truths: A History of the United States
Jill Lepore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

These Twisted Bonds
Lexi Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

These Witches Don't Burn
Isabel Sterling

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

The Tables Turned
William Morris

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1887

The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Liz Kessler

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Tain
Transl. Thomas Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Takeover
T.L. Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Taking
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America
Matthew Pearl

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
Daniel Coyle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Tale Of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1008

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1902

The Tale of Sinuhe: and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940-1640 B.C.
Sinuhe, R.B. Parkinson (Translator)

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | BCE

The Tale of the Body Thief
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Talisman
Stephen King, Peter Straub

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Talismans of Shannara
Terry Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Taming of the Queen
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1593

The Tao Of Pooh
Benjamin Hoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Target
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Tartar Steppe
Stuart Hood, Dino Buzzati

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Tattooed Soldier
Héctor Tobar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Teacher
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Teacher's Funeral
Richard Peck

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
Carlos Castaneda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

The Tea Dragon Society
Kay O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Tea Dragon Tapestry
Kay O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Tea Planter's Wife
Dinah Jefferies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Tea Rose
Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Technological Society
Jacques Ellul

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1954

The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
Frances E. Jensen, Amy Ellis Nutt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Teeth of the Tiger
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Tell-Tale Brain
V. S. Ramachandran

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Tell-Tale Heart And Other Writings
Edgar Allan Poe

Nonfiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1843

The Tempest
Brian K. Vaughan

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 2019

The Templar Legacy
Steve Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Temple of My Familiar
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Ivan Morris, Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995