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The Translator
Leila Aboulela

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Transmigration of Bodies
Yuri Herrera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Trap
John E. Smelcer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Trapped Girl
Robert Dugoni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Traveler (Fourth Realm, #1)
John Twelve Hawks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Hiro Arikawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Travels of Ibn Battutah
Ibn Battuta

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Travels of Marco Polo
Marco Polo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
John Mandeville

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1356

The Treasure of the City of Ladies
Christine de Pizan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
B. Traven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Treatment
Suzanne Young

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

The Tree of Man
Patrick White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Trees
Conrad Richter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Trespasser
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Trial
Rob Rinder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Trial of Lizzie Borden
Cara Robertson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Trials Of Apollo, Book 1: The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Trials of Brother Jero
Wole Soyinka

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1960

The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Jessica Townsend

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Trials of Socrates: Six Classic Texts
Plato, Aristophanes, Xenophon

Nonfiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2002

The Trinity Six
Charles Cumming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Trip to Bountiful
Horton Foote

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1982

The Trojan War: A New History
Barry Strauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Troop
Nick Cutter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Trouble With Chickens
Doreen Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
Joanna Cannon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Trouble with Hating You
Sajni Patel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Trouble with Peace
Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The True American
Anand Giridharadas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

The True Deceiver
Tove Jansson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The True History of Chocolate
Sophie D. Coe, Michael D. Coe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The True Love Experiment
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The True Story of Ah Q
Lu Xun, 魯迅

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
Louise Murphy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Trumpeter of Krakow
Eric P. Kelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1928

The Trumpet of the Swan
E. B. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1970

The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd
Jana Bommersbach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Truth About Alice
Jennifer Mathieu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Truth About Forever
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Truth About Melody Browne
Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative
Thomas King

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair
Joel Dicker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Truth About Twinkie Pie
Kat Yeh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Truth According to Us
Annie Barrows

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Truth and Other Lies
Sascha Arango

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
Leslie Connor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
Kamala Harris

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Tryout
Christina Soontornvat, Illustr. Joanna Cacao

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Tuft of Flowers
Robert Frost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Tulip Touch
Anne Fine

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Tumbling Turner Sisters
Juliette Fay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Tunnel
Ernesto Sabato, William H. Gass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
Gene Kemp

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

The Turner House
Angela Flournoy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Turners
Mick Elliott

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Turn of The Key
Ruth Ware

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Turnout
Megan Abbott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Turtle of Oman
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Tuscan Child
Rhys Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Tusk That Did the Damage
Tania James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Twelve
Justin Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Twelve Caesars
Suetonius

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 121

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
Hannah Tinti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Ayana Mathis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Twentieth Wife
Indu Sundaresan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Twilight of American Culture
Morris Berman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Twilight Saga
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Twilight Zone
Nona Fernández

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Twilight Zone: Complete Stories
Rod Serling

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1990

The Twin
Natasha Preston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Twisted Ones
T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Twist of a Knife (Hawthorne & Horowitz #4)
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Twits
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

The Two-Family House
Lynda Cohen Loigman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
Josie Silver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Two Minute Rule
Robert Crais

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Dominick Dunne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Two-Penny Bar (Maigret #11)
Georges Simenon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Two Towers
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1954