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A Fable
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

A Fall of Marigolds
Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

A Family Supper
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1983

A Far Cry from Africa
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1962

A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

A Fatal Grace
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

A Fate Inked in Blood
Danielle Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Feast for Crows
George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Few Good Men
Aaron Sorkin

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1989

A Fierce Discontent
Michael McGerr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

A First Time for Everything
Dan Santat

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A Following
Charles Bukowski

Fiction | Poem | Adult

Fable
Adrienne Young

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Fablehaven
Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Facing It
Yusef Komunyakaa

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1988

Factfulness
Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1953

Fair and Tender Ladies
Lee Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Fairview
Jackie Sibblies Drury

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2018

Fairy Tale
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Fake ID
Lamar Giles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Fallen Angels
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Falling: A Novel
T. J. Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Falling Leaves
Adeline Yen Mah

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Falling Man
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Falling Over Sideways
Jordan Sonnenblick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Falling Short
Ernesto Cisneros

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Fall Of Giants
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Fall on your Knees
Ann-Marie MacDonald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Fallout
Todd Strasser

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

False Witness
Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Fame Is a Fickle Food (1702)
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1914

Familiaris
David Wroblewski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Family Family
Laurie Frankel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Family Lore
Elizabeth Acevedo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Family of Liars
E. Lockhart

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Famine, Affluence, and Morality
Peter Singer

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1972

Famous
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

Fangirl
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Fangirl Down
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Fanny Hill
John Cleland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1748

Fantastic Mr Fox
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1970

Fantomina
Eliza Haywood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1725

Farewell, My Lovely
Raymond Chandler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Far From The Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1874

Far From the Tree
Robin Benway

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Farmer Boy
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1933

Far North
Will Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Fascism: A Warning
Madeleine Albright

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Fast Break
Edward Hirsch

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1986

Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Fasting, Feasting
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Fast Pitch
Nic Stone

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Fat Ham
James Ijames

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2023

Father and I Were Ranchers
Ralph Moody

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1950

Father Comes Home From the Wars
Suzan-Lori Parks

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2015

Father Returning Home
Dilip Chitre

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1987

Fathers And Sons
Ivan Turgenev

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1862

Fatty Legs: A True Story
Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Faust, Part One
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1829

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail '72
Hunter S. Thompson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Fear And Trembling
Søren Kierkegaard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1843

Feed
M.T. Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Fefu and Her Friends
María Irene Fornés

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1990

Felix Ever After
Kacen Callender

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Fellowship Point
Alice Elliott Dark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
bell hooks

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2000

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
bell hooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

Fences
August Wilson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1986

Fern Hill
Dylan Thomas

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1945

Fever
John Edgar Wideman

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1989

Fever 1793
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

Fever Dream
Transl. Megan McDowell, Samanta Schweblin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Fever Pitch
Nick Hornby

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

Fiddler on the Roof
Joseph Stein, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

Fiela's Child (Fiela se Kind)
Dalene Matthee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Field Guide to the North American Teenager
Ben Philippe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Elizabeth Kolbert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Fifteen Dogs
Andre Alexis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Fifth Grade Autobiography
Rita Dove

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1989

Fifty Shades Darker
E. L. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Fifty Shades of Grey
E. L. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Fifty Words for Rain
Asha Lemmie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Fighting Words
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Fight Night
Miriam Toews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Final Girls: A Novel
Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Finally Seen
Kelly Yang

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023