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Asylum for Nightface
Bruce Brooks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

As You Like It: The Gerald Kraak Anthology Volume II
Jacana Media

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

A Tale of Love and Darkness
Amos Oz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

A Taste of Eternity
Gisèle Pineau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

A Taste of Honey
Kai Ashante Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

A Taste of Power
Elaine Brown

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

A Testament of Hope
Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

A Thief Of Time
Tony Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Yiyun Li

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2005

A Thread of Grace
Mary Doria Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Tidewater Morning
William Styron

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1993

A Tiger for Malgudi
R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

A Time of Miracles
Anne-Laure Bondoux

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

A Torch Against the Night
Sabaa Tahir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

A Town Like Alice
Nevil Shute

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

A Train in Winter
Caroline Moorehead

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

A Tribe Apart
Patricia Hersch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

At the Hands of Persons Unknown
Philip Dray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

A Tugging String
David Greenberg

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

A Twist in the Tale
Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1988

Augustine: Conversions and Confessions
Robin Lane Fox

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1966

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Mario Vargas Llosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Au Revoir Crazy European Chick
Joe Schreiber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Austenland
Shannon Hale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Autobiography of My Dead Brother
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Autonomous
Annalee Newitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Avalon High
Meg Cabot

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Avengers of the New World
Laurent Dubois

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Avenue of Mysteries
John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

A Very Long Engagement
Sébastien Japrisot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

A Very Scandalous Holiday
Nancy Fraser, et al.

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

A Village Singer
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1893

A Walk Across The Sun
Corban Addison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

A Walker in the City
Alfred Kazin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1951

A Walk in the Night and Other Stories
Alex La Guma

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1962

A Walk on the Great Barrier Reef
Caroline Arnold

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

A War Like No Other
Victor Davis Hanson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Henry David Thoreau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1849

A Whole New Life
Reynolds Price

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1981

A Wilderness Within
David Backes

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2019

A Wild Swan
Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

A Winter's Tale
Ian Wallace

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

A Wolf at the Table
Augusten Burroughs

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

A Woman Killed With Kindness
Thomas Heywood

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1617

A World Made New
Mary Ann Glendon

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2001

A Year in Provence
Peter Mayle

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1990

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Michael Dorris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

Baltasar and Blimunda
José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Bang the Drum Slowly
Mark Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

Banker to the Poor
Muhammad Yunus

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Barabbas
Pär Lagerkvist

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

Barchester Towers
Anthony Trollope

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1857

Barefoot Heart
Elva Trevino Hart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Bark
Lorrie Moore

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

Barkskins
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Barney Frank
Stuart Weisberg

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Barney's Version
Mordecai Richler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Bartholomew Fair
Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1614

Baseball Fever
Johanna Hurwitz

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

Baseball Great
Tim Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Basketball (And Other Things)
Shea Serrano

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Battle Cry of Freedom
James M. Mcpherson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Baudelaire
Joanna Richardson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1964

Baudolino
Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Baumgartner's Bombay
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Bayou Farewell
Mike Tidwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Bearing the Cross
David J. Garrow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1986

Bears Discover Fire
Terry Bisson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1990

Bearskin
James A. Mclaughlin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Beastly
Alex Flinn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Beasts of No Nation
Uzodinma Iweala

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin (film)

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1973

Beatrice And Virgil
Yann Martel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Beaufort
Ron Leshem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Beautiful Darkness
Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Beautiful Losers
Leonard Cohen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Beauty and Sadness
Yasunari Kawabata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Beauty Queens
Libba Bray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Be Careful What You Wish For
Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Becoming Dr. Q
Mim Eichler Rivas, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Becoming Ms. Burton
Susan Burton, Cari Lynn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Beer and Circus
Murray A. Sperber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Bee Season
Myla Goldberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Before Stonewall
Andrea Weiss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Danielle Evans

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2010

Be Frank With Me
Julia Claiborne Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Beginners
Raymond Carver

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1981

Behind a Mask
Louisa May Alcott

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1866

Behind the Mask of Chivalry
Nancy Maclean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Being Born
Sheila Kitzinger

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Beka Lamb
Zee Edgell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

Belfast Diary
John Conroy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Believarexic
J.J. Johnson

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2015

Believers: A Novella and Stories
Charles Baxter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Belle Epoque
Elizabeth Ross

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Bellefleur
Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Belle Prater's Boy
Ruth White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Bellweather Rhapsody
Kate Racculia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014