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The Killer's Cousin
Nancy Werlin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Killer's Tears
Anne-Laure Bondoux

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The King's Shadow
Elizabeth Alder

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Kite Rider
Geraldine Mccaughrean

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Land
Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1974

The Last Apprentice
Joseph Delaney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Last Boy and Girl in the World
Siobhan Vivian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Last Days of California
Mary Miller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary
Laura Shovan

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Last Mission
Harry Mazer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

The Last Star
Rick Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Last Summer of the Death Warriors
Francisco X. Stork

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Last Time We Say Goodbye
Cynthia Hand

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Lie Tree
Frances Hardinge

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Light at Tern Rock
Julia L. Sauer

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1941

The Light in the Forest
Conrad Richter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1953

The Lightkeepers
Abby Geni

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Little White Bird
J. M. Barrie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1902

The Lorax
Dr. Seuss

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1971

The Lord of Opium
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Lost Gate
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Luckiest Girl in the World
Steven Levenkron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Luxe
Anna Godbersen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Madman of Piney Woods
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Maestro
Tim Wynne-Jones

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Making of a Navy SEAL
Brandon Webb

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2015

The Man in the Woods
Rosemary Wells

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

The Master Puppeteer
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

The Memory of Light
Francisco X. Stork

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Middle Passage
Tom Feelings

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1995

The Milk of Birds
Sylvia Whitman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Miserable Mill
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

The Mitten
Jan Brett

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1989

The Monstrumologist
Rick Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Monument
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

The Moorchild
Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Morgue and Me
John C. Ford

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Moves Make the Man
Bruce Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

The Name of the Game Was Murder
Joan Lowery Nixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

The Name of the Star
Maureen Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Neon Bible
John Kennedy Toole

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

The Nest
Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The News about Dinosaurs
Patricia Lauber

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Theodore Roosevelt: Fighting Patriot
Clara Ingram Judson

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The One Safe Place
Tania Unsworth

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Only Alien on the Planet
Kristen D. Randle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Orange Houses
Paul Griffin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Other Side
Juan Pablo Villalobos

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2019

The Other Side of Dark
Sarah Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

The Other Side of the Island
Allegra Goodman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Owl Service
Alan Garner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The Paladin Prophecy
Mark Frost

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Penultimate Peril
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Peppermint Pig
Nina Bawden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

The Perilous Road
William O. Steele

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1958

The Porcupine of Truth
Bill Konigsberg

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Power of Six
Pittacus Lore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir
Gaby Rodriguez

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2012

The Prince of Fenway Park
Julianna Baggott

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Prince of Mist
Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

The Probability Of Miracles
Wendy Wunder

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Problem with Forever
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Pushcart War
Jean Merrill

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
Eric Berlin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Queen of the Tearling
Erika Johansen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Queen of Water
Laura Resau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Rag and Bone Shop
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister

Fiction | Short Story | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1992

The Raven King
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Real Boy
Anne Ursu

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

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

The Revenant
Sonia Gensler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Rithmatist
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Rocks
Peter Nichols

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1969

The Ruby in the Smoke
Philip Pullman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Rules of Survival
Nancy Werlin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Runner
Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Running Man
Michael Gerard Bauer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
Stephanie Oakes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea
Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1963

The Sandman and the War of Dreams
William Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Scar Boys
Len Vlahos

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Scorpio Races
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Sea of Trolls
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
Ann Brashares

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Sue Townsend

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Secret Hum of a Daisy
Tracy Holczer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Secret of Gumbo Grove
Eleanora E. Tate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Secret Place
Tana French

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Secret Side of Empty
Maria E. Andreu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Secret Story Of Sonia Rodriguez
Alan Sitomer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Seeing Stone
Kevin Crossley-Holland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

These Shallow Graves
Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Seventh Wish
Kate Messner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Shining Company
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2010

The Silence of Murder
Dandi Daley Mackall

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Silver Kiss
Annette Curtis Klause

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990