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The Enigma of Arrival
V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Executioner's Song
Norman Mailer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Eye in the Door
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Eyre Affair
Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Fade Out
Ed Brubaker

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Fakir
Sunil Gangopadhyay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Family of Pascual Duarte
Camilo José Cela

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Farm
Joanne Ramos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Feast of Love
Charles Baxter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Female Man
Joanna Russ

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Female Persuasion
Meg Wolitzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Feral Detective
Jonathan Lethem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Festival of Insignificance
Milan Kundera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Fifth Child
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Fifth Gospel
Ian Caldwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Fifth Mountain
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Fig Orchard
Layla Fiske

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Financial Lives of the Poets
Jess Walter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Finkler Question
Howard Jacobson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The First Circle
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Claire North

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The First Phone Call from Heaven
Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The First Stone
Mark Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Fisherman
John Langan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Fixer
Bernard Malamud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Flame Alphabet
Ben Marcus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Flight Attendant
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Flight Portfolio
Julie Orringer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Force
Don Winslow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Foreign Student
Susan Choi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Forgetting Time
Sharon Guskin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Forgotten
Elie Wiesel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Forgotten Man
Robert Crais

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Fox
Frederick Forsyth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The Free World
David Bezmozgis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Friday Night Knitting Club
Kate Jacobs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Furies
Suzy Mckee Charnas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Gap of Time: The Winter's Tale Retold
Jeanette Winterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Garden of Evening Mists
Tan Twan Eng

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Gargoyle
Andrew Davidson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Gate of Angels
Penelope Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Gate to Women's Country
Sheri S. Tepper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Ghost Road
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Ghost Writer
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Gift of Rain
Tan Twan Eng

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Gilded Years
Karin Tanabe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Ginger Man
J. P. Donleavy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Girl in the Red Coat
Kate Hamer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Girl in the Spider's Web
David Lagercrantz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Girls
Lori Lansens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Girl Who Chased the Moon
Sarah Addison Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Girl Who Could Fly
Victoria Forester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Girl Who Fell into the Sky
Kate Wilhelm

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1974

The Girl Who Played Go
Shan Sa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Girl Who Played With Fire
Steig Larsson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
Jonas Jonasson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Glamour
Christopher Priest

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Glass Bead Game
Hermann Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

The Godfather Returns
Mark Winegardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The God of Animals
Aryn Kyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Gods Themselves
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

The Gold Bug Variations
Richard Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Golden Age
Gore Vidal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

The Golden Gate
Vikram Seth

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1991

The Golden House
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Golden Legend
Nadeem Aslam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Golden Mean
Annabel Lyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Good House
Ann Leary

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Good Husband
Gail Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Gospel of Judas
Simon Mawer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Graduate
Charles Webb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Grass Harp
Truman Capote

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Gravedigger's Daughter
Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Great Indian Novel
Shashi Tharoor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Great Santini
Pat Conroy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Green Road
Anne Enright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Guardian
Dee Henderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Guest Book
Sarah Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Guide
R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Haj
Leon Uris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Hamilton Affair
Elizabeth Cobbs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Hammer of Eden
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Hard Man of the Swings
Jeanne Willis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Harp in the South
Ruth Park

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Healers
Ayi Kwei Armah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Heather Blazing
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The High Mountains of Portugal
Yann Martel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Hill of Evil Counsel
Amos Oz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse
Robert Rankin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Hollow Men
Rob Mccarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Homecoming
Earl Hamner Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

The Honk and Holler Opening Soon
Billie Letts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Horse Soldier
Merline Lovelace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Horse Whisperer
Nicholas Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The House Girl
Tara Conklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Houseguest
Thomas Berger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The House Of Silk
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The House on the Strand
Daphne du Maurier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969