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Junky
William S. Burroughs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Just a Kiss
Denise Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Kallocain
Karin Boye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Kane and Abel
Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Katalin Street
Magda Szabó

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Khirbet Khizeh
S. Yizhar

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1949

Kill Hole
Jamake Highwater

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

King Rat
China Miéville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Kiss Me First
Lottie Moggach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Lady Macbeth
Susan Fraser King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Lady Oracle
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Lake Wobegon Days
Garrison Keillor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Landline
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Land Mines
Sheilah Vance

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Land of Love and Drowning
Tiphanie Yanique

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Land of Love and Ruins
Oddný Eir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Lanny
Max Porter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Larry's Party
Carol Shields

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Last Call
Tim Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Last Friends
Jane Gardam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Last Kiss
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Last Man In Tower
Aravind Adiga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Last Man Standing
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Last Night at the Lobster
Stewart O'Nan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Last of the Breed
Louis L'Amour

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Last of the Menu Girls
Denise Chavez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Last Orders
Graham Swift

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Late Nights on Air
Elizabeth Hay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Laughter in the Dark
Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

League of Dragons
Naomi Novik

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Learning Curve
Rachel Spangler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Learning to Drive: A Novel
Mary Hays

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Leaving the Atocha Station
Ben Lerner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Les Belles Images
Simone de Beauvoir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Let Me Be Frank With You
Richard Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Let Me Die In His Footsteps
Lori Roy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Libra
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Lie Down with Lions
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Lies of Silence
Brian Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Life and Death are Wearing Me Out
Mo Yan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Life and Times of Michael K
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Life As We Know It
Michael Bérubé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Life Before Man
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Life is Elsewhere
Milan Kundera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Life's Golden Ticket
Brendon Burchard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Life, the Universe and Everything
Douglas Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Life Under Water
Maura Dooley

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1992

Light from Other Stars
Erika Swyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Light on Snow
Anita Shreve

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Lila
Marilynne Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Lily and the Octopus
Steven Rowley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Lisey's Story
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Little Big Man
Thomas Berger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Little Fish
Casey Plett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Little Gods
Meng Jin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Little Scarlet
Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Local Girls
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Londonstani
Gautam Malkani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Look Again
Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Loon Lake
E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Lord of Misrule
Jaimy Gordon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Losing Battles
Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Lost City Radio
Daniel Alarcon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Lost in the Forest
Sue Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Lost in Translation
Nicole Mones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Love and Other Consolation Prizes
Jamie Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Love Anthony
Lisa Genova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish
David Rakoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Love on the Dotted Line
David E. Talbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Loverboy
Victoria Redel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Lovers Leap
J.L. Merrow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Love Story
Erich Segal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Loving
Henry Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Loving Day
Mat Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Lucky Boy
Shanthi Sekaran

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Lucy
Jamaica Kincaid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Lucy Gayheart
Willa Cather

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

Lunar Park
Bret Easton Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Lust for Life
Irving Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Lying Awake
Mark Salzman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Machine Man
Max Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Mama's Bank Account
Kathryn Forbes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

Man's Fate
Andre Malraux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Mantissa
John Fowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Mao II
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Maps for Lost Lovers
Nadeem Aslam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Maria's Girls
Jerome Charyn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Mariette In Ecstasy
Ron Hansen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Marriage is a Private Affair
Judith Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Martha Quest
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Steven Millhauser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Mary Reilly
Valerie Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Mason & Dixon
Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Master Georgie
Beryl Bainbridge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Master of the Game
Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Mathilda Savitch
Victor Lodato

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Matigari
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986