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Matryona's House

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1963

Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

Karl Marlantes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Maya's Notebook: A Novel

Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Me and Orson Welles

Robert Kaplow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Measuring the World

Daniel Kehlmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Memed, My Hawk

Yashar Kemal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend

Matthew Dicks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Memoirs of a Polar Bear

Yoko Tawada

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Memoirs of Hadrian

Marguerite Yourcenar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Meridian

Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Midnight At The Dragon Cafe

Judy Fong Bates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Midnight Crossroad

Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Midwives

Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Mila 18

Leon Uris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Miller's Valley

Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Mink River

Brian Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Mischling

Affinity Konar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Missing, Presumed

Susie Steiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Mississippi Blood

Greg Iles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Miss Lonelyhearts

Nathanael West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Miss New India

Bharati Mukherjee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself

Radclyffe Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

Peter Høeg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Mistaken Identity

Alyssa J. Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Mister Pip

Lloyd Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mistress Of The Art Of Death

Ariana Franklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Mistress of the Bones

Patricia Marie Janeshutz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Moderato Cantabile

Marguerite Duras

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1958

Molloy

Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

Mona in the Promised Land

Gish Jen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Money

Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Monkey Bridge

Lan Cao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Monsignor Quixote

Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Monstrous Regiment

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Montana

Gwen Florio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Moonglow

Michael Chabon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith

Gina B. Nahai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Morality Play

Barry Unsworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

More Joy in Heaven

Morley Callaghan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

More Than an Echo

Linda Kay Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Mort

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Moscow 2042

Vladimir Voinovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Mostly Harmless

Douglas Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Mothers and Daughters

Rae Meadows

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Moving Day

Terence Young

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2021

Mozart's Sister

Nancy Moser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mr. Vertigo

Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Murambi, The Book of Bones

Boubacar Boris Diop

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Murder

David Halliday

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1978

Murder as a Fine Art

David Morrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Murder on a Kibbutz

Batya Gur

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Music of the Ghosts

Vaddey Ratner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

My Abandonment

Peter Rock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

My Absolute Darling

Gabriel Tallent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

My Age of Anxiety

Scott Stossel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

My Brother Jack

George Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

My Cousin Rachel

Daphne du Maurier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

My Education

Susan Choi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

My Enemy's Cradle

Sara Young (Pennypacker)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

My Last Duchess

Daisy Goodwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

My Name Is Asher Lev

Chaim Potok

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

My Name is Mary Sutter

Robin Oliveira

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Narcissus and Goldmund

Hermann Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Natchez Burning

Greg Iles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Necessary Lies

Eva Stachniak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Netherland

Joseph O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

New Times

Rehana Rossouw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Next: A Novel

James Hynes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Next to Normal

Brian Yorkey

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2008

Night Boat to Tangier

Kevin Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Night Crossing

Don J. Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Nightfall

Anne Stuart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Night Sea Journey: A Tale of the Supernatural

Paula Cappa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Nights in Rodanthe

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Night Train

Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Nightwoods

Charles Frazier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Nine Days

Toni Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

None to Accompany Me

Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

No One is Coming to Save Us

Stephanie Powell Watts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Noon Wine

Katherine Anne Porter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

No Place Like Rome

Julie Moffett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Nora Webster

Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Norwegian By Night

Derek B. Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

No Survivors

Tom Cain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Notes on a Scandal

Zoë Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Not in the Heart

Chris Fabry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Nutshell: A Novel

Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Obasan

Joy Kogawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Odds Against

Dick Francis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

Of Love and Shadows

Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Allan Gurganus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Old Filth

Jane Gardam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Omeros

Derek Walcott

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1990

Omon Ra

Victor Pelevin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

On a Pale Horse

Piers Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

On Black Sisters Street

Chika Unigwe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

On Borrowed Time

Lawrence Edward Watkin

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1938

On Canaan's Side

Sebastian Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Once Upon a River

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011