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An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition
James Lipton

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1993

An Experiment in Criticism
C.S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

An Experiment with Time
J.W. Dunne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

An Extraordinary Union (The Loyal League, #1)
Alyssa Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

An Eye for an Eye (William Warwick #7)
Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Angel
L.A. Weatherly

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Angela Y. Davis

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1974

Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996

Angelfall
Susan Ee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Angel Falls
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Angelfire (Angelfire, #1)
Courtney Allison Moulton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Angelmaker
Nick Harkaway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Angel Of Greenwood
Randi Pink

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Angel on the Square (Angel on the Square, #1)
Gloria Whelan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Angels
Marian Keyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Angels and Demons
Dan Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1)
Nalini Singh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Angels Fall
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Angels Flight
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Angels: God's Secret Agents
Billy Graham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

Angels in America
Tony Kushner

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2003

Anger Is a Gift
Mark Oshiro

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
Thich Nhat Hanh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Angus Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Angola Janga: Uma História de Palmares
Marcelo d'Salete

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Angry God
L.J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Lorna Landvik

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Louise Rennison

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

An Honest Lie
Tarryn Fisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood
Jimmy Carter

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

An Ice Cold Grave
Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Anil's Ghost
Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

An Image of Africa
Chinua Achebe

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1975

An Imaginary Life
David Malouf

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1978

Animal
Lisa Taddeo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Animal Dreams
Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Animal Farm
George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Animal's People
Indra Sinha

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara Kingsolver

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Animal Wise
Virginia Morell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

An Incomplete Revenge
Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

An Infinite Number of Monkeys (Saxon, #1)
Les Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

An Innocent Client
Scott Pratt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

An Inspector Calls
J.B. Priestley

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1945

An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain Pears

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory
Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2016

An Introduction to Metaphysics
Henri Bergson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
D.T. Suzuki

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

An Invisible Thread
Alex Tresniowski, Laura Schroff

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

An Irish Country Courtship (Irish Country #5)
Patrick Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

An Irish Country Doctor (Irish Country #1)
Patrick Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 1995

Anita and Me
Meera Syal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Xóchitl González

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

An Italian Wife
Ann Hood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Anna and the French Kiss
Stephanie Perkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Anna And The Swallow Man
Gavriel Savit

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Annabel
Kathleen Winter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Anna Christie
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1922

Anna Dressed In Blood
Kendare Blake

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Anna In The Tropics
Nilo Cruz

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2003

Anna K: A Love Story (Anna K, #1)
Jenny Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1879

Annals of the Former World
John McPhee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Anna O
Matthew Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Anna Of Byzantium
Tracy Barrett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Anna of the Five Towns (The Five Towns #2)
Arnold Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Anne Frank
Melissa Müller

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Anne Frank Remembered
Miep Gies

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

Anne Frank : The Biography
Robert Kimber, Rita Kimber, Melissa Müller

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Anne of Avonlea
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1909

Anne Of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1908

Anne of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #6)
L.M. Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

Anne of the Island
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1915

Anne's House of Dreams
Lucy Maud Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1983

Annie Allen
Gwendolyn Brooks

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1971

Annie and the Old One
Miska Miles

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

Annie John
Jamaica Kincaid

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

Annie on My Mind
Nancy Garden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

Annie's Ghosts
Steve Luxenberg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Annihilation of Caste
B. R. Ambedkar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1936

Anno Dracula (Anno Dracula, #1)
Kim Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011