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Mother to Mother
Sindiwe Magona

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Mother Tongue
Demetria Martínez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Moth Smoke
Mohsin Hamid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Motorcycle Man
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Motorcycles and Sweetgrass
Drew Hayden Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Motorman
David Ohle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Mottled Dawn: Fifty Sketches and Stories of Partition
Saadat Hasan Manto

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2004

Mountain Born (Mountain Born, #1)
Elizabeth Yates

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Mountain of Gold
Betty Lee Sung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
Robert Macfarlane

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Mourning and Melancholia
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1917

Mourning Becomes Electra
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1931

Mouth to Mouth
Antoine Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Move Your Shadow
Joseph Lelyveld

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Moving Among Strangers
Gabrielle Carey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

Moving Day
Terence Young

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

Moving Pictures
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Moxie
Jennifer Mathieu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Moxyland
Lauren Beukes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Mozart's Sister
Nancy Moser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music
Jane Glover

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Mr. Bridge (Mrs and Mr Bridge, #2)
Evan S. Connell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Mr. China
Tim Clissold

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Mr. Darcy's Diary
Amanda Grange

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Mr. Dickens And His Carol
Samantha Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Mr. Emerson's Wife
Amy Belding Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mr. Flood's Last Resort
Jess Kidd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Mr. Fox
Helen Oyeyemi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Mr. Ives' Christmas
Oscar Hijuelos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Mr. Kiss and Tell
Jennifer Graham, Rob Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics
Chris Grabenstein

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Mr Loverman
Bernardine Evaristo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Mr. Maybe
Jane Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Mr. Mercedes
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
C.S. Forester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Mr. Monster (John Cleaver, #2)
Dan Wells

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Mr. & Mrs. American Pie
Juliet McDaniel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Mr. Murder
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mr. Nice
Howard Marks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Mr. Nobody
Catherine Steadman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Mr. Palomar
Italo Calvino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan, Rodrigo Corral

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Mr. Perfect
Linda Howard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin
Fiona Hill, Clifford G. Gaddy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Paul Gallico

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Mrs. Bridge (Mrs and Mr Bridge, #1)
Evan S. Connell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Mrs. Caliban
Rachel Ingalls

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Mrs Craddock (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Mrs England
Stacey Halls

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Mrs. Everything
Jennifer Weiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Mrs. Fletcher
Tom Perrotta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert C. O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1971

Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Jennifer Chiaverini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters
Jennifer Chiaverini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Mrs. March
Virginia Feito

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Mrs. Mike (Mrs. Mike, #1)
Benedict Freedman, Nancy Freedman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Mrs. Nash's Ashes
Sarah Adler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Mrs Osmond
John Banville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Elizabeth Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
Betty MacDonald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1947

Mr. Splitfoot
Samantha Hunt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
Olivia Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Mr Stink
David Walliams

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Mrs. Warren's Profession
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1893

Mrs. Wiggins
Mary Monroe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Mr. Terupt Falls Again
Rob Buyea

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Mr. Texas
Lawrence Wright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Mr. Timothy
Louis Bayard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Mr. Tucket (The Tucket Adventures, #1)
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

Mr. Vertigo
Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Mr. Was
Pete Hautman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Mr. Whisper (The Specialists, #1)
Andrew Mayne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Mr. Wrong Number
Lynn Painter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Ms. Bixby's Last Day
John David Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
G. Willow Wilson

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

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why
Jamie McKelvie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio
Peter Robb

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

M Train
Patti Smith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1598

Much Madness Is Divinest Sense
Kathleen J. Greider

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Mudbound
Hillary Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Mud Vein
Tarryn Fisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Muggie Maggie
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time (Eminent Lives)
Karen Armstrong

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Mulatto
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1935

Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life
Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1930

Mules and Men
Zora Neale Hurston

Nonfiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1935

Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Liz Wiseman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Mumbo Jumbo
Ishmael Reed

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Munich
Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017