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ALPHABETICAL

Made for Love
Alissa Nutting

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Made in Detroit: A Memoir
Paul Clemens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Made You Up
Francesca Zappia

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Madness: A Bipolar Life
Marya Hornbacher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Madness and Civilization
Michel Foucault

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Mad River
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Mad Shadows
Marie-Claire Blais

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Magellan
Stefan Zweig

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Stephen Crane

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1893

Maggie Moves On
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Maggot Moon
Sally Gardner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Magical Midlife Madness (Leveling Up, #1)
K.F. Breene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Magic Binds
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Magic Bites
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1)
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet
Charlie N. Holmberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Magic Bleeds
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Magic Breaks
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Magic Burns
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Magic for Liars
Sarah Gailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Magic for Marigold
L.M. Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

Magic Hour: A Novel
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Magician: Apprentice
Raymond E. Feist

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1994

Magician: Master
Raymond E. Feist

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1993

Magician's Gambit (The Belgariad #3)
David Eddings

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

Magic Kingdom for Sale/Sold
Terry Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1992

Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1)
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Magic Rises
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Magic Shifts
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Magic Slays
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Magic's Pawn (The Last Herald-Mage, #1)
Mercedes Lackey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

Magic's Price
Mercedes Lackey

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1990

Magic's Promise
Mercedes Lackey

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1990

Magic Steps (The Circle Opens, #1)
Tamora Pierce

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Magic Strikes
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Magic Study
Maria V. Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Magic Triumphs
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Magnolia City
Duncan W. Alderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Magnolia Parks
Jessa Hastings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark
Jessa Hastings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Magpie
Elizabeth Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Magyk
Angie Sage

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Mahabharata
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | BCE

Maiden Voyage
Denton Welch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Maid for Love
Marie Force

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Maid for the Billionaire
Ruth Cardello

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive
Stephanie Land

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Maid-sama! Vol. 01
Hiro Fujiwara

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Maid to Match
Deeanne Gist

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Maine
J. Courtney Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Main Street
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

Maisie Dobbs
Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Maizy Chen's Last Chance
Lisa Yee

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Majestrum (Henghis Hapthorn #1)
Matthew Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Major Barbara
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1905

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Helen Simonson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Make Lemonade
Virginia Euwer Wolff

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 1993

Make Me
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Make Me (KinKaid Wolf Pack, #2)
Jessica Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Make Room! Make Room!
Harry Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Makers and Takers
Rana Foroohar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Makes Me Wanna Holler
Nathan McCall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel (Dyamonde Daniel, #1)
Nikki Grimes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Make Way for Sam Houston (Unforgettable Americans)
Jean Fritz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Make Your Home Among Strangers
Jennine Capó Crucet

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Making Bombs for Hitler
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Making Faces
Amy Harmon

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Making History
Stephen Fry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Manning Marable

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Malgudi Days
R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1943

Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Malice
Heather Walter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Malice (Detective Kaga, #1)
Keigo Higashino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Malice (Malice Duology, #1)
Heather Walter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)
John Gwynne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Malone Dies
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Malorie
Josh Malerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Mama
Terry McMillan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Mama Day
Gloria Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Mama Lola
Karen McCarthy Brown

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991