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The Teacher
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Teacher's Funeral
Richard Peck

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
Carlos Castaneda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

The Teachings of Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1930

The Tea Dragon Society
Kay O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Tea Dragon Tapestry
Kay O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Tea Planter's Wife
Dinah Jefferies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Tea Rose
Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Technological Society
Jacques Ellul

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1954

The Teeth of the Tiger
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Telling
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Tell-Tale Brain
V. S. Ramachandran

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Tell-Tale Heart And Other Writings
Edgar Allan Poe

Nonfiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1843

The Tempest
Brian K. Vaughan

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 2019

The Templar Legacy
Steve Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Temple of My Familiar
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Ivan Morris, Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Temporal Void
Peter F. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Tenant
Roland Topor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Anne Brontë

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1848

The Tender Bar
J.R. Moehringer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2005

The Tenderness of Wolves
Stef Penney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Tennis Partner
Abraham Verghese

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

The Tent
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2006

The Tenth Circle
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores
Diana Marcum

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Tenth Man
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Ten Thousand: A Novel of Ancient Greece
Michael Curtis Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
John Milton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Tequila Worm
Viola Canales

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Terminal Experiment
Robert J. Sawyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Terminal List
Jack Carr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Terminal Man
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Terrible Two
Mac Barnett, Jory John

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Terrible Two Go Wild (The Terrible Two, #3)
Mac Barnett, Jory John

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Terrible Twos
Ishmael Reed

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Terror
Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Testament
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Testament of Gideon Mack
James Robertson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Testament of Mary
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Testaments
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Testing
Joelle Charbonneau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Thanatos Syndrome
Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Thanksgiving Play
Larissa Fasthorse

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2019

The Theatre of the Absurd
Martin Esslin

Nonfiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2001

The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
Irvin D. Yalom, Molyn Leszcz

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1759

The Therapist
B. A. Paris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Thicket
Joe R. Lansdale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Thief
Fuminori Nakamura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Thief and the Dogs
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Thief Of Always
Clive Barker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

The Thief's Daughter
Jeff Wheeler

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Thieves of Ostia (Roman Mysteries, #1)
Caroline Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Thing About Home: A Lowcountry Novel
Rhonda McKnight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Thing About Jellyfish
Ali Benjamin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Thing About Luck
Cynthia Kadohata

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories
H.P. Lovecraft

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2001

The Things a Brother Knows
Dana Reinhardt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Things She's Seen
Ambelin Kwaymullina, Ezekiel Kwaymullina

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1990

The Things We Cannot Say
Kelly Rimmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Things We Do for Love
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Things We Keep
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Things We Leave Unfinished
Rebecca Yarros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Things We Wish Were True
Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Thin Man
Dashiell Hammett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

The Third Angel
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Third Chimpanzee
Jared Diamond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Third Daughter
Talia Carner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Third Eye
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

The Third Level
Jack Finney

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1959

The Third Life of Grange Copeland
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

The Third Man
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

The Third Option
Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Third Plate
Dan Barber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Third Policeman
Flann O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Third Twin
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Third Victim
Lisa Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Third Wife
Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Thirst
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Thirty Nine Steps
John Buchan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915