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A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Mohammed Hanif

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Catskill Eagle
Robert B. Parker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

A Certain Justice
P.D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
Thomas Middleton

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1613

A Childhood
Harry Crews

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1978

A Chorus of Stones
Susan Griffin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

A Clash of Kings
George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

A Coffin for Dimitrios
Eric Ambler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1889

A Conspiracy of Paper
David Liss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

A Cool Million: The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin
Nathanael West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

A Country Doctor
Franz Kafka

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1919

A Crack in Creation
Jennifer Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

A Crack in the Earth
Haim Watzman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

A Crime In The Neighborhood
Suzanne Berne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

A Crime So Monstrous
E. Benjamin Skinner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

A Crucible of Souls
Mitchell Hogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

A Cure for Night
Justin Peacock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Cure for Suicide
Jesse Ball

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life
Charles Fishman, Brian Grazer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

A Curse Dark As Gold
Elizabeth C. Bunce

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Caesar
Colleen McCullough

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Caged Warrior
Alan Sitomer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Cal
Bernard Maclaverty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Calculating God
Robert J. Sawyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Calico Joe
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Call It Sleep
Henry Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Calypso
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

Canada
Richard Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Cancer Ward
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Candor
Pam Bachorz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Candyfreak
Steve Almond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Cane River
Lalita Tademy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Cantoras
Carolina De Robertis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Cape May
Chip Cheek

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Captain Nobody
Dean Pitchford

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Captive Trail
Susan Page Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Career of Evil
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Caricature
Daniel Clowes

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Carpe Diem
Autumn Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Carrie's War
Nina Bawden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

Carry on Warrior
Glennon Doyle (Melton)

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Carter Finally Gets It
Brent Crawford

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Carve the Mark
Veronica Roth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Casino Royale
Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Cassandra
Pierre De Ronsard

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1553

Cast of Shadows
Kevin Guilfoile

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Cathleen Ni Houlihan
William Butler Yeats

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1902

Centennial
James A. Michener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Chained in Silence
Talitha L. Leflouria

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Chanda's Secrets
Allan Stratton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
Deborah Heiligman

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2009

Charles Dickens: A Life
Claire Tomalin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Charley's Choice
Fern J. Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Charlie Wilson's War
George Crile

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Charm
Leyla Atke

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Charm City
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Charming Billy
Alice McDermott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Chasing Redbird
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Chasing the Valley
Skye Melki-Wegner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World
Donald R. Howard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1987

Cheaper By The Dozen
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Frank B. Gilbreth Jr

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1948

Cheating Death
Marvin J Cetron, Owen Davies

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Check, Please: #Hockey
Ngozi Ukazu

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2018

Chee's Daughter
Juanita Platero

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1991

Chekhov
Henri Troyat

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Chesapeake
James Michener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
Mark Victor Hansen

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1997

Chicken with Plums
Marjane Satrapi

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Child 44
Tom Rob Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Lord George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron)

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1812

Child of Dandelions
Shenaaz Nanji

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Child of the Owl
Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Children of a Lesser God
Mark Medoff

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1979

Children of Dust
Ali Eteraz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Children of Gebelawi
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Children of God
Mary Doria Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Children of Light
Robert Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Children Of The Dust
Jerry Stanley

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1995

Children of the New World
Alexander Weinstein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Children of the River
Linda Crew

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

Children on Their Birthdays
Truman Capote

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1948

China Boy
Gus Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

China Men
Maxine Hong Kingston

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1980

China's Second Continent
Howard W. French

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Chinese Handcuffs
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

Choke
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Choosing Up Sides
John H. Ritter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Chopin's Funeral
Benita Eisler

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

Chord
Rick Barot

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Chorus of Mushrooms
Hiromi Goto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Christ Stopped At Eboli
Carlo Levi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1945

Chronicles of the Crusades
Jean de Joinville

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1309

Chronology
Zahra Patterson

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Church of Marvels
Leslie Parry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1959

Cinderella
Grimm Brothers

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1812

Circle of Friends
Maeve Binchy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Circling the Sun
Paula McLain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Cities Of Salt
Abdelrahman Munif

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984