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A Canticle For Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

A Carafe, that is a Blind Glass
Gertrude Stein

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1914

A Careful Passion
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

A Case Of Identity
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1891

A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes
Helen Hunt Jackson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1881

A Chance in the World
Steve Pemberton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

A Child Called It: One Child’s Courage to Survive
Dave Pelzer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1843

A Christmas Memory
Truman Capote

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1956

A Civil Action
Jonathan Harr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1926

A Clock stopped—
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1896

A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

A Complaint
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1807

A Complicated Kindness
Miriam Toews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

A Confession
Leo Tolstoy

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1880

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

A Conversation with My Father
Grace Paley

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1972

A Corner of the Universe
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

A Cup of Water Under My Bed
Daisy Hernandez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Caddie Woodlawn
Carol Ryrie Brink

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1935

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Marc Reisner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Caesar and Cleopatra
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1898

Caged Bird
Maya Angelou

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1983

Cajas de Carton
Francisco Jiménez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Caleb Williams
William Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1794

Caligula
Albert Camus

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1944

Call it Courage
Armstrong Sperry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1940

Call Me American
Abdi Nor Iftin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Call Me By Your Name
André Aciman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Jim Mattis, Bing West

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Candide
Voltaire

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1759

Cane
Jean Toomer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

Cannery Row
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
David Goggins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition): A Hip-Hop History
Jeff Chang

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2021

Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Capitalism And Freedom
Milton Friedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Joseph Alois Schumpeter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1942

Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Caramelo
Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Caraval
Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
Timothy Mitchell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan le Fanu

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2012

Carrie
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Jean Lee Latham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1955

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Castle Rackrent
Maria Edgeworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1800

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
Ross Gay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2015

Catalyst
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA

Catch-22
Joseph Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Frank Abagnale, Stan Redding

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Andrew X. Pham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Cathedral
Raymond Carver

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1983

Catherine, Called Birdy
Karen Cushman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Cato, a Tragedy
Joseph Addison

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1713

Cat Person
Kristen Roupenian

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2017

Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Catullus 51
Gaius Valerius Catullus

Fiction | Poem | Adult | BCE

Caucasia
Danzy Senna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Celestial Bodies
Jokha Alharthi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Celestina
Fernando de Rojas

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1499

Celia, A Slave
Melton Alonza McLaurin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Ceremony
Leslie Marmon Silko

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Chain of Gold
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Challenger Deep
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
William Cronon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

Channel Firing
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1914

Charles
Shirley Jackson

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1948

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

Charlotte's Web
E. B. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

Chasing Lincoln's Killer
James L. Swanson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
Johann Hari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Chasing Vermeer
Blue Balliett

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Cherrylog Road
James Dickey

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

Chew On This: Everything You Don’t Want To Know About Fast Food
Charles Wilson, Eric Schlosser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Chickamauga
Ambrose Bierce

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1984

Childhood
Margaret Walker

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1989

Childhood Memories
William Saphier

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1920

Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Children’s Rhymes
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1926

Chosen
Marilyn Nelson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1990

Christabel
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1816

Christ in Concrete
Pietro Di Donato

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition
Álvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1542

Chronicles
Jean Froissart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1400

Cicero: On Duties (De Officiis)
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | BCE

Cinder
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Circe
Madeline Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018