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A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett
David Crockett

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult

A Nation Under Our Feet
Steven Hahn

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult

A Nervous Splendor
Frederic Morton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult

A New Religious America
Diana Eck

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

A New Way to Pay Old Debts
Philip Massinger

Fiction | Play | Adult

A Northern Light
Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction | Novel | YA

A Nurse's Story
Peter Baida

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult

Nadja
Andre Breton

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Names for the Sea
Sarah Moss

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult

Nancy Drew Mystery Series
Carolyn Keene

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

Napoleon: A Life
Andrew Roberts

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult

Narcissus and Goldmund
Hermann Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Natchez Burning
Greg Iles

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Nation
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | YA

Native Guard
Natasha Trethewey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Navigating Early
Clare Vanderpool

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

Nearly Gone
Elle Cosimano

Fiction | Novel | YA

Necessary Lies
Eva Stachniak

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Necessary Losses
Judith Viorst

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Nectar in a Sieve
Kamala Markandaya

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Negroland
Margo Jefferson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult

Neither Wolf Nor Dog
Kent Nerburn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult

Nelson Mandela
Kadir Nelson

Nonfiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book

Nervous Conditions
Tsitsi Dangarembga

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Netherland
Joseph O'Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Neuromancer
William Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult

NeuroTribes
Steve Silberman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Nevermore
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | YA

Never Stop Walking
Christina Rickardsson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult

New England Bound
Wendy Warren

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

New Grub Street
George Gissing

Fiction | Novel | Adult

News from Nowhere
William Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult

News of a Kidnapping
Gabriel García Márquez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

New Times
Rehana Rossouw

Fiction | Novel | Adult

New York Days
Willie Morris

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult

Next: A Novel
James Hynes

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Next to Normal
Brian Yorkey

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

Nice Work
David Lodge

Fiction | Novel | YA

Nicholas and Alexandra
Robert K. Massie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult

Nietzsche
Peter Berkowitz

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult

Night at the Fiestas
Kirstin Valdez Quade

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult

Nightbird
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

Night Boat to Tangier
Kevin Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Night Crossing
Don J. Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Nightfall
Anne Stuart

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Nightingale
David Farland

Fiction | Novel | YA

Nightmare Mountain
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

Night of the Howling Dogs
Graham Salisbury

Fiction | Novel | YA

Night Sea Journey: A Tale of the Supernatural
Paula Cappa

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Nights in Rodanthe
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Night Sky With Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong

Fiction | Poem | Adult

Night Train
Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Nightwoods
Charles Frazier

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Nine Days
Toni Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Nine Lives
William Dalrymple

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born
Miranda Paul

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book

Nine Stories
J. D. Salinger

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult

Njals Saga
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Noah Barleywater Runs Away
John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
Darnell L. Moore

Fiction | Novel | YA

Nobody's Story
Catherine Gallagher

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

No Easy Day
Kevin Maurer, Matt Bissonnette

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult

Noggin
John Corey Whaley

Fiction | Novel | YA

No Good Men Among the Living
Anand Gopal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Noises Off
Michael Frayn

Fiction | Play | Adult

No Longer at Ease
Chinua Achebe

Fiction | Novel | Adult

No Man's Land
Cindy Hahamovitch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

None to Accompany Me
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult

No One Belongs Here More Than You
Miranda July

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult

No One is Coming to Save Us
Stephanie Powell Watts

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Noon Wine
Katherine Anne Porter

Fiction | Novel | Adult

No Ordinary Time
Doris Kearns Goodwin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult

No Place Like Rome
Julie Moffett

Fiction | Novel | Adult

No Place to Hide
Glenn Greenwald

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult

Nora Webster
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult

North Of Beautiful
Justina Chen Headley

Fiction | Novel | YA

Norwegian By Night
Derek B. Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult

No Stone Unturned
Steve Jackson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Nostromo
Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Novel | Adult

No Summit Out Of Sight: The True Story Of The Youngest Person To Climb The Seven Summits
Jordan Romero

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult

No Survivors
Tom Cain

Fiction | Novel | Adult

No Sweetness Here and Other Stories
Ama Ata Aidoo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Notes from No Man's Land
Eula Biss

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult

Notes on a Scandal
Zoë Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Nothing Ever Dies
Viet Thanh Nguyen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Nothing Gold Can Stay
Ron Rash

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult

Nothing Like it in the World
Stephen Ambrose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Not in the Heart
Chris Fabry

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Not on Our Watch
John Prendergast

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Notorious RBG
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Roxane Gay

Nonfiction | Book | YA

No Turning Point
Theodore Corbett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Novum Organum
Francis Bacon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Nurtureshock: New Thinking About Children
Ashley Merryman, Po Bronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Nutshell: A Novel
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult

The Naked And The Dead
Norman Mailer

Fiction | Novel | Adult

The Naked Ape
Desmond Morris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

The Name of the Game Was Murder
Joan Lowery Nixon

Fiction | Novel | YA

The Name of the Star
Maureen Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA