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The Anatomical Shape of a Heart
Jenn Bennett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Anatomist's Wife (Lady Darby Mystery, #1)
Anna Lee Huber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Anatomy of Fascism
Robert O. Paxton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness
Jerome Groopman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Anatomy of Melancholy
Robert Burton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
The Arbinger Institute

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Anatomy of Wings
Karen Foxlee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Ancestor
Danielle Trussoni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Anchoress
Robyn Cadwallader

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Ancient Minstrel
Jim Harrison

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2016

The Android's Dream
John Scalzi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2011

The Angelic Year
Ambika Wauters

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2)
Caleb Carr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Angel of History
Rabih Alameddine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Angel's Game
Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Animal Family
Randall Jarrell, Maurice Sendak

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

The Animated Skeleton
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Animators
Kayla Rae Whitaker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Annotated Emma
Jane Austen, Ed. David M. Shapard

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Annual Migration of Clouds (The Annual Migration of Clouds #1)
Premee Mohamed

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Anomaly
Hervé Le Tellier, Transl. Adriana Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files, #1)
Michael Rutger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
Alex Trebek

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Antichrist
Friedrich Nietzsche, Transl. H.L. Mencken

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1895

The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
Oliver Burkeman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Antidote: Inside the World of New Pharma
Barry Werth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Anti-Politics Machine
James Ferguson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Anubis Gates
Tim Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
Edmund J. Bourne

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Anxiety of Influence
Harold Bloom

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

The Aosawa Murders
Riku Onda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Apocalypse Now Book
Peter Cowie

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Apothecary
Maile Meloy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Apothecary's Daughter
Julie Klassen, Charlotte Betts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Appeal
Janice Hallett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Apple Tart of Hope
Sarah Moore Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Appointment
Herta Müller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Apprentice
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Apprentices (The Apothecary, #2)
Maile Meloy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Apprentice Witch (The Apprentice Witch, #1)
James Nicol

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel
Dan Santat

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Arabian Nights
Sir Richard Burton

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1885

The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984
Riad Sattouf

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Arcades Project
Walter Benjamin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1927

The Archer
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2020

The Archer's Tale
Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Architect's Apprentice
Elif Shafak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Architecture of Happiness
Alain de Botton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Archived
Victoria Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl #2)
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity
Amartya Sen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Words
Deborah Tannen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Ark (Children of a Dead Earth, #1)
Patrick S. Tomlinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Armageddon Rag
George R.R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Armies of the Night
Norman Mailer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The Arm of the Starfish (O'Keefe Family, #1)
Madeleine L'Engle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

The Armor of Light (Kingsbridge, #4)
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Arrangement
Robyn Harding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Arrival of Missives
Aliya Whiteley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire
Chloe Hooper

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Art Book
Phaidon Press

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Art Forger
B A. Shapiro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Arthashastra
Kautilya

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Artificial Silk Girl
Irmgard Keun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
Denis Dutton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Artist of Disappearance
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Julia Cameron

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Art of Asking
Amanda Palmer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Brené Brown, Amanda Palmer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Art of Being Normal
Lisa Williamson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
Sonny Liew

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Art of Choosing
Sheena Iyengar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Art of Courtly Love
Andreas Capellanus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1186

The Art Of Dealing With People
Les Giblin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story
Edwidge Danticat

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Art of Deception
Stephanie Burgis

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2013

The Art of Drowning
Billy Collins

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

The Art of Fiction
John Gardner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of Master Forgers
Noah Charney

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Art of Happiness
Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Jan-Philipp Sendker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Art of Horsemanship
Xenophon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer
Steven Kotler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Art of Inheriting Secrets
Barbara O'Neal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data
Kevin D. Mitnick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Art of Keeping Cool
Janet Taylor Lisle

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Art Of Living
Thich Nhat Hanh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
Sharon Lebell, Epictetus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation
William Hart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Art of Love
A.B. Michaels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Art Of Loving
Erich Fromm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1956

The Art of Memoir
Mary Karr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness
Bari Tessler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016