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Kiss of Snow
Nalini Singh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Kiss of the Fur Queen
Tomson Highway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Kiss of the Highlander
Karen Marie Moning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Kiss of the Night
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Kiss of the Spider Woman
Manuel Puig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Kiss the Dead
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Kiss the Girls
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Kiss the Sky
Becca Ritchie, Krista Ritchie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Kitchen Confidential
Anthony Bourdain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Kitchens of the Great Midwest
J. Ryan Stradal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal
Rachel Naomi Remen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Kit's Wilderness
David Almond

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Kitty and the Midnight Hour
Carrie Vaughn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps
Nikolaus Wachsmann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat
Johnny Marciano

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Knife
Neil Smith, Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Knife Edge
Malorie Blackman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2005

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Knife of Dreams
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Knight
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Knights of the Kitchen Table
Jon Scieszka

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Knight & Stay
Kitty French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Knit Two (Friday Night Knitting Club, #2)
Kate Jacobs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas
Louise Rennison

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Knockemstiff
Donald Ray Pollock

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2008

Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death
Katy Butler

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Knockout (House Arrest, #2)
K.A. Holt

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2018

Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)
Ian Rankin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Knots in My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid
Jerry Spinelli

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Knowing God
J.I. Packer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Know My Name: A Memoir
Chanel Miller

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Knucklehead
Jon Scieszka

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Kobe Bryant
Jeff Savage

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Kokoda
Peter FitzSimons

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Kokoro
Natsume Sōseki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1914

Kolyma Tales
Varlam Shalamov

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1978

Kon-Tiki
Thor Heyerdahl

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

K-pop Confidential (K-pop Confidential, #1)
Stephan Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Krabat
Otfried Preußler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Kraken
China Miéville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Krapp's Last Tape
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1958

Kristin Lavransdatter
Sigrid Undset

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

Kristy's Great Idea
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1995

Kudos
Rachel Cusk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Kulti
Mariana Zapata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Kushiel's Avatar
Jacqueline Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Kushiel's Chosen
Jacqueline Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Jacqueline Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Kushiel's Scion
Jacqueline Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Lafcadio Hearn

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2005

Kyland
Mia Sheridan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Kaiju Preservation Society
John Scalzi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Kalahari Typing School for Men
Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Kamogawa Food Detectives
Jesse Kirkwood, Hisashi Kashiwai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Keep
Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Keep (Adversary Cycle, #1)
F. Paul Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Keeper
Jessica Moor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Keeper: A Graphic Novel
Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Keeper of Happy Endings
Barbara Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Keeper of Hidden Books
Madeline Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Keeper of Lost Causes
Jussi Adler-Olsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Keeper of Lost Things
Ruth Hogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Keeper of Sheep
Fernando Pessoa

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1997

The Keeper of Stories
Sally Page

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Keeper of the Bees
Gene Stratton-Porter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

The Keepers of the House
Shirley Ann Grau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Keepsake (Rizzoli & Isles, #7)
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Kennedy Debutante
Kerri Maher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Kentucky Cycle
Robert Schenkkan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1991

The Kept
James Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Kept Woman
Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Key of the Mysteries
Éliphas Lévi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Keys of the Kingdom
A.J. Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Key to Extraordinary
Natalie Lloyd

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Key to Midnight
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Key to Rebecca
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore
Joan Lowery Nixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
David Kertzer

Nonfiction | Biography | Published in 1997

The Kid Who Ran for President
Dan Gutman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Kill Artist (Gabriel Allon, #1)
Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Killer Angels
Michael Shaara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Killer Collective
Barry Eisler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Killer Inside Me
Jim Thompson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Killer Next Door
Alex Marwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Killer of Little Shepherds
Douglas Starr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Killer's Cousin
Nancy Werlin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Killer's Tears
Anne-Laure Bondoux

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Killing
Robert Muchamore

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2005

The Killing 2 (The Killing, #2)
David Hewson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Killing Dance
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Killing Fields
Christopher Hudson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984