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Lagos Noir
Chris Abani

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2018

Laidlaw
William McIlvanney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Lair of Dreams
Libba Bray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Lair of the White Worm
Bram Stoker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Lake County
Lori Roy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Lake Wobegon Days
Garrison Keillor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Lakewood
Megan Giddings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Lakota Woman
Mary Crow Dog

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1990

Lalani of the Distant Sea
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

La Linea
Ann Jaramillo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

La locandiera
Carlo Goldoni

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

La mare au diable
George Sand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Lamb in His Bosom
Caroline Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Lamia
John Keats

Fiction | Poem | Adult

La Mort du roi Tsongor
Laurent Gaudé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

La Morte Amoureuse
Théophile Gautier

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2004

Lancelot
Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Landline
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Land Mines
Sheilah Vance

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Land of Big Numbers: Stories
Te-Ping Chen

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

Land of Desire
William R. Leach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Land of Love and Drowning
Tiphanie Yanique

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Land of Love and Ruins
Oddný Eir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Land of Milk and Honey
C Pam Zhang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Landscape with Invisible Hand
M. T. Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
Kate Harris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Language in Thought and Action
S. I. Hayakawa, Alan R. Hayakawa

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Language, Truth and Logic
Alfred Jules Ayer

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1952

Lanny
Max Porter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

La Nuit des temps
René Barjavel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

La petite fille de Monsieur Linh
Philippe Claudel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

La Regenta
Leopoldo Alas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1884

Lark Ascending
Silas House

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Lark Rise to Candleford
Flora Thompson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Lark & Termite
Jayne Anne Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

LaRose
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Larry's Party
Carol Shields

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Lasher
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Lassie Come-Home
Eric Knight, Marguerite Kirmse

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

L'Assommoir
Émile Zola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Last and First Men
Olaf Stapledon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Last Argument of Kings (The First Law #3)
Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
George Packer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Last Breath
Robert Bryndza

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Last Bus To Wisdom: A Novel
Ivan Doig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Last Call
Tim Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Daniel Okrent

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth
John Hubner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour
Rickie Lee Jones

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Last Chance to See
Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Last Christmas in Paris
Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Last Day
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Last Days
G. Willow Wilson, Adam L.G. Nevill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Last Days of Summer
Steve Kluger

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Last Exit to Brooklyn
Hubert Selby Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Last Friends
Jane Gardam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Last Girl Ghosted
Lisa Unger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Last House
Jessica Shattuck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Last Kiss
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis (Hesperus Classics)
Ugo Foscolo

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

Last Man In Tower
Aravind Adiga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Last Man Standing
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Last Night
James Salter

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2006

Last Night at Chateau Marmont
Lauren Weisberger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Last Night at the Lobster
Stewart O'Nan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Last Night in Twisted River
John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Last of the Breed
Louis L'Amour

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Last of the Giants: The True Story of Guns N' Roses
Mick Wall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Last of the Menu Girls
Denise Chavez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Last One Home
Debbie Macomber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Last Ones Left Alive
Sarah Davis-Goff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Last Orders
Graham Swift

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Last Sacrifice
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Last Shot
John Feinstein

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Last Stand at Papago Wells
Louis L'Amour

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
Elyssa Friedland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Last Summer in the City
Gianfranco Calligarich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Last Train to Istanbul
Ayşe Kulin, John W. Baker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Last Woman Standing
Amy Gentry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Late in the Day
Tessa Hadley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
Margaret Renkl

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Late Nights on Air
Elizabeth Hay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Later
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

La tresse
Laetitia Colombani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Laudato Si': On the Care of Our Common Home
Pope Francis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Laughing At My Nightmare
Shane Burcaw

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
Oliver La Farge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Laughing Without An Accent
Firoozeh Dumas

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Laughter in the Dark
Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Laugh with the Moon
Shana Burg

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Mariko Tamaki

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2019