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The Masqueraders
Georgette Heyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Massacre at El Mozote
Mark Danner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Master
Kresley Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Master Builder
Henrik Ibsen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1892

The Master Butchers Singing Club
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Masterharper of Pern
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Master Key System
Charles F. Haanel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Master Magician
Charlie N. Holmberg

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

The Master of Ballantrae
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1889

The Masterpiece
Émile Zola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose
Chris Wilson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Master Puppeteer
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

The Masters (Strangers and Brothers, #5)
C.P. Snow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Matarese Circle
Robert Ludlum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Match
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Matchlock Gun
Illustr. Paul Lantz, Walter D. Edmonds

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1998

The Matchmaker: A Farce in Four Acts
Thornton Wilder

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1954

The Mating
Nicky Charles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Mats
Francisco Arcellana

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Mauritanian (Guantánamo Diary)
Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
Patrick O'Brian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1886

The Maze of Bones
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Maze Runner
James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The McDonaldization of Society
George Ritzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Meaning of Consuelo
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
Simon Winchester

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Meaning of Human Existence
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Meaning of Life
Terry Eagleton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Meaning of Mariah Carey
Michaela Angela Davis, Mariah Carey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Measure
Nikki Erlick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Measure of a Man
Sidney Poitier

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1967

The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
Paul Strathern

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Mediterranean Caper (Dirk Pitt, #2)
Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Medium is the Massage
Marshall McLuhan, Quentin Fiore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Medusa and the Snail
Lewis Thomas

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

The Medusa Plot
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

The Melancholy of Resistance
László Krasznahorkai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Meltdown
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

The Melting Pot
Maria Kaneva-Johnson

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Member of the Wedding
Carson McCullers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

The Memoirs of a Survivor
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Memoirs of Cleopatra
Margaret George

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby
John Singleton Mosby

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1993

The Memory Chalet
Tony Judt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Memory Collectors
Kim Neville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Memory Garden
Rachel Hore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Memory Keeper of Kyiv
Erin Litteken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Memory Library
Kate Storey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Memory of Light
Francisco X. Stork

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Memory of Love
Aminatta Forna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Memory of Running
Ron McLarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Memory of Things
Gae Polisner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Memory of Water
Karen White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Memory Palace
Mira Bartok

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Memory Palace Of Matteo Ricci
Jonathan Spence

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1984

The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Men in My Life
Vivian Gornick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Mennyms (Mennyms, #1)
Sylvia Waugh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

The Men of Brewster Place
Gloria Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Men Who Stare at Goats
Jon Ronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Mephisto Club
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
Ted Chiang

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2007

The Merchant of Death
D.J. MacHale

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

The Merchant of Death (Pendragon, #1)
D.J. MacHale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1596

The Mercies
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Merciless Ones
Namina Forna

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

The Mercy of the Tide
Keith Rosson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Mercy of Thin Air
Ronlyn Domingue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Mere Wife
Maria Dahvana Headley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Mermaid
Christina Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
Imogen Hermes Gowar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Mermaid Chair
Sue Monk Kidd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Mermaid from Jeju
Sumi Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mermaid of Black Conch
Monique Roffey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mermaids Singing
Val McDermid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1883

The Merry Men
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2004

The Merry Wives of Windsor
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1602

The Messenger
Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Messy Lives of Book People
Phaedra Patrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1915

The Metaphysical Club
Louis Menand

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001