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ALPHABETICAL

The Meursault Investigation
Kamel Daoud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Mezzanine
Nicholson Baker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Middle Moffat (The Moffats, #2)
Eleanor Estes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Middle Passage
Tom Feelings

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1995

The Middle Place
Kelly Corrigan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Middlesteins
Jami Attenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Middle Years
Henry James

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2004

The Midnight Bargain
C.L. Polk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Midnight Club
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Midnight Fox
Betsy Byars

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

The Midnight Library
Matt Haig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Midnight Lie (Forgotten Gods, #1)
Marie Rutkoski

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Midnight Line
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Midnight Palace (Niebla, #2)
Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Midnight Rose
Lucinda Riley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Midnight Star
Marie Lu

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Midwich Cuckoos
John Wyndham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
Jennifer Worth

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

The Midwife of Auschwitz
Anna Stuart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Midwife's Apprentice
Karen Cushman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Midwife's Confession
Diane Chamberlain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James
Ashley Herring Blake

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Mighty Miss Malone
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Mighty Storm
Samantha Towle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure
Shoba Narayan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Milk of Birds
Sylvia Whitman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Millionaire Next Door
Eureka Books

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1860

The Millstone
Margaret Drabble

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2)
Samantha Shannon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Mimic Men
V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Mindful Athlete: Secrets to Pure Performance
George Mumford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Minds of Billy Milligan
Daniel Keyes

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1981

The Miniaturist
Jessie Burton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Minister's Wooing (Penguin Classics)
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Ministry of Fear
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Ministry of Pain
Dubravka Ugrešić

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness
Arundhati Roy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
Steven Sherrill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Minutemen and Their World
Robert A. Gross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
Brady Udall

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Keigo Higashino, Sam Bett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Miracle Worker
William Gibson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Mirage
Matt Ruff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Mirror
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Mirror and the Light
Hilary Mantel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Mirrored World
Debra Dean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
Issa Rae

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Misadventures of Wenamun
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Misanthrope
Moliere

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1666

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
Stacy McAnulty

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Emily M. Danforth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Mis-Education of the Negro
Carter Woodson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1933

The Miser
Jean-Baptiste Moliere

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1668

The Miserable Mill
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

The Misfits
James Howe

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Mismeasure Of Man
Stephen Jay Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Missing Chums (The Hardy Boys, #4)
Franklin W. Dixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1962

The Missing (Darby McCormick #1)
Chris Mooney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2010

The Missing Ones
Patricia Gibney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Missing Sister (The Seven Sisters, #7)
Lucinda Riley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Mission
Jason Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Mist
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1980

The Mistake
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mister (Mister & Missus, #1)
E.L. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mistletoe Inn (Mistletoe #2)
Richard Paul Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mistletoe Secret (Mistletoe #3)
Richard Paul Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Mistress
Danielle Steel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Mistress of Spices
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Mitford Affair
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mitten
Jan Brett

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1989

The Mixquiahuala Letters
Ana Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Mockingbird Next Door
Marja Mills

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

The Moffats (The Moffats, #1)
Eleanor Estes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
Melinda French Gates

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Moneychangers
Upton Sinclair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Monk and the Riddle
Randy Komisar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Monk: A Romance
Matthew Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1796

The Monkey
Isak Dinesen

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1934

The Monkey's Mask
Dorothy Porter

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1997

The Monkey's Raincoat
Robert Crais

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Monkey Wrench Gang
Edward Abbey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975