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The Monk of Mokha
Dave Eggers

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

The Monogram Murders
Sophie Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Monster, and Other Stories
Stephen Crane

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2005

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Rod Serling

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 1960

The Monsters of Templeton
Lauren Groff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Monster's Ring
Bruce Coville

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Monstrumologist
Rick Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Montforts
Martin Boyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Monument
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

The Monuments Men
Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Moomins and the Great Flood (The Moomins, #1)
Tove Jansson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Moon and More
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

The Moon and Sixpence
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1919

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Moon Is Down
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Moonlight School
Suzanne Woods Fisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Moonshiner's Daughter
Donna Everhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1868

The Moon Within
Aida Salazar

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2019

The Moorchild
Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Moor's Account
Laila Lalami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Moor's Last Sigh
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave
Publilius Syrus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Morgesons
Elizabeth Stoddard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Morgue and Me
John C. Ford

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)
John Owen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Mosquito Coast
Paul Theroux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Most Human Human
Brian Christian

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise
Colleen Oakley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Most Precious of Cargoes
Jean-Claude Grumberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Most They Ever Had
Rick Bragg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

The Mote in God's Eye
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Motel Life
Willy Vlautin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Moth
Catherine Burns

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Mother
Pearl S. Buck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Mother-in-Law
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mother of All Questions
Rebecca Solnit

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Mothers
Brit Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Mother's Promise
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Mothman Prophecies
John A. Keel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Moths and Other Stories
Helena Maria Viramontes

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1985

The Motive (Dismas Hardy #11)
John Lescroart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Motorcycle Diaries
Che Guevara

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

The Mountain Between Us
Charles Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Mountain in the Sea
Ray Nayler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Mountain Lion
Jean Stafford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Mountain Shadow
Gregory David Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mountains Sing
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mountain Story
Lori Lansens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mountaintop
Katori Hall

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2011

The Mouse and His Child
Russell Hoban

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1965

The Mousetrap
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1950

The Moves Make the Man
Bruce Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

The Moviegoer
Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Moving Finger
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3)
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
Ross Macdonald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Mummy (Ramses the Damned #1)
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
Ibn Khaldun

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1377

The Muralist
B.A. Shapiro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Murder House
David Ellis, James Patterson, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Murder Inn (Bill Robinson, #2)
James Patterson, Candice Fox

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

The Murder of the Century
Paul Collins

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Murder Rule
Dervla McTiernan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Murders of Molly Southbourne (Molly Southbourne, #1)
Tade Thompson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2017

The Murmur of Bees
Sofía Segovia, Transl. Simon Bruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Muse
Jessie Burton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Museum of Extraordinary Things
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Museum of Innocence
Orhan Pamuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Mushroom at the End of the World
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Music Man
Meredith Willson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1962

The Music of Bees
Eileen Garvin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Music of Chance
Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Music Of Dolphins
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Music Shop
Rachel Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Mutual Admiration Society
Lesley Kagen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Michael Chabon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1794

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007