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ALPHABETICAL

Theatre of the Oppressed
Augusto Boal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

Thebaid
Statius, Transl. Jane Wilson Joyce

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 92

Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Their Finest Hour and a Half
Lissa Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Their Vicious Darling
Nikki St. Crowe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Their Vicious Games
Joelle Wellington

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Them: Adventures with Extremists
Jon Ronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Them Dark Days
William Dusinberre

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Theme Music
T. Marie Vandelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3)
Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Then
Morris Gleitzman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1986

Then Came You
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Then She Was Gone
Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Then We Came to the End
Joshua Ferris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Theodore Rex
Edmund Morris

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Theodore Roosevelt: Fighting Patriot
Clara Ingram Judson

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

Theories of Relativity
Barbara Haworth-Attard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Gerald Corey

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

Theory of International Politics
Kenneth N. Waltz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
Morgan Parker

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2017

There Are No Children Here
Alex Kotlowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

There Are No Saints
Sophie Lark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

There Are Rivers in the Sky
Elif Shafak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

There But For The
Ali Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

There Is No Devil
Sophie Lark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
Fiona Hill

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1987

There's a Bug in My Blossom
J.C. Donaho

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

There's a Girl in my Hammerlock
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Thérèse Raquin
Émile Zola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1867

There's Someone Inside Your House
Stephanie Perkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

There There
Tommy Orange

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

There Was a Country
Chinua Achebe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

There Will Be No Miracles Here
Casey Gerald

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

There Will Be Time
Poul Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

These Broken Stars
Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

These Ghosts Are Family
Maisy Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

These High, Green Hills
Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

These Hollow Vows
Lexi Ryan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

These Hollow Vows (These Hollow Vows, 1)
Lexi Ryan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

These Infinite Threads
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2023

These Old Shades
Georgette Heyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

These Shallow Graves
Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

These Silent Woods
Kimi Cunningham Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

These Tangled Vines
Julianne MacLean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

These Things Hidden
Heather Gudenkauf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

These Truths: A History of the United States
Jill Lepore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

These Twisted Bonds
Lexi Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

These Witches Don't Burn
Isabel Sterling

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

These Women
Ivy Pochoda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Tables Turned
William Morris

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1887

The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Liz Kessler

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Tain
Transl. Thomas Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Taken Ones (Steinbeck and Reed, #1)
Jess Lourey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Takeover
T.L. Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Taking
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Talented Miss Farwell
Emily Gray Tedrowe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Talented Ribkins
Ladee Hubbard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Tale Of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1008

The Tale of Kiều
Nguyễn Du

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1987

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1902

The Tale of the Body Thief
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Talisman
Stephen King, Peter Straub

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Talisman Ring
Georgette Heyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Talismans of Shannara
Terry Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Tall Woman
Wilma Dykeman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Talmud and the Internet: A Journey between Worlds
Jonathan Rosen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Taming Of Chance (Ideas in Context)
Ian Hacking

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Taming of the Queen
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1593

The Tanners
Robert Walser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Tao Of Pooh
Benjamin Hoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Tao of Psychology: Synchronicity and Self
Jean Shinoda Bolen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Target
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Tartar Steppe
Stuart Hood, Dino Buzzati

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Taste of Sugar
Marisel Vera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Tattooed Map
Barbara Hodgson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues
Ellen Raskin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

The Tattooed Soldier
Héctor Tobar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Tattoo Thief (Sullivan and Mullins, #1)
Alison Belsham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018