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ALPHABETICAL

The Legend of the Baal-Shem
Martin Buber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
James Knowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Leisure Seeker
Michael Zadoorian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Lemonade Crime
Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Lemonade War
Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Lemon Orchard
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Length of a String
Elissa Brent Weissman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Leopard
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
Sonora Reyes

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

The Lesser Blessed
Richard Van Camp

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Lesser Bohemians
Eimear McBride

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Lesson
Eugène Ionesco

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

The Lessons of History
Will Durant, Ariel Durant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Letters Of Abelard And Heloise
Peter Abelard, Heloise

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult | Published in 1133

The Letters of Gustave Flaubert, 1830-1857
Gustave Flaubert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1980

The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh, Arnold J. Pomerans, Ronald de Leeuw

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Thomas L. Friedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Liar
Stephen Fry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Liars' Club
Mary Karr

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

The Liar's Dictionary
Eley Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Liar's Girl
Catherine Ryan Howard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Liar's Key
Mark Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1)
Alyson Gerber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Libation Bearers
Aeschylus

Fiction | Play | Adult

The Liberation of Gabriel King
K.L. Going

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Liberator
John L. Thomas

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

The Librarian
Larry Beinhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Librarianist
Patrick Dewitt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Librarian of Auschwitz
Antonio Iturbe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Librarian of Burned Books: A Novel
Brianna Labuskes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Librarian Spy
Madeline Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Library Book
Susan Orlean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Library of Lost and Found
Phaedra Patrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights, #1)
T.L. Huchu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Library of the Unwritten
A.J. Hackwith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Lido
Libby Page, Libby Page

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lie and How We Told It
Tommi Parrish

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Lies I Tell
Julie Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lies That Bind
Judith Van Gieson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Lies We Told
Camilla Way

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lies You Wrote (Raisa Susanto, #1)
Brianna Labuskes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Lie Tree
Frances Hardinge

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Lieutenant
Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Martin McDonagh

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2001

The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta
John Rollin Ridge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1854

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
L. Frank Baum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
James Cross Giblin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Life and Death of Crazy Horse
Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

The Life and Loves of a She Devil
Fay Weldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr
E.T.A. Hoffmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Life Before Her Eyes
Laura Kasischke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Lifeboat
Charlotte Rogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondō, Transl. Cathy Hirano

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up
Marie Kondō, Yuko Uramoto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Life Intended
Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Life List
Lori Nelson Spielman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Life of a Banana
P.P. Wong

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Life of Andrew Jackson
Marquis James

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1938

The Life of Charlemagne
Einhard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

The Life of Christina of Markyate
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Life of Elizabeth I
Alison Weir

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

The Life of Flavius Josephus
Flavius Josephus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Life of Milarepa
Tsangnyön Heruka

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself
Teresa de Ávila

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Life of Samuel Johnson
James Boswell

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1791

The Life Of St. Anthony
Athanasius of Alexandria

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Life of the Mind
Hannah Arendt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

The Life She Was Given
Ellen Marie Wiseman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Life We Bury
Allen Eskens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Paul Elie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

The Lifted Veil
George Eliot

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1859

The Lifters
Dave Eggers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Light After the War
Anita Abriel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Light at Tern Rock
Julia L. Sauer

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1941

The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Light Between Worlds
Laura E. Weymouth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Light Brigade
Kameron Hurley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Light Fantastic
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Lighthouse
Alison Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh, #13)
P.D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lighthouse at the End of the World
Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Hazel Gaynor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lighthouse Witches
C.J. Cooke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Light in Hidden Places
Sharon Cameron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020