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A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

A Man For All Seasons
Robert Bolt

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1960

A Mango-Shaped Space
Wendy Mass

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

A Man In Full
Tom Wolfe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

A Man of the People
Chinua Achebe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

A Man Said to the Universe
Stephen Crane

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1899

A Man Who Had No Eyes
MacKinlay Kantor

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1931

A Map of Home
Randa Jarrar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

A Marvellous Light
Freya Marske

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Master of Djinn
P. Djèlí Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Mathematician's Apology
G. H. Hardy

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1940

A Memory Called Empire
Arkady Martine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

A Mercy
Toni Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Message to Garcia
Elbert Hubbard

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1899

A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1595

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
Alicia Elliott

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

A Miracle for Breakfast
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1972

A Model of Christian Charity
John Winthrop

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1838

A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1729

A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

A Month in the Country
J.L. Carr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

A Mother In Mannville
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1936

A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1964

A Murder Is Announced
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

A Mystery Of Heroism
Stephen Crane

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2009

Maame
Jessica George

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Macbeth
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1623

Mac Flecknoe
John Dryden

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1682

Machete Season
Jean Hatzfeld

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

Machinal
Sophie Treadwell

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

Machines Like Me
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1856

Madame Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1904

MaddAddam
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Mad Honey
Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Magic Hour: A Novel
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Magnolia Parks
Jessa Hastings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive
Stephanie Land

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Maisie Dobbs
Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Maizy Chen's Last Chance
Lisa Yee

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Make Lemonade
Virginia Euwer Wolff

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 1993

Makes Me Wanna Holler
Nathan McCall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Make Your Home Among Strangers
Jennine Capó Crucet

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Making a Fist
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1988

Making Bombs for Hitler
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Mama Day
Gloria Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Mañanaland
Pam Muñoz Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Man and His Symbols
C. G. Jung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1964

Man And Superman
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1903

Manchild in the Promised Land
Claude Brown

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1965

Manfred
Lord George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron)

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1817

Manhattan Beach
Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
James L. Swanson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2006

Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Man of La Mancha
Dale Wasserman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1965

Manon Lescaut
Abbe Prevost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1731

Mansfield Park
Jane Austen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1814

Man's Search for Meaning
Victor Frankl

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1946

Maps of Meaning
Jordan B. Peterson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Mara, Daughter of The Nile
Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1953

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
August Wilson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1984

March
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

March: Book One
Andrew Aydin, John Lewis

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2013

March: Books 2 & 3
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | YA | Published in 2016

Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish
Pablo Cartaya

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Margo's Got Money Troubles
Rufi Thorpe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Marianela
Benito Perez Galdos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1878

Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1798

Marigolds
Eugenia Collier

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1969

Marionettes, Inc.
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1949

Mark of the Thief
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog
John Grogan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

Marriage a la Mode
Katherine Mansfield

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1921

Marriage is a Private Affair
Chinua Achebe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1952

Martin Eden
Jack London

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1909

Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Maru
Bessie Head

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Mary
Nat Cassidy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life
Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1848

Mary Jane
Jessica Anya Blau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Mary Poppins
P.L. Travers

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1934

Masks
Shel Silverstein

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Master and Man
Leo Tolstoy

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1895