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A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Burton G. Malkiel

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1973

A Real Durwan
Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1999

A Reaper at the Gates
Sabaa Tahir

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

A Red, Red Rose
Robert Burns

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1794

A Report to an Academy
Franz Kafka

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1917

A Respectable Woman
Kate Chopin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1894

A Retrieved Reformation
O. Henry

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1903

A Rip in Heaven
Jeanine Cummins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

A River Enchanted
Rebecca Ross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
Transl. Risa Kobayashi, Masaji Ishikawa, Transl. Martin Brown

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

A River Runs Through It
Norman Maclean

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1976

A River Sutra
Gita Mehta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1929

A Room with a View
E. M. Forster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1908

A Rose for Emily
William Faulkner

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1930

A Rover's Story
Jasmine Warga

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

A Royal Conundrum
Dan Santat, Lisa Yee, Illustr

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

A Rule Against Murder
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Rumor of War
Philip Caputo

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

Race
Elizabeth Alexander

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2001

Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
Ruha Benjamin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Race and Reunion
David W. Blight

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Race to the Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1990s
Howard Winant, Michael Omi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power
Timothy B. Tyson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

Radio Golf
August Wilson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2005

Ragged Company
Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Ragged Dick
Horatio Alger

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1868

Ragtime
E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Rain of Gold
Victor Villaseñor

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

Rain, Rain, Go Away
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1959

Rain Reign
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Ralph S. Mouse
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Ramona and Her Father
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Ramona and Her Mother
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1979

Ramona Forever
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

Ramona Quimby Age 8
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

Ramona the Brave
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

Ramona the Pest
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

Random Family
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Rappaccini's Daughter
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1844

Rashomon
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1915

Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service
Sheldon Bowles, Ken Blanchard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Raybearer
Jordan Ifueko

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Raymie Nightingale
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Raymond's Run
Toni Cade Bambara

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 24

Razorblade Tears
S. A. Cosby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Reaching Out
Francisco Jiménez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Reading in the Dark
Seamus Deane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Francine Prose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Azar Nafisi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
Esau McCaulley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Reading with Patrick
Michelle Kuo

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Ready Player One
Ernest Cline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Real Americans
Rachel Khong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Real Friends
Shannon Hale, Illustr. LeUyen Pham

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Reality Boy
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Really Good, Actually: A Novel
Monica Heisey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Rear Window
Cornell Woolrich

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1942

Reasons to Stay Alive
Matt Haig

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Rebel Witch
Kristen Ciccarelli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Rebound
Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Recitatif
Toni Morrison

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

Reckless
Lauren Roberts

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Reckless Girls: A Novel
Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Sherry Turkle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Recursion
Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Red Azalea
Anchee Min

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Red Dragon
Thomas Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Redeeming Love
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Redefining realness: My path to womanhood, identity, love, & so much more
Janet Mock

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Redeployment
Phil Klay

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2014

Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Red Kayak
Priscilla Cummings

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Bill Browder

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Red Rising
Pierce Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Red River
Lalita Tademy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Red Scarf Girl
Ji-li Jiang

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Redwall
Brian Jacques

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

Red, White, and Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Red, White, and Whole
Rajani LaRocca

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Reflections in a Golden Eye
Carson McCullers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco
Paul Rabinow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

Reflections On The Revolution In France
Edmund Burke

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1790

Refugee
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Refugee Boy
Benjamin Zephaniah

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Regarding the Pain of Others
Susan Sontag

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 2003

Regret
Kate Chopin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1894

Regretting You
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Remarkable Creatures
Tracy Chevalier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Remember
Christina Georgina Rossetti

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1862

Remember
Joy Harjo

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1982

Reminders of Him
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Renegade Dreams: Living Through Injury in Gangland Chicago
Laurence Ralph

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Renegades
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Rent
Jonathan Larson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

Requiem
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1915

Requiem
Anna Akhmatova

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

Requiem for a Dream: A Novel
Hubert Selby Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
Noam Chomsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Rescue
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Rescue on the Oregon Trail (Ranger in Time, #1)
Kate Messner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Reservation Blues
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Reservation Love Song
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1991

Resistance
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Restart
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
Tricia Hersey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Restore Me
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Resume
Dorothy Parker

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1926

Return to Sender
Julia Alvarez

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Reunion
John Cheever

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1962

Revelations of Divine Love
Julian of Norwich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1393

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Revival
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Reviving Ophelia
Mary Pipher

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Rez Dogs
Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life
David Treuer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Rhapsody On A Windy Night
T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1915

Rhetoric
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult

Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Ribbons
Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Richard Cory
Edwin Arlington Robinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1897

Richard II
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1597

Richard III
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1597

Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert Kiyosaki, Sharon Lechter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Rich People Problems
Kevin Kwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Rick
Alex Gino

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Riders of the Purple Sage
Zane Grey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

Riders to the Sea
John Millington Synge

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1904

Riding Freedom
Pam Muñoz Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Riding The Bus With My Sister
Rachel Simon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Rifleman Dodd
C. S. Forester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Rifles for Watie
Harold Keith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1957

Righteous Dopefiend
Jeffrey Schonberg, Philippe Bourgois

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Rikki Tikki Tavi
Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1894

Ring Shout
P. Djèlí Clark

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2020

Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1819

Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938
Stephen E. Ambrose, Douglas Brinkley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

Rise To Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution
Jeff Shaara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
Elizabeth Rush

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
Eli Saslow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1982

Rite of Passage
Sharon Olds

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1984

Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
Modris Eksteins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
Candice Millard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2022

River Sing Me Home
Eleanor Shearer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Roadside Picnic
Arkady Strugatsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Road to Chlifa
Michele Marineau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
Ty Seidule

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1719

Robot Dreams
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1986

Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Rogue Protocol
Martha Wells

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2018

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Patrick Radden Keefe

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2022

Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

Roll With It
Jamie Sumner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Roman Fever
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1934

Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1595

Romiette and Julio
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Romney: A Reckoning
McKay Coppins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Rooftoppers
Katherine Rundell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Rooftops of Tehran
Mahbod Seraji

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Room
Emma Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Room to Dream
Kelly Yang

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Root Magic
Eden Royce

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Rosa Parks
Nikki Giovanni

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

Rosaura A Las Diez
Marco Denevi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Roselily
Alice Walker

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1973

Rosemary's Baby
Ira Levin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Tom Stoppard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1966

Rouge: A Novel
Mona Awad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Roughing It
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1872

Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People
Tracy Kidder

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress
Daniel Defoe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1724

Ruby
Cynthia Bond

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ruby Holler
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Ruin and Rising
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Ruined
Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2009

Ruins of a Great House
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1953

Rule of the Bone
Russell Banks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Rules
Cynthia Lord

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
Saul D. Alinsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

Rules of Civility
Amor Towles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Rules of the Game
Amy Tan

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1989

Rules of the Road
Joan Bauer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Rumble Fish
S. E. Hinton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1975

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
Liesl Shurtliff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

Run
Ann Patchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Runaway Ralph
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1970

Run: Book One
Illustr. Nate Powell, Andrew Aydin, John Lewis, Illustr. L. Fury

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | YA | Published in 2021

Runner
Carl Deuker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Running Loose
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

Running Out Of Time
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Running With Scissors: A Memoir
Augusten Burroughs

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Run, Rose, Run
Dolly Parton, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Runt
Marion Dane Bauer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

R.U.R.
Karel Čapek

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1920

Ruth
Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1853

Ruthless Vows
Rebecca Ross

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Rachel Incident
Caroline O'Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Racial Contract
Charles W. Mills

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Racketeer
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Radical and the Republican
James Oakes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Radicalism of the American Revolution
Gordon S. Wood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
Kate Moore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Raft
S.A. Bodeen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Railway Children
E. Nesbit

Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1906

The Rainbow
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rainmaker
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
R. K. Narayan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

The Ransom of Red Chief
O. Henry

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1907

The Rape of Lucrece
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1594

The Rape of Nanking
Iris Chang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Rape of the Lock
Alexander Pope

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1712

The Rats in the Walls
H. P. Lovecraft

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1924

The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1845

The Raven Boys
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Razor's Edge
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1944

The Reader
Bernhard Schlink

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Reading List
Sara Nisha Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult

The Real Thing
Henry James

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1892

The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Timothy J. Keller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
Naoki Higashida

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
Albert Camus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1951

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Jeanne Theoharis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

The Reckoning
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Recognition of Sakuntala
Kalidasa

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 400

The Recruit
Robert Muchamore

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1895

The Red Bandanna
Tom Rinaldi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

The Red Convertible
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1974

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Ned Blackhawk

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Red Pencil
Andrea Davis Pinkney

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Red Pony
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1933

The Red Pyramid
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States
Ida B. Wells

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1895

The Red Shoes
Sheila Black

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

The Red Sweater
Joseph O. Legaspi

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

The Red Tent
Anita Diamant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Red Umbrella
Christina Diaz Gonzalez

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Red Wheelbarrow
William Carlos Williams

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1923

The Reformatory: A Novel
Tananarive Due

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Refugees
Viet Thanh Nguyen

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mohsin Hamid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
Dan Gemeinhart

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The Rememberer
Aimee Bender

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2002

The Rent Collector
Camron Wright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Report Card
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The Reptile Room
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

The Republic
Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

The Rest of Us Just Live Here
Patrick Ness

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Return of Ellie Black
Emiko Jean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Return of Martin Guerre
Natalie Zemon Davis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

The Return of the King
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1955

The Return of the Native
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1878

The Revolt Of Mother
Mary Wilkins Freeman

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1974

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Stacy Schiff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2022

The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
Sonia Manzano

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gil Scott-Heron

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1971

The Rez Sisters
Tomson Highway

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1986

The Richest Man in Babylon
George Samuel Clason

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1926

The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
Elizabeth Letts

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

The Rider
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1998

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Jonathan Haidt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Rights of Man
Thomas Paine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1791

The Rights of the Colonists
Samuel Adams

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1772

The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Rig Veda: An Anthology
Transl. Wendy Doniger, Anonymous

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Coleridge

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1798

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
William L. Shirer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

The Rise of David Levinsky
Abraham Cahan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1917

The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1885

The Rise of the Roman Empire
Polybius

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 171

the rites for Cousin Vit
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1949

The Ritual: A Dark College Romance
Shantel Tessier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The River
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991