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Each Little Bird That Sings
Deborah Wiles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Each Vagabond by Name
Margo Orlando Littell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Eagle Blue
Michael D'Orso

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

Eagle Strike
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Early Autumn
Robert B. Parker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Earthly Powers
Anthony Burgess

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Earthquake at Dawn
Kristiana Gregory

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Easter 1916
Charles Townshend

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1916

Easter Island
Jennifer Vanderbes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

East, West
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Eat the Document
Dana Spiotta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Ebony and Ivy
Craig Steven Wilder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Echo Burning
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Econometrics
Fumio Hayashi

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Edgar Allan Poe
Harry Lee Poe

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Edge of Eternity
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Edith Wharton: A Biography
R.W.B. Lewis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1975

Ed King
David Guterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Edmund Burke: The First Conservative
Jesse Norman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Edna in the Desert
Maddy Lederman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Educating Rita
Willy Russell

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1980

Effi Briest
Theodor Fontane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1895

Eighth Grade Bites
Heather Brewer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Eight Keys
Suzanne LaFleur

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

El Bronx Remembered
Nicholasa Mohr

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1969

Eleanor's Story
Eleanor Ramrath Garner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1961

Elective Affinities
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1809

Electra
Hugo Von Hofmannsthal

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1903

Eleemosynary
Lee Blessing

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1985

Eleven Seasons
Paul D. Carter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Eligible
Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Elizabeth and Hazel
David Margolick

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography
Margaret Forster

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1988

Elizabeth Costello
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Elmer Gantry
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1927

Elmet
Fiona Mozley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Embassytown
China Mieville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Embers of War
Fredrik Logevall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Emily Dickinson
Cynthia Griffin Wolff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1986

Eminent Victorians
Lytton Strachey

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1918

Emotional First Aid
Guy Winch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Emperor of the Air
Ethan Canin

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

Empress Orchid
Anchee Min

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Empty Mansions
Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell Jr.

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Enchantress from the Stars
Sylvia Engdahl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1970

Encounters at the Heart of the World
Elizabeth A. Fenn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Ender's Shadow
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

End Times at Ridgemont High
Ian Welke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Endurance
Scott Kelly

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Enduring Love
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Endymion
Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

End Zone
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Enemy Of The State
Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Enemy Women
Paulette Jiles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

England, England
Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Enter Three Witches
Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Eon
Alison Goodman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Equus
Peter Shaffer

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1973

Escaped Alone
Caryl Churchill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2016

Esther Waters
George Augustus Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1894

Etched In Sand
Regina Calcaterra

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Ethics
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Ethics for the New Millennium
Dalai Lama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Ethnic Groups in Conflict
Donald Horowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Etta and Otto and Russell and James
Emma Hooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Eudora Welty
Suzanne Marrs

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1984

Eugenie Grandet
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1833

Evam Indrajit
Badal Sircar

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1963

Evangeline: The Wish Keeper's Helper
Maggie Alderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Evelina
Fanny Burney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1778

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Tom Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Eventide
Kent Haruf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Evermore: The Immortals
Alyson Noel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Everybody Lies
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Everybody Sees the Ants
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Every Bone Tells a Story
Jill Rubalcaba, Peter Robertshaw

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2004

Everyday Ambassador
Kate Otto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Every Fifteen Minutes
Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Everyman
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Every Man Dies Alone
Hans Fallada

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

Every Man In His Humour
Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1598

Every Man in This Village Is a Liar
Megan K. Stack

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
Chris Cleave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Every Secret Thing
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Everything Good Will Come
Sefi Atta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Everything in Its Path
Kai T. Erikson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

Everything Under
Daisy Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Evidence of Things Unseen
Marianne Wiggins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Evil Genius
Catherine Jinks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Evita: The Real Life of Eva Peron
Nicholas Fraser

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

Execution Poems
George Elliott Clarke

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2001

Executive
Piers Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Exiting Nirvana
Clara Claiborne Park

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

Exit, Pursued by a Bear
E. K. Johnston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Expecting Adam
Martha Beck

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Experience
Martin Amis

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Exposure
Helen Dunmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
Tom Bissell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Extraordinary Means
Robyn Schneider

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Eye of a Hurricane
Ruthann Robson

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Eye of Conscience
Milton Meltzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Eye of the Storm: Eilida's Tragedy
Elle Klass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Eyes of a Blue Dog
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1974

Eyes Of The Emperor
Graham Salisbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Eagle Has Landed
Jack Higgins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Carolyn Mackler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Eatonville Anthology
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1926

The Eaves of Heaven
Andrew X. Pham

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

The Ecclesiazusae
Aristophanes

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 392

The Edge of Nowhere
Elizabeth George

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1907

The Education of Kevin Powell
Kevin Powell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Egyptologist
Arthur Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Eichmann Trial
Deborah Lipstadt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Elements of Journalism
Bill Kovach, Tom Rosenstiel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Elements of Style
William Strunk Jr.

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1918

The Emerald Mile
Kevin Fedarko

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Emigrants
W.G. Sebald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Emperor of Any Place
Tim Wynne-Jones

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Emperor of Ice Cream
Brian Moore

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1965

The Emperor of Ocean Park
Stephen L. Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Emperor's Children
Claire Messud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Empire of Necessity
Greg Grandin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Enchanted
Rene Denfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Enchanted April
Elizabeth von Arnim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

The End of Detroit
Micheline Maynard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The End of Eddy
Édouard Louis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
Greg Grandin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The End of the Point
Elizabeth Graver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The End of White Christian America
Robert P. Jones

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The End of Your Life Book Club
Will Schwalbe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Caroline Alexander

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Enemy
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Englishman's Boy
Guy Vanderhaeghe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The English Teacher
Yiftach Reicher Atir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Enigma of Arrival
V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Enlightenment
Norman Hampson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The Essential Rumi
Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī)

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Eternity Code
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Everything Store
Brad Stone

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Evolution of Beauty
Richard O. Prum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Evolution of Cooperation
Robert Axelrod

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

The Executioner's Song
Norman Mailer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Exonerated
Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2002

The Extraordinary Adventures Of Alfred Kropp
Richard (Rick) Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Eye in the Door
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Eyre Affair
Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001