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A Rage for Order
Robert F. Worth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

A Reliable Wife
Robert Goolrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

A Remarkable Woman
Anne Edwards

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

A Replacement Life
Boris Fishman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Rabbit at Rest
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Rabbit Hole: A Satanic Ritual Abuse Survivor's Story
David Shurter

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Rabbit Is Rich
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Rabbit Redux
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Rabbit, Run
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Rabelais and His World
Mikhail Bakhtin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1965

Race for Profit
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Race in America
Mustafa Emirbayer, Matthew Desmond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling
Marc Mauer, Sabrina Jones

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

Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America
Jonathan Kozol

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Radiance of Tomorrow
Ishmael Beah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Radical Candor
Kim Scott

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Radical Evolution
Joel Garreau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Radioactive Boy Scout
Ken Silverstein

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Raiders Night
Robert Lipsyte

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1966

Rainbow Boys
Alex Sanchez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Rainbows End
Vernor Vinge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Raining Sardines
Enrique Flores-Galbis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Rain Village
Carolyn Turgeon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Ramayana: A Retelling
Daljit Nagra

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2013

Rameau's Nephew
Denis Diderot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1805

Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer
Warren St. John

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Ramona
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1955

Ransom
Julie Garwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Rape Fantasies
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era
Sterling North

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1963

Rat Life
Tedd Arnold

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Rattlebone
Maxine Clair

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Raven's Gate
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Raw
Belle Aurora

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Reached
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Real American
Julie Lythcott-Haims

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Reaping the Whirlwind
Rosey Dow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Reason for Hope
Jane Goodall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1903

Reconstructing Amelia
Kimberly McCreight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
Eric Foner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
Sandra Dallas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Red Cap
G. Clifton Wisler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Red Card
Matthew LaBrot, Daniel J. Hale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Redchapel
Mike Resnick

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2008

Red Doc>
Anne Carson

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2013

Redemption
Julie Chibbaro

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Red Moon at Sharpsburg
Rosemary Wells

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Red Sky at Morning
Richard Bradford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Red Sorghum
Mo Yan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Red Sparrow
Jason Matthews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Red Storm Rising
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Reefer Madness
Eric Schlosser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Refuge
Dot Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Refund
Karen E. Bender

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

Regeneration
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Reinventing Government
Ted Gaebler, David Osborne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Rejection Proof
Jia Jiang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Religio Medici
Sir Thomas Browne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1642

Remembering Babylon
David Malouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Remember Me Like This
Bret Anthony Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Remembrance of Things Past
Marcel Proust

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefevre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

Renia's Diary
Renia Spiegel

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1944

Reputations
Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Rescuing Jeffrey
Richard Galli

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Resilience
Amy Eleanor Heart, ed., Larissa Glasser, ed., Sugi Pyrrophyta, ed.

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy
Mihir S. Sharma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Revelation
C. J. Sansom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Revolution
Deborah Wiles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Ying Chang Compestine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Rewind
William Sleator

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

Reynard the Fox
Robert van Genechten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Rezso Kasztner
Ladislaus Löb

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Rhinoceros
Eugène Ionesco

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

Rice Without Rain
Minfong Ho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Richard Rive
Shaun Viljoen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Richistan
Robert Frank

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Rich Lizard: And Other Poems
Deborah Chandra

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Rikers High
Paul Volponi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Ringworld
Larry Niven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Ripper
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Rise Again!
Robert J. Morgan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Rise of the Robots
Martin Ford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Rise of the Rocket Girls
Nathalia Holt

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Rising Strong
Brené Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Rising Tide
John M. Barry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Rite of Passage
Alexei Panshin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

River Boy
Tim Bowler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

River of Earth
James Still

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

River of Memory: The Everlasting Columbia
William D. Layman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

River of Shadows
Rebecca Solnit

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

River of Smoke
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

River Town
Peter Hessler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line
Ben Hamper

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Robert Frost
Harold Bloom

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography
Stephen Thomas Knight

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Robopocalypse
Daniel H. Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Robot Dreams
Sara Varon

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

Rob Roy
Sir Walter Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1817

Rocket Boys
Homer Hickam

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Roderick Hudson
Henry James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1875

Roll, Jordan, Roll
Eugene D. Genovese

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

Romulus, My Father
Raimond Gaita

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
Kate Clifford Larson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Roses Are Red
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Rose Under Fire
Elizabeth Wein

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Rotters
Daniel Kraus

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Rubyfruit Jungle
Rita Mae Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Rucker Park Setup
Paul Volponi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Rules For Old Men Waiting
Peter R. Pouncey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Rules of Attraction
Simone Elkeles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Runaway Twin
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Run for Your Life
Silvana Gandolfi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Runner: A Short Story About A Long Run
Lizzy Hawker

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Running in the Family
Michael Ondaatje

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

Running on Empty
Colette Ballard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Running the Rift
Naomi Benaron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Race Beat
Gene Roberts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Rachel Papers
Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Radetzky March
Joseph Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Rag and Bone Shop
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Ragged Edge of Night
Olivia Hawker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister

Fiction | Short Story | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1992

The Rapture of Canaan
Sheri Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
Matt Ridley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Raven King
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Raw Shark Texts
Steven Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Real Boy
Anne Ursu

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Real Inspector Hound
Tom Stoppard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1968

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Reapers are the Angels
Alden Bell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Recruiting Officer
George Farquhar

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1706

The Red and the Black
Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1830

The Red-Haired Woman
Orhan Pamuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Red Necklace
Sally Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Red Queen
Margaret Drabble

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The Red Room
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1896

The Reivers
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

The Republic of Imagination
Azar Nafisi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Rescue
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Residue Years
Mitchell S. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Bertolt Brecht

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1941

The Return of the Soldier
Rebecca West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1918

The Revenant
Sonia Gensler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Revenge of Geography
Robert D. Kaplan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Revenger's Tragedy
Thomas Middleton

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1607

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
Jonathan Evison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Revolt of the Cockroach People
Oscar Zeta Acosta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Rice Mother
Rani Manicka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Robert J. Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
Nicole Galland, Neal Stephenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
Peter Parnell

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1976

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund Morris

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

The Rising of the Moon
Flynn Connolly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Risk Pool
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Rithmatist
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Rivals
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1775

The River King
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The River Niger
Joseph A. Walker

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1972

The River of Consciousness
Oliver Sacks

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

The River of No Return
Bee Ridgway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The River Why
David James Duncan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Road from Coorain
Jill Ker Conway

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1989

The Road Home
Rose Tremain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Road to Memphis
Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Robber Bridegroom
Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1942

The Robbers
Friedrich Schiller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1781

The Robe
Lloyd C. Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Rock of Tanios
Amin Maalouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Rocks
Peter Nichols

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1969

The Romance of the Forest
Ann Radcliffe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1791

The Romance of Tristan
Béroul

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1150

The Rooster Bar
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Rose Tattoo
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Peter Shaffer

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

The Ruby in the Smoke
Philip Pullman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Rule of Four
Dustin Thomason, Ian Caldwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Rules Do Not Apply
Ariel Levy

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

The Rules of Backyard Cricket
Jock Serong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Rules of Survival
Nancy Werlin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Rules of the Game
Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Rum Diary: A Novel
Hunter S. Thompson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Runaway Jury
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Runaway Species
Anthony Brandt, David Eagleman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Runner
Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Running Man
Michael Gerard Bauer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004