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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Their Finest Hour
Winston Churchill

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1949

Theme for English B
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1951

Then
Morris Gleitzman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Then She Was Gone
Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Theogony
Hesiod

Fiction | Poem | Adult

Theology
Ted Hughes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1961

Theories of Relativity
Barbara Haworth-Attard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Theories of Time and Space
Natasha Trethewey

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2006

There is no Frigate like a Book
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1866

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
Fiona Hill

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1987

There's A Certain Slant Of Light
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1890

There There
Tommy Orange

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

There Was a Party for Langston
Jason Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

There Will Be No Miracles Here
Casey Gerald

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

There Will Come Soft Rains
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1950

There Will Come Soft Rains
Sara Teasdale

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1918

These Impossible Things
Salma El‑Wardany

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

These Silent Woods
Kimi Cunningham Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

These Truths: A History of the United States
Jill Lepore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Theseus
Anonymous

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | BCE

These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Liz Kessler

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Tain
Transl. Thomas Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Tainted Cup
Robert Jackson Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Talented Tenth
W. E. B. Du Bois

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1903

The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Tale Of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1008

The Talisman
Stephen King, Peter Straub

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1593

The Tao Of Pooh
Benjamin Hoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Tattooed Soldier
Héctor Tobar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Teacher
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Teacher's Funeral
Richard Peck

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Tell-Tale Brain
V. S. Ramachandran

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1843

The Tempest
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1611

The Temple of My Familiar
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Anne Brontë

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1848

The Tender Bar
J.R. Moehringer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2005

The Tennis Partner
Abraham Verghese

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Tequila Worm
Viola Canales

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Terminal List
Jack Carr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Terrible Two
Mac Barnett, Jory John

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Testament
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Testaments
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Testing
Joelle Charbonneau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Thanksgiving Play
Larissa Fasthorse

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2019

The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1759

The Therapist
B. A. Paris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Thief
Megan Whalen Turner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

The Thief and the Dogs
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Thief Of Always
Clive Barker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

The Thing About Jellyfish
Ali Benjamin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Thing Around Your Neck
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

The Thing in the Forest
A. S. Byatt

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2003

The Things She's Seen
Ambelin Kwaymullina, Ezekiel Kwaymullina

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1990

The Things We Cannot Say
Kelly Rimmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Things We Leave Unfinished
Rebecca Yarros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Thin Man
Dashiell Hammett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

The Third Man
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Thirty Nine Steps
John Buchan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Thread Collectors
Alyson Richman, Shaunna J. Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin, Transl. Ken Liu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1844

The Throne of Fire
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Sogyal Rinpoche

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Tiger Flu
Larissa Lai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Tiger Rising
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Time Keeper
Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Time Machine
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1895

The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Tin Drum
Gunter Grass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Titan's Curse
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Tobacco Wives
Adele Myers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Toll
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Topeka School
Ben Lerner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Tortilla Curtain
T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
Adrianna Cuevas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020