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The Children of Green Knowe (Green Knowe, #1)
Lucy M. Boston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

The Children of Húrin
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Children of Men
P. D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Children on the Hill
Jennifer McMahon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Children's Bach
Helen Garner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Children's Blizzard
David Laskin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Children's Book
A. S. Byatt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Children's Hour
Lillian Hellman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1934

The Children's Story
James Clavell

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 2022

The Child Thief
Dan Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Chimes
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2007

The Chimp Paradox
Steve Peters

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Chinese Bell Murders
Robert van Gulik

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Chinese Groove
Kathryn Ma

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Chocolate Touch
Patrick Skene Catling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Chocolate War
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

The Choice
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Choice: A Novel of Love, Faith and The Talmud
Maggie Anton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Choice: Embrace the Possible
Edith Eva Eger

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

The Chosen
J.R. Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Chosen and the Beautiful
Nghi Vo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Chosen (Contender, #1)
Taran Matharu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Chosen One
Carol Lynch Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Chosen Ones
Steve Sem-Sandberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Christie Affair
Nina de Gramont

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #1)
Jenny Colgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Christmas Box
Richard Paul Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Christmas Fix (Fixer: King Siblings #2)
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Christmas List
Richard Paul Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Christmas Pact
Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Christmas Party
Kathryn Croft

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Christmas Pig
Jim Field, J.K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Christmas Shoes
Donna VanLiere

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Christmas Sisters
Sarah Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Christmas Spirit
Debbie Macomber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Christmas Train
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Christmas Wedding
James Patterson, Richard DiLallo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Christopher Killer
Alane Ferguson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Chronoliths
Robert Charles Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Chronology of Water
Lidia Yuknavitch

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Chronology Protection Case
Paul Levinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Chrysalids
John Wyndham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Cider House Rules
John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Cinderella Deal
Jennifer Crusie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Cinderella Waltz
Ann Beattie

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1981

The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
Laurie Gilmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Cinnamon Shops
Bruno Schulz

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1934

The Cipher
Isabella Maldonado

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Circle
Dave Eggers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Circle of Reason
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Circular Staircase
Mary Roberts Rinehart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Circus in Winter
Cathy Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Circus of Dr. Lao
Charles G. Finney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Circus Train
Amita Parikh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Citadel
A.J. Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Citizen of the World
Oliver Goldsmith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1762

The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The City and the City
China Miéville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The City and the Stars
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The City Baker's Guide to Country Living
Louise Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The City in History
Lewis Mumford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

The City in the Middle of the Night
Charlie Jane Anders

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The City Jilt: or the Alderman Turn'd Beau
Eliza Fowler Haywood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The City of Brass
S. A. Chakraborty

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The City of Dreaming Books (Zamonia, #4)
Walter Moers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The City of Falling Angels
John Berendt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The City of God
Augustine of Hippo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 426

The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)
Justin Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The City of the Sun
Tommaso Campanella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The City We Became
N. K. Jemisin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Jacob Burckhardt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Civilizing Process
Norbert Elias

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Civil War
Gaius Julius Caesar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

The Civil War: A Narrative
Shelby Foote

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Civil War in France
Karl Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Anne Rice, A.N. Roquelaure

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Clan of the Cave Bear
Jean M. Auel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1980

The Class Struggles in France, 1848-1850
Karl Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1964

The Clay Marble
Minfong Ho

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

The Clean House
Sarah Ruhl

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2004

The Cleft
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Client
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Climate Book
Greta Thunberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Clinic
Cate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Clique (The Clique, #1)
Lisi Harrison

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)
Agatha Christie, Robin Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Clock Winder
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Clockwork Three
Matthew J. Kirby

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010