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Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT
Chetan Bhagat

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin Hill

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Five Quarters of the Orange
Joanne Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Five Run Away Together (Famous Five, #3)
Enid Blyton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Five Seasons
A.B. Yehoshua

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Five Smooth Stones
Ann Fairbairn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Five Survive
Holly Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Five Total Strangers
Natalie D. Richards

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Five Weeks in a Balloon
1st World Library, Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Five Women Who Loved Love
Hirayama Tōgo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

Fixed on You
Laurelin Paige

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Fix Her Up (Hot & Hammered, #1)
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Fixing Patriarchy
Donald E. Hall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Flags in the Dust
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Flags of Our Fathers
James Bradley, Ron Powers

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

Flame in the Mist
Renée Ahdieh

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2017

Flamer
Mike Curato

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2020

Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London
Lauren Elkin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Flash and Bones
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Flashback
Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Flashman and the Mountain of Light (The Flashman Papers, #9)
George MacDonald Fraser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
George MacDonald Fraser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Edwin A. Abbott

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1884

Flat-Out Love
Jessica Park

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Flaubert in Egypt
Gustave Flaubert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Flaubert's Parrot
Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Flawed
Kate Avelynn

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Flawed Dogs
Berkeley Breathed

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Flawless
Elsie Silver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Fledgling
Octavia E. Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Fledgling: Jason Steed
Mark A. Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Flesh and Blood (Kay Scarpetta, #22)
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Flesh and Blood So Cheap
Albert Marrin

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2011

Flesh and Bone
Cydney Chadwick

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

Flight #116 Is Down!
Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Flight: A Novel
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Flight of Dreams
Ariel Lawhon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Flight of the Intruder
Stephen Coonts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Flight Of The Puffin
Ann Braden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Flights
Olga Tokarczuk, Transl. Jennifer Croft

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Flight To Arras
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Lewis Galantière

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Flipped
Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Flirt
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Float
Laura Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Floating in My Mother's Palm
Ursula Hegi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Flood (Burke, #1)
Andrew Vachss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Floodland
Marcus Sedgwick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Flood of Fire
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Flood Tide
Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Floors
Patrick Carman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Flora And Ulysses
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Florence Adler Swims Forever
Rachel Beanland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Florida
Lauren Groff

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Florynce "Flo" Kennedy: The Life of a Black Feminist Radical
Sherie M. Randolph

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being
Martin E. P. Seligman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Flower Net (Red Princess, #1)
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Flowers For Algernon
Daniel Keyes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1966

Flowers from the Storm
Laura Kinsale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Flowers In The Attic
V. C. Andrews

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

Flowers of Mold
Ha Seong-nan

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2019

Fludd
Hilary Mantel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
Gabriel Wyner

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Christopher Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Flunked
Jen Calonita

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Flush
Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Flush: A Biography
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Fly Away
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Fly Away Home
Jennifer Weiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Fly Away Peter
David Malouf

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

Flyboys
James D. Bradley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Flyboys: A True Story Of Courage
James D Bradley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Flygirl
Sherri L. Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Fly Girls
Keith O'Brien

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Flying Carpets
Hedy Habra

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2013

Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #8)
C.S. Forester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Flying Solo
Ralph Fletcher

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Flying to Nowhere
John Fuller

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1983

Flyin' West
Pearl Cleage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1994

Flyte
Mark Zug, Angie Sage

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Fobbit
David Abrams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Focused
Karla Sorensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
Daniel Goleman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Foe
Iain Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Fog
Carl Sandburg

Fiction | Poem | Adult

Fog Magic
Julia L. Sauer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1969

Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
Jason Marc Harris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Following Atticus: Forty-eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship (P.S.)
Tom Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Following Fake Man
Barbara Ware Holmes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

Follow Me to Ground
Sue Rainsford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Doris Pilkington

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

Follow the River
James Alexander Thom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Follow You Home
Mark Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Fontamara
Ignazio Silone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Food: A Love Story
Jim Gaffigan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge
Terence McKenna

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
Michael Pollan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009