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The Family Chao
Lan Samantha Chang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Family Corleone (The Godfather #5)
Edward Falco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Family Fang
Kevin Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Family from One End Street
Eve Garnett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Family Game
Catherine Steadman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Family Next Door
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Family of Pascual Duarte
Camilo José Cela

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Family Plot
Megan Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Family Remains
Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Family Under The Bridge
Natalie Savage Carlson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1958

The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Famished Road
Ben Okri

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Faraway Nearby
Rebecca Solnit

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Far Field
Madhuri Vijay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Farm
Joanne Ramos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Farming Of Bones
Edwidge Danticat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Far Pavilions
M.M. Kaye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Far Side of the Dollar (Lew Archer, #12)
Ross Macdonald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Fastest Boy in the World
Elizabeth Laird

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Fastest Way to Fall
Denise Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Fatal Shore
Robert Hughes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Fate of Ten
Pittacus Lore

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

The Fate of the Earth
Jonathan Schell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Fate of the Tearling
Erika Johansen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Fates Divide
Veronica Roth

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

The Father
Sharon Olds

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

The Father of Stones
Lucius Shepard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Father She Went to Find
Carter Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Father's Tale
Michael D. O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Fault in Our Stars
John Green

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Favorite Daughter
Kaira Rouda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Favorite Sister
Jessica Knoll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Fear Index
Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Feast
Margaret Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The Feast of All Saints
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Feast of Love
Charles Baxter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Feast of the Goat
Mario Vargas Llosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Feather Thief
Kirk Wallace Johnson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Fell
Sarah Moss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Fellowship of the Ring
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1955

The Female Brain
Louann Brizendine

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Female Eunuch
Germaine Greer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

The Female Imagination
Patricia Meyer Spacks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Female Man
Joanna Russ

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Female of the Species

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Female of the Species: Tales of Mystery and Suspense
Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2007

The Female Persuasion
Meg Wolitzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Female Quixote
Charlotte Lennox

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1752

The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

The Feral Detective
Jonathan Lethem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Ferryman
Justin Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Ferryman (NHB Modern Plays)
Jez Butterworth

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2017

The Festival of Insignificance
Milan Kundera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Fever Code (The Maze Runner, #0.5)
James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Field
Lynne McTaggart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Field Guide
Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)
Diana Gabaldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Fiery Heart
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

The Fiery Trial
Eric Foner

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Fifth Assassin (Culper Ring, #2)
Brad Meltzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story
Vivek J. Tiwary

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Fifth Child
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Fifth Discipline
Peter M. Senge

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Fifth Gospel
Ian Caldwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Fifth Letter
Nicola Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Fifth Mountain
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Fifth Rule
Don Aker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Fifth Sacred Thing (Maya Greenwood, #1)
Starhawk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Fifth to Die
J.D. Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Fifth Vial
Michael Palmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Fifth Woman
Steven T. Murray, Henning Mankell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Fifties
David Halberstam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Fifty Year Sword
Mark Z. Danielewski

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2012

The Fighter
Michael Farris Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Fighting Ground
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

The Fight to Vote
Michael Waldman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Fig Orchard
Layla Fiske

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Fill-In Boyfriend
Kasie West

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

The Film Club
David Gilmour

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You
Eli Pariser

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Final Detail (Myron Bolitar, #6)
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Final Four
Paul Volponi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Final Gambit
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Final Journey
Gudrun Pausewang

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987