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ALPHABETICAL

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Edith Hamilton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1942

Mythos
Paul Jenkins, Paolo Rivera (Illustrator)

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2011

Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
Stephen Fry

Nonfiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2017

My Thoughts Exactly
Lily Allen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Myths to Live By
Joseph Campbell

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1972

My Time Among the Whites
Jennine Capó Crucet

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

My Unexpected Forever
Heidi McLaughlin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

My Utmost for His Highest
Oswald Chambers

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

My Vanishing Country
Bakari Sellers

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

My Way to You (Creek Canyon, #1)
Catherine Bybee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

My Wicked, Wicked Ways
Errol Flynn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

My Year in a Log Cabin
William Dean Howells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

My Year of Meats
Ruth Ozeki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Machine-Gunners
Robert Westall

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Machine that Won the War
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult

The Mad and the Bad
Jean-Patrick Manchette

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Maddest Obsession
Danielle Lori

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mad Man
Samuel R. Delany

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Madman of Piney Woods
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Madman's Daughter
Megan Shepherd

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

The Madness
Alison Rattle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
Douglas Murray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
Jennifer Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Madonna of Excelsior
Zakes Mda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Madonnas of Echo Park
Brando Skyhorse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Madonnas of Leningrad
Debra Dean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Mad Ship (Liveship Traders, #2)
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Mad Wolf's Daughter (Mad Wolf's Daughter, #1)
Diane Magras

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Madwoman of Chaillot
Jean Giraudoux

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1998

The Mad Women's Ball
Victoria Mas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Maestro
Tim Wynne-Jones

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Magdalen Girls
V.S. Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Magic
Rhonda Byrne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Magic Bedknob
Mary Norton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1945

The Magic Christian
Terry Southern

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Magic Faraway Tree
Enid Blyton

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

The Magic Finger
Roald Dahl, Illustr. Quentin Blake

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1966

The Magic Fish
Trung Le Nguyen

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Magician
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Magician King (The Magicians, #2)
Lev Grossman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Magician of Lublin
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Magicians
Lev Grossman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Magician's Assistant
Ann Patchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Magician's Elephant
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Magicians' Guild
Trudi Canavan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

The Magician's Land
Lev Grossman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Magician's Lie
Greer Macallister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Magician's Nephew
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1955

The Magic Lantern
Timothy Garton Ash

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Magic Misfits
Neil Patrick Harris, Illustr. Lissy Marlin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1924

The Magic of Ordinary Days
Ann Howard Creel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Magic of Recluce
L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Magic Of Thinking Big
Dr. David Schwartz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
Mitch Albom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Magic Thief (Magic Thief, #1)
Sarah Prineas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Magic Toyshop
Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Magnificent Ambersons
Booth Tarkington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1918

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post: A Novel
Allison Pataki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Magnolia Inn
Carolyn Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Magnolia Palace
Fiona Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Magnolia Story
Chip and Joanna Gaines

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Magpie Lord
K.J. Charles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Magus
John Fowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Maid
Nita Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult

The Maidens
Alex Michaelides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Maids
Jean Genet

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1947

The Main
Trevanian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Majesty of Calmness
William George Jordan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations
Ira Berlin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Making of Americans
Gertrude Stein

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

The Making of a Navy SEAL
Brandon Webb

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2015

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
Tom Hanks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Making of Asian America: A History
Erika Lee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Making of Black Revolutionaries
James Forman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Making of the English Working Class
E. P. Thompson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

The Making of Us
Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Makioka Sisters
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

The Malady of Death
Marguerite Duras

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
Kobe Bryant

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Oscar Hijuelos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3)
Jean M. Auel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Man Born to Be King
Dorothy L. Sayers

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1990