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Each Little Bird That Sings
Deborah Wiles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Each Vagabond by Name
Margo Orlando Littell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Eagle Blue
Michael D'Orso

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

Eagle Strike
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Early Autumn
Robert B. Parker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Earthly Powers
Anthony Burgess

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Earthquake at Dawn
Kristiana Gregory

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Easter 1916
Charles Townshend

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1916

Easter Island
Jennifer Vanderbes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

East, West
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Eat the Document
Dana Spiotta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Ebony and Ivy
Craig Steven Wilder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Echo Burning
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Econometrics
Fumio Hayashi

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Edgar Allan Poe
Harry Lee Poe

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Edge of Eternity
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Edith Wharton: A Biography
R.W.B. Lewis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1975

Ed King
David Guterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Edmund Burke: The First Conservative
Jesse Norman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Edna in the Desert
Maddy Lederman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Educating Rita
Willy Russell

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1980

Effi Briest
Theodor Fontane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1895

Eighth Grade Bites
Heather Brewer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Eight Keys
Suzanne LaFleur

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

Einstein's Dreams
Alan Lightman

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

El Bronx Remembered
Nicholasa Mohr

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1969

Eldest
Christopher Paolini

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Eleanor's Story
Eleanor Ramrath Garner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1961

Elective Affinities
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1809

Electra
Hugo Von Hofmannsthal

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1903

Eleemosynary
Lee Blessing

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1985

Eleven Seasons
Paul D. Carter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Eligible
Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Elizabeth and Hazel
David Margolick

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography
Margaret Forster

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1988

Elizabeth Costello
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Elmer Gantry
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1927

Elmet
Fiona Mozley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Embassytown
China Mieville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Embers of War
Fredrik Logevall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Emily Dickinson
Cynthia Griffin Wolff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1986

Eminent Victorians
Lytton Strachey

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1918

Emotional First Aid
Guy Winch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Emperor of the Air
Ethan Canin

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

Empress Orchid
Anchee Min

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Empty Mansions
Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell Jr.

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Enchantress from the Stars
Sylvia Engdahl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1970

Encounters at the Heart of the World
Elizabeth A. Fenn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Ender's Shadow
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Endless Love
Scott Spencer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

End Times at Ridgemont High
Ian Welke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Endurance
Scott Kelly

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Enduring Love
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Endymion
Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

End Zone
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Enemy Of The State
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Enemy Women
Paulette Jiles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

England, England
Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Enter Three Witches
Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Eon
Alison Goodman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Equus
Peter Shaffer

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1973

Escaped Alone
Caryl Churchill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2016

Esther Waters
George Augustus Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1894

Etched In Sand
Regina Calcaterra

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Ethan Brand
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1850

Ethics
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Ethics for the New Millennium
Dalai Lama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Ethnic Groups in Conflict
Donald Horowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Etta and Otto and Russell and James
Emma Hooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Eudora Welty
Suzanne Marrs

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1984

Eugenie Grandet
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1833

Evam Indrajit
Badal Sircar

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1963

Evangeline: The Wish Keeper's Helper
Maggie Alderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Evelina
Fanny Burney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1778

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Tom Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Eventide
Kent Haruf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Evermore: The Immortals
Alyson Noel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Everybody Lies
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Everybody Sees the Ants
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Everybody's Fool
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Every Bone Tells a Story
Jill Rubalcaba, Peter Robertshaw

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2004

Everyday Ambassador
Kate Otto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Every Fifteen Minutes
Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Every Heart A Doorway
Seanan McGuire

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2016

Everyman
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Every Man Dies Alone
Hans Fallada

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

Every Man In His Humour
Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1598

Every Man in This Village Is a Liar
Megan K. Stack

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
Chris Cleave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Every Secret Thing
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Everything Good Will Come
Sefi Atta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Everything in Its Path
Kai T. Erikson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

Everything on a Waffle
Polly Horvath

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Everything Under
Daisy Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Evidence of Things Unseen
Marianne Wiggins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Evil Genius
Catherine Jinks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Evita: The Real Life of Eva Peron
Nicholas Fraser

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

Execution Poems
George Elliott Clarke

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2001