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The Language of Threads (Women of the Silk #2)
Gail Tsukiyama

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Laramie Project
Moises Kaufman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2001

The Lark
E. Nesbit

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1922

The Last
Hanna Jameson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last American Man
Elizabeth Gilbert

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Last Anniversary
Liane Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Last Apprentice
Joseph Delaney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Last Ballad
Wiley Cash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Battle
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1956

The Last Black Unicorn
Tiffany Haddish

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Book In The Universe
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Last Boy and Girl in the World
Siobhan Vivian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Last Boyfriend
Nora Roberts, MacLeod Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Last Boyfriend (Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy, #2)
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Last Brother
Nathacha Appanah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Last Castle
Denise Kiernan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

The Last Chance Library
Freya Sampson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Child
John Hart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Last Chinese Chef
Nicole Mones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Last Colony
John Scalzi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Last Command
Timothy Zahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Last Continent
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

The Last Council
Kazu Kibuishi

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

The Last Coyote
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Last Crossing
Guy Vanderhaeghe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Last Cuentista
Donna Barba Higuera

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Last Dance and Other Stories
Victoria Hislop

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Last Days of California
Mary Miller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Last Days of Jack Sparks
Jason Arnopp

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Days of Night
Graham Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Last Days of Socrates
Plato

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | BCE

The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Dog on Earth
Daniel Ehrenhaft

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Last Dragonlord (Dragonlord, #1)
Joanne Bertin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Last Dragonslayer
Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Last Enchantments
Charles Finch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Last: Endling #1
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Last Ever After
Soman Chainani

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary
Laura Shovan

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Last Flight
Julie Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Garden in England
Julia Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Gentleman
Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
Nadia Murad

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Girls
Lee Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Last Gold Diggers (Harry Horse's Last...)
Harry Horse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Last Good War
Thomas Sanders

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Last Graduate
Naomi Novik

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Last Great Adventure of the PB&J Society
Janet Sumner Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Green Valley
Mark Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Guardian
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Last Hero
Paul Kidby, Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Last Holiday Concert
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Last House Guest
Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last House on Needless Street
Catriona Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last House on the Street
Diane Chamberlain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Housewife
Ashley Winstead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Human
Zack Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Jew
Noah Gordon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Last Juror
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Last Kids on Earth
Max Brallier

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Last Kids on Earth and the Monster Dimension
Max Brallier

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade
Max Brallier

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Last Kingdom
Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Last King of Scotland
Giles Foden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Last Letter From Your Lover
Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Last Lie Told
Debra Webb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Lifeboat
Hazel Gaynor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last List of Mabel Beaumont
Laura Pearson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Love Note: A Novel
Emma Grey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Magician (The Last Magician, #1)
Lisa Maxwell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Last Man
Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Last Mile
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Mission
Harry Mazer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

The Last Mrs. Parrish
Liv Constantine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Musketeer (The Last Musketeer, #1)
Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)
Kristen Ciccarelli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Last Neanderthal
Claire Cameron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Alfred Uhry

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

The Last Night of the World
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2012

The Last Nude
Ellis Avery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Last Odyssey (Sigma Force #15)
James Rollins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last of August
Brittany Cavallaro

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2017

The Last of Her Kind
Sigrid Nunez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Last of the Just
André Schwarz-Bart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1826

The Last of the Moon Girls
Barbara Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
Julie Andrews Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1974

The Last of the Wine
Mary Renault

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

The Last Olympian
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Last One
Will Dean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Oracle
James Rollins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008