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A Year By The Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman
Joan Anderson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

A Year Down Yonder
Richard Peck

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

A Year in Provence
Peter Mayle

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1990

A Year of Marvellous Ways
Sarah Winman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

A Year on Ladybug Farm (Ladybug Farm #1)
Donna Ball

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Michael Dorris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

A Young People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2007

The Yacoubian Building
Alaa Al Aswany

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Yankee Years
Joe Torre

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began
Valerie Hansen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Yearling
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1938

The Year of Billy Miller
Kevin Henkes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
Cait Flanders

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Year of Living Biblically
A.J. Jacobs

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
Helen Russell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

The Year of Miss Agnes
Kirkpatrick Hill

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Year of the Dog
Grace Lin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Year of the Frog
Martin M. Šimečka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Year Of The Hangman
Gary L. Blackwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

The Year of the Hare
Arto Paasilinna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Year of the Horsetails
R.F. Tapsell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Year of the Locust
Terry Hayes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Year of the Rat
Clare Furniss

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Year of the Runaways
Sunjeev Sahota

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1)
Alexis Henderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Years
Annie Ernaux

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Years of Rice and Salt
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Year We Disappeared
Cylin Busby

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Year We Fell Down
Sarina Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Year We Fell From Space
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Yellow Bird Sings
Jennifer Rosner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Yellow Dog (Maigret, #6)
Georges Simenon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Michael Chabon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Yield: A Novel
Tara June Winch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali
Satchidananda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sacred Teachings)
Patañjali, Alistair Shearer

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
Anton DiSclafani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Yosemite
John Muir

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Young Elites
Marie Lu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Younger Wife
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Young Landlords
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

The Young Lions
Irwin Shaw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Young Man and the Sea
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Yakima and Clickitat Indian Wars, 1855 and 1856: Personal Recollections of Capt. U.E. Hick
Urban East Hicks, George Henry Himes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Yankee Girl
Mary Ann Rodman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Yanomamo: The Fierce People
Napoleon Chagnon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

Yard War
Taylor Kitchings

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Yawar Fiesta
José María Arguedas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Yearbook
Seth Rogen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Year of Impossible Goodbyes
Sook Nyul Choi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence
Leila Abouzeid

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1989

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life
Alice Wong

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Year of Yes
Shonda Rhimes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Year One
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Year Zero
Rob Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
Sierra Crane Murdoch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Yellow Brick War
Danielle Paige

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Yellow Crocus
Laila Ibrahim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Yellowface
R. F. Kuang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Yellow Face
David Henry Hwang

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2007

Yellow Star
Jennifer Roy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Yellow Wife
Sadeqa Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Yerba Buena
Nina LaCour

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Yerma
Federico García Lorca

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2008

Yes, Chef
Marcus Samuelsson, Veronica Chambers

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Yes, Daddy
Jonathan Parks-Ramage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Yes No Maybe So
Aisha Saeed, Becky Albertalli

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

Yes Please
Amy Poehler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone, #25)
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Yolk
Mary H. K. Choi

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

Yonder
Ali Standish

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Yonnondio
Tillie Olsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

York Mystery Plays
York Mystery Plays

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

Yotsuba&!, Vol. 1
Kiyohiko Azuma, Amy Forsyth

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2005

You
Caroline Kepnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

You, Again
Kate Goldbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth
Jen Sincero

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

You Are Here
Jennifer E. Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

You Are Not a Gadget
Jaron Lanier

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

You Are Not Alone
Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

You Are Not So Smart
David Mcraney

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

You Belong To Me
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

You Belong with Me (Restoring Heritage, #1)
Tari Faris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

You Be Mother
Meg Mason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

You Bring the Distant Near
Mitali Perkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a "Useless" Liberal Arts Education
George Anders

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

You Can Heal Your Life
Louise Hay

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

You Can't Go Home Again
Thomas Wolfe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories
Alice Walker

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2011

You Can't Stop Me
Max Allan Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
Phoebe Robinson, Jessica Williams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

You Can't Win
Jack Black

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023