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Each Tiny Spark
Pablo Cartaya

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Early in the Morning
Li-Young Lee

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1986

Earth Abides
George R. Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

Earthquake Terror
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

East Coker
T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1940

Easter, 1916
William Butler Yeats

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1921

Easter Wings
George Herbert

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1633

East Lynne
Henry Wood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1861

East of Eden
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

Eat a Bowl of Tea
Louis Chu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Eaters Of The Dead
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Eating Alone
Li-Young Lee

Fiction | Poem | Adult

Eating Animals
Jonathan Safran Foer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Eating Together
Li-Young Lee

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1986

Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Elizabeth Gilbert

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Eat to Beat Disease
William W. Li

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Ebb
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1921

Echo
Pam Muñoz Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Echo Mountain
Lauren Wolk

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900
Alfred W. Crosby

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
Janisse Ray

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
Karl Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1843

Ecotopia
Ernest Callenbach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Edgar Huntly: Or, Memoirs of a Sleepwalker
Charles Brockden Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1799

Editha
William Dean Howells

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1906

Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year
Esmé Raji Codell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Edward II
Christopher Marlowe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1593

Efrén Divided
Ernesto Cisneros

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Efuru
Flora Nwapa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Ego Is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
Ryan Holiday

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Ego Tripping
Nikki Giovanni

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1968

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
Hannah Arendt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

Eight Cousins
Louisa May Alcott

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1874

Eight Hundred Grapes
Laura Dave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Eight Perfect Murders
Peter Swanson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Einstein's Dreams
Alan Lightman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Either/Or
Elif Batuman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Elantris
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

El Deafo
Cece Bell

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Eleanor and Park
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Electra
Sophocles

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 450

Electra
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult

Elegy for the Native Guards
Natasha Trethewey

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2007

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Thomas Gray

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1751

Elena
Pat Mora

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1984

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
Vicki Constantine Croke

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Elephant Run
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Elevation: A Novel
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2018

Eleven
Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1991

Eleven
Tom Rogers

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Eleven Minutes
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

El Filibusterismo
José Rizal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1891

Elijah of Buxton
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Eliza and Her Monsters
Francesca Zappia

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Elizabeth is Missing
Emma Healey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
Barbara Ransby

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Ella Minnow Pea
Mark Dunn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Ellen Foster
Kaye Gibbons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Elliptical
Harryette Mullen

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

Ellis Island
Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1979

Eloisa to Abelard
Alexander Pope

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1717

Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Brittney Cooper

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Elsewhere
Gabrielle Zevin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Emako Blue
Brenda Woods

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1863

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
John W. Dower

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Emergency
Denis Johnson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1991

Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Adrienne Maree Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Emile: On Education
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1763

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
Heather Fawcett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Emma
Jane Austen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1815

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Daniel Goleman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Empire Falls
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Empire of Cotton
Sven Beckert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Empire Of Illusion: The End Of Literacy And The Triumph Of Spectacle
Chris Hedges

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Empire of Storms
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
S.C. Gwynne

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Empire of the Sun
J. G. Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Empire of Wild
Cherie Dimaline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Emplumada
Lorna Dee Cervantes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1981

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings
Margarita Engle

Nonfiction | Memoir in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Encounters With the Archdruid: Narratives About a Conservationist and Three of His Natural Enemies
John McPhee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

Endangered
Eliot Schrefer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Endgame
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1957

Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival
Omid Scobie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

Endless Love
Scott Spencer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

End of April
Phillis Levin

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

End of Story
A. J. Finn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

End of Watch
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1959