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The Lover
Marguerite Duras

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Lovers of the Poor
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1915

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Luck of Roaring Camp
Bret Harte

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1868

The Luminaries
Eleanor Catton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Lying Game
Ruth Ware

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Lynching
Claude McKay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922