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A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
Brittany Barnett

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Kabuliwala
Rabindranath Tagore

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1892

Kaffir Boy
Mark Mathabane

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1986

Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi Patel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Kanthapura
Raja Rao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Kantika
Elizabeth Graver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Katie the Catsitter
Colleen AF Venable, Illustr. Stephanie Yue

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Keeper'n Me
Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Keep It in the Family
John Marrs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Keep the Aspidistra Flying
George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Keesha's House
Helen Frost

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2003

Kew Gardens
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1919

Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1886

Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
Faiza Guene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Killers of a Certain Age
Deanna Raybourn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Killers of the Flower Moon (Adapted for Young Readers): The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Killing Floor
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Killing Lincoln
Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Killing Mr. Griffin
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1978

Killing Patton
Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Killing Rage: Ending Racism
bell hooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Killings
Andre Dubus II

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1979

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
Dorothy Roberts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Kill Joy
Holly Jackson

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2021

Kim
Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1901

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel
Cho Nam-Joo, Transl. Jamie Chang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Kindness
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1980

Kindred
Octavia E. Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

King: A Life
Jonathan Eig

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

King and the Dragonflies
Kacen Callender

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Roger Lancelyn Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1953

Kingdom of Ash
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Kingdom of the Wicked
Kerri Maniscalco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

King George: What Was His Problem?
Steve Sheinkin

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

King Hedley II
August Wilson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1985

King Lear
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1606

King Leopold's Ghost
Adam Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

King of the Bingo Game
Ralph Ellison

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1944

King of Wrath: An Arranged Marriage Romance
Ana Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Kira-Kira
Cynthia Kadohata

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Kisses from Katie
Katie J. Davis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Kissing in Vietnamese
Ocean Vuong

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

Kiss of the Fur Queen
Tomson Highway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Kiss of the Spider Woman
Manuel Puig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Kitchens of the Great Midwest
J. Ryan Stradal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Knights of the Kitchen Table
Jon Scieszka

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Knock Knock
Daniel Beaty

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2013

Know My Name: A Memoir
Chanel Miller

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Knoxville, Tennessee
Nikki Giovanni

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1968

Kokoro
Natsume Sōseki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1914

Krapp's Last Tape
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1958

Krik? Krak!
Edwidge Danticat

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1996

Kristin Lavransdatter
Sigrid Undset

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

Kristy's Great Idea
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

Kubla Khan
Samuel Coleridge

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1816

The Kaiju Preservation Society
John Scalzi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Keeper of Happy Endings
Barbara Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Keeper of Hidden Books
Madeline Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Keeper of Lost Things
Ruth Hogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Kid Who Ran for President
Dan Gutman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Killer Angels
Michael Shaara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Killers
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1927

The Kill Order
James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Kind Worth Killing: A Novel
Peter Swanson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark
Ridley Pearson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th Century America
Paul E. Johnson, Sean Wilentz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Kingdom Of This World
Alejo Carpentier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
Tim Alberta

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The King in Yellow
Robert W. Chambers

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1895

The King's Speech
Peter Conradi , Mark Logue

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Kiss Quotient
Helen Hoang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar
Robert Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Kitchen Front: A Novel
Jennifer Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Kitchen House
Kathleen Grissom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Kite Fighters
Linda Sue Park

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Knife of Never Letting Go
Patrick Ness

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Known World
Edward P. Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Kreutzer Sonata
Leo Tolstoy

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1889