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Juliet Takes a Breath
Gabby Rivera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1599

July's People
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Jumper: Griffin's Story (Jumper, #0.5)
Steven Gould

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Jumper (Jumper, #1)
Steven Gould

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Jumping Off Swings
Jo Knowles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Jumping the Nail
Eve Bunting

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

Jump Ship to Freedom
Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

Juneteenth
Ralph Ellison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Jungle of Bones
Ben Mikaelsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Juniper Hill
Devney Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Juniper & Thorn
Ava Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Juniper Time
Kate Wilhelm

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Junky
William S. Burroughs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Juno and the Paycock
Seán O'Casey

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1924

Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Juror #3 (Ruby Bozarth #1)
James Patterson, Nancy Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Just After Sunset
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2008

Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II
Lia Levi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Just a Kiss
Denise Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Just Another Hero
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Just Another Missing Person
Gillian McAllister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Just as I Am
Cicely Tyson, Michelle Burford

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Just as Long as We're Together
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Just Between Us
Rebecca Drake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Just Ella
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Just Fall
Nina Sadowsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Just Fly Away
Andrew McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Just for Now
Abbi Glines

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Just Haven't Met You Yet
Sophie Cousens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Justice
Laurann Dohner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Justice and The Politics of Difference
Iris Marion Young

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Justice as Fairness: A Restatement
John Rawls

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1)
Lawrence Durrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Marguerite Henry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life
Jerry Pinkney

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Just Kids
Patti Smith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Just Last Night
Mhairi McFarlane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Just Like Heaven
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Just Like Home
Sarah Gailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Just Like Me
Nancy J. Cavanaugh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Just Like You
Nick Hornby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Just Listen
Mark Goulston

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Just My Luck
Cammie McGovern

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Just My Type
Falon Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Simon Garfield

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Just One Damned Thing After Another
Jodi Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Just One Day
Gayle Forman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Just One Look
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Just One of the Guys
Kristan Higgins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Just One Year (Just One Day, #2)
Gayle Forman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Just Patty
Jean Webster

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness
Laura Coates

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Just the Nicest Couple
Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Just the Sexiest Man Alive
Julie James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Just Us: An American Conversation
Claudia Rankine

Nonfiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
Paula Daly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Jacket
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Jacksonian Persuasion: Politics and Belief
Marvin Meyers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Jade Peony
Wayson Choy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Jaguar's Children
John Vaillant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Jane Austen Book Club
Karen Joy Fowler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Jane Austen Project
Kathleen A. Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Jane Austen Society
Natalie Jenner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Janissary Tree
Jason Goodwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Janitor's Boy
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)
Elly Griffiths

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Jasmine Throne
Tasha Suri

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Jazz Palace
Mary Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Jefferson Key (Cotton Malone, #7)
Steve Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Jester
Andrew Gross, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Jesus I Never Knew
Philip Yancey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Jetsetters
Amanda Eyre Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Jewel
Amy Ewing

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

The Jewel in the Crown
Paul Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Jewel of Seven Stars
Bram Stoker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Jewels of Paradise
Donna Leon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Jew of Malta
Christopher Marlowe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1589

The Job
Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The John Carlos Story
John Carlos, Dave Zirin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Johnstown Flood
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The Joke
Milan Kundera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Jokers
Albert Cossery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Jordan Rules
Sam Smith

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

The Journalist and the Murderer
Janet Malcolm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Journal of John Woolman
John Woolman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1774

The Journey Home
Isabelle Holland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History
Joseph M. Marshall III

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Journey of Little Charlie
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018