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Group Portrait with Lady
Heinrich Böll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

Growing Up
Russell Baker

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

Growing Up Rich
Anne Bernays

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

Grown
Tiffany D. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Grown Ups
Marian Keyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Growth of the Soil
Knut Hamsun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Gruesome Playground Injuries
Rajiv Joseph

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2012

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Mary Roach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Guadalcanal Diary (Modern Library War)
Richard Tregaskis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Guantanamo Boy
Anna Perera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Guapa
Saleem Haddad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Guardians of the West
David Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1988

Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Guerrilla Warfare
Che Guevara

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Guests of the Nation
Frank O'Connor

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1931

Guests of the Sheik
Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1965

Guidebook to Murder (A Tourist Trap Mystery, #1)
Lynn Cahoon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Guilty Wives
David Ellis, James Patterson, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Guinea Dog
Patrick Jennings

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Gulag: A History
Anne Applebaum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Gun Island
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Gun Love
Jennifer Clement

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Gunmetal Magic
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Gun Monkeys: A Novel
Victor Gischler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Gunnar's Daughter
Sigrid Undset

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Guns For General Washington
Seymour Reit

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Gun Street Girl (Detective Sean Duffy, #4)
Adrian McKinty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Gun, with Occasional Music
Jonathan Lethem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Gustav Klimt: 1862-1918
Gilles Néret

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Gutenberg's Apprentice
Alix Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books
Gary Paulsen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
Lex Croucher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Gwendy's Button Box
Stephen King, Richard Chizmar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Gwendy's Final Task (The Button Box, #3)
Stephen King, Richard Chizmar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Gym Candy
Carl Deuker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The gadfly
Ethel Lilian Voynich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Gadget
Paul Zindel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
Becky Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Gallery
Laura Marx Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Gallic War and Other Writings
Gaius Julius Caesar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1957

The Galton Case (Lew Archer, #8)
Ross Macdonald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Gamble
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Gambler
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1866

The Game
Ken Dryden

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

The Game Changer
Lana Ferguson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Game of Life and How to Play It
Florence Scovel Shinn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

The Game of Love and Chance
Pierre Marivaux

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1730

The Game of Love and Death
Martha Brockenbrough

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Game of My Life
Jason J-Mac Mcelwain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Game of Silence
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Game Plan
Kristen Callihan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Gammage Cup (The Minnipins, #1)
Carol Kendall, Erik Blegvad

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Gangs of New York
Herbert Asbury

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Gangster We Are All Looking For
Le Thi Diem Thuy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Gap of Time: The Winter's Tale Retold
Jeanette Winterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Garden Behind the Moon
Howard Pyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Garden of Cyrus
Thomas Browne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Garden of Eden
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Garden of Evening Mists
Tan Twan Eng

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Garden of Letters
Alyson Richman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Garden of Rama
Gentry Lee, Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Garden of Small Beginnings
Abbi Waxman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Giorgio Bassani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Gargoyle
Andrew Davidson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Garies and Their Friends
Frank J. Webb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1857

The Gate
Natsume Sōseki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Gate of Angels
Penelope Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Gates of Rome
Conn Iggulden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Gates of the Alamo
Stephen Harrigan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Gate to Women's Country
Sheri S. Tepper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Gathering
Anne Enright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Gathering Storm
Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Gathering Storm (The Second World War, #1)
Winston S. Churchill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Gay Science
Friedrich Nietzsche

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1882

The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
Alexandra Robbins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Gender Game (The Gender Game, #1)
Bella Forrest

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Gene
Siddhartha Mukherjee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The General in His Labyrinth
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Generals (Brotherhood of War, #6)
W.E.B. Griffin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The General's Daughter
Nelson DeMille

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Genius
Jesse Kellerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Genius and the Goddess
Aldous Huxley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955