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The Gold Cell (Knopf Poetry Series)
Sharon Olds

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1987

The Golden Age
Joan London

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Golden Age of Murder
Martin Edwards

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Golden Ass
Apuleius

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 159

The Golden Bowl
Henry James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1904

The Golden Cage
Camilla Läckberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Golden Couple
Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Golden Dynasty
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Golden Enclaves
Naomi Novik

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

The Golden Fleece
Robert Graves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Golden Fool
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

The Golden Gate
Amy Chua

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Golden Goblet
Eloise Mcgraw

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1961

The Golden Hour
Niki Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Golden House
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Golden Key
Emmet Fox

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Golden Legend
Nadeem Aslam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Golden Lily
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Golden Mean
Annabel Lyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Golden Name Day (Golden Name Day, #1)
Jennie D. Lindquist

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1966

The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Golden Road (The Story Girl, #2)
L.M. Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

The Golden Spoon
Jessa Maxwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Golden Spruce
John Vaillant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Goldfish Boy
Lisa Thompson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Golem
Gustav Meyrink

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Golem and the Jinni
Helene Wecker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Golem's Eye
Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

The Gone-Away World
Nick Harkaway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Gone World
Tom Sweterlitsch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Good Apprentice
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Good Daughter
Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life
Jasmin Darznik

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America
Ann Neumann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Good Doctor
Damon Galgut

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Good Dog
Avi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Good Earth
Pearl S. Buck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1931

The Good Girl
Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Good Good Pig
Sy Montgomery

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

The Good Guy
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Good House
Ann Leary

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Good Husband
Gail Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Good Lawyer (Good Lawyer, #1)
Thomas Benigno

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Good Liar
Catherine McKenzie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Good Lie
A. R. Torre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Good Lord Bird
James McBride

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Good Master
Kate Seredy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

The Good-Morrow
John Donne

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2012

The Good Muslim (Bangla Desh, #2)
Tahmima Anam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Good Neighbor
A.J. Banner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
Maxwell King

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Good People
Hannah Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Good Samaritan
John Marrs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Good Shepherd
C.S. Forester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Good Sister
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Good Soldiers
David Finkel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

The Good Soldier Svejk
Jaroslav Hašek

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

The Good, the Bad, and the Undead
Kim Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Good Thief: A Novel
Hannah Tinti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Good Turn (Cormac Reilly, #3)
Dervla McTiernan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Good Widow
Liz Fenton, Lisa Steinke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Good Woman Of Setzuan
Bertolt Brecht

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1943

The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1)
Shannon Hale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Goshawk
T.H. White

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Gospel According to Larry
Janet Tashjian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Gospel in Brief (Texts & Contexts)
Leo Tolstoy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Gospel of Judas
Simon Mawer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Governess Game
Tessa Dare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Government Inspector
Nikolai Gogol

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1836

The Gown
Jennifer Robson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Gracekeepers
Kirsty Logan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)
Ken Liu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Grace Year
Kim Liggett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Graduate
Charles Webb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Graduation of Jake Moon
Barbara Park

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Graham Effect
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Grand Babylon Hotel
Arnold Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Grand Design
Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life
George Washington Cable

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Grandmothers
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2004

The Grand Sophy
Georgette Heyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

The Grasmere Journals
Dorothy Wordsworth

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1993

The Grass Dancer
Susan Power

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Grass Harp
Truman Capote

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951