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The Ugly American
William J. Lederer, Eugene Burdick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Ugly Little Boy
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1958

The Ultimate Gift
Jim Stovall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Umbrella Academy #0
Gerard Way

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath, Karen V. Kukil

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power
Wil Moss

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Michelle Hodkin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Unbound
V. E. Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

The Unbroken
C. L. Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Uncommon Reader
Alan Bennett

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2007

The Unconscious
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Unconscious Civilization
John Ralston Saul

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Unconsoled
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Undead Pool
Kim Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Undercover Economist
Tim Harford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Underdogs
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Underdogs: A novel of the Mexican Revolution
Mariano Azuela

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

The Underground Girls of Kabul
Jenny Nordberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Underground Man
Mick Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Underneath
Kathi Appelt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Undertaker's Assistant
Amanda Skenandore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Undertaking
Audrey Magee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
Megan Bannen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Underwater Welder
Jeff Lemire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Undiscovered Self
C.G. Jung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

The Undomestic Goddess
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Unexpected Everything
Morgan Matson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Unexpected Guest
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
Dorothy Gilman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone
Adele Griffin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Unfinished World and Other Stories
Amber Sparks

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2016

The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works
Thomas Nashe, J.B. Steane

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1972

The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You
Dina Nayeri

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 368

The Unhoneymooners
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Unicorn
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Unidentified Redhead
Alice Clayton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
David Wallace-Wells

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Uninhabited House
Charlotte Riddell, J.H. Riddell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Uninvited
Dorothy Macardle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Union Buries Its Dead
Henry Lawson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1893

The United States Constitution
Founding Fathers

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

The Universe in a Nutshell
Stephen Hawking

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Universe in a Single Atom
Dalai Lama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog
James Sire

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1976

The Universe Versus Alex Woods
Gavin Extence

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Unknown Masterpiece
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2001

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
Balli Kaur Jaswal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Unlikely Disciple
Kevin Roose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
H.G. Parry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
Teresa Toten

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Unlikely Spy
Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Unlikely Story of a Pig in the City
Jodi Kendall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Unlimited Dream Company
J.G. Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Unmaking of June Farrow
Adrienne Young

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Unnamable
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Unnatural and Accidental Women
Marie Clements

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2005

The Unnatural History of the Sea
Callum Roberts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Unquiet Bones
Loreth Anne White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Unquiet Earth
Denise Giardina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Unraveling of Mercy Louis
Keija Parssinen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Unreality of Memory: And Other Essays
Elisa Gabbert

Nonfiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2020

The Unrepentant
E.A. Aymar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Unseen World
Liz Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Unsettled
Ayana Mathis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Unsettling of America
Wendell Berry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Unsinkable Greta James
Jennifer E. Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Unswept Room
Sharon Olds

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2009

The Unteachables
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Untouchable
John Banville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Untouchables
Eliot Ness, Oscar Fraley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1993

The Unusual Suspects
Peter Ferguson, Michael Buckley

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

The Unvanquished
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood
Kien Nguyen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

The Unwanteds
Lisa McMann

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
Don Brown

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2018

The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
George Packer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013