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Purple Heart
Patricia McCormick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Pursuit of Honor
Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Push
Sapphire

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Pushing Ice
Alastair Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Pushing the Bear: A Novel of the Trail of Tears
Diane Glancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Pushing The Limits
Katie McGarry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Puss in Boots
Charles Perrault

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1998

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy
Bil Wright

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1913

Pygmy
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
Helge Dascher, Guy Delisle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Pyramids
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Pact
Karina Halle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Pagan Lord
Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Pagan Stone
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Paid Bridesmaid
Sariah Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Painted Bird
Jerzy Kosiński

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

The Painted Drum
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Painted Girls
Cathy Marie Buchanan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Painted Veil
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

The Painter
Peter Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Painter from Shanghai
Jennifer Cody Epstein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Painter's Daughters
Emily Howes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Pakistani Bride
Bapsi Sidhwa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Palace of Dreams
Ismail Kadare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Palace of Illusions
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Palace of Laughter (The Wednesday Tales, #1)
Jon Berkeley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Palace of Lost Memories (After the Rift, #1)
C.J. Archer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
Tina Brown

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Paladin
C.J. Cherryh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Paladin Prophecy
Mark Frost

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Pale Blue Eye
Louis Bayard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Pale-Faced Lie
David Crow

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Pale Horse
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Pale Horseman
Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Pale King
David Foster Wallace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Paleontologist
Luke Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Panda's Thumb
Stephen Jay Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1980

The Panther (John Corey, #6)
Nelson DeMille

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Paper Bag Christmas
Kevin Alan Milne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Paper Chase
John Jay Osborn Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Parade
Dave Eggers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Paradise Mystery
J.S. Fletcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
Barry Schwartz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Paragon Hotel
Lyndsay Faye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Paris Agent
Kelly Rimmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Paris Architect
Charles Belfoure

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Paris Bookseller
Kerri Maher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Paris Daughter
Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Paris Deception
Bryn Turnbull

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Paris Dressmaker
Kristy Cambron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Parisian
Isabella Hammad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Paris Librarian (Hugo Marston #6)
Mark Pryor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Paris Library: A Novel
Janet Skeslien Charles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Paris Seamstress
Natasha Lester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Paris Secret
Natasha Lester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Paris Wife
Paula McLain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Parker Inheritance
Varian Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Parking Lot Attendant
Nafkote Tamirat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Aimee Bender

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Partner
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Party
Robyn Harding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Party Crasher
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Party Upstairs
Lee Conell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Passage
Justin Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)
Robert A. Caro

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The Passenger
Lisa Lutz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Passengers
John Marrs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Passion
Jeanette Winterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Passion According to G.H.
Clarice Lispector

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Passion Dream Book
Whitney Otto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Passion of Artemisia
Susan Vreeland

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

The Passion of New Eve
Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Patchwork Girl of Oz (Oz, #7)
L. Frank Baum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Path
Michael Puett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Path Between the Seas
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Path of Daggers
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
Robert A. Caro

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1990

The Patient
Michael Palmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Patient's Secret
Loreth Anne White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Patriarch (Bruno, Chief of Police, #8)
Martin Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Patriots
Sana Krasikov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Patriot Threat
Steve Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Patron Saint of Liars
Ann Patchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Paul Street Boys
Ferenc Molnár, Masimiliano Longo

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1998

The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014