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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
Walt Whitman

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1856

Crossing the Bar
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1889

Crossing the Mangrove
Maryse Condé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Crossing the Wire
Will Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Crossing to Safety
Wallace Stegner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Cross of Gold
William Jennings Bryan, Robert W. Cherny

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1896

Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Crow Lake
Mary Lawson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Crown of Midnight
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Al Switzler, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Kerry Patterson

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Crumbs From the Table of Joy
Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1998

Crusoe in England
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1971

Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

Cue for Treason
Geoffrey Trease

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1940

Cujo
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Amanda Montell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Zaretta L. Hammond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism
Matthew Arnold

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1869

Culture and Imperialism
Edward Said

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Cupid and Psyche
Apuleius

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 170

Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Vine Deloria Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Cyclops
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 422

Cynthia in the Snow
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1956

Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Rostand

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1897

The Cabin at the End of the World
Paul Tremblay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Cage
Ruth Minsky Sender

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

The Calcutta Chromosome
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Call of Cthulhu
H. P. Lovecraft

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1928

The Call of the Wild
Jack London

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1903

The Cancer Journals
Audre Lorde

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

The Candy House
Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Candymakers
Wendy Mass

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Candy Shop War
Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1400

The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1887

The Canyon's Edge
Dusti Bowling

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Cardboard Kingdom
Chad Sell

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Carriage
Nikolai Gogol

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1836

The Cartographers
Peng Shepherd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering
Michael J. Sandel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Case For Christ
Lee Strobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Case for Reparations
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 2014

The Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1846

The Castle
Franz Kafka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

The Castle in the Attic
Elizabeth Winthrop

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1985

The Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1764

The Catbird Seat
James Thurber

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1942

The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Bertolt Brecht

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1944

The Caves of Steel
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

The Cay
Theodore Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1969

The Celebrants
Steven Rowley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Mark Twain

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1865

The Celestial Omnibus
E. M. Forster

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1911

The Celestine Prophecy
James Redfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Cellar
Natasha Preston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Cellist of Sarajevo
Steven Galloway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Julia Alvarez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
Elyn R. Saks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Chain
Adrian McKinty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Chalice of the Gods
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation
Brent Adamson, Matthew Dixon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Chambered Nautilus
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1858

The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
Kati Marton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

The Changeling
Thomas Middleton, William Rowley

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1622

The Changeling: A Novel
Victor Lavalle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Chaperone
Laura Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1854

The Charm Offensive
Alison Cochrun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Charterhouse of Parma
Marie-Henri Beyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1839

The Chaser
John Collier

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1940

The Cheat Sheet
Sarah Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
Atul Gawande

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Cheese And The Worms: The Cosmos Of A Sixteenth-Century Miller
Carlo Ginzburg

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1980

The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1904

The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1957

The Chicken Sisters
K.J. Dell'Antonia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Children of Húrin
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Children of Men
P. D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Children's Blizzard
David Laskin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Children's Hour
Lillian Hellman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1934

The Chimney Sweeper
William Blake

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1789

The Chocolate Touch
Patrick Skene Catling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Chocolate War
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

The Choice
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Choice: Embrace the Possible
Edith Eva Eger

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

The Chosen
Chaim Potok

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The Chosen and the Beautiful
Nghi Vo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Christie Affair
Nina de Gramont

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Christmas Box
Richard Paul Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Chrysalids
John Wyndham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Chrysanthemums
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1937

The Cider House Rules
John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Cinnamon Peeler
Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1992

The Circle
Dave Eggers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Circle Game
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1964

The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
Francisco Jiménez

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1997