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Pretty Things
Janelle Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Pretty Ugly
Karyn Langhorne Folan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Prey
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1813

Pride: A Pride and Prejudice Remix
Ibi Zoboi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Prince Caspian
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1951

Prince of Thorns
Mark Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Prince of Tides
Pat Conroy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Principles
Ray Dalio

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Prisoner B-3087
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Prisoner of Tehran
Marina Nemat

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Privilege, Power, and Difference
Allan G. Johnson

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Problems with Hurricanes
Victor Hernández Cruz

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2001

Prodigal Summer
Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Prodigy
Marie Lu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Profiles in Courage
John F. Kennedy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1955

Progress and Poverty
Henry George

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1879

Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Project Mulberry
Linda Sue Park

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Projekt 1065
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Prologue
Anne Bradstreet

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1650

Prometheus
Lord George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron)

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1816

Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 456

Proof
David Auburn

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2000

Propaganda
Edward Bernays

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1928

Properties of Thirst
Marianne Wiggins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Prophet Song
Paul Lynch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Protagoras
Plato

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 390

P.S. Be Eleven
Rita Williams-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Pseudolus
Plautus

Fiction | Play | Adult

P.S. I Still Love You
Jenny Han

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Psycho
Robert Bloch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Pucking Around
Emily Rath

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Puerto Rican Obituary
Pedro Pietri

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1973

Punching the Air
Yusef Salaam, Ibi Zoboi

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2020

Punishment
Seamus Heaney

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1975

Purgatorio
Dante Alighieri

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1316

Purity and Danger
Mary Douglas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1966

Purple Heart
Patricia McCormick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Push
Sapphire

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

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

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Putting in the Seed
Robert Frost

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1916

Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1913

Pyramus and Thisbe
Ovid

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 8

The Pact
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Painted Bird
Jerzy Kosiński

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

The Painted Door
Sinclair Ross

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1941

The Painted Drum
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Painted Veil
W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

The Painter
John Ashbery

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1955

The Pairing (The Proposition, #3)
Casey McQuiston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Palace of Illusions
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Palace Thief
Ethan Canin

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

The Pale Horse
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Ken Liu

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2016

The Paper Nautilus
Marianne Moore

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1961

The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Paradise Problem
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
Barry Schwartz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

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 Library: A Novel
Janet Skeslien Charles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Parker Inheritance
Varian Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Partial Explanation
Charles Simic

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1999

The Partner
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Passage
Justin Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Passing of Grandison
Charles W. Chesnutt

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1899

The Passion
Jeanette Winterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Christopher Marlowe

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1599

The Patron Saint of Liars
Ann Patchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Pearl
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1947

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
Nadia Hashimi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Pecan Man
Cassie Dandridge Selleck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1951

The Pelican Brief
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Penelopiad
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
Virginia Hamilton

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1985

The People in the Trees
Hanya Yanagihara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The People of Paper
Salvador Plascencia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The People of Sparks
Jeanne DuPrau

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The People We Keep
Allison Larkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Perfect Couple
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Perfect Escape
Suzanne Park

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Perfect Marriage
Jeneva Rose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Perfect Nanny
Leïla Slimani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Perfect Score
Rob Buyea

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Perfect Shot
Elaine Marie Alphin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003