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Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica)
Richard L. Hunter, R.C. Seaton, Apollonius of Rhodes
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1998
Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot
Robert Olen Butler
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1996
Jesus and the Disinherited
Howard Thurman, Vincent Harding
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996
John F. Kennedy: The Inaugural Address (Words That Changed America)
John F. Kennedy, Elizabeth Partridge, Caroline Kennedy
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Kim Stanley Robinson, Jules Verne, Lowell Bair
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991
Jude the Obscure
James Oliver Smith Jr., Thomas Hardy, Patricia Ingham, Jenny Sterlin, Mark Oxford, Dennis Taylor
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
John Schoenherr, Jean Craighead George
Fiction | Novel | Published in 1995
Julius Caesar
Roma Gill, Harold Bloom, William Shakespeare, William Allan Neilson
Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2002
Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations
Michael Walzer
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006
Justice and the Politics of Difference
Iris Marion Young
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990
Justice as Fairness: A Restatement
Erin I. Kelly, John Rawls
Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2001
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Michael J. Sandel
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009
Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
Helen Thorpe
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009
Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care
Dayna Bowen Matthew, Dayna Matthew
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
Bryan Stevenson
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2018
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life
SJ James Martin, James Martin
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Katherine Anne Porter
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1929
The Journey to the West, Volume 1 (Journey to the West)
Anthony C. Yu, Wu Cheng'en, Transl. Anthony C. Yu
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980