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The Ultimate Gift (The Ultimate Series #1)
Elise Peterson, Jim Stovall
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Michael Henry Heim, Milan Kundera, Richmond Hoxie
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009
The Uncanny
Adam Phillips, David McLintock, Hugh Haughton, Sigmund Freud
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003
The Underdogs: with Related Texts (Hackett Classics)
Gustavo Pellon, Mariano Azuela
Fiction | Novel | 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, Michael Lewis
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017
The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
Breanne Randall, Breanne Randall
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
David Wallace-Wells
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019
The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog
James W. Sire, James Sire
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004
The Universe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Tracy K. Smith
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2011
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1)
Rachel Joyce
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012
The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America
John Putnam Demos
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
George Packer
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Bruno Bettelheim
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989
Ubu Roi
F.A. Cazals, Franciszka Themerson, Pierre Bonnard, Alfred Jarry, Barbara Wright, L. Lantier
Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1961
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
Chris van Tulleken
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023
Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
Laura Hillenbrand
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010
Uncle Tom's Cabin: The Original 1852 Unabridged And Complete Edition (A Harriet Beecher Stowe Classics)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
Steve Sheinkin
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017
Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague, 1941-1968
Helen Epstein, Franci Rabinek Epstein, Heda Margolius Kovály
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
Elizabeth Kolbert
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Scott McCloud
Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1993
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004
Under the Feet of Jesus
Helena María Viramontes, Helena Maria Viramontes
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996
Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life
Annette Lareau
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003
Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
Paul Holes, Robin Gaby Fisher
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
Devon Price, Devon Price
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
Deborah Feldman
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012
Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
Will Guidara
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022
Untamed
Glennon Doyle, Glennon Doyle Melton, Glennon Doyle (Melton)
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer (Unusual Chickens #1)
Katie Kath, Kelly Jones, Kelly Jones
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015
Up from Slavery
Ishmael Reed, Booker T. Washington
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000
Us and Them: Understanding Your Tribal Mind
David Berreby
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005
Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
Rutger Bregman
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror
Junji Ito, Transl. Yuji Oniki
Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2000