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Book summaries of the best fiction and nonfiction books starting with the letter "A"

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963 books starting with "A"

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Anna Dressed in Blood
by Kendare Blake
Aug 30 2011
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Anna In-Between
by Elizabeth Nunez
Sep 01 2009
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Anna O: A Novel
by Matthew Blake
Jan 02 2024
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Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Forever Changed British History
by Tracy Borman
Jun 20 2023
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Annexed
by Sharon Dogar
Oct 04 2010
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Annie Bot: A Novel
by Sierra Greer
Mar 19 2024
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Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret
by Steve Luxenberg
May 05 2009
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Annihilation: Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 1
by Jeff VanderMeer
Feb 04 2014
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Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947
by Bruce Hoffman
Feb 24 2015
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Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It
by James Ciment
Aug 13 2013
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Another Faust
by Daniel And Dina Nayeri
Aug 25 2009
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Another Kind of Hurricane
by Tamara Ellis Smith
Jul 14 2015
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Another Life: A Burke Novel
by Andrew Vachss
Dec 30 2008
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Another Man in the Street: A Novel
by Caryl Phillips
Jan 07 2025
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Another Place You've Never Been
by Rebecca Kauffman
Oct 11 2016
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Another Thing to Fall: Tess Monaghan #10
by Laura Lippman
Mar 11 2008
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Another Zionism, Another Judaism: The Unrequited Love of Rabbi Marcus Ehrenpreis
by Göran Rosenberg
Jan 28 2025
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Anoxia: A Novel
by Miguel Ángel Hernández
Feb 04 2025
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The Answers
by Catherine Lacey
Jun 06 2017
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The Antagonist
by Lynn Coady
Jan 22 2013
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Antebellum: A Novel
by R. K. Thomas
Jun 26 2012
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Anthem
by Noah Hawley
Jan 04 2022
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The Anthologist
by Nicholson Baker
Sep 08 2009
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The Antidote: A Novel
by Karen Russell
Mar 11 2025
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Antiphon: The Psalms of Isaak Book 3
by Ken Scholes
Sep 14 2010
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The Antiquarian
by Gustavo Faverón Patriau
Jun 03 2014
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Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation
by Andrew Marantz
Oct 08 2019
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Antkind
by Charlie Kaufman
Jul 07 2020
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Antony and Cleopatra
by Colleen McCullough
Dec 04 2007
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Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India
by Sujatha Gidla
Jul 18 2017
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