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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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The Ask and the Answer: Chaos Walking: Book Two
by Patrick Ness
Sep 08 2009
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Ask Bob
by Peter Gethers
Aug 06 2013
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Ask Me No Questions: A Lady Dunbridge Mystery
by Shelley Noble
Oct 16 2018
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Ask Me Why I Hurt: The Kids Nobody Wants and the Doctor Who Heals Them
by Randy Christensen M.D.
Apr 12 2011
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Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna
by Edith Sheffer
May 01 2018
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Assassin of Shadows
by Lawrence Goldstone
Jun 04 2019
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The Assassin's Guide to Babysitting
by Natalie C. Parker
Jan 07 2025
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The Assassin's Song
by M.G. Vassanji
Aug 21 2007
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The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
by M.T. Anderson
Sep 25 2018
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The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: Stories
by Hilary Mantel
Sep 30 2014
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Assassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell
Apr 01 2005
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The Assassins Gallery
by David L. Robbins
Jul 25 2006
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Assassins of the Turquoise Palace
by Roya Hakakian
Sep 06 2011
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The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq
by George Packer
Oct 15 2005
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Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun: An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery
by Lois Winston
Jan 08 2011
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Assegai
by Wilbur Smith
May 12 2009
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The Assembler of Parts
by Raoul Wientzen
Sep 03 2013
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The Asset
by Shane Kuhn
Jul 12 2016
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The Associate
by John Grisham
Jan 27 2009
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The Associates: How Four Capitalists Created California
by Richard Rayner
Jan 01 2007
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Asterios Polyp
by David Mazzucchelli
Jul 07 2009
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The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System
by Dante Lauretta
Mar 19 2024
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Astonish Me
by Maggie Shipstead
Apr 08 2014
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume One: The Pox Party
by M. T. Anderson
Sep 12 2006
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves
by M.T. Anderson
Oct 14 2008
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Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
by Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe
Sep 19 2023
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The Astor Orphan: A Memoir
by Alexandra Aldrich
Apr 16 2013
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Astor Place Vintage
by Stephanie Lehmann
Jun 11 2013
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Astray
by Emma Donoghue
Oct 30 2012
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The Astrologer's Daughter
by Rebecca Lim
Jun 09 2015
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