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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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Atherton #1: The House of Power
by Patrick Carman
Apr 03 2007
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Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
by Simon Winchester
Nov 01 2010
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Atlantic Fever: Lindbergh, His Competitors, and the Race to Cross the Atlantic
by Joe Jackson
May 08 2012
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The Atlantic Ocean: Reports from Britain and America
by Andrew O'Hagan
Jan 22 2013
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Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America
by Craig Childs
May 01 2018
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The Atlas of Forgotten Places
by Jenny D. Williams
Jul 11 2017
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An Atlas of Impossible Longing: A Novel
by Anuradha Roy
Apr 05 2011
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Atlas of the Invisible: Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World
by James Cheshire, Oliver Uberti
Nov 09 2021
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Atlas of Unknowns
by Tania James
Apr 21 2009
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The Atmospherians
by Alex McElroy
May 18 2021
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The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor
by William Langewiesche
May 15 2007
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The Atomic City Girls
by Janet Beard
Feb 06 2018
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Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters
by Serhii Plokhy
May 17 2022
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The Atrocity Archives
by Charles Stross
May 01 2004
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The Attack
by Yasmina Khadra
May 09 2006
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Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick
by Joe Schreiber
Oct 25 2011
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama
Oct 17 2006
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The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory
by David Plouffe
Nov 03 2009
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Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America
by James Poniewozik
Sep 10 2019
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Audition: A Novel
by Katie Kitamura
Apr 08 2025
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The Audrey Hepburn Treasures
by Ellen Erwin & Jessica Z. Diamond
Oct 03 2006
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Aug 9 - Fog
by Kathryn Scanlan
Jun 04 2019
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Augie's Quest: One Man's Journey from Success to Significance
by Augie Nieto, T.R. Pearson
Nov 13 2007
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August and Everything After
by Jennifer Doktorski
May 01 2018
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August Blue: A Novel
by Deborah Levy
Jun 06 2023
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August Wilson: A Life
by Patti Hartigan
Aug 15 2023
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Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna: An Auntie Poldi Adventure
by Mario Giordano
Mar 05 2019
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Auraria: A Novel
by Tim Westover
Mar 03 2012
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Aurelia, Aurélia: A Memoir
by Kathryn Davis
Mar 01 2022
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Aurora: A Novel
by David Koepp
Jun 07 2022
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