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The Power Elite
C. Wright Mills

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1956

The Power of a Praying Wife
Stormie Omartian

Fiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Power of Concentration
Theron Q. Dumont

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Power of Mindful Learning
Ellen J. Langer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Power of Moments
Chip Heath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Power of One
Bryce Courtenay

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

The Power of Positive Thinking
Norman Vincent Peale

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1952

The Power of Six
Pittacus Lore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Power of Sympathy
William Hill Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1789

The Power of the Dog
Thomas Savage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)
Don Winslow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Joseph Murphy

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1963

The Power That Preserves
Stephen R. Donaldson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
Bertrand Russell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Practice of the Presence of God
Joseph de Beaufort, Brother Lawrence

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
Seth Godin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Praise Singer
Mary Renault

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Prayer Box
Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Praying Mantises
Hubert Monteilhet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Preacher
Steven T. Murray, Camilla Läckberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class
Guy Standing

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
Toby Ord

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Prefect
Alastair Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir
Gaby Rodriguez

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2012

The Prelude
William Wordsworth

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1799

The Premonition
Banana Yoshimoto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life
Erving Goffman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
Carmine Gallo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The President
Miguel Ángel Asturias

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The President is Missing
Bill Clinton, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The President's Daughter
James Patterson, Bill Clinton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The President's Lady
Irving Stone

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996

The President’s Wife
Tracey Enerson Wood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Prestige
Christopher Priest

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Prey (The Prey, #1)
Tom Isbell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Price of Inequality
Joseph E. Stiglitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Price of my Soul
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1969

The Price of Salt
Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Prince and the Dressmaker
Jen Wang

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2018

The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1881

The Prince of Fenway Park
Julianna Baggott

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Prince of Frogtown
Rick Bragg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood
Richard Blanco

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Prince of Mist
Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

The Princes of Ireland (The Dublin Saga, #1)
Edward Rutherfurd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Princess and the Goblin
George MacDonald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1872

The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Deya Muniz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Princess Bride
William Goldman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Princess of Babylon
Voltaire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Princess Spy (Hagenheim, #5)
Melanie Dickerson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome, #1)
Katherine Reay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Prison Book Club
Ann Walmsley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Prison Doctor
Amanda Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Prisoner (John Wells, #11)
Alex Berenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Prisoner of Chillon
James Patrick Kelly

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1986

The Prisoner Of Heaven
Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Prisoner of Zenda
Richard Wilbur

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Prisoner's Throne
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Prison Healer
Lynette Noni

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Vincent Starrett

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult

The Privilege of Youth
Dave Pelzer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

The Prize
Jill Bialosky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
Daniel Yergin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Probability of Everything
Sarah Everett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Probability Of Miracles
Wendy Wunder

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Probable Future
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Problem Child
Peter Ferguson, Michael Buckley

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

The Problem of Pain
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1940

The Problem of Social Cost
R. H. Coase

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1960

The Problem with Forever
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Problem with Murmur Lee
Connie May Fowler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Procrastinator's Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now
Rita Emmett

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2000