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The Virgin of Small Plains
Nancy Pickard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Virgin's Lover
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
Ayn Rand

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1964

The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Vision of Emma Blau
Ursula Hegi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Visit
Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1956

The Visitation
Frank E. Peretti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Visitor
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story | Adult

The Visitors
Rebecca Mascull

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed.
Edward R. Tufte

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Vivisector
Patrick White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

The Vixen
Francine Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Vocation of Man
Johann Gottlieb Fichte

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Voice at the Back Door
Elizabeth Spencer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Volcano Lover
Susan Sontag

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Vor Game
Lois McMaster Bujold

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Vow: The Kim & Krickitt Carpenter Story
Kim Carpenter, John Perry, Krickett Carpenter

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

The Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1839

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Voyage of the Frog
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

The Voyage Out
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

V.
Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Vacation Wars
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
Rolf Potts, Timothy Ferriss

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Vagabond, Volume 1
Takehiko Inoue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Vain
Fisher Amelie

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Valentina
Carles Soldevila

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Valentine
Elizabeth Wetmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Valhalla Rising
Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Valiant
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Valiant Ambition
Nathaniel Philbrick

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

VALIS
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Valley of Silence
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Valley of the Dolls
Jacqueline Susann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Valley Song
Athol Fugard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

Valor
John Gwynne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Vampire Academy
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Vampire City
Paul Féval père

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Vampire High
Douglas Rees

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Vampire, Interrupted
Lynsay Sands

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Vampire Kisses
Ellen Schreiber

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2005

Vampire Knight, Vol. 1
Matsuri Hino

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Vampire Mountain
Darren Shan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Vampires of El Norte
Isabel Cañas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Vanessa and Her Sister
Priya Parmar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Van Gogh: The Life
Gregory White Smith, Steven Naifeh

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Vanish
Sophie Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa
R.A. Scotti

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Vanishing Act (Float, #2)
Laura Martin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Vanishing Acts
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Vanishing Girls
Lisa Regan, Lauren Oliver

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero
William Makepeace Thackeray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1847

Vanka
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1886

Variant
Robison Wells

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Varina
Charles Frazier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Vathek
William Beckford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1786

Vegetarianism and Occultism
Charles W. Leadbeater

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Veiled Sentiments
Lila Abu-Lughod

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Veil of Midnight
Lara Adrian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Veil of Roses
Laura Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Velocity
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Velocity Weapon (The Protectorate, #1)
Megan E. O'Keefe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
Rob Bell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Velvet Was the Night
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Vendetta in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Venetia
Georgette Heyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Vengeance in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Vengeful
Victoria Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Veniss Underground
Jeff VanderMeer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Venom
Jennifer Estep

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Venomous
Christopher Krovatin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Venus
Suzan-Lori Parks

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

Venus in Furs
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1870

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Jesse Q. Sutanto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Verify (Verify, #1)
Joelle Charbonneau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Verity
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Vermeer's Hat
Timothy Brook

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Vernon God Little
D.B.C. Pierre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Veronica
Mary Gaitskill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Veronika Decides To Die
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Vertigo
Joanna Walsh

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

Vespertine
Margaret Rogerson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

V for Vendetta
Alan Moore

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Vicious
L. J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016