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1375 books starting with "A"

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Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone
by Kat Rosenfield
Jul 05 2012
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Amelia, If Only
by Becky Albertalli
Jun 10 2025
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America: The Last Best Hope (Volume I) : From the Age of Discovery to a World at War
by William J. Bennett
May 23 2006
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America 1933: The Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Shaping of the New Deal
by Michael Golay
Jun 04 2013
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America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation
by David Goldfield
Mar 15 2011
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America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present
by John Ghazvinian
Jan 26 2021
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América del Norte
by Nicolás Medina Mora
May 07 2024
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America Fantastica: A Novel
by Tim O'Brien
Oct 24 2023
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America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War
by H. W. Brands
Sep 24 2024
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America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
by Erika Lee
Nov 26 2019
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America Is Elsewhere: The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer Culture
by Erik Dussere
Nov 01 2013
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America Libre
by Raul Ramos y Sanchez
Jul 29 2009
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America Pacifica: A Novel
by Anna North
May 18 2011
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America's Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve
by Roger Lowenstein
Oct 20 2015
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America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy
by Dr. Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar
Nov 14 2023
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America's Constitution: A Biography
by Akhil Reed Amar
Sep 13 2005
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America's First Daughter: A Novel
by Stephanie Dray
Mar 01 2016
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America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story
by Bruce Feiler
Oct 01 2009
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America, Let Me In: A Choose Your Immigration Story
by Felipe Torres Medina
Mar 11 2025
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America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries
by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
May 26 2026
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The American: A Special Edition of A Very Private Gentleman
by Martin Booth
Aug 17 2010
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American Adulterer
by Jed Mercurio
Jul 07 2009
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American Afterlife: Encounters in the Customs of Mourning
by Kate Sweeney
Mar 15 2014
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The American Agent: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
by Jacqueline Winspear
Mar 26 2019
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American Alt: A True Story of Madness and Friendship in a Fractured Country
by Chris Lockhart
Jul 07 2026
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American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle Between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
by Michael Willrich
Oct 31 2023
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American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption
by Gabrielle Glaser
Jan 26 2021
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An American Beauty: A Novel of the Gilded Age Inspired by the True Story of Arabella Huntington Who Became the Richest Woman in the Country
by Shana Abe
Apr 25 2023
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American Betiya
by Anuradha D. Rajurkar
Mar 09 2021
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American Bloods: The Untamed Dynasty That Shaped a Nation
by John Kaag
May 14 2024
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