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The Monkey's Paw
W.W. Jacobs

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1902

The Monkey Wrench Gang
Edward Abbey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Rod Serling

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 1960

The Moon Is Down
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1868

The Moor's Account
Laila Lalami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Moose
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1976

The Moral Bucket List
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 2015

The Mosquito Coast
Paul Theroux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1924

The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise
Colleen Oakley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mother
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1945

The Mother-in-Law
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Motorcycle Diaries
Che Guevara

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

The Mountain
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1952

The Mountain in the Sea
Ray Nayler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Mountains Sing
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Mountaintop
Katori Hall

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2011

The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1965

The Mousetrap
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1950

The Moviegoer
Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Munich Mannequins
Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1965

The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
Ibn Khaldun

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1377

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1841

The Murmur of Bees
Transl. Simon Bruni, Sofía Segovia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Museum of Failures
Thrity Umrigar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mushroom at the End of the World
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Music of Bees
Eileen Garvin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Music Of Dolphins
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1794

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1875

The Mysterious Stranger
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1916

The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel
Nita Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1870

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1942

The Myth of the Eternal Return
Mircea Eliade, Transl. Willard R. Trask

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949