Inventory: L

Choderlos de Laclos

• Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Novel (Epistles), 1995

Selma Lagerlöf — 19;20th Century Swedish Author [First Nobel Prize]

• The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson, Fable Collection, 2021

Pär Lagerkvist

• Barabbas, Novel, 1998

Jhumpa Lahiri

• Interpreter of Maladies, Shortstory Collection, 2002
• The Namesake, Novel, 2003

Laing

• Knots, Poetry Collection

George Lakoff

• Metaphors We Live By, Non-Fiction (Literature), 2006 [with Mark Johnson]

Lamantia

• The Blood of the Air, Poetry Collection

Charles Lamb

• A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig, Essay Collection, 2019

Daphne Lamb — 21st Century Author

A Girls’ Guide to the Apocalypse. Novel, 2019

Wally Lamb

• She’s Come Undone, Novel, 1997

Lamont

• Lover’s Credo, Poetry Collection

Giuseppe di Lampedusa

• The Leopard, Novel, 1968

Lancour

• The Lerios Mecca, Science Fiction Novel, 1977

Tracy Lange — 21st Century American Author

• We Are the Brennans: A Novel, Novel, 2024

Langland

• Piers Plowman, Poetry Collection, 1969

Joe R. Lansdale — 21st Century American Writer

• Bubba Ho-Tep, Short Novel, 2017
• Bubba and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers, Novel, 2022

Largo

• Southern Comfort, Adventure Novel

Nella Larsen

• Passing, Novel, 2002

Reif Larsen

• The Collected Works of T. S. Spivet, Novel, 2010

Richard Lattimore — 20th Century American Classicist

• The Iliad of Homer, Epic, 2022

Keith Laumer

• Bolo, Science Fiction Novel
• The Glory Game, Science Fiction Novel, 1977
• The Infinite Cage, Science Fiction Novel, 1977
• Night of Delusions, Science Fiction Novel, 1977

Le Comte de Lautréamont [Isidore Ducasse] — Nineteenth Century French Author

• Les Chants de Maldoror, Novel, 2007

Bertrand Laverdure — 21st Century Canadian Author

• Readopolis, Novel, 2021

David Herbert Lawrence

• The Rainbow, Novel, 1993/2021
• Sons and Lovers, Novel, 1994
• Women In Love, Novel, 2019
• The Plumed Serpent, Novel, 2020
• The Fox, Short Novel, 2020
• The White Peacock, Novel, 2020

T. E. Lawrence — 20th Century Mensch

• Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Memoir/History, 2020

John Edward Lawson — 21st Century Writer of Bizarro Fiction

• Truth in Ruins, Short Novel, 2007
• Pocket Full of Loose Razor Blades, Story Collection, 2008

 Halldor Laxness — 20th Century Icelandic Author

• Independent People, Novel, 2020

David Leavitt — 20th Century American Author

• The Lost Language of Cranes: A Novel, Novel, 2020

Maurice Leblanc — 20th Century French Author

• Arsene Lupin, Novel, 2024

Sergei Lebedev — 21st Century Russian Author

• The Year of the Comet, Novel, 2021

John Le Carré — 20th Century British Author & Spy

• The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, Novel, 2014
• Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy, Novel, 2014
• The Little Drummer Girl, Novel, 2023
• The Honorable Schoolboy, Novel, 2023

J. M. G. Le Clézio — 21st Century French Author [Nobel Prize 2008]

• Onitsha, Novel, 2009
• The Prospector, Novel, 2012
• Desert, Novel, 2014
• The Interrogation, Novel, 2015
• The Flood, Novel, 2021
• The African, Memoir, 2021

Violette Leduc — 20th Century French Author

• La Bâtarde, Memoir, 2010
• The Old Maid and the Dead Man, Short Novel, 2009
• The Woman with the Little Fox, Short Novel, 2009
• The Golden Buttons, Novel, 2009
• Thérèse and Isabelle, Story, 2018

Lee

• My Many-Coated Man, Poetry Collection

Chang-rae Lee

• A Gesture Life, Novel, 2003
• Aloft, Novel, 2004
• Native Speaker, Novel, 2007

Don Lee — 21st Century Japanese/American writer

• Country of Origin, Novel, 2012

Harper Lee

• To Kill a Mockingbird, Novel, 1963

Min Jin Lee — 21st Century Korea/American Author

• Pachinko, Novel, 2020

J. Sheridan Le Fanu

• Wylder’s Hand, Novel, 2006
• The Wyvern Mystery, Novel, 2008
• The Evil Guest, Novel, 2013

Ursula K. Le Guin

• The Dispossessed, Science Fiction Novel, 1977
• The Farthest Shore, Science Fiction Novel, 1977
• Rocannon’s World, Science Fiction Novel, 1977
• The Tombs of Atuan, Science Fiction Novel, 1977
• Very Far Away From Anywhere Else, Science Fiction Novel, 1977
• A Wizard of Earthsea, Science Fiction Novel, 1977
• The Word For World Is Forest, Science Fiction Novel, 1977
• Left Hand of Darkness, 1976, Science Fiction Novel
• Lavinia, Novel, 2010
• The New Atlantis, Story, 2016

John L’Heureux

• The Handmaid of Desire, Novel, 2003

Fritz Leiber

• The Wanderer, Science Fiction Novel, 1977/2020

Stanislav Lem

• Memoirs Found In a Bathtub, Popular Fiction (Novel)

Ernest Lehman — 20th Century American Screenwriter

• Sweet Smell of Success, Short Novel, 2022

Asha Lemmie — 21st Century American Author

• Fifty Words For Rain, Novel, 2020

Madeleine L’Engle

• A Wrinkle In Time, Juvenile Novel, 2002

J. Robert Lennon — 21st Century Author

• Happyland, Novel, 2014

Frank Lentricchia — 20th Century Writer

• The Accidental Pallbearer, Novel, 2016

Elmore Leonard

• La Brava, Mystery Novel
• Cat Chaser, Mystery Novel
• City Primeval, Mystery Novel
• Glitz, Mystery Novel
• Gold Coast, Mystery Novel
• Split Images, Mystery Novel
• Stick, Mystery Novel
• Unknown Man No. 89, Mystery Novel
• Rum Punch (Jackie Brown), Mystery Novel, 2015
• Three Ten To Yuma and Other Stories, Short Stories (Western), 2022

Leonard Leokum

• Weather War, Science Fiction Novel [with Paul Posnick], 1975

Edan Lepucki

• California, Novel, 2015
• Woman No. 17, Novel, 2024

Mikhail Lermontov — 19th Century Russian Author

• A Hero of Our Time, Novel, 2021

Ben Lerner — 21st Century American Writer

• The Topeka School. Novel, 2020

Gaston Leroux

• The Phantom of the Opera, Novel, 1987

Doris Lessing

• The Memoirs of a Survivor, Popular Fiction (Novel)
• The Golden Notebook, Novel, 2018
• The Fifth Child, Novel, 2021

Lé The Diem Thúy — 21st Century Vietnamese Author

• The Gangster We Are All Looking For, Memoir, 2921

Jonathan Lethem

• Motherless Brooklyn, Novel, 2004
• Chronic City, Novel, 2024

Billie Letts

• Where the Heart Is, Novel, 2000
• The Honk and Holler Opening Soon, Novel, 2003
• Shoot the Moon, Novel, 2006

Steve Leveen

• The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life, Non-Fiction, 2014

Jeremy Leven

• Creator, Science Fiction Novel, 1977

Denise Levertov

• To Stay Alive, Poetry Collection

Arthur Levett — 20th Century Writer

• A Martian Examines Christianity, Fable, 2021

Carlo Levi — 20th Century Italian Writer

• Christ Stopped at Eboli, Novel, 1968
• The Watch, Novel, 2001

Primo Levi — 20th Century Italian Writer, Chemist, Holocaust Survivor

• The Periodic Table, Novel, 2014

(Steve) Levine

• The Feed They Lion, Poetry Collection
• Prophecy In Bridgeport and Other Poems, Poetry Collection
• Red Dust, Poetry Collection

Ira Levin

• Rosemary’s Baby, Novel Suspense, 1964
• The Stepford Wives, Novel Suspense, 1972
• This Perfect Day, Popular Fiction (Novel), 1972
• Sliver, Novel Suspense, 1997

Justine Lévy — 21st century French author

• Le Rendez-Vous, Novel, 2006

Clive Staples Lewis — 20th Century British Author

• Out of the Silent Planet, Fantasy Novel, 1965
• Perelandra, Fantasy Novel, 1965
• The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Fantasy Novel, 1973
• Prince Caspian, Fantasy Novel, 1973
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Fantasy Novel, 1973
• The Silver Chair, Fantasy Novel, 1973
• An Experiment in Criticism, Essay, 2007

James P. Lewis

• How To Build and Manage a Winning Project Team, Non-Fiction (Business), 1998

Matthew Lewis — 19th Century British Author and Dramatist

• The Monk, Novel, 2019

Sinclair Lewis — 20th Century American Novelist

• Arrowsmith, Novel, 1963
• Babbitt, Novel, 1986
• Main Street, Novel, 1996
• Kingsblood Royal, Novel, 2002
• It Can’t Happen Here, Novel, 2017
• Elmer Gantry, Novel, 2020
• Dodsworth, Novel, 2021
• Cass Timberlane, Novel, 2022
• Gideon Planish, Novel, 2022
• Bethel Merriday, Novel, 2022

Marina Lewycka — 21st Century British Author

• A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Novel, 2007

Mark Leyner — 20th Century American Novelist

• My Cousin, My Gastoenterologist, Short Story Collection, 1998
• Et Tu, Babe, Novel, 1999

Lillian Li — 21st Century Chinese/American Author

• Number One Chinese Restaurant, Novel, 2019

Yan Lianke — 21st Century Chinese Author

• The Years, Months, Days, Short Novel Collection, 2018
• Three Brothers, Novel, 2022

Alan Lightman — 20th Century American Novelist

• Einstein’s Dreams, Novel, 1997
• Good Benito, Novel, 1997
• The Diagnosis, Novel, 2001
• Ghost, Novel, 2011
• Mr g, Novel, 2014

Alice Lightner (Hopf)

• The Thursday Toads, Science Fiction Novel, 1977

Lillo — English Dramatist

• Fatal Curiosity, Drama, 1967
• The London Merchant, Drama, 1967

Tao Lin — 21st Century American Author (Taiwanese Decent)

• Taipei, Novel, 2017

Jacob Lind

• Landscape In Concrete, Novel

Elinor Lipman

• The Inn at Lake Devine, Novel, 2005

Laura Lippman — 21st Century American Author

• Lady In the Lake, Novel, 2019

Dmitry Lipskerov — 21st Century Russian Author

• The Tool & the Butterflies, Novel, 2105

Sam Lipsyte

• The Subject Steve, Novel, 2006
• Home Land, Novel, 2007
• The Ask, Novel, 2011
• Hark, Novel, 2019

Gordon Lish — 20th Century American Editor and Author

• Dear Mr. Capote, Novel, 2006
• Krupp’s Lulu, Story Collection, 2006
• Peru, Novel, 2017

Clarice Lispector — 20th Century Brazilian Author

• The Hour of the Star, Short Novel, 2009
• Family Ties, Story Collection, 2009
• The Passion According to G. H., Novel, 2010
• Near To the Wild Heart, Novel, 2010/2016

Jonathan Littel — 21st Century French/American Author

• The Kindly Ones: A Novel, Novel, 2021

Julio Llamazares — 21st Century Spanish Author

• The Yellow Rain, Novel, 2004

Richard Llewellyn — 20th Century English Author

• How Green Was My Valley, Novel, 1999

Mario Vargas Llosa — 20th Century Peruvian Author

• In Praise of the Stepmother, Novel, 1998
• The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto, Novel, 1999
• The Feast of the Goat, Novel, 2009
• Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Novel, 2015
• The Bad Girl, Novel, 2022
• Who Killed Palomino Molero, Novel, 2022
• The War of the End of the World, Novel, 2024
• Harsh Times, Novel, 2024

Patrician Lockwood — 21st Century American Poet and Author

• No One Is Talking About This, Novel, 2104

David Lodge — 20th Century British Author

• The British Museum in Falling Down, Novel, 2003
• Home Truths, Short Novel, 2003
• Changing Places, Novel, 2003
• Small World, Novel 2003
• Nice Work, Novel, 2003
• The Art of Fiction, Essays, 2004
• Author, Author, Novel, 2006
• The Picturegoers, Novel, 2018
• Therapy, Novel, 2021

Daniel Loedel — 21st Century American/Argentine Author

• Hades, Argentina, Novel, 2104

Stephen Londergan

• Lotus Notes 4.5 for Dummies, Non-Fiction, 1999 [with Pat Freeland]

Jack London — 19th Century American Writer and Journalist

• The Call of the Wild, Novel, 1997
• White Fang, Novel, 1997
• The Sea Wolfe, Novel, 1997
• The People of the Abyss, Essay, 2007
• Before Adam, Novel, 2007
• The Iron Heel, Novel, 2012
• Martin Eden, Novel, 2020

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• Evangeline, 1958, Poem
• The Song of Hiawatha, 1958, Poem

Frederico Garcia Lorca

• Blood Wedding, Drama, 1965

H. P. Lovecraft

• The Doom That Came to Saranath, Horror Story Collection, 1973
• Tales of Cthulhu Part I, Horror Story Collection, 1973
• Tales of Cthulhu Part II, Horror Story Collection, 1973

James Lovegrove — 21st Century British Author

• Sherlock Holmes: The Thinking Engine, Novel, 2018

Gwen Lowery

• Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 4.0 for Windows and the Macintosh, Non-Fiction, 1999

Malcolm Lowry

• Under the Volcano, Novel, 2011

Robert Ludlum — 20th Century American Novelist

• The Aquitaine Progression, 1984, Adventure Novel
• The Bourne Identity, 1985, Adventure Novel
• The Chancellor Manuscript, 1985, Adventure Novel
• The Gemini Contenders, 1985, Adventure Novel
• The Holcroft Covenant, 1985, Adventure Novel
• The Matarese Circle, 1985, Adventure Novel
• The Matlock Paper, 1985, Adventure Novel
• The Osterman Weekend, 1985, Adventure Novel
• The Parsifal Mosaic, 1985, Adventure Novel
• The Rhinemann Exchange, 1985, Adventure Novel
• The Road to Gandolfo, 1985, Adventure Novel
• The Scarlatti Inheritance, 1985, Adventure Novel

Mike Lupica — 21st Century American Author

• Robert B. Parker’s Fool’s Paradise, Novel, 2022
• Robert B. Parker’s Stone’s Throw, Novel, 2022
• Robert B. Parker’s Blood Feud, Novel, 2023
• Robert B. Parker’s Fallout, Novel, 2023
• Robert B. Parker’s Grudge Match, Novel, 2023
• Robert B. Parker’s Payback, Novel, 2023

Richard A. Lupoff

• The Crack In the Sky, Science Fiction Novel, 1977
• The Triune Man, Science Fiction Novel, 1977

Alison Lurie — 20th Century American Novelist

• The War Between the Tates, Popular Fiction (Novel), 1986

Gary Lutz — 21st Century American Author

• Stories In the Worst Way, Short Story Collection, 2020

Barry Lyga — 21st Century American Author (YA)

• I Hunt Killers, Novel, 2014
• The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, Novel (Juvenile), 2015
• Goth Girl Rising, Novel (Juvenile), 2021
• Boy Toy, Novel (Juvenile), 2021

John Lyons

• Chomsky, Non-Fiction (Biography), 1973

Jean-François Lyotard

• The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, Non-Fiction, 2004