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- La Ferté-MilonLa Ferté-Milon (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-F
- La GalateaLa Galatea (Spanish pronunciation: ) was Miguel de Cervantes’ first book, published in 158
- Lachine, QuebecBorough of Montreal in Quebec, Canada
- Lady-in-waitingFemale personal assistant to a high-ranking noblewoman or royal
- Langston HughesAmerican writer and social activist (1901–1967)
- Lao SheChinese writer (1899–1966)
- Lataif-e-SittaSpecial organs of perception in Sufi spiritual psychology
- Le TestamentLe Testament is a collection of poetry composed in 1461 by François Villon. Le Testament,
- LehrstückeThe Lehrstücke (German pronunciation: ; singular Lehrstück) are a radical and experimental
- Lemuel GulliverLemuel Gulliver () is the fictional protagonist and narrator of Gulliver's Travels, a nove
- Leo TolstoyRussian writer (1828–1910)
- LepidopterologyLepidopterology (from Ancient Greek λεπίδος (lepídos) 'scale' πτερόν (pterón) 'wing' and -
- Lewis CarrollBritish author and scholar (1832–1898)
- Li BaiChinese poet (701–762)
- LibertinePerson who rejects common moral or sexual restraints that are deemed undesirable
- Life on the MississippiLife on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the
- Literary genreCategory of literary composition
- Literary modernismWestern literary movement, originating in the late 19th century
- Literary realismLiterary genre and movement
- Lope de VegaSpanish playwright and poet (1562–1635)
- Lord ByronBritish poet (1788–1824)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/ThrillerThe Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller, established in 2000, is a category
- Lowell, MassachusettsCity in Massachusetts, United States
- Lu Hsun (crater)Lu Hsun is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 98 kilometers. Its name was adopted b
- Lu XunChinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
- Lucian2nd-century Syrian satirist and rhetorician
- Lucky Starr seriesLucky Starr is the hero of a series of science fiction books by Isaac Asimov, using the pe
- Luigi PirandelloSicilian dramatist, novelist, poet, short story writer (1867–1936)
- Luís de CamõesPortuguese poet (c. 1524–1580)