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A Bag of Marbles
Joseph Joffo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

A Bell for Adano
John Hersey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1944

A Bend in the Road
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

A Bone from a Dry Sea
Peter Dickinson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

A Book of Common Prayer
Joan Didion

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A Break with Charity
Ann Rinaldi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

A Bright Shining Lie
Neil Sheehan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

Baltasar and Blimunda
José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Bang the Drum Slowly
Mark Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

Banker to the Poor
Muhammad Yunus

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Barabbas
Pär Lagerkvist

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

Barchester Towers
Anthony Trollope

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1857

Barefoot Heart
Elva Trevino Hart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Bark
Lorrie Moore

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

Barkskins
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Barney Frank
Stuart Weisberg

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Barney's Version
Mordecai Richler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Bartholomew Fair
Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1614

Baseball Fever
Johanna Hurwitz

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

Baseball Great
Tim Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Basketball (And Other Things)
Shea Serrano

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Battle Cry of Freedom
James M. Mcpherson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Baudelaire
Joanna Richardson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1964

Baudolino
Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Baumgartner's Bombay
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Bayou Farewell
Mike Tidwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Bearing the Cross
David J. Garrow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1986

Bears Discover Fire
Terry Bisson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1990

Bearskin
James A. Mclaughlin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Beastly
Alex Flinn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Beasts of No Nation
Uzodinma Iweala

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin (film)

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1973

Beatrice And Virgil
Yann Martel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Beaufort
Ron Leshem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Beautiful Darkness
Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Beautiful Losers
Leonard Cohen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Beauty and Sadness
Yasunari Kawabata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Beauty Queens
Libba Bray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Be Careful What You Wish For
Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Becoming Dr. Q
Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Mim Eichler Rivas

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Becoming Ms. Burton
Cari Lynn, Susan Burton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Beer and Circus
Murray A. Sperber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Bee Season
Myla Goldberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Before Stonewall
Andrea Weiss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Danielle Evans

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2010

Be Frank With Me
Julia Claiborne Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Beginners
Raymond Carver

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1981

Behind a Mask
Louisa May Alcott

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1866

Behind the Mask of Chivalry
Nancy Maclean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Being Born
Sheila Kitzinger

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Beka Lamb
Zee Edgell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

Belfast Diary
John Conroy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Believarexic
J.J. Johnson

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2015

Believers: A Novella and Stories
Charles Baxter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Belle Epoque
Elizabeth Ross

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Bellefleur
Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Belle Prater's Boy
Ruth White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Bellweather Rhapsody
Kate Racculia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Belzhar
Meg Wolitzer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Beneath My Mother's Feet
Amjed Qamar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Beneath Our Feet
R. H. Vernon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Maaza Mengiste

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Benediction
Kent Haruf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Ben Jonson: A Life
Ian Donaldson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Bento Box in the Heartland
Linda Furiya

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Beowulf for Cretins: A Love Story
Ann Mcman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Be Recorder
Carmen Giménez Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Berlin Alexanderplatz
Alfred Doblin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Betrayal
Houston A. Baker Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Betrayed by Rita Hayworth
Manuel Puig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Betsey Brown
Ntozake Shange

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Bettyville
George Hodgman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Between the Assassinations
Aravind Adiga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Marcus Rediker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Between the Lines
Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Beware of the Dog
Brian Moore (Pitbull)

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Be With
Forrest Gander

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
Elaine Pagels

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Beyond God the Father
Mary Daly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

Beyond Katrina
Natasha Trethewey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Beyond the Burning Time
Kathryn Lasky

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Beyond the Chocolate War
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

Beyond the Pale
Emily Urquhart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Big Bertha Stories
Bobbie Ann Mason

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1982

Big Game
Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2015

Big Sur
Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

Billy Bathgate
E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Biloxi Blues
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1985

Birds of Paradise
Diana Abu-Jaber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Birds Without Wings
Louis De Bernières

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Birthmarked
Caragh M. O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

B Is for Burglar
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Bitterblue
Kristin Cashore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Bitter Fruit
Achmat Dangor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Bitter Grounds
Sandra Benitez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Black and Blue
Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Black and White
Jerri Blair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Black Apollo of Science
Kenneth R. Manning

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1983

Blackberry Winter
Robert Penn Warren

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1946

Blackbird Fly
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Black Box
Amos Oz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Black Butler
Yana Toboso

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

Black Dogs
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Black Duck
Janet Taylor Lisle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Black Edge
Sheelah Kolhatkar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary
Joe Jackson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Black Gold
Marguerite Henry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1957

Black in Selma
J. L. Chestnut Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Rebecca West

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1941

Black Light: Stories
Kimberly King Parsons

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat
Russell Banks

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1970

Blackout
John J. Nance

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Black Privilege
Charlamagne Tha God

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Black Swan
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

Black Water Rising
Attica Locke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Black, White, and Jewish
Rebecca Walker

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Bleeding Edge: A Novel
Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2006

Blood and Chocolate
Annette Curtis Klause

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Blood, Bones and Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2011

Blood Brothers
Willy Russell

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1983

Blood Red Horse
K.M. Grant

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Blood Relations
Lisa M. Tillman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Bloodsworth
Tim Junkin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Bloodties
Ted Kerasote

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Blood, Tin, Straw
Sharon Olds

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

Blood Water Paint
Joy McCullough

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Blue Angel
Francine Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Blueback
Tim Winton

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1997

Blue Calhoun
Reynolds Price

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Blue Hole Back Home
Joy Jordan-Lake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Blue Lily, Lily Blue
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Blue Nights
Joan Didion

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Blues for an Alabama Sky
Pearl Cleage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

Blues for Mister Charlie
James Baldwin

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

Bobos in Paradise
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Boccaccio
Thomas G. Bergin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

Body in Question
Jonathan Miller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

Boesman and Lena
Athol Fugard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1969

Bog Child
Siobhan Dowd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Bombingham
Anthony Grooms

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Bondage
David Henry Hwang

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

Bonechiller
Graham McNamee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Bonjour Tristesse
Francoise Sagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Book of Ages
Jill Lepore

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Book of a Thousand Days
Shannon Hale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Book of Common Prayer
Thomas Cranmer

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 1549

Book of Revelation
John the Apostle

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 90

Book of the Dead
Greig Beck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Books for Living
Will Schwalbe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Bookstore
Lynne Tillman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

Boomsday
Christopher Buckley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Boomtown Blues
Andrew Gulliford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Boot Camp
Todd Strasser

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
Elizabeth Partridge

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Border Crossing
Caitlin Maling

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Boris Godunov
Alexander Pushkin

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1825

Born At Midnight
C.C. Hunter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Born Confused
Tanuja Desai Hidier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Born Standing Up
Steve Martin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Born to Run
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Borrowed Finery
Paula Fox

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Botchan
Natsume Sōseki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1906

Bottled Up
Jaye Murray

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Bowlaway
Elizabeth McCracken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Boxers and Saints
Gene Yang

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Box of Shocks
Chris McMahen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Boy Erased
Garrard Conley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Boyhood
J. M. Coetzee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Boy Kings of Texas
Domingo Martinez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Boy Nobody
Allen Zadoff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Boy's Life
Robert Mccammon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Boys Without Names
Kashmira Sheth

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Boy Toy
Barry Lyga

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Brain Jack
Brian Falkner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Brave Companions
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

Bread and Roses: Sonja Davies, Her Story
Sonja Davies

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1983

Bread and Roses, Too
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Breaking Beautiful
Jennifer Shaw Wolf

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Breaking Trail
Arlene Blum

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1979

Breath
Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Breathing Lessons
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Breathing Out the Ghost
Kirk Curnutt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It
Sundee T. Frazier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Briar Rose
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Brida
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Bridge of Sighs
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
David Foster Wallace

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

Bright and Morning Star
Richard Wright

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1938

Brighton Rock
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1938

Bright, Precious Days
Jay Mcinerney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Brimstone
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
Ben Mezrich

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

Broadway Bound
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1986

Broken for You
Stephanie Kallos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Broken Glass
Adrian Stirling

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Broken Harbour
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Broken Trail
Alan Geoffrion

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Broken Verses
Kamila Shamsie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Bronx Primitive
Kate Simon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1961

Brothers and Keepers
John Edgar Wideman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1984

Brother to a Dragonfly
Will D. Campbell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

Bruised Hibiscus
Elizabeth Nunez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Bruno's Dream
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Bucking the Sarge
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Buddha Boy
Kathe Koja

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Building a Bridge to the 18th Century
Neil Postman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Building Stories
Chris Ware

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Bull Rider
Suzanne Morgan Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Burger's Daughter
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Buried Child
Sam Shepard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1978

Burned
Ellen Hopkins

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2006

Burning Girls
Veronica Schanoes

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2013

Burning Midnight
Loren D. Estleman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Burn the Place: A Memoir
Iliana Regan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Bury the Chains
Adam Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Bus Stop
William Inge

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955

Butcher's Crossing
John Edward Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

But That Was Yesterday
Kathleen Eagle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

By Any Other Name
Laura Jarratt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

By Nightfall
Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

By Night in Chile
Roberto Bolaño

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2000

By the Light of My Father's Smile
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

BZRK
Michael Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Carson McCullers

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1951

The Ball and the Cross
G. K. Chesterton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1909

The Baltimore Waltz
Paula Vogel

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1992

The Bamboo Dancers
N. V. M. Gonzalez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Bark Tree
Raymond Queneau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

The Baron in the Trees
Italo Calvino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Basement Room
Graham Greene

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1935

The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel
David Rabe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1971

The Bat Poet
Randall Jarrell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

The Battle for Christmas
Stephen Nissenbaum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Battle of Jericho
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Beach Trees
Karen White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Beast in the Garden
David Baron

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Beatles
Bob Spitz

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

The Beautiful Room Is Empty
Edmund White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Beautiful Side of Evil
Johanna Michaelsen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

The Beauty and the Sorrow
Peter Englund

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Martin McDonagh

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

The Beekeeper's Apprentice
Laurie R. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness
Joel Ben Izzy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

The Beggar Maid
Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

The Beggar's Opera
John Gay

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1728

The Behavior of the Hawkweeds
Andrea Barrett

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1994

The Believers
Zoë Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Belle of Amherst
William Luce

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1976

The Bells
Richard Harvell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Belly of Paris
Émile Zola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1873

The Berlin Stories
Christopher Isherwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

The Berlin Wall
Frederick Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Bermuda Triangle
Charles Berlitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

The Best And The Brightest
David Halberstam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

The Best Laid Plans
Terry Fallis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Betrayal
Helen Dunmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Bicycle Diaries
David Kroodsma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Big Bad Wolf
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Big Money
John Dos Passos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

The Big Necessity
Rose George

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Big Over Easy
Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Big Sea
Langston Hughes

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1940

The Bingo Palace
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Bird Artist
Howard Norman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Bitter Season
Tami Hoag

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Black Arrow
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1888

The Black Count
Tom Reiss

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

The Black God's Drums
P. Djèlí Clark

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Black Hand
Stephan Talty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Blackwater Lightship
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Blazing World
Siri Hustvedt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Blind Man
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1914

The Blind Watchmaker: Why The Evidence Of Evolution Reveals A Universe Without Design
Richard Dawkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Blood Knot
Athol Fugard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1961

The Blood of Flowers
Anita Amirrezvani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Bloody Chamber
Angela Carter

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

The Blue Flower
Penelope Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Blue Sword
Robin McKinley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Boat
Nam Le

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2008

The Body Artist
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2001

The Body Farm
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Body of Christopher Creed
Carol Plum-Ucci

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Body Project
Joan Jacobs Brumberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Bonesetter's Daughter
Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Bone Tree
Greg Iles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Book of Aron
Jim Shepard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Book of Boy
Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Book of Chameleons
Jose Eduardo Agualusa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Book of Disquiet
Fernando Pessoa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Book of Embraces
Eduardo Galeano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989