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Blurred Lines
Lauren Layne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bob
Wendy Mass, Rebecca Stead

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Bobos in Paradise
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Boccaccio
Thomas G. Bergin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

Bodega Dreams
Ernesto Quiñonez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Body Double
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Body in Question
Jonathan Miller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

Body of Evidence
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Body Ritual Among the Nacirema (Reprint Series in Social Sciences)

Nonfiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1975

Body Work (V.I. Warshawski, #14)
Sara Paretsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Boesman and Lena
Athol Fugard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1969

Bog Child
Siobhan Dowd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Bolívar: American Liberator
Marie Arana

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Bombingham
Anthony Grooms

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
Steve Sheinkin

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Bondage
David Henry Hwang

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

Bonded by Thorns
Elizabeth Helen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Bonded in Death (In Death, #60)
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Bonds of Hercules
Jasmine Mas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Bone
Jeff Smith

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 1991

Bone Black
bell hooks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996

Bonechiller
Graham McNamee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Bone Crier's Moon
Kathryn Purdie

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

Bone Dance
Emma Bull

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Bone Gap
Laura Ruby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Bones & All
Camille DeAngelis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Bones Are Forever
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Bones Don't Lie
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Boneshaker
Cherie Priest

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Bones Never Lie (Temperance Brennan, #17)
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Bones of the Hills
Conn Iggulden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Bones to Ashes
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Bone: Tall Tales
Jeff Smith, Thomas E. Sniegoski

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 2010

Bonfire
Krysten Ritter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Eric Metaxas

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Bonjour Tristesse
Francoise Sagan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1954

Booked
Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Booked to Die (Cliff Janeway, #1)
John Dunning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Bookends
Jane Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Book Love
Debbie Tung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Book Lovers
Emily Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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 Hosea (Bible, #28)
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 721

Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1950

Book of Night
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Book of Revelation
John the Apostle

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 90

Book of Shadows
Cate Tiernan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Book of the Dead
Greig Beck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, #15)
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Book Scavenger
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Books for Living
Will Schwalbe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Bookshops & Bonedust
Travis Baldree

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Books of Blood: Volume VI (Books of Blood, #6)
Clive Barker

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1985

Bookstore
Lynne Tillman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

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

Booth
Karen Joy Fowler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Bootlegger's Daughter (Deborah Knott Mysteries, #1)
Margaret Maron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madeline D. Davis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

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

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Boquitas pintadas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Border Crossing
Caitlin Maling

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Borderlands La Frontera
Gloria E. Anzaldua

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1987

Border Songs
Jim Lynch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Boris Godunov
Alexander Pushkin

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1825

Borkmann's Point (Inspector Van Veeteren, #2)
Håkan Nesser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Born a Crime
Trevor Noah

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Born Again
Charles W. Colson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Born At Midnight
C.C. Hunter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Born Behind Bars
Padma Venkatraman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Born Confused
Tanuja Desai Hidier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Born, Darkly (Darkly, Madly, #1)
Trisha Wolfe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds
Joy Adamson, George Page

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1960

Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America
John Charles Chasteen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Born in Death
J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Born in Fire
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Born in Ice
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Born in Shame
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Born of Night (The League: Nemesis Rising, #1)
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Born on a Blue Day
Daniel Tammet

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Born on the Fourth of July
Ron Kovic

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Born Standing Up
Steve Martin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Born to Rock
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Born to Run
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Christopher McDougall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Born to Run: Biography
Bruce Springsteen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Borrowed Finery
Paula Fox

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Borrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age
Sue Armstrong

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Bossman
Vi Keeland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Bossypants
Tina Fey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Boston Jane: An Adventure (Boston Jane, #1)
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Botchan
Natsume Sōseki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1906

Bottled Up
Jaye Murray

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
Katherine Eban

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Bot Wars (Bot Wars, #1)
J.V. Kade

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Boundaries for Leaders: Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously in Charge
Henry Cloud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013