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Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No To Take Control of Your Life
Henry Cloud, John Townsend

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Boundary Waters
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Bound by Duty
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bound by Flames
Jeaniene Frost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bound by Hatred
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bound by Honor
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Bound by Love
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Bound by Temptation
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bound by the Past
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Bound by Vengeance
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero
Kate Clifford Larson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Boundless
Cynthia Hand

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Bouvard and Pécuchet
Gustave Flaubert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1881

Bow Before the Elf Queen
J.M. Kearl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Bowlaway
Elizabeth McCracken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Robert D. Putnam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Boxers
Gene Luen Yang

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2013

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

Boy21
Matthew Quick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Boy Erased
Garrard Conley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Boyfriend Material
Alexis Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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 Meets Boy
David Levithan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Boy Meets Girl (Boy, #2)
Meg Cabot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Boy Nobody
Allen Zadoff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Boy of the Painted Cave
Justin Denzel

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1988

Boy of the South Seas
Eunice Hammond Tietjens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1931

Boy Parts
Eliza Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Boy's Life
Robert Mccammon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Boy, Snow, Bird
Helen Oyeyemi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Boys of Brayshaw High
Meagan Brandy

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
Peggy Orenstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Boys Without Names
Kashmira Sheth

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Boy: Tales of Childhood
Roald Dahl

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

Boy Toy
Barry Lyga

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Boy Underwater
Adam Baron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2022

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Brain Camp
Susan Kim, Laurence Klavan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Brain Jack
Brian Falkner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life
Dr. David Perlmutter with Kristin Loberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Brain On Fire
Susannah Cahalan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
John Medina

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Brain Rules for Aging Well: 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp
John Medina

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Bramblestar's Storm (Warriors Super Edition, #7)
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Branded by Fire
Nalini Singh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Brat Farrar
Josephine Tey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

Brave
Svetlana Chmakova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Brave (Berrybrook Middle School #2)
Svetlana Chmakova

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Brave Companions
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
Catherine Ryan Hyde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Braveheart
Mel Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Brave New World
Aldous Huxley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Bravey
Alexi Pappas

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Brené Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
Pénélope Bagieu

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Brazillionaires: Wealth, Power, Decadence, and Hope in an American Country
Alex Cuadros

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

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

Breadcrumbs
Anne Ursu

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Bread Givers
Anzia Yezierska

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Breakable
Tammara Webber

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Breakfast at the Honey Creek Café (Honey Creek, #1)
Jodi Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1958

Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Breakfast on Pluto
Patrick Mccabe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Breakfast With Buddha
Roland Merullo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Breaking Beautiful
Jennifer Shaw Wolf

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Breaking News: God Has a Plan : An Anchorwoman's Journey Through Faith
Harris Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
Liz Murray

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Breaking Point
Alex Flinn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Breaking Silence
Linda Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Breaking Stalin's Nose
Eugene Yelchin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Breaking Through
Gina DeAngelis and Audrey DeAngelis

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2016

Breaking Through: My Life in Science
Katalin Karikó

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Breaking Trail
Arlene Blum

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1979

Break No Bones
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Breakout
Kate Messner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Breakthrough
Michael C. Grumley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami, Transl. Sam Bett, Transl. David Boyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Breath
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1969

Breathe
Abbi Glines

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons
Imani Perry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Breathe and Count Back from Ten
Natalia Sylvester

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Breathe (Breathe, #1)
Sarah Crossan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Breathe With Me
Becka Mack

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Breath, Eyes, Memory
Edwidge Danticat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Breathing Lessons
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Breathing Out the Ghost
Kirk Curnutt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Breathing Underwater
Alex Flinn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Breathless
Jennifer Niven

Fiction | Short Story | Published in 2010

Breath of Earth (Blood of Earth, #1)
Beth Cato

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Breath of Fire
Amanda Bouchet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

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

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Brewster's Millions
George Barr McCutcheon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902