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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

Boundaries in Marriage
Henry Cloud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

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
Andrew McCarthy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Brat Farrar
Josephine Tey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

Brava, Valentine
Adriana Trigiani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Brave
Jennifer Li Shotz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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 Like That
Lindsey Stoddard

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Brave New World
Aldous Huxley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Brave the Wild River
Melissa L. Sevigny

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

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