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Brian's Hunt
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Brian's Return
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Brian's Winter
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Briar Rose
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Briar's Book
Tamora Pierce

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1999

Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
David C. Robertson, Bill Breen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Brick Lane
Monica Ali

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Brida
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Bridesmaid for Hire
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Bridge of Birds (The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, #1)
Barry Hughart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Bridge of Clay
Markus Zusak

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Bridge of Sighs
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Bridge of Souls
Victoria Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities
Ruby K. Payne, Philip E. DeVol, Terie Dreussi Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones, #2)
Helen Fielding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Stephen Hawking

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Brief Cases
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

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

Brigands & Breadknives
Travis Baldree

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Bright and Morning Star
Richard Wright

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1938

Bright Dead Things
Ada Limon

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2015

Bright Lights, Big Ass
Jen Lancaster

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Bright Lights, Big Christmas
Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Bright Lights, Big City
Jay Mcinerney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Brightness Falls

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Brighton Beach Memoirs
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 1984

Brighton Rock
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1938

Bright, Precious Days
Jay Mcinerney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Bright Side
Kim Holden

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Barbara Ehrenreich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
John Keats

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2009

Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Marguerite Henry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1953

Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Brilliance
Marcus Sakey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Brilliance of the Moon
Lian Hearn

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Brimstone
Callie Hart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women)
Evie Dunmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women, #1)
Evie Dunmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

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

Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Pamela Druckerman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Bring Me Back
B. A. Paris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Bring Them Home
D.S. Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
Kathleen Belew

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Bring Up The Bodies
Hilary Mantel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Brisingr
Christopher Paolini

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Britannicus
Jean Racine

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1669

Britt-Marie Was Here
Fredrik Backman, Transl. Henning Koch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Broadway Bound
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1986

Brodeck
Philippe Claudel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises
Jodie Adams Kirshner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Broken
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs, #2)
Richard K. Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Broken April
Ismail Kadare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Broken Blade (Fallen Blade, #1)
Kelly McCullough

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Broken Bonds (The Bonds that Tie)
J Bree

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Broken Fae
Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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 Homes
Ben Aaronovitch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Broken Knight
L.J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Broken Monsters
Lauren Beukes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Broken Places & Outer Spaces
Nnedi Okorafor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Broken Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Broken Prince
Erin Watt

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Broken Trail
Alan Geoffrion

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Broken Verses
Kamila Shamsie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Bronx Masquerade
Nikki Grimes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Bronx Primitive
Kate Simon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1961

Brood
Jackie Polzin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Brooklynaire
Sarina Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Brooklyn in Love: A Delicious Memoir of Food, Family, and Finding Yourself
Amy Thomas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Brother
Ania Ahlborn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Brother: A Novel
David Chariandy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Brother Fish
Bryce Courtenay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Brotherhood in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Brother, I'm Dying
Edwidge Danticat

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Brother in the Land
Robert Swindells

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

Brotherless Night
V.V. Ganeshananthan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Brother Odd
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Brother of the More Famous Jack
Barbara Trapido

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Brothers and Keepers
John Edgar Wideman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1984

Brother's Keeper
Julie Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Brother to a Dragonfly
Will D. Campbell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
Emily Chang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Brown Girl, Brownstones
Paule Marshall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson

Nonfiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Brown Girl in the Ring
Nalo Hopkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Brownstone
Samuel Teer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Brown V. Board of Education
James Patterson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Bruchko: The Astonishing True Story of a 19-Year-Old American, His Capture by the Motilone Indians and His Adventures in Christianizing the Stone Age Tribe
Bruce Olson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1973

Bruised Hibiscus
Elizabeth Nunez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Bruiser
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Ross King

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999