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Breakable
Tammara Webber

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Breakaway
Grace Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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
Francisco Jiménez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2001

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

Breakthrough!
Jim Murphy

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

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

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Breath
Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Breathe
Abbi Glines

Fiction | Novel | YA | 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 | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

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

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

Bridesmaid Undercover
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 | Middle Grade | 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
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
Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Broken Angels
Richard 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 Fae
Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Broken for You
Stephanie Kallos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Broken Glass
Arthur Miller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1994

Broken Harbour
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012