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Bad Summer People
Emma Rosenblum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
Abigail Shrier

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Bad Things
R.K. Lilley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Bag of Bones
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Bailey's Café
Gloria Naylor

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1992

Bait
Jade West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Bait (Writings From An Unbound Europe)
David Albahari

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History (New Edition)
Robert D. Kaplan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts
Julian Rubinstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Ball Don't Lie
Matt de la Peña

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Ballet Shoes
Noel Streatfeild

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1936

Baltasar and Blimunda
José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Balto and the Great Race
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Dai Sijie, Transl. Ina Rilke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Bambi: A Life in the Woods
Felix Salten

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1900

Bamboo People
Mitali Perkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Band of Brothers
Stephen E. Ambrose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Band of Sisters
Lauren Willig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Bane
L.J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Bangkok 8 (Sonchai Jitpleecheep, #1)
John Burdett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Bangkok Haunts (Sonchai Jitpleecheep, #3)
John Burdett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Bangkok Wakes to Rain
Pitchaya Sudbanthad

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2019

Bang the Drum Slowly
Mark Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

Banker to the Poor
Muhammad Yunus

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Banner In The Sky
James Ramsey Ullman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1954

Ban This Book
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Baptism of Fire (The Witcher, #3)
Andrzej Sapkowski, Transl. David French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Barabbas
Pär Lagerkvist

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

Barabbas: A Dramatic Narrative
Sara Bard Field

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Barakah Beats
Maleeha Siddiqui

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Barbarian Alien (Ice Planet Barbarians, #2)
Ruby Dixon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
William Finnegan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Barbarian Lover
Ruby Dixon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Bryan Burrough, John Helyar

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1989

Barbarian's Mate
Ruby Dixon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Barbarian's Prize (Ice Planet Barbarians, #5)
Ruby Dixon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Barbarian's Touch
Ruby Dixon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Barbarian Virtues: The United States Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917
Matthew Frye Jacobson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Barber Shop Chronicles (Oberon Modern Plays)
Inua Ellams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2017

Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her
Robin Gerber

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Barchester Towers
Anthony Trollope

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1857

Bare Bones
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Bared To You
Sylvia Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Barefoot
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
Alda P. Dobbs

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Barefoot Heart
Elva Trevino Hart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Barefoot In The Park
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1963

Barely Breathing
Rebecca Donovan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Barely Missing Everything (Barely Missing Everything, #1)
Matt Mendez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People
G. Richard Shell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Bark
Lorrie Moore

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

Barking to the Choir
Gregory Boyle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Barkskins
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1841

Barney Frank
Stuart Weisberg

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Barney's Version
Mordecai Richler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Barrack-Room Ballads
Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2003

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Zora Neale Hurston

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Barrayar
Lois McMaster Bujold

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Barrio Boy
Ernesto Galarza

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1971

Barry Lyndon: The Original Illustrated Works and a Complete Biography of William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Bartholomew Fair
Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1614

Baseball Fever
Johanna Hurwitz

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

Baseball Genius (Baseball Genius, #1)
Tim Green, Derek Jeter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Baseball Great
Tim Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Based on a True Story: A Memoir
Norm Macdonald

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Basic Christianity (IVP Classics)
John R.W. Stott

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1958

Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
Thomas Sowell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Basil
Wilkie Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1852

Basketball (And Other Things)
Shea Serrano

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Basketball Junkie
Chris Herren, Bill Reynolds

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Bastard Out Of Carolina
Dorothy Allison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Basti (New York Review Books Classics)
Intizar Husain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Batman (1940-2011) #1
Bill Finger, Whitney Ellsworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Batman: A Death in the Family
Jim Starlin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth
Grant Morrison, Dave McKean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Batman: Dark Victory
Jeph Loeb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Batman: Hush
Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Batman: The Black Mirror
Scott Snyder, Sal Cipriano, Francesco Francavilla, Jared K. Fletcher, David Baron, Jock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Illustr. Klaus Janson, Illustr. Lynn Varley, Frank Miller

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Batman: The Killing Joke
Alan Moore, Illustr. Brian Bolland

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Batman: The Long Halloween
Jeph Loeb, Illustr. Tim Sale

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls
Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Batman, Volume 2: The City of Owls
Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Rafael Albuquerque, Becky Cloonan, Andy Clarke, Jason Fabok, Sandu Florea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Batman, Volume 3: Death of the Family
Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Jonathan Glapion, Greg Capullo, Jock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Batman: War on Crime
Alex Ross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Batman: Year One
Richmond Lewis, Todd Klein, Dennis O'Neil, Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Battle Cry
Leon Uris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Battle Cry of Freedom
James M. Mcpherson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
L. Ron Hubbard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind
Joyce Meyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Battle Ground
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Battle of the Ampere
Richard Paul Evans

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Battle-retrospect, and other poems
Amos Niven Wilder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

Battle Royale
Koushun Takami

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1999

Baudelaire
Joanna Richardson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1964

Baudolino
Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000