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Bingo Love
Joy San, Jenn St-Onge, Cardinal Rae, Tee Franklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Binny for Short (Binny, #1)
Hilary McKay

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Binti
Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2015

Biographia Literaria
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1817

Biography of X
Catherine Lacey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Bird
Angela Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Bird Box
Josh Malerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne Lamott

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Birdie
Eileen Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Birdman (Jack Caffery, #1)
Mo Hayder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Birds of Paradise
Diana Abu-Jaber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Birds of Paradise Lost
Andrew Lam

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2012

Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Birds Without Wings
Louis De Bernières

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Birthday
Meredith Russo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Birthday Girl
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2002

Birthmarked
Caragh M. O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Birthright
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

B Is for Burglar
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine
Taki Soma, Lauren Sankovitch, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Clayton Cowles, Cris Peter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption
Ben Mezrich

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Bite Me
Christopher Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Bite Me If You Can
Lynsay Sands

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Biting Cold
Chloe Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Bitten!
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Bitterblue
Kristin Cashore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Bitter Falls
Rachel Caine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Bitter Fruit
Achmat Dangor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Bitter Grounds
Sandra Benitez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Bitter in the Mouth
Monique Truong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office
Jen Lancaster

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Bitter Orange
Claire Fuller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Bitter Seeds (The Milkweed Triptych, #1)
Ian Tregillis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Bittersweet
Danielle Steel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Bittersweet Memories
Catharina Maura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Black and Blue
Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Black and British: A Forgotten History
David Olusoga

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Black and White
Jerri Blair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Black and White Styles in Conflict
Thomas Kochman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1900

Black Apollo of Science
Kenneth R. Manning

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1983

Black Beauty
Anna Sewell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1877

Blackberry Wine
Joanne Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Blackberry Winter
Sarah Jio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found
Jennifer Lauck

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Blackbird Fly
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Blackbird House
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Brandy Colbert

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2021

Black Bird, Vol. 1
Kanoko Sakurakouji, Pancha Diaz

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Black Bolt, Vol. 1: Hard Time
Christian Ward, Saladin Ahmed

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Black Bottom Saints
Alice Randall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Black Box
Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2012

Black Boy
Richard Wright

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1945

Black Brother, Black Brother
Jewell Parker Rhodes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Black Buck
Mateo Askaripour

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Black Butler
Yana Toboso

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

Black Cake
Charmaine Wilkerson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Black Candle Women
Diane Marie Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3)
James Lee Burke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot, #7.5)
Agatha Christie, Charles Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Black Dahlia
William J. Mann

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

Black Dawn
Rachel Caine

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague
David K. Randall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty
Catherine Bailey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Black Diggers
Tom Wright

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2015

Black Dog of Fate: A Memoir
Peter Balakian

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Black Dogs
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Black Duck
Janet Taylor Lisle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Black Earth
Timothy Snyder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Black Edge
Sheelah Kolhatkar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Black Elk Speaks
John Neihardt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1932

Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary
Joe Jackson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
Ibi Zoboi

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | YA | Published in 2019

Black-Eyed Susans
Julia Heaberlin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
Carolyn Finney

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Black Feminist Archaeology
Whitney Battle-Baptiste

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
Patricia Hill Collins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Blackfish City
Sam J. Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
Joby Warrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Black Fortunes
Shomari Wills

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Black Fox of Lorne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1956

Black Friday
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted: A Novel
Jayne Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Black Girl Unlimited
Echo Brown

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Black Gold
Marguerite Henry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1957

Black Hammer, Vol. 1: Secret Origins
Jeff Lemire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Mark Bowden

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Black Heart (Curse Workers, #3)
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death
Jim Frederick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Black Hills
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Black Hole
Charles Burns

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Black Hole Sun (Hell's Cross, #1)
David Macinnis Gill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Black Horses for the King
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Black Ice
Brad Thor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Black Ice: A Memoir
Lorene Cary

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Black in Selma
J. L. Chestnut Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Black Is a Country: Race and the Unfinished Struggle for Democracy
Nikhil Pal Singh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004