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Bully
Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
James Howe, Deborah Howe

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1979

Bunny
Mona Awad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Burial Rites
Hannah Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
Viviana Mazza, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Buried Onions
Gary Soto

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Burmese Days
George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Burn
Peter Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Burning a Book
William Stafford

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1999

Burning Chrome
William Gibson

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1982

Burning the Old Year
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

Burnt Shadows
Kamila Shamsie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Burro Genius
Victor Villaseñor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Dee Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V. E. Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Bury Your Dead
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Butcher & Blackbird
Brynne Weaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Butter
Elizabeth Alexander

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1996

Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
Asako Yuzuki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa
Rigoberto González

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Butterfly Yellow
Thanhha Lai

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Button, Button: Uncanny Stories
Richard Matheson

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1970

B. Wordsworth
V. S. Naipaul

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1959

By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

By a Thread
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Bye, Baby
Carola Lovering

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

By Her Own Design
Piper Huguley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Bystander
James Preller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

By the Great Horn Spoon!
Sid Fleischman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1963

By the Shores of Silver Lake
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1939

By the Waters of Babylon
Stephen Vincent Benét

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1937

The Bacchae
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 405

The Back of the Turtle
Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

The Bad Guys: Episode 1
Aaron Blabey

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Bad Weather Friend
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Bagel
David Ignatow

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1968

The Balcony
Jean Genet

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1956

The Bald Soprano
Eugène Ionesco

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1950

The Ballad of Black Tom
Victor Lavalle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Ballad of Never After
Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1896

The Ballad of Rudolph Reed
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Carson McCullers

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1963

The Ballad of the White Horse
G. K. Chesterton

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1911

The Ballot or the Bullet
Malcolm X

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1964

The Bandit Queens
Parini Shroff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Barbarian Nurseries
Héctor Tobar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Bar Code Tattoo
Suzanne Weyn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
Wright Thompson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

The Barren Grounds
David Alexander Robertson

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Basketball Diaries: The Classic About Growing Up Hip On New York’s Mean Streets
Jim Carroll

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1978

The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant
W.D. Wetherell

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1983

The Bastard of Istanbul
Elif Shafak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Batboy
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Battle of Blenheim
Robert Southey

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1798

The Battle of Maldon
Anonymous

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1726

The Battle of the Labyrinth
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Beach
Alex Garland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Beach Club
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
Jonathan Weiner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Bean Trees
Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Bear
William Faulkner

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1942

The Bear
Galway Kinnell

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

The Bear and the Nightingale
Katherine Arden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Bear Came over the Mountain
Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1999

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Alice Dalgliesh

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Beast in the Jungle
Henry James

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1903

The Beatryce Prophecy
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Beautiful Mystery
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Beautiful Struggle
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Dinaw Mengestu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
Ayi Kwei Armah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The Beauty in Breaking
Michele Harper

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Beauty Myth
Naomi Wolf

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Christy Lefteri

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Bee Sting
Paul Murray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Beet Queen
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Beginning of Everything
Robyn Schneider

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Bell
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Bell Bandit
Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Benefits of Being an Octopus
Ann Braden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Berlin Boxing Club
Robert Sharenow

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Best at It
Maulik Pancholy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

The Best Halloween Ever
Barbara Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
Jonathan Rosen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

The Best of Friends
Lucinda Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Best of Iggy
Annie Barrows

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Best School Year Ever
Barbara Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

The Best We Could Do
Thi Bui

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Bet
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1889

The Betrothed: I Promessi Sposi
Alessandro Manzoni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1827

The BFG
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982