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Bright Lights, Big City
Jay Mcinerney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Brighton Beach Memoirs
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 1984

Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Brimstone
Callie Hart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

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

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

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Brokeback Mountain
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1997

Broken April
Ismail Kadare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Broken Bayou
Jennifer Moorhead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Broken Bonds
J Bree

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Broken Country
Clare Leslie Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Broken Harbour
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Bronx Masquerade
Nikki Grimes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman
Brooke Shields

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Brother
Ania Ahlborn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Brother: A Novel
David Chariandy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Brother, I'm Dying
Edwidge Danticat

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Brotherless Night
V.V. Ganeshananthan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Brothers
Alex Van Halen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

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

Brownies
ZZ Packer

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2003

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

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

Bruno, Chief of Police: A Novel of the French Countryside
Martin Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Brutal Prince
Sophie Lark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Buckeye
Patrick Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Buddenbrooks
Thomas Mann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1901

Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Jim Collins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Bullet in the Brain
Tobias Wolff

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1995

Bullet Points
Jericho Brown

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2019

Bull Run
Paul Fleischman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Bully
Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
Deborah Howe, James 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
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Viviana Mazza

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

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

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

Butcher's Crossing
John Edward Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

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

By Night in Chile
Roberto Bolaño

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2000

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 Sea
Abdulrazak Gurnah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

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