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Bob
Wendy Mass, Rebecca Stead

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Bodega Dreams
Ernesto Quiñonez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex
Judith Butler

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1993

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
Steve Sheinkin

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Bone
Jeff Smith

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 1991

Bone Gap
Laura Ruby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Bones & All
Camille DeAngelis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Eric Metaxas

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Bonjour Tristesse
Francoise Sagan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1954

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Mary Roach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Booked
Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Book Lovers
Emily Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Book of Night
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Book Scavenger
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Bookshops & Bonedust
Travis Baldree

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Borderlands La Frontera
Gloria E. Anzaldua

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1987

Borders
Thomas King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1993

Borges and I
Jorge Luis Borges

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1960

Born a Crime
Trevor Noah

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Born Behind Bars
Padma Venkatraman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America
John Charles Chasteen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Born of Blood and Ash
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Born on a Blue Day
Daniel Tammet

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Born on the Fourth of July
Ron Kovic

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Born to Rock
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Christopher McDougall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Born to Run: Biography
Bruce Springsteen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Bossypants
Tina Fey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
Katherine Eban

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Boule De Suif
Guy de Maupassant

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1880

Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No To Take Control of Your Life
Henry Cloud, John Townsend

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Bound For Oregon
Jean Van Leeuwen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Robert D. Putnam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Boy21
Matthew Quick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Boy at the Window
Richard Wilbur

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1952

Boy Breaking Glass
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1987

Boyfriend Material
Alexis Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Boy of the Painted Cave
Justin Denzel

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1988

Boy Overboard
Morris Gleitzman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Boys And Girls
Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1964

Boy, Snow, Bird
Helen Oyeyemi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
Peggy Orenstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Boy: Tales of Childhood
Roald Dahl

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2022

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Brain Damage
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Brain On Fire
Susannah Cahalan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
John Medina

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Brave New World
Aldous Huxley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Brave New World Revisited
Aldous Huxley

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1932

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Brené Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Breadcrumbs
Anne Ursu

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Bread Givers
Anzia Yezierska

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Break
Dorianne Laux

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1990

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1958

Breakfast on Pluto
Patrick Mccabe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Breakfast With Buddha
Roland Merullo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
Liz Murray

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Breaking Stalin's Nose
Eugene Yelchin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Breaking The Habit Of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One
Joe Dispenza

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Breaking Through
Francisco Jiménez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2001

Break of Day
John Donne

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1998

Breakout
Kate Messner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

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

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Breathe and Count Back from Ten
Natalia Sylvester

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Breath, Eyes, Memory
Edwidge Danticat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Breathing Underwater
Alex Flinn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

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

Brick Lane
Monica Ali

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Bride
Ali Hazelwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Bridge of Clay
Markus Zusak

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

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

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

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