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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

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

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

Cabin Fever

Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Caddie Woodlawn

Carol Ryrie Brink

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1935

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water

Marc Reisner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Caesar and Cleopatra

George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1898

Caged Bird

Maya Angelou

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1983

Cajas de Carton

Francisco Jiménez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Caleb's Crossing

Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Caleb Williams

William Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1794

Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation

Silvia Federici

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Caliban's War

James S. A. Corey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Calico Captive

Elizabeth George Speare

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1957

Caligula

Albert Camus

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1944

Calling for a Blanket Dance

Oscar Hokeah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work

David Isay, Maya Millett

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Call it Courage

Armstrong Sperry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1940

Call It What You Want

Alissa DeRogatis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Call Me American

Abdi Nor Iftin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Call Me By Your Name

André Aciman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Call Me Maria

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2004

Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

Jim Mattis, Bing West

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Call Your Daughter Home

Deborah Spera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Camino Ghosts

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Camino Island

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds

David A. Adler

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Candide

Voltaire

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1759

Cane

Jean Toomer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

Cannery Row

John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History

Bill Schutt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Can't Get Enough

Kennedy Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

David Goggins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition): A Hip-Hop History

Jeff Chang

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2021

Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir

Roz Chast

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Canyons

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Capitalism And Freedom

Milton Friedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Joseph Alois Schumpeter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1942

Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

Laurence Leamer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Captain Blood: His Odyssey

Rafael Sabatini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Captive Prince

C. S. Pacat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Capture The Flag

Kate Messner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Caramelo

Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Caraval

Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil

Timothy Mitchell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Career of Evil

Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Careless People

Sarah Wynn-Williams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Matt Dinniman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Carmen

Prosper Merimee

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1840