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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

Cabin Fever
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Cackle
Rachel Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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

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

Caller Unknown
Gillian McAllister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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

Cane River
Lalita Tademy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

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

Canticle: A Novel
Janet Rich Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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

Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan le Fanu

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2012

Carnegie's Maid
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Carrie
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Jean Lee Latham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1955

Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Case Histories: A Novel
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Casey at the Bat
Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1888

Cash
Jessica Peterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Cassandra in Reverse
Holly Smale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Castle in the Air
Diana Wynne Jones

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Castle Rackrent
Maria Edgeworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1800

Catalina
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
Ross Gay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2015

Catalyst
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA

Catch-22
Joseph Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Frank Abagnale, Stan Redding

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

Caterpillar Summer
Gillian McDunn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Andrew X. Pham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Cathedral
Raymond Carver

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1983

Catherine, Called Birdy
Karen Cushman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Robert K. Massie

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Cat in the Rain
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1925

Cato, a Tragedy
Joseph Addison

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1713