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The Bone Clocks

David Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Bone People

Keri Hulme

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Bones Beneath My Skin

T. J. Klune

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Tom Wolfe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Book Eaters

Sunyi Dean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

Abbi Waxman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Book of Cold Cases

Simone St. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Book of Daniel

E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The Book of Doors

Gareth Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Ruth Ozeki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Book of Goose

Yiyun Li

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Book of Life

Deborah Harkness

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Book of Longings

Sue Monk Kidd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Book of Lost Friends

Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Book of Lost Names

Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Book of Negroes

Lawrence Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Book of Night Women

Marlon James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Book of Ruth

Jane Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Book of Salt

Monique Truong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Book of Two Ways

Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Book of Unknown Americans

Cristina Henríquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Books of Jacob

Olga Tokarczuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Book That Wouldn't Burn

Mark Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

Kim Michele Richardson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Book Woman's Daughter

Kim Michele Richardson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife: A Novel

Anna Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Boyfriend

Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Boy from the Woods

Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Boys from Biloxi

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Break

Katherena Vermette

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Breakdown

B.A. Paris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Briar Club

Kate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Bridge Kingdom (The Bridge Kingdom, #1)

Danielle L. Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Bridge on the Drina

Ivo Andric

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

The Bridges of Madison County

Robert James Waller

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1992

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

Annie Lyons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Bromance Book Club

Lyssa Kay Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Brutal Telling

Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Buddha in the Attic

Julie Otsuka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Buddha of Suburbia

Hanif Kureishi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Bullet That Missed

Richard Osman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Burgess Boys

Elizabeth Strout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Buried Giant

Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Business Trip

Jessie Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Butcher and the Wren

Alaina Urquhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Butterfly Garden

Dot Hutchison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Cabin at the End of the World

Paul Tremblay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Calcutta Chromosome

Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Candy House

Jennifer Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Caretaker: A Novel

Ron Rash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Cartographers

Peng Shepherd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Caves of Steel

Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

The Celebrants

Steven Rowley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee

Anonymous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

The Celestine Prophecy

James Redfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Cellist of Sarajevo

Steven Galloway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Cemetery of Untold Stories

Julia Alvarez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Chain

Adrian McKinty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Changeling: A Novel

Victor Lavalle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Chaperone

Laura Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Charm Offensive

Alison Cochrun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Cheat Sheet

Sarah Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Chicken Sisters

K.J. Dell'Antonia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Children Act

Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Children of Men

P. D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Choice

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Chosen and the Beautiful

Nghi Vo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Christie Affair

Nina de Gramont

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Christmas Box

Richard Paul Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Chrysalids

John Wyndham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Cider House Rules

John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Cinnamon Bun Book Store

Laurie Gilmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Circle

Dave Eggers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The City and the City

China Miéville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The City We Became

N. K. Jemisin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Client

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Cliffs

J. Courtney Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Clockmaker's Daughter

Kate Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Cloisters

Katy Hays

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Club

Ellery Lloyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Code of the Woosters

P. G. Wodehouse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

The Coffee Trader

David Liss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Cold Dish

Craig Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Coldest Winter Ever

Sister Souljah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Cold Millions

Jess Walter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Collapse of Western Civilization

Naomi Oreskes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Collected Regrets of Clover

Mikki Brammer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Collector

John Fowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Color of Magic

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Conditions of Will

Jessa Hastings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Confession

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Confessions of Frannie Langton

Sara Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Confessions of Nat Turner

William Styron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Conjure Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem

Rudolph Fisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001