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Blacktop Wasteland
S. A. Cosby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Black Woods, Blue Sky
Eowyn Ivey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Bless Me, Ultima
Rudolfo Anaya

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Blindness
José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Blind Your Ponies
Stanley Gordon West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Blonde: A Novel
Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans
Peter Schweizer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Blood Moon
Sandra Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Blood of Elves
Andrzej Sapkowski, Transl. Danusia Stok

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Blood of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #1)
Jasmine Mas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Bluebird, Bluebird
Attica Locke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Blue Sisters
Coco Mellors

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Bodega Dreams
Ernesto Quiñonez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Book Lovers
Emily Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Book of Night
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Bookshops & Bonedust
Travis Baldree

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Boyfriend Material
Alexis Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Boy, Snow, Bird
Helen Oyeyemi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Brave New World
Aldous Huxley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

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

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

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Breath, Eyes, Memory
Edwidge Danticat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Brick Lane
Monica Ali

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Bright Lights, Big City
Jay Mcinerney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Bring Up The Bodies
Hilary Mantel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

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

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Broken April
Ismail Kadare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Broken Bayou
Jennifer Moorhead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Broken Country
Clare Leslie Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Brother
Ania Ahlborn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Brotherless Night
V.V. Ganeshananthan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Brown Girl, Brownstones
Paule Marshall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Brown Girl in the Ring
Nalo Hopkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Bunny
Mona Awad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Burial Rites
Hannah Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Burmese Days
George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Burn
Peter Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Burnt Shadows
Kamila Shamsie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Bury Your Dead
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Butcher & Blackbird
Brynne Weaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
Asako Yuzuki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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

Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Calling for a Blanket Dance
Oscar Hokeah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Call Me By Your Name
André Aciman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

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

Cannery Row
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Caramelo
Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Caraval
Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Career of Evil
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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

Case Histories: A Novel
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Cassandra in Reverse
Holly Smale

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Catalina
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Catch-22
Joseph Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Caucasia
Danzy Senna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Celestial Bodies
Jokha Alharthi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Ceremony
Leslie Marmon Silko

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Cereus Blooms At Night
Shani Mootoo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Chapterhouse: Dune
Frank Herbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Child of God
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Children of Dune
Frank Herbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

China Rich Girlfriend
Kevin Kwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Chocolat
Joanne Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Christ in Concrete
Pietro Di Donato

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Christine
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1981

Cilka's Journey
Heather Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Circe
Madeline Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Cities of the Plain
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

City of Thieves
David Benioff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Claire of the Sea Light
Edwidge Danticat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Clear Light of Day
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Coco Mellors

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Clock Dance
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Close to Death
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Cloud Atlas
David C. Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021