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A Bag of Marbles
Joseph Joffo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

A Bell for Adano
John Hersey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1944

A Bend in the Road
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

A Bone from a Dry Sea
Peter Dickinson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

A Book of Common Prayer
Joan Didion

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A Break with Charity
Ann Rinaldi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

A Bright Shining Lie
Neil Sheehan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

Baltasar and Blimunda
José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Bang the Drum Slowly
Mark Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

Banker to the Poor
Muhammad Yunus

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Barabbas
Pär Lagerkvist

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

Barchester Towers
Anthony Trollope

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1857

Barefoot Heart
Elva Trevino Hart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Bark
Lorrie Moore

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

Barkskins
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Barney Frank
Stuart Weisberg

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Barney's Version
Mordecai Richler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Bartholomew Fair
Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1614

Baseball Fever
Johanna Hurwitz

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

Baseball Great
Tim Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Basketball (And Other Things)
Shea Serrano

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Battle Cry of Freedom
James M. Mcpherson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Baudelaire
Joanna Richardson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1964

Baudolino
Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Baumgartner's Bombay
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Bayou Farewell
Mike Tidwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Bearing the Cross
David J. Garrow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1986

Bears Discover Fire
Terry Bisson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1990

Bearskin
James A. Mclaughlin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Beastly
Alex Flinn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Beasts of No Nation
Uzodinma Iweala

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin (film)

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1973

Beatrice And Virgil
Yann Martel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Beaufort
Ron Leshem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Beautiful Darkness
Margaret Stohl, Kami Garcia

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Beautiful Losers
Leonard Cohen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Beauty and Sadness
Yasunari Kawabata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Beauty Queens
Libba Bray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Be Careful What You Wish For
Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Becoming Dr. Q
Mim Eichler Rivas, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Becoming Ms. Burton
Susan Burton, Cari Lynn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Beer and Circus
Murray A. Sperber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Bee Season
Myla Goldberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Before Stonewall
Andrea Weiss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Danielle Evans

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2010

Be Frank With Me
Julia Claiborne Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Beginners
Raymond Carver

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1981

Behind a Mask
Louisa May Alcott

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1866

Behind the Mask of Chivalry
Nancy Maclean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Being Born
Sheila Kitzinger

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Beka Lamb
Zee Edgell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

Belfast Diary
John Conroy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Believarexic
J.J. Johnson

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2015

Believers: A Novella and Stories
Charles Baxter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Belle Epoque
Elizabeth Ross

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Bellefleur
Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Belle Prater's Boy
Ruth White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Bellweather Rhapsody
Kate Racculia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Belzhar
Meg Wolitzer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Beneath My Mother's Feet
Amjed Qamar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Beneath Our Feet
R. H. Vernon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Maaza Mengiste

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Benediction
Kent Haruf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Ben Jonson: A Life
Ian Donaldson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Bento Box in the Heartland
Linda Furiya

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Beowulf for Cretins: A Love Story
Ann Mcman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Be Recorder
Carmen Giménez Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Berlin Alexanderplatz
Alfred Doblin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Betrayal
Houston A. Baker Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Betrayed by Rita Hayworth
Manuel Puig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Betsey Brown
Ntozake Shange

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Bettyville
George Hodgman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Between the Assassinations
Aravind Adiga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Marcus Rediker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Between the Lines
Samantha van Leer, Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Beware of the Dog
Brian Moore (Pitbull)

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Be With
Forrest Gander

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
Elaine Pagels

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Beyond God the Father
Mary Daly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

Beyond Katrina
Natasha Trethewey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Beyond the Burning Time
Kathryn Lasky

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Beyond the Chocolate War
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

Beyond the Pale
Emily Urquhart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Big Bertha Stories
Bobbie Ann Mason

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1982

Big Game
Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2015

Big Sur
Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

Billy Bathgate
E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Biloxi Blues
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1985

Birds of Paradise
Diana Abu-Jaber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Birds Without Wings
Louis De Bernières

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Birthmarked
Caragh M. O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

B Is for Burglar
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Bitterblue
Kristin Cashore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Bitter Fruit
Achmat Dangor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Bitter Grounds
Sandra Benitez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Black and Blue
Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998