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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

Behind These Four Walls
Yasmin Angoe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Behind You Is the Sea
Susan Muaddi Darraj

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Being Born
Sheila Kitzinger

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Being Clem
Lesa Cline-Ransome

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

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

Believe Me
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

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
Ariel Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Beneath
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Beneath Devil's Bridge
Loreth Anne White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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

Beneath the Swirling Sky
Carolyn Leiloglou

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

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

Be Obsessed or Be Average
Grant Cardone

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

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

Beren and Lúthien
J. R. R. Tolkien, Ed. Christopher Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Berlin Alexanderplatz
Alfred Doblin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Best Laid Plans
Sarah Hart-Unger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Best Nerds Forever
Chris Grabenstein, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Best Served Cold
Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Betrayal
Houston A. Baker Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Betrayed
P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

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 Friends & Lovers
Shirlene Obuobi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Between Heaven and Earth
Eric Walters

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Between Heaven and Texas
Marie Bostwick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

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
Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Beware of the Dog
Brian Moore (Pitbull)

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Bewitched
Laura Thalassa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

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 Her Reach
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Girl Blitz
Danielle Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Big Stone Gap
Adriana Trigiani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Big Sur
Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

Big Tree
Brian Selznick

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2023

Billion Dollar Loser
Reeves Wiedeman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Billion-Dollar Ransom
James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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

Biography of X
Catherine Lacey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Birdie
Eileen Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

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

Birth Vibes
Jen Hamilton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

B Is for Burglar
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2024

Bitten
Jordan Stephanie Gray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

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

Black and White
Jerri Blair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Black Apollo of Science
Kenneth R. Manning

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1983

Blackberry Wine
Joanne Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Blackberry Winter
Robert Penn Warren

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1946

Blackbird Fly
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Black Box
Amos Oz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes--But Some Do
Matthew Syed

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Black Butler
Yana Toboso

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

Black Candle Women
Diane Marie Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Black Dahlia
William J. Mann

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

Black Dogs
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Black Duck
Janet Taylor Lisle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Black Edge
Sheelah Kolhatkar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary
Joe Jackson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Black Friday
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Black Gold
Marguerite Henry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1957

Black House
Stephen King, Peter Straub

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Black in Selma
J. L. Chestnut Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Rebecca West

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1941

Black Light: Stories
Kimberly King Parsons

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2019