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Box of Shocks
Chris McMahen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Boy Erased
Garrard Conley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Boyhood
J. M. Coetzee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Boy Kings of Texas
Domingo Martinez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Boy Nobody
Allen Zadoff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Boy's Life
Robert Mccammon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Boy Swallows Universe
Trent Dalton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Boys Without Names
Kashmira Sheth

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Boy Toy
Barry Lyga

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Brain Jack
Brian Falkner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Brave Companions
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

Bread and Roses: Sonja Davies, Her Story
Sonja Davies

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1983

Bread and Roses, Too
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Bread and Wine
Ignazio Silone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Breaking Beautiful
Jennifer Shaw Wolf

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Breaking Trail
Arlene Blum

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1979

Breath
Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Breathe In, Bleed Out
Brian Mcauley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Breathing Lessons
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Breathing Out the Ghost
Kirk Curnutt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It
Sundee T. Frazier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Briar Rose
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Brida
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
David Foster Wallace

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

Bright and Morning Star
Richard Wright

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1938

Brighton Rock
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1938

Bright, Precious Days
Jay Mcinerney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Brimstone
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
Ben Mezrich

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

Broadway Bound
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1986

Broken for You
Stephanie Kallos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Broken Glass
Adrian Stirling

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Broken Harbor
Catherine Cowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Broken Trail
Alan Geoffrion

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Broken Verses
Kamila Shamsie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Bronx Primitive
Kate Simon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1961

Brothers and Keepers
John Edgar Wideman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1984

Brother to a Dragonfly
Will D. Campbell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

Bruised Hibiscus
Elizabeth Nunez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Bruno's Dream
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Bucking the Sarge
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Buddha Boy
Kathe Koja

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Building a Bridge to the 18th Century
Neil Postman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Tiago Forte

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Building A Storybrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen
Donald Miller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Building Stories
Chris Ware

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Bull Rider
Suzanne Morgan Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
David Graeber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Burger's Daughter
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Buried Child
Sam Shepard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1978

Burned
Ellen Hopkins

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2006

Burn for Me
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Burning Daylight
Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Burning Girls
Veronica Schanoes

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2013

Burning Midnight
Loren D. Estleman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Burn the Place: A Memoir
Iliana Regan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Bury the Chains
Adam Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Bus Stop
William Inge

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955

But That Was Yesterday
Kathleen Eagle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

By Any Other Name
Laura Jarratt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

By Nightfall
Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

By the Light of My Father's Smile
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

BZRK
Michael Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Ball and the Cross
G. K. Chesterton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1909

The Baltimore Waltz
Paula Vogel

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1992

The Bamboo Dancers
N. V. M. Gonzalez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Bark Tree
Raymond Queneau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

The Baron in the Trees
Italo Calvino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Barracks Thief
Tobias Wolff

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1986

The Basement Room
Graham Greene

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1935

The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel
David Rabe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1971

The Bat Poet
Randall Jarrell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

The Battle for Christmas
Stephen Nissenbaum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Battle of Jericho
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Beach Trees
Karen White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Bear
Andrew Krivak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Beast in the Garden
David Baron

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Beatles
Bob Spitz

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

The Beautiful Ones
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Beautiful Room Is Empty
Edmund White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Beautiful Side of Evil
Johanna Michaelsen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

The Beauty and the Sorrow
Peter Englund

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Martin McDonagh

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

The Bees
Laline Paull

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness
Joel Ben Izzy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

The Beggar Maid
Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

The Beggar's Opera
John Gay

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1728

The Behavior of the Hawkweeds
Andrea Barrett

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1994

The Believers
Zoë Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Belle of Amherst
William Luce

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1976

The Bells
Richard Harvell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Belly of Paris
Émile Zola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1873

The Berlin Stories
Christopher Isherwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

The Berlin Wall
Frederick Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Bermuda Triangle
Charles Berlitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

The Best And The Brightest
David Halberstam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972