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Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat

Russell Banks

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1970

Blackmoore

Julianne Donaldson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Blackout

John J. Nance

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Black Privilege

Charlamagne Tha God

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Black Rednecks and White Liberals

Thomas Sowell

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2005

Black Sheep

Rachel Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Black Swan

Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

Black Ties & White Lies

Kat Singleton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Black Water Rising

Attica Locke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Black, White, and Jewish

Rebecca Walker

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Blaze

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Bleeding Edge: A Novel

Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Blindside

James Patterson, James O. Born

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Blindsight

Peter Watts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2006

Bliss Montage

Ling Ma

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2022

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

Norman Ohler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Blockade Billy

Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2010

Blood and Chocolate

Annette Curtis Klause

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Blood, Bones and Butter

Gabrielle Hamilton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Blood Bound

Ellis Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Blood Brothers

Willy Russell

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1983

Bloodguard

Cecy Robson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Blood Hollow

William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Bloodlines

Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Bloodlust

Sandra Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Blood Moon

Britney S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Blood on Her Tongue

Johanna Van Veen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Blood Orange

Harriet Tyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Blood Promise

Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Blood Red Horse

K.M. Grant

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Blood Relations

Lisa M. Tillman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Bloodsucking Fiends

Christopher Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Bloodsworth

Tim Junkin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Bloodties

Ted Kerasote

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Blood Ties

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Blood, Tin, Straw

Sharon Olds

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

Blood Water Paint

Joy McCullough

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Blood Work

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Bloody Rose

Nicholas Eames

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Bloomability

Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Bloomsbury Girls

Natalie Jenner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Blowback

James Patterson, Brendan DuBois

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Blue Angel

Francine Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Blueback

Tim Winton

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1997

Blue Calhoun

Reynolds Price

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Bluecrowne

Kate Milford

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Blue Hole Back Home

Joy Jordan-Lake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

Donald Miller

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Blue Moon

Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Blue Moon Bay

Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Blue Nights

Joan Didion

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Blues for an Alabama Sky

Pearl Cleage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

Blues for Mister Charlie

James Baldwin

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

Boat Baby

Vicky Nguyen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Bobos in Paradise

David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Boccaccio

Thomas G. Bergin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

Bodily Harm

Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Body in Question

Jonathan Miller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

Boesman and Lena

Athol Fugard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1969

Bog Child

Siobhan Dowd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Bog Queen

Anna North

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Boleyn Traitor

Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Bombingham

Anthony Grooms

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Bondage

David Henry Hwang

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

Bonechiller

Graham McNamee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Bone Crossed

Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Book of Ages

Jill Lepore

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Book of a Thousand Days

Shannon Hale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Book of Common Prayer

Thomas Cranmer

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 1549

Book of Revelation

John the Apostle

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 90

Book of the Dead

Greig Beck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Books for Living

Will Schwalbe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Bookstore

Lynne Tillman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

Boomsday

Christopher Buckley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Boom Town

Nic Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Boomtown Blues

Andrew Gulliford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Boot Camp

Todd Strasser

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam

Elizabeth Partridge

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Border Crossing

Caitlin Maling

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Boris Godunov

Alexander Pushkin

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1825

Born Again

Charles W. Colson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Born At Midnight

C.C. Hunter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Born Confused

Tanuja Desai Hidier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Borne

Jeff VanderMeer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Born Lucky

Leland Vittert

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Born Standing Up

Steve Martin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Born Survivors

Wendy Holden

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Born to Run

Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Borrowed Finery

Paula Fox

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Botchan

Natsume Sōseki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1906

Bottled Up

Jaye Murray

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Bottom of the Pyramid

Nia Sioux

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Boundary Waters

William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Bowlaway

Elizabeth McCracken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Boxers and Saints

Gene Yang

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

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