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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

Bluebeard
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Bluebird
Sharon Cameron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

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
Alyson Noël

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Blue Moon Bay
Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Blue Nights
Joan Didion

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Blue Rage, Black Redemption
Stanley Tookie Williams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

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

Blue Willow
Doris Gates

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1940

Bluish
Virginia Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

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

Body of Evidence
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

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

Bone of My Bone
Johanna Van Veen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

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

Booth
Karen Joy Fowler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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

Boundaries in Marriage
Henry Cloud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Boundary Waters
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Bound by Duty
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bound by Hatred
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bound by Love
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Bound by Vengeance
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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

Boy Kings of Texas
Domingo Martinez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Boy Meets Boy
David Levithan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Boy Nobody
Allen Zadoff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

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

Brand New School Brave New Ruby
Derrick Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Brat
Andrew McCarthy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Brat Farrar
Josephine Tey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

Brava, Valentine
Adriana Trigiani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Brave Companions
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

Brave Like That
Lindsey Stoddard

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Brave the Wild River
Melissa L. Sevigny

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

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

Breakaway
Grace Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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

Breakthrough!
Jim Murphy

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Breath
Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Breathe
Abbi Glines

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Breathe In, Bleed Out
Brian Mcauley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Breathe With Me
Becka Mack

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Breathing Lessons
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988