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Broken Knight
L.J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Broken Places & Outer Spaces
Nnedi Okorafor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Broken Prince
Erin Watt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Broken Throne
Victoria Aveyard

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 2019

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

Brothersong
T. J. Klune

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Brother to a Dragonfly
Will D. Campbell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

Brownstone
Samuel Teer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Brown V. Board of Education
James Patterson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

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

Buffalo Before Breakfast
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Bug Hollow
Michelle Huneven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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

Build Your House Around My Body
Violet Kupersmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Bullet Train
Kōtarō Isaka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Bull Moon Rising
Ruby Dixon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Bull Rider
Suzanne Morgan Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
David Graeber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution (the American Revolution Series)
Nathaniel Philbrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Burger's Daughter
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Buried Child
Sam Shepard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1978

Burn Book
Kara Swisher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

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 Haystack
Jennie Young

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Burn the Place: A Memoir
Iliana Regan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Burr
Gore Vidal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Bury the Chains
Adam Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Bury Your Gays
Chuck Tingle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Business Casual
B. K. Borison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Business Model Generation
Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Bus Stop
William Inge

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955

Butler
Salena Zito

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Butterfly Burning
Yvonne Vera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

But That Was Yesterday
Kathleen Eagle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Buy Back Your Time
Dan Martell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Buyology
Martin Lindstrom

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies
Tara Schuster

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

By Any Other Name
Laura Jarratt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

By Nightfall
Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

By the Book
Jasmine Guillory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

By the Fire We Carry
Rebecca Nagle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

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 Bachelorette Party
Camilla Sten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Bad Muslim Discount
Syed M. Masood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Baker's Secret
Stephen P. Kiernan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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 Bands of Mourning
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks
Shauna Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Bark of the Bog Owl
Jonathan Rogers

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

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
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

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 for Skandia
John A. Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Battle of Jericho
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Beach House
James Patterson, Peter de Jonge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Beach House
Rachel Hanna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Beach of Falesá
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1892

The Beach Trees
Karen White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Beantown Girls
Jane Healey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

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
Renée Ahdieh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

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 Ones
Prince

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

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 Becoming
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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 Beginning Comes After the End
Rebecca Solnit

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2026

The Behavior of the Hawkweeds
Andrea Barrett

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1994

The Believers
Zoë Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008