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The Book of Merlyn
T. H. White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Book of Names
Royce Leville

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

The Book of Names: New and Selected Poems
Barton Sutter

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1993

The Book of Not
Tsitsi Dangarembga

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Book of One Hundred Truths
Julie Schumacher

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Book of Phoenix
Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Book of Saladin
Tariq Ali

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Book of Strange New Things
Michel Faber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Book of the Dead
Jared Shurin

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2013

The Book of the Dun Cow
Walter Wangerin Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Book of the Lion
Michael Cadnum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Book of You
Claire Kendal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Alan W. Watts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1966

The Bookseller
Cynthia Swanson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Bookseller of Kabul
Åsne Seierstad

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Bookshop
Penelope Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Bookshop Below
Georgia Summers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Bookshop of Yesterdays
Amy Meyerson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Bookshop on the Shore
Jenny Colgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Bookstore Diaries
Susan Mallery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Book That Changed America
Randall Fuller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Borrowers Afloat
Mary Norton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1959

The Boston Girl
Anita Diamant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Boston Strangler
Gerold Frank

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1966

The Bottle Factory Outing
Beryl Bainbridge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Bottom Billion
Paul Collier

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Boundless
Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Bound Man and Other Stories
Ilse Aichinger

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1953

The Bourne Supremacy
Robert Ludlum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Box
Marc Levinson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Boxcar Librarian
Brianna Labuskes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Box in the Woods
Maureen Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Box Man
Kōbō Abe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Boyfriend Project
Farrah Rochon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Boy in the Burning House
Tim Wynne-Jones

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Boy on the Beach
Tima Kurdi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Boys
Ron Howard, Clint Howard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

The Boys From Brazil
Ira Levin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Boys in the Trees
Mary Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Boys of Summer
Roger Kahn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1972

The Boys of Winter
Wilfrid Sheed

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Boy Without a Flag
Abraham Rodriguez Jr.

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

The Braindead Megaphone
George Saunders

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2007

The Brave
Robert Lipsyte

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

The Break-In
Katherine Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Breakthrough
Gwen Ifill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Brethren
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Bride of Lammermoor
Sir Walter Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1819

The Bride Price
Buchi Emecheta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Bridesmaid
Cate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Bride Test
Helen Hoang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Bridge at Andau
James Michener

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1957

The Bridge Battle
Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Brief History of the Dead
Kevin Brockmeier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Brighter the Light
Mary Ellen Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Brightest Night
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Bright Forever
Lee Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Broken Cord
Michael Dorris

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1989

The Broken Girls
Simone St. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Broken Jug
Heinrich von Kleist

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1808

The Broken Vows
Catharina Maura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Broker
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War
Stephen Kinzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Brothers Mckay
Craig Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Browning Version
Terence Rattigan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1948

The Bullet Swallower
Elizabeth Gonzalez James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

The Bunker Diary
Kevin Brooks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
Peter Hessler

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Buried Mirror
Carlos Fuentes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Burning Girl
Claire Messud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Burning Land
Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Burning Library
Gilly Macmillan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Burn Journals
Brent Runyon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Burnout
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Bushwhacked Piano
Thomas McGuane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The Busybody Book Club
Freya Sampson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Butcher Boy
Patrick Mccabe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Butler Did It
Kasey Michaels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Butterfly Mosque
G. Willow Wilson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010