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Better Off Dead
Lee Child, Andrew Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives
Gretchen Rubin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Bettyville
George Hodgman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Between Friends & Lovers
Shirlene Obuobi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Between Heaven and Earth
Eric Walters

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Between Heaven and Texas
Marie Bostwick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Between Love and Loathing
Shain Rose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Between the Assassinations
Aravind Adiga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Marcus Rediker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Between the Lines
Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Beware of the Dog
Brian Moore (Pitbull)

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Bewitched
Laura Thalassa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Be With
Forrest Gander

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
Elaine Pagels

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Beyond God the Father
Mary Daly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

Beyond Her Reach
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Beyond Katrina
Natasha Trethewey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Beyond Reach
Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Beyond the Burning Time
Kathryn Lasky

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Beyond the Chocolate War
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

Beyond the Moonlit Sea
Julianne MacLean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Beyond the Pale
Emily Urquhart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Be Your Future Self Now
Dr. Benjamin Hardy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Big Bad Wolf
Laurie Gilmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Big Bertha Stories
Bobbie Ann Mason

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1982

Big Game
Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2015

Big Girl Blitz
Danielle Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Big Shot
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Big Sky
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Big Stone Gap
Adriana Trigiani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Big Sur
Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

Big Tree
Brian Selznick

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2023

Big Trouble
Dave Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Billion Dollar Loser
Reeves Wiedeman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Billion-Dollar Ransom
James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Billy Bathgate
E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Biloxi Blues
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1985

Biography of X
Catherine Lacey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Biophilia
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

Bird
Crystal Chan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Birdie
Eileen Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Birds of a Feather
Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Birds of Paradise
Diana Abu-Jaber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Birds Without Wings
Louis De Bernières

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Birthmarked
Caragh M. O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

B Is for Burglar
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2024

Bitterblue
Kristin Cashore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Bitter Fruit
Achmat Dangor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Bitter Grounds
Sandra Benitez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Bitter Orange
Claire Fuller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Black and Blue
Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Black and White
Jerri Blair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Black Apollo of Science
Kenneth R. Manning

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1983

Blackberry Wine
Joanne Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Blackberry Winter
Robert Penn Warren

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1946

Blackbird Fly
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Black Box
Amos Oz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes--But Some Do
Matthew Syed

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Black Butler
Yana Toboso

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

Black Candle Women
Diane Marie Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Black Dahlia
William J. Mann

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

Black Dogs
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Black Duck
Janet Taylor Lisle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Black Earth
Timothy Snyder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Black Edge
Sheelah Kolhatkar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary
Joe Jackson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
Joby Warrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Black Fortunes
Shomari Wills

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Black Friday
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Black Gold
Marguerite Henry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1957

Black House
Stephen King, Peter Straub

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Black in Selma
J. L. Chestnut Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Rebecca West

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1941

Black Light: Stories
Kimberly King Parsons

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

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

Black Notice
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Black Ops
Ric Prado

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Blackout
John J. Nance

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
Sarah Hepola

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

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 Rose
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Black Sheep
Rachel Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Black Spring
Henry Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Black Star, Bright Dawn
Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Black Swan
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

Blacktail
Scott Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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

Blessings
Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Blindside
James Patterson, James O. Born

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Blind Side
Kandi Steiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Blindsight
Peter Watts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992