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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

Breathing Out the Ghost

Kirk Curnutt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It

Sundee T. Frazier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Briar Rose

Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Brida

Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Bridesmaid for Hire

Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Bridesmaid Undercover

Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Bridge of Souls

Victoria Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Bridge to Haven

Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Briefing for a Descent Into Hell

Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

David Foster Wallace

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

Bright and Morning Star

Richard Wright

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1938

Bright Lights, Big Christmas

Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Brighton Rock

Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1938

Bright, Precious Days

Jay Mcinerney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

Barbara Ehrenreich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Brimstone

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Bringing Down the Duke

Evie Dunmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions

Ben Mezrich

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

Bring Me Back

B. A. Paris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Broadway Bound

Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1986

Broken

Jenny Lawson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Broken

Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Broken

Sadie Kincaid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Broken Angels

Richard Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Broken by Daylight

Elizabeth Helen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Broken Fae

Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Broken for You

Stephanie Kallos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Broken Glass

Adrian Stirling

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Broken Harbor

Catherine Cowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Broken Horses

Brandi Carlile

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

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 903

Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

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