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The Birth of Venus

Sarah Dunant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Bitter Season

Tami Hoag

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Black Arrow

Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1888

The Black Bird Oracle

Deborah Harkness

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Black Book

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Black Cauldron

Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1965

The Black Count

Tom Reiss

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

The Black Dahlia

James Ellroy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Black God's Drums

P. Djèlí Clark

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Black Hand

Stephan Talty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Black Ice

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Black Tulip

Robin Buss, Alexandre Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1850

The Blackwater Lightship

Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Black Widow

Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Black Witch

Laurie Forest

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Blazing World

Siri Hustvedt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Blinding Knife

Brent Weeks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Blind Man

D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1914

The Blind Watchmaker: Why The Evidence Of Evolution Reveals A Universe Without Design

Richard Dawkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Block Party

Jamie Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Blonde Identity

Ally Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold

Ally Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Blood Knot

Athol Fugard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1961

The Blood of Flowers

Anita Amirrezvani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Blood Traitor

Lynette Noni

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Bloody Chamber

Angela Carter

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

The Blue Between Sky and Water

Susan Abulhawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Blue Bistro

Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Blue Castle

L.M. Montgomery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

The Blue Flower

Penelope Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Boardwalk Bookshop

Susan Mallery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Body

Charles W. Colson, Ellen Santilli Vaughn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Body Artist

Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2001

The Body Farm

Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Bodyguard Affair

Amy Lea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Body in the Backyard

Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Body of Christopher Creed

Carol Plum-Ucci

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Body Project

Joan Jacobs Brumberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Bog Wife

Kay Chronister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Bone Collector

Jeffery Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Bonesetter's Daughter

Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Bone Shard Daughter

Andrea Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Bone Tree

Greg Iles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Bonus

T. L. Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Book Club Hotel

Sarah Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Booklover's Library

Madeline Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Book of Accidents

Chuck Wendig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Book of Aron

Jim Shepard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

Mark Nepo

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1999

The Book of Boy

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Book of Chameleons

Jose Eduardo Agualusa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination With the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

Patrik Svensson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Book of Elsewhere

Keanu Reeves, China Miéville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Book of Embraces

Eduardo Galeano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Book of Essie

Meghan MacLean Weir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Book of Evidence

John Banville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Book of Fate

Brad Meltzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1645

The Book of Genesis

Robert Crumb

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Book of Guilt

Catherine Chidgey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Book of Illusions

Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Book of Ivy

Amy Engel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Book of Joan

Lidia Yuknavitch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Book of Joshua

Zachary Schomburg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Book of Lost and Found

Lucy Foley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Book of Love

Kelly Link

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Book of Luke

Lovell Holder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Book of Memory

Petina Gappah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

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 Box in the Woods

Maureen Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Box Man

Kōbō Abe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973