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Books for Living
Will Schwalbe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Bookstore
Lynne Tillman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

Boomsday
Christopher Buckley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Boom Town
Nic Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Boomtown Blues
Andrew Gulliford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Boot Camp
Todd Strasser

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
Elizabeth Partridge

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Border Crossing
Caitlin Maling

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Boris Godunov
Alexander Pushkin

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1825

Born At Midnight
C.C. Hunter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Born Confused
Tanuja Desai Hidier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Borne
Jeff VanderMeer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Born Standing Up
Steve Martin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Born Survivors
Wendy Holden

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Born to Run
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Borrowed Finery
Paula Fox

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Botchan
Natsume Sōseki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1906

Bottled Up
Jaye Murray

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

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 Nobody
Allen Zadoff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Boy's Life
Robert Mccammon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

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

Brave Companions
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

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

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

Breath
Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Breathe In, Bleed Out
Brian Mcauley

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

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

Brighton Rock
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1938

Bright, Precious Days
Jay Mcinerney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Brimstone
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

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

Broadway Bound
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1986

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 Places & Outer Spaces
Nnedi Okorafor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | 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

Brother to a Dragonfly
Will D. Campbell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

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

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

Bull Rider
Suzanne Morgan Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
David Graeber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Burger's Daughter
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Buried Child
Sam Shepard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1978

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 Place: A Memoir
Iliana Regan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Bury the Chains
Adam Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Bus Stop
William Inge

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955

But That Was Yesterday
Kathleen Eagle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

By Any Other Name
Laura Jarratt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

By Nightfall
Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

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

Caesar
Colleen McCullough

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Caged Warrior
Alan Sitomer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Cal
Bernard Maclaverty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Calculating God
Robert J. Sawyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Calico Joe
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline
Rosanna Xia

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Call It Sleep
Henry Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Calypso
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

Camino Winds
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Canada
Richard Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Cancer Ward
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Candor
Pam Bachorz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009