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Beacon 23

Hugh Howey

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2015

Bearing the Cross

David J. Garrow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1986

Bears Discover Fire

Terry Bisson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1990

Bearskin

James A. Mclaughlin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Beartooth

Callan Wink

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Beastly

Alex Flinn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Beasts of a Little Land

Juhea Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Beasts of No Nation

Uzodinma Iweala

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Benh Zeitlin (film)

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1973

Beatrice And Virgil

Yann Martel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Beaufort

Ron Leshem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Beautiful Bastard

Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Beautiful Darkness

Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Beautiful Day

Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Beautiful Exile

Catherine Cowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Beautiful Losers

Leonard Cohen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Beauty and Sadness

Yasunari Kawabata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book

Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Beauty Queens

Libba Bray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Be Careful What You Wish For

Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Becoming a Person of Influence

John C. Maxwell, Jim Dornan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Becoming a Writer

Dorothea Brande

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1934

Becoming Ben Franklin

Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Becoming Dr. Q

Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Mim Eichler Rivas

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Becoming Ms. Burton

Susan Burton, Cari Lynn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Beer and Circus

Murray A. Sperber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Beetles, Lightly Toasted

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1987

Before Dorothy

Hazel Gaynor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Before Happiness: The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change

Shawn Achor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Before I Forget

Tory Henwood Hoen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Before Stonewall

Andrea Weiss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Before We Forget Kindness

Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Transl. Geoffrey Trousselot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Before We Say Goodbye

Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Transl. Geoffrey Trousselot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self

Danielle Evans

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2010

Be Frank With Me

Julia Claiborne Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Beg, Borrow, or Steal

Sarah Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Beginners

Raymond Carver

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1981

Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory

Peter Barry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Behind a Mask

Louisa May Alcott

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1866

Behind the Badge

Johnny Joey Jones

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

Behind the Mask of Chivalry

Nancy Maclean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Behind the Scenes at the Museum

Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Behind These Four Walls

Yasmin Angoe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Behind You Is the Sea

Susan Muaddi Darraj

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Being Born

Sheila Kitzinger

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Being Clem

Lesa Cline-Ransome

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Beka Lamb

Zee Edgell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

Belfast Diary

John Conroy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Believarexic

J.J. Johnson

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2015

Believe Me

Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Believers: A Novella and Stories

Charles Baxter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Belle Epoque

Elizabeth Ross

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Bellefleur

Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Belle Prater's Boy

Ruth White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Bellweather Rhapsody

Kate Racculia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Belzhar

Meg Wolitzer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Beneath

Ariel Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Beneath

Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Beneath My Mother's Feet

Amjed Qamar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Beneath Our Feet

R. H. Vernon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

Beneath the Lion's Gaze

Maaza Mengiste

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Benediction

Kent Haruf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Ben Jonson: A Life

Ian Donaldson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Bento Box in the Heartland

Linda Furiya

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Be Obsessed or Be Average

Grant Cardone

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Beowulf for Cretins: A Love Story

Ann Mcman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Be Recorder

Carmen Giménez Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Alfred Doblin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Best Laid Plans

Sarah Hart-Unger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Best Nerds Forever

Chris Grabenstein, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Best Served Cold

Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Betrayal

Houston A. Baker Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Betrayed

P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Betrayed by Rita Hayworth

Manuel Puig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Betsey Brown

Ntozake Shange

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Bettyville

George Hodgman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Between Heaven and Earth

Eric Walters

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

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 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 Pale

Emily Urquhart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

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 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

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