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Barney Frank
Stuart Weisberg

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Barney's Version
Mordecai Richler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Bartholomew Fair
Ben Jonson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1614

Baseball Fever
Johanna Hurwitz

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

Baseball Great
Tim Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Based on a True Story: A Memoir
Norm Macdonald

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
Thomas Sowell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Basketball (And Other Things)
Shea Serrano

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians
Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Bat and the End of Everything
Elana K. Arnold

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Battle Ground
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Battle Mountain
C. J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Baudelaire
Joanna Richardson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1964

Baudolino
Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Baumgartner's Bombay
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Bayou Farewell
Mike Tidwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Beach House Rules
Kristy Woodson Harvey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds
Allison Brennan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Little Fools
Jillian Cantor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Beautiful Losers
Leonard Cohen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Beautiful Redemption
Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

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

Because of Miss Bridgerton
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

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 Bulletproof
Evy Poumpouras

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Becoming Dr. Q
Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Mim Eichler Rivas

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith From Fear
Jinger Duggar Vuolo

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

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 She Met Me
Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Before Stonewall
Andrea Weiss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Before the Frost
Henning Mankell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

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 Your Memory Fades
Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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 Five Willows
June Hur

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

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
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Beneath Devil's Bridge
Loreth Anne White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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

Beneath the Swirling Sky
Carolyn Leiloglou

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
Patrick Horvath

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2023

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

Beren and Lúthien
J. R. R. Tolkien, Ed. Christopher Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

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