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Blue Hole Back Home

Joy Jordan-Lake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Bombingham

Anthony Grooms

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Bonjour Tristesse

Francoise Sagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Book of the Dead

Greig Beck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Boomsday

Christopher Buckley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Bowlaway

Elizabeth McCracken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Boy's Life

Robert Mccammon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Breakfast of Champions

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Breath

Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Breathing Lessons

Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Breathing Out the Ghost

Kirk Curnutt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Bridge of Sighs

Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Briefing for a Descent Into Hell

Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Bright, Precious Days

Jay Mcinerney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Brimstone

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Broken for You

Stephanie Kallos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Broken Harbour

Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Broken Trail

Alan Geoffrion

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Broken Verses

Kamila Shamsie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Bruised Hibiscus

Elizabeth Nunez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Bruno's Dream

Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Building Stories

Chris Ware

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Burger's Daughter

Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Burning Girls

Veronica Schanoes

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2013

Burning Midnight

Loren D. Estleman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Butcher's Crossing

John Edward Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

But That Was Yesterday

Kathleen Eagle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

By Nightfall

Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

By Night in Chile

Roberto Bolaño

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2000

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

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

Call It Sleep

Henry Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Canada

Richard Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Cancer Ward

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Cane River

Lalita Tademy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Cantoras

Carolina De Robertis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Cape May

Chip Cheek

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Captive Trail

Susan Page Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Caricature

Daniel Clowes

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Casino Royale

Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Cast of Shadows

Kevin Guilfoile

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Centennial

James A. Michener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Charley's Choice

Fern J. Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Charm City

Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Charming Billy

Alice McDermott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Chasing the Valley

Skye Melki-Wegner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Chesapeake

James Michener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Chicken with Plums

Marjane Satrapi

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Child 44

Tom Rob Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Children of Gebelawi

Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Children of God

Mary Doria Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Children of Light

Robert Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Children of the New World

Alexander Weinstein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Choke

Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Chorus of Mushrooms

Hiromi Goto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Chronology

Zahra Patterson

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Church of Marvels

Leslie Parry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Circle of Friends

Maeve Binchy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Circling the Sun

Paula McLain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Cities Of Salt

Abdelrahman Munif

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Citizen of the Galaxy

Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Citizen Tom Paine

Howard Fast

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

Citizen Vince

Jess Walter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

City of Heavenly Fire

Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

City of Joy

Dominique Lapierre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

City of Lost Souls

Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

City of Refuge

Kenzo Kitakata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

City on Fire

Garth Risk Hallberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio

Amara Lakhous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Clay's Quilt

Silas House

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Clay Walls

Ronyoung Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Cleanness

Garth Greenwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Clear and Present Danger

Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Closer

Dennis Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Closet

R.D. Zimmerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Cloud Nine

Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Cloudstreet

Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Cockroach

Rawi Hage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Coconut

Kopano Matlwa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Cold Sassy Tree

Olive Ann Burns

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Color of the Sea

John Hamamura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Come, Thou Tortoise

Jessica Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Comfort Woman

Nora Okja Keller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Coming Through Slaughter

Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Coming Up Roses

Staci Hart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Concealed in Death

J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Gregory Maguire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Confucius

Yasushi Inoue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Contact

Susan Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Coram Boy

Jamila Gavin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Corelli's Mandolin

Louis De Bernières

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Cosmopolis

Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Courtesan

Diane Haeger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993