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Belzhar
Meg Wolitzer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

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

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

Betrayal
Houston A. Baker Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

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 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

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 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 Sur
Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

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

Birds of Paradise
Diana Abu-Jaber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Birds Without Wings
Louis De Bernières

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Birthmarked
Caragh M. O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

B Is for Burglar
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Bitterblue
Kristin Cashore

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Bitter Fruit
Achmat Dangor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Bitter Grounds
Sandra Benitez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Black and Blue
Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Black and White
Jerri Blair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Black Apollo of Science
Kenneth R. Manning

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1983

Blackberry Winter
Robert Penn Warren

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1946

Blackbird Fly
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Black Box
Amos Oz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Black Butler
Yana Toboso

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2007

Black Dogs
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Black Duck
Janet Taylor Lisle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Black Edge
Sheelah Kolhatkar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary
Joe Jackson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Black Gold
Marguerite Henry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1957

Black in Selma
J. L. Chestnut Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1991

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Rebecca West

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1941

Black Light: Stories
Kimberly King Parsons

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat
Russell Banks

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1970

Blackout
John J. Nance

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Black Privilege
Charlamagne Tha God

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Black Swan
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

Black Water Rising
Attica Locke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Black, White, and Jewish
Rebecca Walker

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Bleeding Edge: A Novel
Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2006

Blood and Chocolate
Annette Curtis Klause

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Blood, Bones and Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2011

Blood Brothers
Willy Russell

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1983

Blood Red Horse
K.M. Grant

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Blood Relations
Lisa M. Tillman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Bloodsworth
Tim Junkin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Bloodties
Ted Kerasote

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Blood, Tin, Straw
Sharon Olds

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

Blood Water Paint
Joy McCullough

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Blue Angel
Francine Prose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Blueback
Tim Winton

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1997

Blue Calhoun
Reynolds Price

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

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

Blue Nights
Joan Didion

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Blues for an Alabama Sky
Pearl Cleage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

Blues for Mister Charlie
James Baldwin

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

Bobos in Paradise
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Boccaccio
Thomas G. Bergin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

Body in Question
Jonathan Miller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

Boesman and Lena
Athol Fugard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1969

Bog Child
Siobhan Dowd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Bombingham
Anthony Grooms

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Bondage
David Henry Hwang

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

Bonechiller
Graham McNamee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Bonjour Tristesse
Francoise Sagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Book of Ages
Jill Lepore

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Book of a Thousand Days
Shannon Hale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Book of Common Prayer
Thomas Cranmer

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 1549

Book of Revelation
John the Apostle

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 90

Book of the Dead
Greig Beck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

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

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