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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

Born Standing Up
Steve Martin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

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

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

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

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 of Sighs
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

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
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

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 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

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 Stories
Chris Ware

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

Bull Rider
Suzanne Morgan Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

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

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

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 Any Other Name
Laura Jarratt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

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

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

Call It Sleep
Henry Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Calypso
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

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

Candyfreak
Steve Almond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

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

Captain Nobody
Dean Pitchford

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Captive Trail
Susan Page Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Career of Evil
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Caricature
Daniel Clowes

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

Carpe Diem
Autumn Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Carrie's War
Nina Bawden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

Carry on Warrior
Glennon Doyle (Melton)

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Carter Finally Gets It
Brent Crawford

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Carve the Mark
Veronica Roth

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Casino Royale
Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Cassandra
Pierre De Ronsard

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1553

Cast of Shadows
Kevin Guilfoile

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Cathleen Ni Houlihan
William Butler Yeats

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1902

Centennial
James A. Michener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Chained in Silence
Talitha L. Leflouria

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015