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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

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
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

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

Career of Evil
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

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