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Brimstone
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

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

Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Ross King

Nonfiction | Book | 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

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Carson McCullers

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1951

The Ballad of the White Horse
G. K. Chesterton

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1911

The Ball and the Cross
G. K. Chesterton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1909

The Baltimore Waltz
Paula Vogel

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1992

The Bamboo Dancers
N. V. M. Gonzalez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Bark Tree
Raymond Queneau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

The Baron in the Trees
Italo Calvino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Basement Room
Graham Greene

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1935

The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel
David Rabe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1971

The Bat Poet
Randall Jarrell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

The Battle for Christmas
Stephen Nissenbaum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Battle of Jericho
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Beach Trees
Karen White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Bear and the Nightingale
Katherine Arden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Beast in the Garden
David Baron

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Beatles
Bob Spitz

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

The Beautiful Room Is Empty
Edmund White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Beautiful Side of Evil
Johanna Michaelsen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

The Beauty and the Sorrow
Peter Englund

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Martin McDonagh

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

The Beekeeper's Apprentice
Laurie R. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness
Joel Ben Izzy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

The Beggar Maid
Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

The Beggar's Opera
John Gay

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1728

The Behavior of the Hawkweeds
Andrea Barrett

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1994

The Believers
Zoë Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Belle of Amherst
William Luce

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1976

The Bells
Richard Harvell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Belly of Paris
Émile Zola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1873

The Berlin Stories
Christopher Isherwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

The Berlin Wall
Frederick Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Bermuda Triangle
Charles Berlitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

The Best And The Brightest
David Halberstam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

The Best Laid Plans
Terry Fallis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Betrayal
Helen Dunmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Bicycle Diaries
David Kroodsma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Big Bad Wolf
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Big Money
John Dos Passos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

The Big Necessity
Rose George

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Big Over Easy
Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Big Sea
Langston Hughes

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1940

The Bingo Palace
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Bird Artist
Howard Norman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Bitter Season
Tami Hoag

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Black Arrow
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1888

The Black Count
Tom Reiss

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

The Black God's Drums
P. Djèlí Clark

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Black Hand
Stephan Talty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Blackwater Lightship
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Blazing World
Siri Hustvedt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Blind Man
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1914

The Blind Watchmaker: Why The Evidence Of Evolution Reveals A Universe Without Design
Richard Dawkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Blood Knot
Athol Fugard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1961

The Blood of Flowers
Anita Amirrezvani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Bloody Chamber
Angela Carter

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

The Blue Flower
Penelope Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Blue Sword
Robin McKinley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Boat
Nam Le

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2008

The Body Artist
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2001

The Body Farm
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Body of Christopher Creed
Carol Plum-Ucci

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Body Project
Joan Jacobs Brumberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Bonesetter's Daughter
Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001