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A Bag of Marbles
Joseph Joffo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

A Bell for Adano
John Hersey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

A Bend in the Road
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Bone from a Dry Sea
Peter Dickinson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1995

A Book of Common Prayer
Joan Didion

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Bag of Bones
Stephen King, Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Baltasar and Blimunda
Giovanni Pontiero, José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Bang the Drum Slowly
Mark Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Barabbas
André Gide, Alan Blair, Lucien Maury, Pär Lagerkvist

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child
Elva Treviño Hart, Elva Trevino Hart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Bark
Lorrie Moore

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2014

Barkskins
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Barney's Version
Mordecai Richler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Baseball Fever
Johanna Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Baseball Great (Baseball Great, #1)
Tim Green

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
James M. Mcpherson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Baudelaire.
Joanna Richardson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Baudolino
William Weaver, Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Baumgartner's Bombay
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Bears Discover Fire
Terry Bisson

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Bearskin
James A. Mclaughlin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Beastly (Beastly, #1)
Alex Flinn

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Beasts of No Nation
Uzodinma Iweala

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories
Benh Zeitlin (film), Doris Betts

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

Beatrice and Virgil
Yann Martel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Beaufort
Ron Leshem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Beautiful Losers
Leonard Cohen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Beauty and Sadness
Howard S. Hibbett, Yasunari Kawabata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Beauty Queens
Libba Bray

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Becoming Dr. Q
Mim Eichler Rivas, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Bee Season
Myla Goldberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Before Stonewall
Andrea Weiss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Danielle Evans, Danielle Evans

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2010

Be Frank With Me
Julia Claiborne Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Beginners
Raymond Carver

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2009

Behind a Mask, Or, a Woman's Power
Louisa May Alcott, A.M. Barnard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Being Born
Sheila Kitzinger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Beka Lamb
Zee Edgell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Belfast Diary: War as a Way of Life
John Conroy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Believarexic
J.J. Johnson, J.J. Johnson

Fiction | Poem | Published in 2015

Believers: A novella and stories
Charles Baxter

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

Belle Epoque
Elizabeth Ross, Elizabeth Ross

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Bellefleur
Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Belle Prater's Boy
Ruth White

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1998

Bellweather Rhapsody
Kate Racculia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Belzhar
Meg Wolitzer

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Beneath My Mother's Feet
Amjed Qamar

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Maaza Mengiste

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Benediction (Plainsong, #3)
Kent Haruf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Ben Jonson: A Life
Ian Donaldson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

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: Poems
Carmen Giménez Smith, Carmen Giménez

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2019

Berlin Alexanderplatz
Alfred Doblin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Betrayed by Rita Hayworth
Manuel Puig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Betsey Brown
Ntozake Shange

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1995

Bettyville: A Memoir
George Hodgman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Between the Assassinations
Aravind Adiga

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2008

Be With
Forrest Gander

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2018

Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
Elaine Pagels

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Beyond the Burning Time
Kathryn Lasky

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1996

Big Bertha Stories
Bobbie Ann Mason

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1982

Big Game (FunJungle, #3)
Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Big Sur
Aram Saroyan, Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Billy Bathgate
E. L. Doctorow, E.L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Biloxi Blues
Neil Simon

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2010

Birds of Paradise
Diana Abu-Jaber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Birds Without Wings
Louis De Bernières

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1)
Caragh M. O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2)
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Bitter Fruit
Achmat Dangor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Bitter Grounds
Sandra Benítez, Sandra Benitez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998