Auto-da-Fé by Elias Canetti
A reclusive scholar's descent into madness.
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Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
A spiritual master's extraordinary journey
Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
Cudjo Lewis’s oral history of capture, the Clotilda crossing, enslavement, and life in Africatown
Be Here Now by Ram Dass
A guide to consciousness and spiritual practices
Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear
Biography revealing Potter as a pioneering naturalist and conservationist
Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata
A writer's past affair haunts his present relationships.
Becoming Emotionally Whole by Charles Stanley
Change your thoughts to be happier and healthier
Being Logical by D.Q. McInerny
A guide to good thinking and reasoning skills
Beloved by Toni Morrison
A powerful ghost story about slavery's impact, based on the true story of Margaret Garner.
Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin
The story of an ex-convict struggling to survive in 1920s Berlin.
Better Relationships by Sarah Rozenthuler
Practical ways to make your relationships work
Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
Mastering the habits of our everyday lives
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Creative living beyond fear and embracing inspiration
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
A violent western following the Kid through the American-Mexican borderlands.
Blue Mind by Wallace J. Nichols
The surprising science that shows how being near water makes us happier
Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
How to create uncontested market space and make competition irrelevant
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
Biography of the German theologian who resisted Hitler and joined the plot to kill him
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
A hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen
Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
When to say yes, how to say no to take control of your life
Boundaries in Marriage by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Understanding and establishing healthy boundaries in marriage
Boundless by Ben Greenfield
Upgrade your brain, optimize your body, and defy aging
Brain Maker by David Perlmutter
The power of gut microbes to heal and protect your brain
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
A dystopian vision of a future society controlled through pleasure and conditioning.
Breath by James Nestor
The new science of a lost art of breathing
Building Emotional Intelligence by Linda Lantieri
Techniques to build inner strength in children
Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Successful habits of visionary companies
Bulletproof Problem Solving by Charles Conn and Robert McLean
The one skill that changes everything
Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder
A handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers
Call Sign Chaos by Jim Mattis
Learning to lead
Captivate by Vanessa Van Edwards
The science of succeeding with people
Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore
A guide for cultivating depth and sacredness in everyday life
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
A satirical anti-war novel set during World War II, following bombardier John Yossarian.
Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie
Portrait of the Russian empress who transformed her adopted country into a European powerhouse
Change by Design by Tim Brown
How design thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation
Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life by Wayne W. Dyer
Living the wisdom of the Tao
Changing Minds by Howard Gardner
The art and science of changing our own and other people's minds