Authors whose first name starts with B

B. Celeste is catalogued with 26 books, dated 2019 to 2026 and credited to B. Celeste alone. The Truth About Heartbreak, The Truth about Tomorrow and The Truth about Us all appeared in 2019, followed by a 2020 group that takes in Color Me Pretty, If I Could and Where the Little Birds Are. The series listed are Linden U, Truth About, On Ice and Little Bird Duet, and the newest entry is Never Pucking Ending (2026). No subject headings are recorded for the run.

B. E. Baker writes women's fiction with a romance line. Seven catalogued books, all named in the same clipped way, The Ranch, The Retreat, The Vow, The Reboot, The Setback, The Surprise and The Lookback, appeared between 2022 and 2024, at a median length of 381 pages. Baker remains actively publishing.

B. Love has 214 books in the catalogue, published from 2015 to 2026. The first listed title is Flesh, Flaws, and All (2015), and Kailani & Bishop appeared the same year. Series include Black Mayhem Mafia Saga, Gucci Gang Saga, Loved By a Memphis Hoodlum, Ode to Memphis, MPWG Law Firm, Banking On Love and Rule and Camryn. The catalogue also lists titles such as Are You The One, Or Nah?: 140 Questions To Ask Your Potential Mate On Your First Date (2016). Man-woman relationships and African Americans are the recorded subjects, and Ali the Author (2026) is the newest title.

B.A. Paris

9 books• 2 series

B.A. Paris is the pen name of a Franco-Irish writer of psychological thrillers and drama. Behind Closed Doors (2016), the debut, became a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller and received the Platinum Nielsen Bestseller Award in 2019. The Breakdown (2017) was filmed as Blackwater Lane in 2024. The catalogue has 9 books, all filed as standalone novels, including The Therapist (2021) and The Guest (2024), through When I Kill You (2026). Subjects include marriage, family secrets and spousal abuse.

Vampires, wolves and shifters fill B.A. Stretke's catalogue, and many of the series are pinned to named American places: Pittsburgh Vampires, Vampires of Charlotte, Cincinnati Shifters, Bay Harbor Wolves and Wolves of Belle Fourche. Twelve series are recorded in all, with Crimson Coven, Old Mission Coven, Rose Vampire Coven, Pack Rules and Dragon's Blood M.C. among them. Stretke has 158 catalogued books dated 2011 to 2026, from Signed and Sealed to The Shadow Demon, and the list stays open.

B.A. Tortuga writes gay romance and erotica, with 203 books catalogued from 2004 to 2026. Subjects include gay men, erotic romance, romance short stories and vampires. Stress Relief (2004) is the first listed title and Blue Collar Cowboy (2026) the newest. Tortuga's series include Cozy Cowboys, Roughstock, Leanin' N, Wrecked Universe, Spurs & Saddles, Banished and Higher Elevation. Jodi Payne shares credit on 2 of the books.

B.B. Griffith has 18 catalogued books, published between 2011 and 2026. Blue Fall (2011) opens the run, with The Voice and the Pendant and Trial by Fire also dating from 2011, then Grey Winter (2012) and Black Spring (2013). Two series headings carry the Griffith name: Tournament and the Gordon Pope Mysteries. Follow the Crow (2014), Beyond the Veil (2015), The Coyote Way (2016) and The Sleepwalkers (2016) continue the list, which reaches Broken Totem in 2026. Fairies appear among the subject tags.

B.B. Hamel has 198 books in the catalogue, published between 2015 and 2026, with the 2020s the heaviest decade. Based (2015) is the listed first title, issued the same year as Cocked, Filmed, Honored, Jerked, Kinged, Rock Hard, Smash and Taught. Dirty Legacy (2026) is the most recent entry. Series credited to Hamel include Dark Daddies, Lofthouse Family, Atlas Organization, City's Secrets, Barone Crime Family, Leone Crime Family, Valentino Crime Family, Miracle Baby and Big Daddy.

B.B. Haywood writes the Candy Holliday Mysteries, a cozy series set in small-town Maine. Candy Holliday is a woman farmer who investigates local murders, and each title names a regional food: Town in a Blueberry Jam (2010) opens the run, and Town in a Lobster Stew, Town in a Pumpkin Bash and Town in a Cinnamon Toast follow. Eight books end at Town in a Maple Madness (2017), with town festivals and Halloween recurring.

B.B. Reid has 19 books in the catalogue, dated 2015 through 2026. Fear Me (2015) is the earliest title and Say So (2026) the most recent. Four series carry the Reid name: When Rivals Play, Stolen Duet, Men of the Wilds and Hunt the Red Hood. The nine books with a page count on file run to a median of 366 pages, and Reid is recorded as an ongoing author.

B.D. Churston writes cosy historical mysteries, all 8 catalogued books belonging to the Lady Jane and Mrs Forbes series. Murder Most English (2022) opens the run and The Murder Before Aunt Kate's Wedding (2026) is the newest. Country houses give most of the titles their setting: The Body at Penford Priory (2023), Murder at Five Oaks Stables (2025), The Winthrop Castle Affair (2025) and The Amberley Manor Mystery (2026).

B.J. Alpha has 31 catalogued books, published between 2021 and 2027. The run opens with Cal (2021) and takes in Bren, Con, Finn, Oscar and Born Reckless (2022), with Unthinkable the most recent released title at 2026 and Czar scheduled for 2027. The series recorded for Alpha are Secrets And Lies, Mafia Daddies, Storm Enterprises, Brutal, the Carrera Family and the Unholy Savages MC. All 31 books are credited to Alpha alone.

Louisiana police procedurals make up B.J. Bourg's listing. Clint Wolf, London Carter and the Magnolia Parish Mysteries are the three series, and 51 titles run from James 516 (2014) to But Not For Honor (2026). Crime, suspense and clergy appear in the subject tags.

Montana features in the names of B.J. Daniels's series, including Cahill Ranch/Montana Cahills, Buckhorn, Montana, Beartooth, Montana, Montana Hamiltons, Cardwell Ranch: Montana Legacy and the Whitehorse, Montana sets. B.J. Daniels writes romantic suspense and western romance, with 150 books catalogued from Outlawed (1995) to Calling His Bluff (2026). Colt Brothers Investigation is another series. Subject tags include cowboys, sheriffs, murders and mystery.

Romance is the subject heading the catalogue assigns to B.J. Harvey, whose listing holds 28 books dated 2013 to 2022. Lost in Distraction, Lost for You, Temporary Bliss and True Bliss all date from 2013, and Rule Bender (2022) is the newest entry. Cook Brothers and Chicago First Responders are the series listed. The books run to a median of 216 pages, and the catalogue marks the run dormant.

B.K. Borison writes contemporary romance that the author's own profile calls cozy, built around emotionally vulnerable characters. Lovelight Farms (2021) opens a catalogue of 9 books; In the Weeds, Mixed Signals, Business Casual, First-Time Caller, Good Spirits, And Now, Back to You and Grim Tidings follow, and Longtime Listener is due in 2027. Series listings are Lovelight, Heartstrings and Ghosted. Borison is a New York Times, USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling author, and subject tags include small-town romance, romantic comedy, forced proximity and friends to lovers.

B.K. Greenwood is credited on 9 catalogued books, all published between 2021 and 2023. The catalogue files them as historical action-adventure thrillers and gathers them under the Last Roman series. Three titles are dated 2021 - Abyss, Exile and Hatchet - four are dated 2022, among them Absolution and Monsoon, and two are dated 2023, Hammer of God and Insurrection. No book has been catalogued under this name since 2023.

Mystery and detective fiction accounts for the 9 books catalogued under B.K. Stevens, published between 2010 and 2016. Three series are recorded under the name: Jane Ciardi Sign Language Mysteries, Martial Arts Mysteries and Leah Abrams. Subjects record murder and its investigation, martial arts and martial artists, and teenage boys. Little Dumber Boy (2010) is the first title catalogued, and Death on a Diet and Her Infinite Variety both carry 2016 dates.

B.M. Bower wrote westerns about cowboys, ranch life and the American West. The Flying U series began with Chip of the Flying U in 1906 and continued through Flying U Ranch (1914) and The Flying U's Last Stand (1915). Montana, forest rangers and man-woman relationships recur through 47 catalogued titles dated between 1906 and 2020. The 1910s were Bower's heaviest decade.

B.M. Clemton's catalogue holds 10 books from Knight Ascending (2021) to A Seduction Of Death (2025), and the series on the site are Black Veil University, Umbra Hunters and Silvercrest University. Knight Revelations (2021), Knight Awakened (2022), Knight Forsaken (2022) and Knight Unchained (2023) share the word Knight. A Shadow of Betrayal (2023), A Spark Of Revenge (2023), A Surrender Of Hope (2024) and Of Bone and Ash (2024) are also listed. Clemton is marked as still publishing.

B.M. Hardin writes urban fiction about marriage, adultery and the triangles around them, with African American women at the centre of the subject list. Titles state the case plainly: Every Woman Has a Price, Your Pastor, My Husband, He Still Belongs to Me, Side Chick Catching Main Chick Feelings. The catalogue holds 39 books published between 2012 and 2026, across series including Hidden Wife, Dirty Bonds, Jones, Wrong Husband, Give Him Back and Reserve My Curves. The Cancer Patient's Kill List (2026) is the newest release.

B.N. Rundell writes westerns, 70 of them catalogued between 2016 and 2026. Star Dancer (2016) opens the list and Animas Forks (2026) is the most recent. Seven series are catalogued: the Stonecroft Saga, Rocky Mountain Saint, the Buckskin Chronicles, Plainsman Western, the McCain Chronicles, the Quest Chronicles and the Long Hunter's Journals. A long run of To The... titles maps the frontier by place, among them To The Absaroka (2016), To the Bighorns (2017), To The Cache La Poudre (2017), To The Medicine Bow (2017) and To The Sangre De Cristo (2017).

B.P. Walter writes suspense thrillers, with 11 books catalogued from 2019 to 2026. A Version Of The Truth (2019) is the first, followed by Hold Your Breath (2020). The Dinner Guest, The Woman on the Pier, The Locked Attic, Notes on a Murder and The Garden Party appeared between 2021 and 2024. The Treehouse and The Winter Visitor are dated 2025. The Christmas Guest (2026) is the newest book, and Walter is still publishing.

B.R. Kingsolver writes urban fantasy and paranormal fiction. The Telepathic Clans series opens the catalogue with The Succubus Gift and Succubus Unleashed, both 2012, and Chameleon Assassin (2016) begins a second sequence. Six further series follow: Rosie O'Grady's Paranormal Bar and Grill, Dark Streets, Rift Chronicles, Crossroads Chronicles, Wicklow College of Arcane Arts and A Spirit Mage's Journey. Thirty-two books date from 2012 to 2025, at a median 290 pages.

B.R. Myers is credited on 11 catalogued books published between 2013 and 2024. Subject headings cover teenage girls, first loves, camp counsellors and track and field, and class the work as Canadian fiction. The Nefertari Hughes Mystery series carries the Myers name. Night Shift (2013) is the earliest entry in the listing and The Third Wife of Faraday House (2024) the newest, with Butterflies Don't Lie (2014), Girl on the Run (2015), Rogue Princess (2020) and A Dreadful Splendor (2022) among the titles between. Volumes run to a median of 332 pages.

B.R. Spangler has 33 catalogued books published between 2012 and 2026, several of the series named for investigators: Detective Casey White, Agent Nichelle Wilkinson, Sheriff Jericho Flynn, An Affair With Murder and Caustic. Two other strands sit outside that, the Gray books from Gray Skies (2013) to End of Gray Skies (2016) and Dark Skies Apocalypse, along with work set in Hugh Howey's Wool and Silo world. Superman's Cape and An Order of Coffee and Tears both date from 2012, and Losing Alice (2026) is the newest.

B.V. Larson writes military and action-adventure science fiction, with catalogue subjects also recording extraterrestrial beings, space and time, paranormal fiction and crime. The catalogue is large: 103 books published between 2010 and 2026, from Amber Magic (2010) to Spawn World (2026). Series include Undying Mercenaries, Star Force, Galactic Liberation, Rebel Fleet, Red Company, Pax Solis, Rift Warrior, Star Runner, Killquest and the Lost Colonies Trilogy. Larson holds the sole credit on every catalogued title.

Post-apocalyptic and zombie fiction makes up the whole of Baileigh Higgins's catalogue. The run holds 56 books published between 2016 and 2026, from Last Another Day (2016) to Solar Storm: Book 4 (2026). Higgins writes the Extinction, Primeval, Dangerous Days, Rise of the Undead, Black Tide, Heroes of the Apocalypse and Solar Apocalypse series. Output has stayed steady since 2016, and the 2020s carry most of it.

Bailey Cates writes the Magical Bakery Mystery books, which mix baking with witches, charms and magic. The catalogue lists 12 books from 2012 to 2026, the earliest being Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti (2012) and Brownies and Broomsticks (2012). Charms and Chocolate Chips (2013), Spells and Scones (2016) and Witches and Wedding Cake (2020) are later titles. Rituals and Rolling Pins (2026) is the newest. Subjects include bakeries, aunts, murder and women sleuths.

Bailey Hannah began publishing in 2023 with Alive and Wells and has 7 catalogued books through 2026. Wells Ranch is the one series listed under her name. The run takes in Christmas at Fox Ridge (2024), Seeing Red (2024), At Whit's End (2025), Change of Hart (2025), Love Wells Kept (2026) and Sunday's Best (2026), and Hannah is actively publishing.

Bailey West has 21 books in this catalogue, dated 2016 to 2026. Blue's Beauty (2016) opens the listing and Blacc (2026) is the newest title, with Ezekiel's Passion (2017), Paxton's Peace (2017), Free Indeed (2018), Serving Time (2018), Trusting The Process (2019) and Depth of Love (2020) among the entries. Valentine Law, Metamorphosis and Bluette Men are the three series recorded under West, and the listing remains open.

Bal Khabra has 5 books catalogued, published between 2022 and 2026. A Code for Love (2022) is the earliest, followed by Collide (2023), then Revolve and Spiral in 2025 and Embrace in 2026. No series grouping is recorded for the run, and Khabra continues to publish.

Banana Yoshimoto

12 books

Banana Yoshimoto is the pen name of the Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto, born 24 July 1964. From 2002 to 2015 the name was written in hiragana. The catalogue holds 12 books from Kitchen (1988) to Dead-end Memories (2022). The Premonition, Asleep, Goodbye Tsugumi, Lizard, N.P., Amrita, The Lake and Hardboiled & Hard Luck are among the titles. Subject tags include Japan, cousins, female friendship and single-author short stories.

Barack Obama has five catalogued books. Dreams from My Father (1995) is a memoir about family, race and identity; The Audacity of Hope (2006) turns to politics and government; A Promised Land (2020) continues the account. Of Thee I Sing (2010) is addressed to his daughters, and Renegades: Born in the USA (2021) closes the list. Race relations and American politics are the recurring subjects.

Barb Goffman writes crime and mystery fiction, catalogued as American detective and mystery stories. The 16 listed titles run from Murder at Sleuthfest (2006) to The Postman Always Flirts Twice (2024). The Worst Noel (2009), Truth and Consequences (2011) and Whose Wine Is It Anyway? (2017) are among them. Barb Goffman is still publishing.

Barb Han writes romantic suspense, with catalogue subjects spanning western romance, police and law enforcement, kidnapping, witnesses, ranchers and Texas. The catalogue counts 113 books, opening with Seducing Avery (2012) and reaching Betrayal at Close Range (2026). Ambush at Close Range is scheduled for 2027. Han's series include Texas Firebrand, Don't Mess With Texas Cowboys, Cowboys of Cattle Cove, Rescue Ridge, Cattlemen Crime Club, Marshals of Mesa Point and Ree and Quint.

Barb Hendee is an American fantasy author who co-writes the Noble Dead Saga with her husband J. C. Hendee. That saga runs through three numbered arcs plus a Tales collection, and Hendee's other series include Vampire Memories, Mist-Torn Witches, Dark Glass, Dead Seekers and Tales of Misbelief. Vampires, witches and quests head the subject list. 36 books run from Blood Memories (1999) to The Hunters' Girl (2020), at a median of 336 pages.

Barbara Allan writes the Trash 'n' Treasures Mysteries, a cozy series whose amateur sleuths are a mother and daughter dealing in antiques. The 24 catalogued books open with Antiques Roadkill (2006) and reach Antiques Web (2026), every title beginning with the word Antiques. Vivian Borne is the recurring character named in the catalogue. Murder, small-town dealing and a dog recur throughout, and the series is ongoing.

Barbara Bartholomew's catalogue holds 52 books from The Cereal Box Adventures (1981) to Granny Magic (2018). Early titles include Flight into the unknown (1982), The Great Gradepoint Mystery (1983) and A Love Like This (1984). Series include Lavender, Texas, Magic Moments, Time Keeper, Medicine Stick, Wolf Creek Mystery, Microkid Mystery and Chronicles of the Magic Land. Subjects include plot-your-own stories, mystery stories, computers and high school students. Bartholomew was born in Oklahoma and writes contemporary and inspirational fiction.

Barbara Bretton was born Barbara Fuller in New York City on 25 June 1950, studied at Queens College and married Roy Bretton in 1968. Bretton lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and spends time in Maine. A USA Today bestselling author of more than 40 books, Bretton has over ten million copies in print, with translations into twelve languages. The catalogue lists 69 books from Love Changes (1983) to Enthralled - The Decision (2022), with tags for contemporary romance, magic, time travel and knitting shops. Series include Sugar Maple, Shelter Rock Cove and Time Travel Trilogy.

Barbara Cameron writes Amish Christian romance, with titles running from A Time to Love (2010), A Time for Peace (2011) and A Time to Heal (2011) to This Side of Heaven (2024). Series include Quilts of Lancaster County, Stitches in Time, Hearts of Lancaster County, Amish Roads, Amish Gathering, Harvest of Hope and Sunshine and Shadows. Subjects include the Amish, Amish women, Christian romance, Pennsylvania, quilting and grandparents. A Place of His Own and Her Restless Heart both appeared in 2012.

Barbara Cartland

702 books• 3 series

Barbara Cartland, born Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland on 9 July 1901 and died on 21 May 2000, was an English romance novelist and socialite. This directory catalogues 702 titles under Cartland's name, from His Hour (1910) through to A Heart in the Highlands (2024), with the 1980s the heaviest decade. The Eternal Collection, the Pink Collection and the Camfield Novels Of Love group the bulk of that output. Cartland wrote contemporary as well as historical romance, the historical novels set mainly in the Victorian and Edwardian periods, and ranks fifth among the most translated authors worldwide.

Historical crime is Barbara Cleverly's field. The British author, a former teacher from Yorkshire, has 22 books catalogued between 2001 and 2019. Her Detective Joe Sandilands mysteries run to thirteen titles and open with The Last Kashmiri Rose (2001), a New York Times Notable Book; India is among their settings. The Laetitia Talbot novels and the Detective John Redfyre mysteries form two further sequences, with women archaeologists, police investigation and period detail as the standing material. Cleverly took the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger in 2004, and Invitation to Die (2019) is her most recent title.

Barbara Davis writes fiction about women. Nine books are catalogued between 2013 and 2025: The Secrets She Carried, The Wishing Tide, Summer at Hideaway Key, Love, Alice, When Never Comes, The Last of the Moon Girls, The Keeper of Happy Endings, The Echo of Old Books and Every Precious and Fragile Thing. Titles run 392 pages at the median. No series is catalogued, so every Davis book stands alone.

Barbara Delinsky, born Barbara Ruth Greenberg on August 9, 1945, is an American romance novelist with 19 New York Times bestsellers. Delinsky has also used the pen names Bonnie Drake and Billie Douglass, and 1982 titles such as A Time to Love are listed under Douglass. The catalogue counts 96 books from 1981 to Tender Loving Care (2024), starting with Surrender by Moonlight and Passionate Touch. Series include Crosslyn Rise, Blake Sisters and Victoria Lesser, and mothers and daughters recur in the subjects.

Barbara Dunlop has 60 books in the catalogue, published from 2001 to 2023, with subject records citing contemporary, western and erotic romance. Chief executive officers, millionaires, marriage, secrecy and Colorado also appear among the subjects. Forever Jake (2001) is the first title and The Texan's Secrets (2023) the latest. Series include Colorado Cattle Barons, Chicago Sons, Gambling Men, Whiskey Bay Brides, Paradise, Alaska, Montana Merricks, High Country Hawkes and Montana Millionaires: The Ryders.

Barbara D'Amato, born Barbara Steketee on April 10, 1938, is an American mystery author who has won both the Agatha and Anthony awards. The Cat Marsala Mystery series features a woman journalist in Chicago, and the catalogue includes Hardball (1989), Hard Tack (1991) and Hard Christmas (1995). D'Amato also writes the Figueroa and Bennis police procedurals featuring Suze Figueroa, and the Gerritt De Graaf books. The catalogue holds 23 books to The Hands of Healing Murder (2016). D'Amato appears in Great Women Mystery Writers (2007).

Barbara Ebel writes thrillers and detective fiction, and medicine is the third subject heading the catalogue assigns. Twenty-two books are listed between 2009 and 2024, and the series named are Dr. Annabel Tilson, Dr. Danny Tilson, Outlander Physician and Chester the Chesapeake. Chester The Chesapeake, Operation Neurosurgeon and Summertime date from 2009, Silent Fear and The Three Dogs of Christmas from 2014, and BLUE, the Deaf Agility Dog closes the listing in 2024. The books run to a median of 260 pages, and the catalogue marks the run ongoing.

Barbara Elsborg's 91 catalogued books start in 2008 with Perfect Timing, Falling for You and The Consolation Prize. Titles from 2009 include The Bad Widow, Lightning in a Bottle, Something About Polly and The Misfits. Series listed are Trueblood, Norwood, Bedlingham, Mansell Brothers, Fall or Break, Fate We Make and Sparlow Tales. Trouble When He Walked In (2026) is the newest title.

Barbara Erskine is an English novelist, born in Nottingham in 1944, whose bestselling novels and short-story collections combine history with the supernatural. Erskine's first novel, Lady of Hay (1986), has sold more than three million copies. The catalogue lists 22 books from 1986 to 2026, including Kingdom of Shadows (1988), Midnight Is a Lonely Place (1994) and Whispers in the Sand (2000), ending with The Valley of Ravens (2026). Erskine holds a degree in medieval Scottish history from the University of Edinburgh.

Inspector Michael Green, a police detective in Ontario, heads one of Barbara Fradkin's three series; Amanda Doucette and Cedric O'Toole head the others. The Canadian mystery writer has twice won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. Her catalogue holds 22 books published between 2000 and 2025, from Do or Die (2000) to Shipwrecked Souls (2025). Murder, missing persons and police procedure run through the subject headings.

Barbara Freethy is a California-born, #1 New York Times bestselling American author of women's fiction, contemporary romance and romantic suspense. Freethy has won the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award twice, sold more than 5 million books and placed 18 titles on the New York Times list, and Amazon named Freethy its KDP Bestselling Author of All Time in 2014. The catalogue holds 109 books from Promise of Marriage (1990) to Love Me Like You Do (2026), with Whoever She Was due in 2027. Callaways, Off The Grid: FBI, Angel's Bay, River Rock and Mysteries Uncorked are among the series.

Barbara Gowdy

8 books

Barbara Gowdy is a Canadian novelist and short-story writer, born in Windsor, Ontario on 25 June 1950 and resident in Toronto, with the poet Christopher Dewdney as her long-time partner. Eight books are catalogued under Gowdy's name, opening with Through the Green Valley (1988) and closing with Little Sister (2017). Falling Angels (1989), We So Seldom Look on Love (1992), Mister Sandman (1995), The White Bone (1999), The Romantic (2003) and Helpless (2007) complete the list. Subject headings record family, young women and single-author short stories.

Barbara Hambly

119 books• 23 series

Barbara Hambly, an American novelist and screenwriter born August 28, 1951, works across fantasy, science fiction, mystery and historical fiction. The Benjamin January mysteries follow a free man of color, a musician and physician, in antebellum New Orleans. Hambly's other series include James Asher, Darwath, Sun Wolf and Starhawk and the Windrose Chronicles, and the science fiction extends into Star Trek and Star Wars settings. Historical novels about Mary Todd Lincoln and Abigail Adams are also part of the output. The 119 catalogued books run from The Time of the Dark (1982) to Death in the Palace (2026).

Barbara Hinske has 32 books in the catalogue, from Coming to Rosemont (2012) to Love and Legacy (2026). Hinske's series are Rosemont Saga, Guiding Emily, Paws & Pastries and Who's There. Subjects include romance and women mayors. Titles include The Night Train (2014), Weaving the Strands (2014), The Christmas Club (2016) and Deadly Parcel (2020).

Barbara Holland (1933-2010) was an American writer who defended everyday vices such as swearing, drinking, smoking and eating fatty food. Holland also wrote a memoir of a childhood in Chevy Chase, Maryland, close to Washington, D.C. Titles in the catalogue include Hail to the Chiefs, a book of presidential mischief, and One's Company: Reflections On Living Alone (1992). Children's fiction and ponies also appear in the subjects, and the earliest listed title is The Pony Problem (1977).

Barbara Jean Hicks writes picture books and adult fiction, and works as a storyteller, speaker and educator. Eight picture books carry the Hicks name, among them Once Upon a Parsnip, Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli, A Sister More Like Me and The Secret Life of Walter Kitty. Hicks has taught from preschool to community college and served as author-in-residence and parent educator in an urban elementary school. The catalogue lists 14 books, from Coming Home (1996) to Once Upon a Parsnip (2016), including Snow Swan (1997), An Unlikely Prince (1998), Jitterbug Jam (2004) and I Like Colors (2006). Catalogue subjects record picture books, stories in rhyme, colour and food habits.

Barbara Josselsohn has two series in the catalogue, Lake Summers and Sisters of War. Ten books are listed from The Last Dreamer (2015) to A New Chapter (2025), among them The Bluebell Girls (2020), The Lilac House (2020), The Cranberry Inn (2021), The Lily Garden (2021), Secrets of the Italian Island (2023), The Forgotten Italian Restaurant (2024) and The Secret Orphanage (2025). Man-woman relationships and American literature are the recorded subjects, and the catalogue marks the run as ongoing.

Barbara Kingsolver

19 books• 6 series

Barbara Kingsolver, born April 8, 1955, is an American novelist, essayist and poet who received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Demon Copperhead. The catalogue runs to 19 books, from The Bean Trees (1988) to Partita (2026), and includes The Poisonwood Bible (1998), the story of a missionary family in the Congo, and Prodigal Summer (2000). Social justice, biodiversity and the ties between people, their communities and the environment are recurring concerns of Kingsolver's writing. Honours include the National Humanities Medal and, in 2011, the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Barbara Longley writes romance, including time-travel and fantasy romance. A catalogue of 20 books opens with Heart of the Druid Laird (2011) and runs to His Heart’s Melody (2024). Subjects recorded across those titles include Scotland, Iraq War veterans, disabled veterans, single mothers, Indiana and Minnesota. Longley's series include Perfect, Indiana; Loch Moigh; Haneys; MacCarthy Sisters; and Star Launch. The catalogue is ongoing.