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Biba Pearce writes action thrillers and detective fiction. Detective Rob Miller is the recurring investigator, introduced in The Surrey Stalker (2020). Further titles include The Bisley Wood Murders, The Box Hill Killer, The Thames Path Killer and The West London Murders, all published in 2021. Pearce runs three other series - Kenzie Gilmore, Shrap Nelson and the Little Flower Shop Mysteries. Twenty-two Pearce books are catalogued between 2020 and Gilt Edge (2026).

Military space opera was the field of Bill Baldwin, born Merl W. Baldwin Jr., an American science fiction writer who lived from 6 June 1935 to 14 October 2015. Baldwin's main series follows a protagonist named Wilf Ansor Brim, and the catalogue lists a Helmsman series. The Helmsman (1985) is the first catalogued book. Baldwin studied journalism at the University of Pittsburgh, served as a lieutenant at the U.S. Air Force Missile Test Center, and headed the Reports Division for Project Mercury at Cape Canaveral. The catalogue holds 10 books, ending with The Turning Tide (2011).

Bill Brooks writes westerns. Outlaws, peace officers, Pinkerton agents and bodyguards populate the books, and the series divide into John Henry Cole, Law For Hire, Dakota Lawman, Journey of Jim Glass, and Ivory and Albert. The catalogue holds 38 titles from The Badmen (1992) to The Pistoleros (2021), at a median of 281 pages, with the 2000s the busiest decade.

Bill Browder has 2 catalogued books, both accounts of finance and political corruption. Red Notice (2015) is the first and Freezing Order (2022) the second. Foreign investment, financiers and biography fill the subjects. The median Browder book runs to 396 pages, and no new title has appeared since 2022.

Bill Bryson

28 books• 9 series

Bill Bryson (William McGuire Bryson, born 8 December 1951) is an American journalist and author who became a British citizen in 2014. Bryson writes nonfiction about travel, the English language and science. The site lists 28 books from Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (1984) through A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 (2025). Notes from a Small Island (1995) explores Britain, and A Walk in the Woods (1997) and The Mother Tongue (1990) are also listed. Bryson served as chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.

Bill Clinton

5 books

Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States, in office from 1993 to 2001, and 5 books are catalogued under his name. My Life (2004) is the presidential memoir, and Citizen: My Life After the White House (2024) covers the years after office. Between Hope and History (1996), Giving (2007) and Back to Work (2011) take up politics, philanthropy and public service. Generosity, voluntarism and social action recur as subjects.

Bill Cotter has 13 catalogued titles, from Don't Push the Button! (2013) to Don't Push the Button: On the Farm (2024). Don't Push the Button is Cotter's series. Other books include Hello, Airplane! (2014), Beard in a Box (2016), Don't Touch This Book! (2016) and Don't Shake the Present! (2019). Subject headings list children's picture books, humorous stories, monsters, airplanes, Christmas, beards and fathers and sons.

Bill Crider (1941-2018) was an American author of crime fiction. Crider's series include Sheriff Dan Rhodes, private investigator Truman Smith, college teacher Carl Burns, Professor Sally Good, Stanley Waters and Ellie Taine. Subjects tie the mysteries to Texas and extend past detective fiction into westerns. The catalogue lists 75 books from Too Late to Die (1986) to That Old Scoundrel Death (2019). Several anthology and shared-world titles in the listing carry other names beside Crider's, among them Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin and Lyndsay Faye.

Bill Fitzhugh writes humorous mystery fiction, with 11 books catalogued between 1996 and 2021. Pest Control (1996) is the first. The Organ Grinders (1998), Cross Dressing (2000), Fender Benders (2001) and Radio Activity (2004) followed. Fitzhugh's series are the Transplant Tetralogy, Assassin Bug and Rick Shannon. Subject headings mention assassins, pests, disc jockeys, country musicians, radio broadcasters, Mississippi and private investigators. A Perfect Harvest (2021) is the latest title.

Bill Granger, June 1, 1941 to April 22, 2012, was an American novelist from Chicago who specialised in political thrillers and also published as Joe Gash and Bill Griffith. Newspaper work at the Chicago Tribune and other Illinois papers ran alongside the fiction. November Man is the series in the catalogue, and Devereaux and Jimmy Drover appear as recurring fictitious characters. Twenty-three books are listed between 1979 and 1994, among them Public Murders (1981), Schism (1981) and The Shattered Eye (1982). Subjects name espionage thrillers, the intelligence service, private investigators and sports betting.

Bill James was the main pen name of Allan James Tucker, a Welsh novelist born 15 August 1929 and died 17 June 2023. Tucker reported for the Daily Mirror and other newspapers after RAF service, lived in South Wales, and also published as David Craig and Judith Jones. Most of the Bill James output is the Harpur and Iles series, which sets Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur against Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles in an unnamed coastal city in south-western England, with a shifting cast on both sides of the law. His catalogue holds 73 titles from 1966 to 2022.

Bill Kitson writes crime fiction and police procedurals. DI Mike Nash is the recurring detective, and the series opens in 2010 with Depth of Despair, Chosen and Minds That Hate, each also published under a second title. Five further series follow: the Eden House Mysteries, the Cowgill Family Saga, Byland Crescent, Shepherd's Lodge and a Greek Island Romance run. Fifty-four books are catalogued through Valley of Death (2026). Serial murder investigation, human trafficking, organized crime and judicial error recur as subjects.

Bill Konigsberg

8 books• 1 series

Bill Konigsberg, born in 1970, is an American author of LGBT novels for younger readers. The catalogue records subjects including gay teenagers, identity, high schools, preparatory and boarding schools, football, dysfunctional families and the Lambda Literary Awards. Openly Straight is the series recorded under Konigsberg's name. Eight books run from Out of the Pocket (2008) to Destination Unknown (2022), among them Openly Straight (2013), The Porcupine of Truth (2015), Honestly Ben (2017), Openly, Honestly (2017), The Music of What Happens (2019) and The Bridge (2020). Konigsberg lives outside Phoenix, Arizona, with his husband.

Bill Loehfelm's eight catalogued books fall into three groups the listing names: the Maureen Coughlin series, standalone novels, and non-fiction. Policewomen, women sleuths, crime and murder head the recorded subjects, with New Orleans and New York as settings. Heroes & Villains - Osama bin Laden (2003) is the earliest title and The Devil's Muse / Can the Devil Catch Fire? (2017) the most recent. All eight books carry a page count, 2,318 pages in total at a median of 314.

Bill Madden, born 1946, is an American sportswriter formerly of the New York Daily News and a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Madden sat on the Baseball Hall of Fame's Historical Overview Committee in 2005, 2007 and 2008, helping set the final ballots put to the Veterans Committee. Nine books are catalogued, from Yogi Berra: An American Original (1998) to a 2025 memoir of the Yankees beat, and they include Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball (2010) and Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life (2020). Subjects record the New York Yankees, baseball biography and sports journalism.

Bill Martin Jr and various other authors is the shared credit on the Chicka Chicka picture-rhyme books for early readers. The catalogue holds 14 titles, from Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (1989) to Chicka Chicka Sun and Sea (2026). Subjects include alphabet books, counting books, stories in rhyme and toy and movable books. Later entries include Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 (2004), Chicka Chicka ABC (2009) and Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho (2024).

Bill McCurry writes the Death-Cursed Wizard and Sorcerer of Bad Examples series. The 10 catalogued books were published between 2019 and 2025, starting with Death's Collector (2019). Death's Baby Sister and Wee Piggies of Radiant Might also came out in 2019. Sorcerers Dark and Light (2020), Void Walker (2020), Sword Hand (2021) and Dark Lands (2022) follow. The Dragon's Manservant (2023) and Dragons at That Awkward Age (2024) lead to the newest, Dragons Will Be Dragons (2025).

Bill Myers is an American Christian author, film director and film producer, born in Seattle, Washington on September 9, 1953. The animated series McGee and Me! is the work Myers is most noted for. Myers writes across comedy, horror, thriller, fiction and nonfiction. The catalogue holds 132 books, from My Friend William Moved Away (1979) to Commune (2023), with the 1990s as the busiest decade. Series include Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle, Forbidden Doors, Bloodhounds Inc., TJ and the Time Stumblers and Secret Agent Dingledorf and His Trusty Dog, SPLAT. Catalogue subjects cover Christian life, children's fiction, humorous stories, time travel and spies.

Bill Napier, born 29 June 1940, is a Scottish author working in two modes: high-tech thriller novels and nonfiction science books. The catalogue holds 8 titles published between 1982 and 2009, from The Cosmic Serpent (1982) to The Furies (2009). Subject headings run to comets, cosmogony, historical geology, extraterrestrial influences and astronomy alongside thrillers and suspense. Nemesis (1998), Revelation (2000) and The Lure (2002) sit in the middle of the run, which has a median length of 393 pages.

Bill Noel writes the Folly Beach Mystery series, and his catalogue runs to 29 books published between 2007 and 2026. Folly (2007) opens the run and Lost (2026) is the newest entry, with The Pier, Washout, The Edge and The Marsh following in the early years. Chris Landrum is the recurring character, and the subject list pairs retirees with private investigators, murder and the South Carolina coast. Noel is still adding titles.

Trivia and general-knowledge books make up the Bill O'Neill catalogue. The Big Book of Random Facts ran to five volumes in 2016 alone, alongside The Big Book of American Facts and two volumes of Trivia Madness. 89 titles have appeared between 2016 and 2024, the most recent being The World's Greatest Mysteries (2024). Curiosities, education and games are the recorded subjects, and books run to a median 218 pages.

Bill O’Reilly

39 books• 4 series

Bill O'Reilly is an American journalist, conservative commentator and television host, born in 1949. O'Reilly anchored Inside Edition from 1989 to 1995, joined Fox News in 1996, and hosted the commentary programme The O'Reilly Factor there until 2017. The book catalogue holds 39 titles published between 1998 and 2026, beginning with the novel Those Who Trespass (1998) and reaching Confronting America: What Has to Change (2026). Politics and government, American history, biography, assassination and the presidents supply the subject matter. The catalogue groups titles into the Killing, Legends and Lies, and Confronting series.

Bill Pronzini, born April 13, 1943, is an American detective fiction writer and the creator of the Nameless Detective, a San Francisco private investigator who appeared in over 40 books from the early 1970s into the 2000s. Pronzini has also compiled more than 100 anthologies of mystery, western and science fiction stories. The catalogue lists 115 books, from The Stalker (1971) and The Snatch (1971) to The Hanging Man & Other Western Stories (2024). Other series include Carpenter and Quincannon and Academy Mystery.

Bill Rogers writes police procedural crime fiction, with 20 books published from 2009 to 2023. The DCI Tom Caton series is his main thread, and his other series is National Crime Agency. The Cleansing and The Head Case both appeared in 2009, followed by A Fatal Intervention, Bluebell Hollow and A Trace of Blood. Serial murder, missing persons and women forensic scientists appear among the subjects, and The End Game (2023) is the latest title.

Bill Runner writes action thrillers. Axel Blaze is the one named series, and the catalogue holds 15 books published between 2022 and 2026, from Blaze Returns (2022) to Havoc Rising (2026). The titles run short and blunt: Hard Target (2022), Lethal Force (2022), Mean Streets (2023), No Escape (2023), Unchained Fury (2023), Dead Calm (2024), Fear City (2024) and No Mercy (2024). Runner is actively publishing.

Bill Thesken has 14 catalogued books spanning 2013 to 2023, with subject tags for action & adventure and romance. The Oil Eater and The Lords of Xibalba both date from 2013. Later titles include Blocking Paris, The Catalina Cabal, Exodus From Orion and Hunt for the Wild Honu. Thesken's series are Badger Thompson and Hunt for the Wild. Scottish Roots (2023) is the newest title, and the catalogue marks the author as dormant.

Bill Wallace was an American teacher who turned children's author, living from 1947 to 2012. Wallace began telling stories to quiet a fourth-grade class, and the students' response pushed him toward publishing real books. A Dog Called Kitty opened the catalogue in 1980, and 39 titles follow, with dogs, cats, pets, courage and farm life recurring. Upchuck and the Rotten Willy, Gray Cat and Bub Moose are the series, at a median of 160 pages.

Bill Watterson, born July 5, 1958, is the American cartoonist behind the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. Watterson's syndicated career ran from 1985 to 1995 and closed at the end of 1995 with a brief statement to newspaper editors and readers: the comic strip medium held nothing further for Watterson to achieve. Early work included drawings for Target: The Political Cartoon Quarterly, and Watterson is known for firm views on licensing and syndication and for a reclusive nature. The catalogue lists 21 books from Calvin and Hobbes (1987) to The Mysteries (2023), including Yukon Ho! (1989).

Bill Wenham's catalogue splits between inspector mysteries and children's fantasy. Five series carry the Wenham name: Inspector Bruce Mysteries, Inspector Charrington Mysteries, Inspector Meacham Mysteries, Inspector Brompton / Compton, and Wizard and 'Peggy'. The 48 catalogued titles run from Miracle Man (2011) to The Gentle Invaders Of 2038 (2019), placing murder entries such as The Claw Hammer Murders (2012) beside The Magic Clock (2012). No new Wenham title has been catalogued since 2019.

Bill Willingham, born William Willingham in 1956, is an American comics writer and artist known for work on Elementals and Fables. The catalogue lists 69 books from Ironwood, Vol. 1 (1993) to Fables: No More Happily Ever After (2026). Other titles include Legends in Exile (2002), Animal Farm (2003), Storybook Love (2004) and March of the Wooden Soldiers (2004). Willingham's other series include Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Shadowpact, Ironwood, Bill Willingham's Pantheon, Warriors Three and Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham. Subjects include fantasy comics, fairy tales and legends. Down the Mysterly River (2001) also appears in the catalogue.

Billie Bloom has 12 catalogued books, dated between 2021 and 2023, with Bloom credited alone on every title. The listing opens in 2021 with Trouble On Top, Nice Guys Finish First, Out With A Bang and Pucked Up Love, and closes with Scandal (2023). Three series stand under the Bloom name: Bromance Chronicles, First Times and Wild Winter Nights. Other titles include Me Against The QB (2022), Mister Grumpy Pants (2022) and Red Flags and One Night Stands (2023).

Billie Letts was an American novelist and educator, born Billie Dean Gipson on 30 May 1938 and died on 2 August 2014, and a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Five books carry Letts' name: Where the Heart Is (1995), The Honk and Holler Opening Soon (1998), Unadvertised Special (2001), Shoot the Moon (2004) and Made in the U.S.A. (2005). Teenage pregnancy, friendship, love stories, restaurants, veterans and the Vietnam War recur as subjects, and Oprah's Book Club sits among the catalogue's subject tags.

Billy Connolly

10 books

Sir William Connolly, the Scottish comedian known by the Scots nickname the Big Yin, was born on 24 November 1942. Connolly has also worked as an actor, musician, television presenter and artist, and has retired from stand-up. Many UK polls have ranked Connolly first among stand-up comedians of all time. A knighthood for services to entertainment and charity came in 2017, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts gave Connolly its Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2022. The 10 catalogued books run from Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia (1996) to The Accidental Artist (2025), and include Billy Connolly's Route 66 (2011), Tall Tales and Wee Stories (2019), Windswept & Interesting (2022) and Rambling Man: My Life on the Road (2023). Subject headings include travel, comedians and Scottish wit and humor.

Billy O’Callaghan

10 books

Billy O’Callaghan, born on 9 December 1974, is an Irish novelist and writer of short fiction. The story collection The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind (2013) won the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award for the short story that year. My Coney Island Baby (2019), a novel translated into many languages, reached the shortlist for the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award. The catalogue also lists In Exile (2008), The Dead House (2017), The Boatman and Other Stories (2020) and Life Sentences (2021), and The Paper Man (2023) is the newest title.

Bink Cummings is credited on 37 books dated 2014 to 2026. The catalogue opens with The Diary of Bink Cummings, Vol 1 (2014), and Dark Surrender is the newest title. Series include MC Chronicles, Sacred Sinners MC in its Texas, Mother and Nomad chapters, Corrupt Chaos MC, Crimson Outlaws MC, His Master and His Helper. His Boy and Hopelessly Shattered date from 2016.

Birdie Song has 8 catalogued books, published between 2020 and 2026. Every catalogued title follows one pattern: The Guy From The Internet (2020) opens the list, followed by the Flower Shop, the Library, the Park, the Wedding, the Bakery, the Beach Resort and, in 2026, the Airport. Somerville Downs is the series recorded against the name. Song is credited on all 8 titles, and the catalogue marks the run ongoing.

Billionaires in disguise is the premise Blair Babylon returns to: Billionaires in Disguise with its Maxence, Lizzy and Georgie branches, Secret Billionaires, Twisted Billionaires and Rock Stars in Disguise. Two cozy mystery series, Legal Beagle and Hand Lettering, sit apart from the romance. Babylon has 57 catalogued books published between 2013 and 2024, from A Billionaire in Disguise (2013) to Saved by the Billionaire (2024).

Blair Howard writes crime fiction; private investigators, murder and criminal investigation are the recorded subjects. Harry Starke is the recurring character, named in two of the series, Harry Starke and Harry Starke Genesis. Other series are Lt. Kate Gazzara, the Randall & Carver Mysteries, the Roscoe Benteen Mysteries, the O'Sullivan Chronicles, Sovereign Stars and Chickamauga. The catalogue holds 84 books from Chickamauga (2013) to The Ghost of Ross's Landing (2026), all credited to Howard.

Blaize Clement was an American mystery writer, born 18 August 1932 and died 20 July 2011. A Dixie Hemingway Mystery is the series Clement is known for, published by St. Martin's Press and continued after Clement's death by her son John Clement. Fifteen catalogued books run from Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (2005) to The Cat Sitter and the Canary (2016). Pet sitting, ex-police officers, Florida, cats, dachshunds and murder investigation recur as subjects.

Blake Banner writes espionage and action thrillers. Series on the author page are Dead Cold Mysteries, Cobra / Harry Bauer Thriller, Omega, Verdugo and Detective Mike Roth. A cluster of titles dates from 2017, among them Dawn of the Hunter, Double Edged Blade, Garden of the Damned and The Sins of the Father. A Harvest of Blood and Fire From Heaven followed in 2018. Bad Blood (2026) is the newest listed title, and Extinction Event is scheduled for 2027.

Blake Crouch

36 books• 9 series

Blake Crouch, born William Blake Crouch on October 15, 1978, is an American author of Dark Matter, Recursion, Upgrade and the Wayward Pines Trilogy. Wayward Pines became a television series in 2015, and Dark Matter followed on television in 2024. The catalogue holds 36 books from Desert Places (2004) to Upgrade (2022). The Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite and Letty Dobesh series appear alongside standalones and short fiction. J.A. Konrath shares the credit on 1 title. Subjects include psychological thrillers, serial murderers and missing persons.

Blake Pierce has 522 books catalogued since Once Gone (2015), organised into many investigator-led series. Named lines include Jessie Hunt, Ella Dark, Faith Bold, Riley Paige, Rachel Gift FBI, Kate Wise, Adele Sharp, Mackenzie White, Morgan Cross FBI Suspense Thriller and Isla Rivers FBI Suspense Thriller. Subjects centre on serial murderers, murder investigation and the FBI. The Perfect Memory is the newest title, from 2026, and Eternal is scheduled for 2027.

Blanche Day Manos has 8 catalogued books, published between 2011 and 2021. Two series are filed under the name: Darcy & Flora Cozy Mystery and Ned McNeil Mystery. The Cemetery Club (2011) is the earliest title and Murder By Moonlight (2021) the most recent, with Grave Shift (2012), Best Left Buried (2014), Grave Heritage (2016), By the Fright of the Silvery Moon (2017) and Moonstruck and Murderous (2019) in between. Nothing newer than 2021 is catalogued.

Blaze Ward is credited with 204 books, running from 2014 to 2026, and science fiction is among the subject tags. Approacheth the Wyvern (2014) is the first listed title, with Death Key for the Great Khan, Lokisdotter, Moscow Gold and Myrmidons from the same year. Ward series include Jessica Keller Chronicles, Science Officer, Last Stand, Lazarus Alliance, Shadow of the Dominion, First Centurion Kosnett and Star Tribes. Monarch of the Stars (2026) is the newest Blaze Ward book.

Blue Balliett

10 books• 1 series

Art theft and the children who solve it made Blue Balliett's name. Chasing Vermeer (2004), illustrated by Brett Helquist, turns on the stolen painting of a 17th-century Dutch artist, won the 2005 Edgar Award for best juvenile mystery and a 2004 Agatha Award, and led to The Wright 3 (2006) and The Calder Game (2008). Balliett's 10 catalogued books span 1990 to 2018, opening with Nantucket ghost stories and closing with Out of the Wild Night (2018). Chicago, its Robie House and mobile sculpture anchor the mysteries, at a median of 282 pages.

Blythe Baker writes murder mysteries in quantity: 109 catalogued books published between 2018 and 2026. The series number twelve, among them Rose Beckingham, Helen Lightholder, Mountain Magic Mysteries, Ladies Society For Murder, Sylvia Shipman Murder Mysteries, Dickinson Sisters Mysteries, Ozark Ghost Hunter, Miss Alice and Jane Pemberton. A Body on the Beach (2018) is the earliest title, Murder In Crescent Bay (2026) the most recent, and a run of Hillbilly Hollow mysteries sits in the first year.

Bob Blanton has 42 books in the catalogue, published between 2017 and 2026 and all credited to Bob Blanton. Three series are recorded: Delphi In Space, Laim and Laim Novellas. Matthew and the Stone (2017) opens the run, and Delphi City, Delphi Nation, Delphi Station and Starship Sakira all appeared in 2019. Sovereign (2026) is the newest listing, and the recorded editions run to a median of 245 pages.

Robert Mayer, born October 21, 1959, publishes as Bob Mayer and has also used the pen names Joe Dalton, Robert Doherty, Greg Donegan and Bob McGuire. A West Point graduate and former Green Beret, Mayer is chief executive of Cool Gus Publishing, has written over 60 novels across several genres, has sold more than 4 million books, and is the only male author on the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll. Area 51, Atlantis and The Green Berets are Mayer's number-one series. The catalogue lists 106 titles from Eyes of the Hammer (1991) to The Civil War Little Black Book (2026), with Dave Riley recurring as a character.

Jim Richards heads the Jim Richards Murder Mysteries, which opened in 2009 with The Classmate Murders, Bridezilla Murders, Strip Club Murders and Magic Murders. Further Bob Moats series follow Arthur Doyle, P.I., Gus Mackie, Jake Wyler, Stoney Hawk, Dexter Nash and Detective Scott Murphy. The catalogue totals 88 books published between 2009 and 2021, closing with A Cold Case Murder (2021), at a median 208 pages.

Bob Morris writes the Zack Chasteen series. Subject tags include mystery & detective fiction, humorous fiction, espionage thrillers and the character Zack Chasteen. Bahamarama (2004) is the earliest catalogued title, followed by Jamaica Me Dead (2005), Bermuda Schwartz (2007), A Deadly Silver Sea (2008) and Baja Florida (2010). Other subject tags include the Bahamas, Jamaica, Bermuda, seaside resorts, scuba divers and ex-football players.

Bob Mortimer is an English comedian, actor, television presenter and writer, one half of the double act Reeves and Mortimer and a fixture of the Mortimer & Whitehouse fishing programme made with Paul Whitehouse. Five books are catalogued between 2020 and 2025. Mortimer & Whitehouse (2020) comes first, then And Away... (2021), The Satsuma Complex, also issued as The Clementine Complex, in 2022, The Hotel Avocado (2024) and The Long Shoe (2025). Gary Thorn is the series listed against the work.

Bob Reiss / Ethan Black is a combined author entry holding 16 books from Summer Fires (1979) to The Impossible Detective (2026). The Conrad Voort series appears under this entry, and recorded subjects include police, New York City, terrorism, nuclear war, political thrillers and suspense. Early titles include The Casco Deception (1983), Divine Assassin (1985), Saltmaker (1988), Flamingo (1990) and The Last Spy (1993). Purgatory Road (1996), The Broken Hearts Club (1999), Irresistible (2000) and All the Dead Were Strangers (2001) came later. The catalogue marks the entry as ongoing.

The Joy of Painting defines the Bob Ross catalogue, running from Volume 1 in 1984 to Experience The Joy of Painting Volume X (2023). Landscape painting, oil painting technique and colouring books make up the recorded subjects, and the Bob Ross Art and My First Bob Ross Books lines extend the run. 60 titles are listed between 1972 and 2023, at a median 76 pages. Publication peaked in the 1990s.

Bob Shaw (1931-1996) was a science fiction writer and fan from Northern Ireland whose 33 catalogued books span 1954 to 2012. Orbitsville (1974) names one of his three series, and Land and Overland and Warren Peace are the others. The run starts with The Enchanted Duplicator (1954) and takes in Night Walk (1967), The Two Timers (1968), The Palace of Eternity (1969), One Million Tomorrows (1970) and Other Days, Other Eyes (1972). Two Hugo Awards for Best Fan Writer came to Shaw in 1979 and 1980, and Hugo nominations went to the story Light of Other Days in 1967 and to The Ragged Astronauts in 1987. The 1970s were his most productive decade.

Bob Woodward

26 books• 1 series

Bob Woodward is an American investigative journalist, known for reporting the Watergate scandal at The Washington Post with Carl Bernstein. Woodward's catalogue holds 26 books, from All the President's Men (1974) to Secrets: A Reporting Memoir (2026). Between those sit The Brethren (1979) on the Supreme Court, Veil (1987) on the secret wars of the CIA, The Agenda (1994) on the Clinton White House and Maestro (2000) on Greenspan's Fed. Presidents, politics and government, decision making and military policy define the subject tags, and Woodward is still publishing.

Bobbi Holmes writes the Haunting Danielle mysteries, ghost stories set around an old house and the people who inherit its history. The Ghost of Marlow House (2014), The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds (2014) and The Ghost of Halloween Past (2015) open that run. 41 catalogued titles also include earlier work, Where the Road Ends (1995) and Havasu Palms, A Hostile Takeover (2012), and non-fiction on American cooking and resort history. Holmes publishes some titles as Anna J. McIntyre.

Nineteen catalogued books carry Bobbie Ann Mason's name, published between 1974 and 2020 and opening with Nabokov's Garden (1974). Mason, born in 1940, is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and literary critic from Kentucky. The catalogue indexes the work under Kentucky, farm life, families, the Vietnam War and single-author short story collections, and takes in Shiloh and Other Stories (1982), In Country (1985) and Dear Ann (2020). A Mason memoir was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Bobby Adair writes apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. Slow Burn is the anchor series, and the Ebola K Trilogy, Freedom's Fire, Dusty's Diary, Black Rust, Burn Box and Liar's Apocalypse follow. Four titles appeared in 2013 alone, Destroyer, Flying Soup, Infected and Zero Day, and the catalogue reaches 32 books by 2024, at a median 306 pages. Adair publishes two or three titles a year.

Bobby Akart's catalogue runs to 87 books published between 2015 and 2026, with Grey Swan Arrival scheduled for 2027. The directory files Akart under action and thriller, and the recorded subjects are cyberterrorism, oligarchy, social conditions and economic conditions. Cyber Warfare (2015) is the earliest title, alongside Cyber Attack, Hellfire, Martial Law and The Loyal Nine in the same year. Series credited to Akart include Boston Brahmin, Nuclear Winter, Doomsday, Lone Star, Gunner Fox, Geostorm, Black Swan Event, Prepping For Tomorrow and Virus Hunters.

Bodie & Brock Thoene write Christian historical fiction, with catalogue subjects covering the Bible, Jesus Christ, Jewish history, the Holocaust, the Second World War and the Israel-Arab War of 1948-1949. The joint catalogue holds 80 books listed between 1979 and 2026, and includes the Zion Chronicles, Zion Covenant, Zion Legacy, A.D. Chronicles, Elijah Chronicles, Galway Chronicles, Shiloh Legacy and Legends of the West sequences, plus non-fiction. Chuck Roberson shares the credit on the 1979 title The Fall Guy: 30 Years as the Duke's Double.