display nodes of types on a menu item : drupal 7
Is it just the book name? Like a list of the names and then you can click on it and view more information? In that case, you could just put those book links in the menu itself (if you have a drop-down).

Otherwise, and the more doable option is to just use Views and have it create a page that displays the names of all of the books you've entered.

Is there a reason why you are opposed to using Views to do this?