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Drive Me Wild
Melanie Harlow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Driven
K. Bromberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Driving Miss Daisy
Alfred Uhry

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1987

Driving Over Lemons
Chris Stewart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights
Gretchen Sorin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Dr. MĂĽtter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Drood
Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Drop City
T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Dropping in with Andy Mac : The Life of a Pro Skateboarder
Andy MacDonald, Theresa Foy DiGeronimo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1903

Drop Shot
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Drowned City
Don Brown

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2015

Drowned Wednesday
Garth Nix

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Drown Her Sorrows
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Drowning Ruth
Christina Schwarz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421
T. J. Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Drownproof
Andy Stumpf

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Dr. Strange Beard
Penny Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Dr Strangelove
Peter George

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1958

Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Jordan Sonnenblick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Drums of Autumn
Diana Gabaldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Drunk on Love
Jasmine Guillory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Dr. Wortle's School
Anthony Trollope

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1879

Dry
Augusten Burroughs

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing
Tomson Highway

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1989

Ducks, Newburyport
Lucy Ellmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Kate Beaton

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Duino Elegies
Rainer Maria Rilke

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1923

Duma Key
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
John Taylor Gatto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Dumb Witness
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Dumplin
Julie Murphy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Dumpling Days (Pacy, #3)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Dune
Frank Herbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Dungeons and Drama
Kristy Boyce

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Durango Street
Frank Bonham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1965

During the Reign of the Queen of Persia
Joan Chase

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Dust
Arthur Slade

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Dust Bowl
Donald Worster

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory
Lydia Reeder

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Dust Child
Nguyá»…n Phan Quáşż Mai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Dust (Kay Scarpetta, #21)
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Dust of Dreams
Steven Erikson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Dust of Eden
Mariko Nagai

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2014

Dust (Richard Jury, #21)
Martha Grimes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Dust to Dust
Benjamin Busch

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Dust Tracks on a Road
Zora Neale Hurston

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1942

Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II
Robert Matzen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Dutchman
Amiri Baraka

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

Duty, Honor, Country & Life
William H. Mcraven

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World
Linda Hogan

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

Dying in New York
Ekow Duker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Dying Inside
Robert Silverberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Dying of the Light
George R.R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
Jonathan M. Metzl

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing
Anita Moorjani

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Dying to Know You
Aidan Chambers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Dynasty of Evil
Drew Karpyshyn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Dain Curse (The Continental Op #2)
Dashiell Hammett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

The Dalai Lama: His Essential Wisdom
Dalai Lama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Dalai Lama's Cat (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #1)
David Michie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Damnation of Theron Ware
Harold Frederic

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1896

The Damned Utd
David Peace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
Harriet Lerner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Dance of Death
August Strindberg

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1900

The Dance of Legislation
Eric Redman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
Sue Monk Kidd

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996

The Dancing Girl of Izu

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1926

The Dangerous Art of Blending In
Angelo Surmelis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Dangerous Gift
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
Mariana EnrĂ­quez, Transl. Megan McDowell

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

The Danish Way of Parenting
Iben Sandahl, Jessica Joelle Alexander

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Dante Club
Matthew Pearl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Dare
Natasha Preston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Dare Game (Tracy Beaker, #2)
Jacqueline Wilson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Daring Ladies of Lowell
Kate Alcott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Dark and Hollow Places (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #3)
Carrie Ryan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Dark Bones (A Dark Lure, #2)
Loreth Anne White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy
Camara Laye

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1954

The Dark Circle
Linda Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
Kiersten White

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
Catherine Nixey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Darker Face of the Earth
Rita Dove

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1994

The Darker Side of the Renaissance: Literacy, Territoriality, & Colonization
Walter D. Mignolo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Darkest Child
Delores Phillips

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Darkest Corners
Kara Thomas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Darkest Evening of the Year
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Darkest Evening (Vera Stanhope, #9)
Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Darkest Hour
Maya Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Darkest Kiss
Gena Showalter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Darkest Legacy (The Darkest Minds, #4)
Alexandra Bracken

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Darkest Lie
Gena Showalter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Darkest Minds
Alexandra Bracken

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Darkest Night
Gena Showalter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004