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The Dictionary of Lost Words
Pip Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
John Koenig

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2021

The Didache
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 70

The Diddakoi
Rumer Godden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1972

The Difference Engine
Bruce Sterling, William Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Dig
Cynan Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Dilemma
B.A. Paris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Dilemma of a Ghost
Ama Ata Aidoo

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1971

The Diligent
Robert W. Harms

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Dinner
Herman Koch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Dinner List
Rebecca Serle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit
Seth Godin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Director
Daniel Kehlmann, Transl. Ross Benjamin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Neil Strauss, Tommy Lee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

The Dirt on Ninth Grave
Darynda Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Dirty Book Club
Lisi Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau (Georges Gorski #1)
Graeme Macrae Burnet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Disappeared
C.J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Disappeared (Joe Pickett, #18)
C.J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Disappearing Act
Catherine Steadman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table
Sam Kean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Tom Bissell, Greg Sestero

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Disaster Days
Rebecca Behrens

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Discarded Image
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1964

The Discomfort of Evening
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Michele Hutchison, Lucas Rijneveld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Disconnect
Keren David

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 2019

The Discourses
Niccolò Machiavelli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1531

The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography from the Revolution to the First World War
Graham Robb

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Discovery of the Titanic
Robert D. Ballard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Discreet Hero
Mario Vargas Llosa

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Disenchanted Widow
Christina McKenna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Disenchantments
Nina LaCour

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Disorganized Mind: Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and Talents
Nancy A. Ratey

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Displaced Person
Flannery O'Connor

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1955

The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
E. Lockhart

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Distance Between Us
Maggie O'Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition
Reyna Grande

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Distance of the Moon
Italo Calvino

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1965

The Distant Echo
Val McDermid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Distant Hours
Kate Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Distant Marvels
Chantel Acevedo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Dive from Clausen's Pier
Ann Packer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Divers' Game
Jesse Ball

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Diversity of Life
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Divide
Nicholas Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions
Jason Hickel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
R.D. Laing

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1308

The Diviners
Margaret Laurence

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
Libba Bray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Divine Wind
Garry Disher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

The Diving Pool: Three Novellas
Yōko Ogawa

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1990

The Division of Labor in Society
Émile Durkheim

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1893

The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier
April White

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Divorce Express
Paula Danziger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories
A.S. Byatt

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

The Doctor (Nashville Neighborhood, #1)
Nikki Sloane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
Janice P. Nimura

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

The Doctor's Dilemma
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1906

The Doctrine of Fascism
Benito Mussolini

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1932

The Documents in the Case
Dorothy L. Sayers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

The Dog of the South
Charles Portis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Dog of Tithwal: Stories
Saadat Hasan Manto

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1947

The Dogs of Babel
Carolyn Parkhurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Dogs of Riga
Laurie Thompson, Henning Mankell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Dogs of War
Frederick Forsyth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Dog Stars
Peter Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Dog Who Danced
Susan Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be
Farley Mowat

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1957

The Dollhouse
Fiona Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Dollhouse Murders
Betty Ren Wright

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1983

The Doll in the Garden
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

The Dollmaker
Harriette Simpson Arnow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Doll People
Ann M. Martin, Laura Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Doll's House
Louise Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Dolls' House
Rumer Godden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1947

The Doomsday Key
James Rollins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
Daniel Ellsberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Door
Magda Szabó, Len Rix, E.B. White

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2010

The Doorbell Rang (Nero Wolfe, #41)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

The Door in the Wall
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1911

The Door Into Summer
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Door of No Return
Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Door of the Unreal
Gerald Biss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1919

The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth
Roger Zelazny

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1964

The Doors of Perception
Aldous Huxley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1954

The Do-Over
T.L. Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Dorito Effect
Mark Schatzker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Double
George Pelecanos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Double Bass
Patrick Süskind

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1981

The Double Bind
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Double Comfort Safari Club (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #11)
Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Double Helix
James D. Watson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The Double Life of Pocahontas
Jean Fritz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1983

The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Downstairs Girl
Stacey Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Dragon and the George (Dragon Knight, #1)
Gordon R. Dickson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)
Tad Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988