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Darkness Before Dawn
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Darkness in El Dorado
Patrick Tierney

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Darkness of Dragons
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Darkness, Take My Hand
Dennis Lehane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Darkness Visible
William Styron

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Dark Notes
Pam Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Dark of the Moon
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Dark Places
Gillian Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Dark Prince
Christine Feehan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Dark Reunion
L.J. Smith

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1991

Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)
C.S. Pacat

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Dark River
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Dark Roads
Chevy Stevens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Dark Sacred Night
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Dark Shores (Dark Shores, #1)
Danielle L. Jensen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Darkside (Darkside, #1)
Tom Becker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Dark Side of the Moon
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Dark Skye
Kresley Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Dark Triumph
Robin LaFevers

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Dark Universe
Daniel F. Galouye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Dark Water
Robert Bryndza

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Dark Water Rising
Marian Hale

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Dark Wild Night
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Dark Witch
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Darling Girl
Liz Michalski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Darling Rose Gold
Stephanie Wrobel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Darwin on Man
Howard E. Gruber, Paul H. Barrett

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1974

Darwin's Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It
Loren Eiseley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1958

Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Daniel C. Dennett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design
Stephen C. Meyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Darwin's Radio (Darwin's Radio, #1)
Greg Bear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Das Boot: The Boat
Lothar-Günther Buchheim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Das Erdbeben in Chili
Heinrich von Kleist

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1807

Dash
Kirby Larson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
David Levithan, Rachel Cohn

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Das Kapital
Karl Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1867

Das Mädchen Wadjda
Haifaa al-Mansour

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
Bruce Schneier

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Date Me, Bryson Keller
Kevin van Whye

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

Dating Dr. Dil
Nisha Sharma

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Dating-ish
Penny Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Daughter
Jane Shemilt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Daughter of Deep Silence
Carrie Ryan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Daughter of No Worlds
Carissa Broadbent

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Daughter of Persia
Sattareh Farmanfarmaian

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Laini Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Laini Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Daughter of the Blood
Anne Bishop

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Daughter of the Deep
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Daughter of the Empire
Janny Wurts, Raymond E. Feist

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
Juliet Marillier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Sue Lynn Tan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Daughter of the Morning Star (Walt Longmire, #17)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Daughter of the Mountains (Newbery Library, Puffin)
Louise S. Rankin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1948

Daughter of the Pirate King
Tricia Levenseller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Daughter of the Siren Queen
Tricia Levenseller

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Daughter of Time (After Cilmeri, #0)
Sarah Woodbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Daughters of Sparta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Daughters of the Dragon
William Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Daughters of the Dust
Julie Dash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Daughters of the Lake
Wendy Webb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Daughters of the North
Sarah Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Daughters of the Stone
Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Daughters of the Union: Northern Women Fight the Civil War
Nina Silber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Daughters of the Vicar
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1911

D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Ingri d'Aulaire

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1962

Dauntless
Jack Campbell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

David
Ray Robertson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
Malcolm Gladwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

David Copperfield
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1850

David Livingstone: The Pathfinder
Basil Joseph Mathews

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1912

Davita's Harp
Chaim Potok

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Dawn
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2005

Dawn of the Dreadfuls (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #0.5)
Steve Hockensmith, Jane Austen, Patrick Arrasmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Dawn of Wonder (The Wakening, #1)
Jonathan Renshaw

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Dawnshard
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2020

Day
Elie Wiesel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Day 21
Kass Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Daybreak
Belva Plain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality
Friedrich Nietzsche

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1881

Daylight
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Day of Tears
Julius Lester

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Day of the Oprichnik

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa, Transl. Eric Ozawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Days Between Stations
Steve Erickson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Days Gone Bye
Robert Kirkman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Day Shift
Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Days of Awe
Achy Obejas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Days of Blood & Starlight
Laini Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Days of Reading (Penguin Great Ideas)
Marcel Proust

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1905

Days Without End
Sebastian Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Daytripper
Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Day Watch
Sergei Lukyanenko

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
Sarah Rose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
Stephen E. Ambrose

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Deacon
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Deacon King Kong
James McBride

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
Dambisa Moyo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Dead and Alive
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009