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Deuteronomy
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | BCE

Devdas
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1917

Developing the Leader Within You
John C. Maxwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Deviant King
Rina Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8)
P.D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Devil Bones
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Devil In A Blue Dress
Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Devil in Disguise (The Ravenels, #7)
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Devil in Spring
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Devil in the Grove
Gilbert King

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Devil in Winter
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Devil May Cry
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Devil on the Cross
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Devil's Bride
Stephanie Laurens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Devil's Bridge
Cynthia C. DeFelice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Devil's Bridge (Alexandra Cooper, #17)
Linda Fairstein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Devil's Cub (Alastair-Audley, #2)
Georgette Heyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Devil's Daughter
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Devil's Game
Joanna Wylde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Devils in Daylight
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, 谷崎 潤一郎

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1918

Devil's Manhunt (Western Short Stories Collection)
L. Ron Hubbard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

Devil's Peak (Benny Griessel, #1)
Deon Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation
Edward Chancellor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Devi-Mahatmyam (The Chandi)
Markandeya, Jagadiswarananda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 550

Devious Lies
Parker S. Huntington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
Max Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Devoted in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Devotion
Hannah Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Devotion (Adapted for Young Adults): An Epic Story of Heroism and Friendship
Adam Makos

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
John Donne

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1624

Devoured
Emily Snow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

De vulgari eloquentia (Spanish Edition)
Dante Alighieri

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1305

Dewey's Nine Lives: The Legacy of the Small-Town Library Cat Who Inspired Millions
Vicki Myron

Nonfiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2008

Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library!
Vicki Myron, Bret Witter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Bret Witter, Vicki Myron

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Dexter by Design
Jeff Lindsay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Dexter in the Dark
Jeff Lindsay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Dexter Is Delicious
Jeff Lindsay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Dhalgren
Samuel R. Delany

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Dharma Bums
Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Dial A for Aunties
Jesse Q. Sutanto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1632

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David Hume

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1779

Diamond Fire
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Diamonds Are Forever
Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

Diamonds in the Shadow
Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Diamond Willow
Helen Frost

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2008

Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
Andrew Morton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1993

Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
L. Ron Hubbard

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1982

Diaries of a Young Poet (Tagebücher aus der Frühzeit)
Rainer Maria Rilke

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1926

Diary
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Diary of a Bad Year
J.M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
Nikolai Gogol

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1835

Diary of an Ordinary Woman
Margaret Forster

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Diary of an Oxygen Thief
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1915

Diary of a Provincial Lady
E.M. Delafield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Diary of a Superfluous Man
Ivan Turgenev

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1850

Diary of a Void
Emi Yagi, Transl. Lucy North, Transl. David Boyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Diary of Confederate Soldier
John S. Jackman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Diaspora
Greg Egan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Diavola
Jennifer Thorne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Dibs in Search of Self: The Renowned, Deeply Moving Story of an Emotionally Lost Child Who Found His Way Back
Virginia Axline

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1964

Dicey's Song
Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Dickens
Peter Ackroyd

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1990

Dictator (Cicero, #3)
Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Dictee
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Did I Mention I Love You?
Estelle Maskame

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Did You Ever Have a Family
Bill Clegg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
Crystal Smith Paul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Die Again
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Die a Little
Megan Abbott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Die for Me
Amy Plum

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Die, My Love
Ariana Harwicz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Dies the Fire (Emberverse, #1)
S.M. Stirling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Dietland
Sarai Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Die, Vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker
Kieron Gillen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
Bill Perkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Different Class (Malbry #2)
Joanne Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Different Seasons
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen, Bruce Patton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Difficult Daughters
Manju Kapur

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Difficult Women
Roxane Gay

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Digging to America
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Digital Disconnect
Robert W. Mcchesney

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Digital Fortress
Dan Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
Cal Newport

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Dime Store Magic
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Dinged
Tommy Greenwald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Dinner at the Center of the Earth
Nathan Englander

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Dinners With Ruth
Nina Totenberg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Dinosaurs
Lydia Millet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Dinosaurs Before Dark
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Diplomacy
Henry Kissinger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Directed Verdict
Randy Singer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Directions to Servants (Hesperus Classics)
Jonathan Swift

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1731

Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Steve Coll

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018