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Cross Down
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Crossed
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
Walt Whitman

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1856

Crossing the Bar
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1889

Crossing the Mangrove
Maryse Condé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Crossing the Wire
Will Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Crossing to Safety
Wallace Stegner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Cross of Gold
William Jennings Bryan, Robert W. Cherny

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1896

Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Crossroads
Devney Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Crow Lake
Mary Lawson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Crow Mary
Kathleen Grissom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Crown of Midnight
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Ron McMillan, Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Al Switzler

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Crumbs From the Table of Joy
Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1998

Crusoe in England
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1971

Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

Cuba: An American History
Ada Ferrer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Cue for Treason
Geoffrey Trease

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1940

Cujo
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Amanda Montell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Zaretta L. Hammond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism
Matthew Arnold

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1869

Culture and Imperialism
Edward Said

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Cupid and Psyche
Apuleius

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 170

Cursed Bunny: Stories
Bora Chung, Transl. Anton Hur

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Curse of the Starving Class
Sam Shepard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1976

Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Vine Deloria Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Cyclops
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 422

Cymbeline
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1623

Cynthia in the Snow
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1956

Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Rostand

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1897

Daddy
Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1964

Daffodils
William Wordsworth

Nonfiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

Daisy Darker
Alice Feeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Daisy Haites
Jessa Hastings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Daisy Miller
Henry James

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1878

Damnation Spring
Ash Davidson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Dance of Thieves
Mary E. Pearson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Dances with Wolves
Michael Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Dancing At Lughnasa
Brian Friel

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1990

Dandelion Wine
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1957

Dangerous Liaisons
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1782

Daniel Deronda
George Eliot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1876

Daniel's Story
Carol Matas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Danny, the Champion of the World
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

Dante's Inferno
Dante Alighieri

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1307

Daphnis and Chloe
Longus

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause
Naomi Watts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Dare to Lead
Brené Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Brené Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Adib Khorram

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Dark Age
Pierce Brown

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Dark Life
Kat Falls

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Jeff Lindsay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Dark Matter
Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Darkness at Noon
Arthur Koestler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Darkness Before Dawn
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Darkness of Dragons
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Darkness Visible
William Styron

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Dark Night of the Soul
John of the Cross

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1583

Dark Places
Gillian Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Darkstalker
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1949

Dark Water Rising
Marian Hale

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Darling Girls
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Dash
Kirby Larson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Das Kapital
Karl Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1867

Daughter Of Fortune
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Daughter of Mine
Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Daughter of No Worlds
Carissa Broadbent

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Daughter of the Deep
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Sue Lynn Tan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Daughter of the Pirate King
Tricia Levenseller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Daughters of Shandong
Eve J. Chung

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Daughters of the Dust
Julie Dash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

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

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

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 Walker's Appeal
David Harry Walker

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1995

Dawn
Octavia E. Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Dawn
Paul Laurence Dunbar

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1912

Dawn
Elie Wiesel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Day
Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Daydream
Hannah Grace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Day of Infamy Speech
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1941

Day of Tears
Julius Lester

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

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

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Days Without End
Sebastian Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Daytripper
Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon

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

Deacon King Kong
James McBride

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Dead End In Norvelt
Jack Gantos

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Deadline
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Dead Lions
Mick Herron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Deadly Animals
Marie Tierney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Dead Man Walking
Helen Prejean

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1993

Dead Men’s Path
Chinua Achebe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1953