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Confess

Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Confessions

Kanae Minato, Transl. Stephen Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Confessions of a Mask

Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

Confessions of the Fox

Jordy Rosenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Confessions on the 7:45

Lisa Unger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata, Transl. Ginny Tapley Takemori

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Conversations with Friends

Sally Rooney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Coolie

Mulk Raj Anand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Corregidora

Gayl Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Cotton Comes To Harlem

Chester Himes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Counterfeit

Kirstin Chen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Cracking India

Bapsi Sidhwa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Crazy Rich Asians

Kevin Kwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Credence

Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Critical Chain

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Crooked House

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Tom Franklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Crook Manifesto

Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Cross Down

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Crossing the Mangrove

Maryse Condé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Crossing to Safety

Wallace Stegner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Crossroads

Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Crow Lake

Mary Lawson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Cry, the Beloved Country

Alan Paton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

Cujo

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Cutting for Stone

Abraham Verghese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Daisy Darker

Alice Feeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Daisy Jones & The Six

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Damnation Spring

Ash Davidson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Dances with Wolves

Michael Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Darkness at Noon

Arthur Koestler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Dark Places

Gillian Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Daughter Of Fortune

Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Daughters of the Dust

Julie Dash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Dawn

Octavia E. Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Dawn

Elie Wiesel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Days Without End

Sebastian Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Daytripper

Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá

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

Deacon King Kong

James McBride

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Dear Edward

Ann Napolitano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Dear John

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Death On The Nile

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Defending Jacob

William Landay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Delicate Condition

Danielle Valentine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Delilah Green Doesn't Care

Ashley Herring Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Deliverance

James Dickey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Desert Blood: The Juárez Murders

Alicia Gaspar de Alba

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Detransition, Baby

Torrey Peters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Devil In A Blue Dress

Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Dial A for Aunties

Jesse Q. Sutanto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

Anonymous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Dictee

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

Crystal Smith Paul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Different Seasons

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant

Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Dirt Music

Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Disappearing Earth

Julia Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Rebecca Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Doctor Sleep

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Dogeaters

Jessica Hagedorn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Dolores Claiborne

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Madeleine Thien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Double Indemnity

James M. Cain

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1936

Dragonfly in Amber

Diana Gabaldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Dreaming in Cuban

Cristina García

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Dreamland

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Daniel H. Pink

Fiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421

T. J. Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Duma Key

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Dune

Frank Herbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

Dune Messiah

Frank Herbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Dust

Hugh Howey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Dust Child

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Each Tiny Spark

Pablo Cartaya

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Earth Abides

George R. Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

Eaters Of The Dead

Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Ecotopia

Ernest Callenbach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Efuru

Flora Nwapa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Eight Hundred Grapes

Laura Dave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Eight Perfect Murders

Peter Swanson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Eileen

Ottessa Moshfegh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Either Or

Elif Batuman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Elantris

Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Elevation: A Novel

Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2018

Eleven Minutes

Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Elizabeth is Missing

Emma Healey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ella Minnow Pea

Mark Dunn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Ellen Foster

Kaye Gibbons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

Heather Fawcett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands

Heather Fawcett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Empire Falls

Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Empire of the Sun

J. G. Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984