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A Dance of Lies
Brittney Arena

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

A Dance to the Music of Time
Anthony Powell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

A Dark and Secret Magic
Wallis Kinney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Daughter of Fair Verona
Christina Dodd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Day No Pigs Would Die
Robert Newton Peck

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1972

A Deal In Wheat
Frank Norris

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1903

A Death in Belmont
Sebastian Junger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

A Death in the Family
James Agee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

A Delicate Balance
Edward Albee

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1966

A Diary from Dixie
Mary Boykin Chestnut

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1866

A Different Mirror for Young People
Ronald Takaki, Rebecca Stefoff

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2012

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
Barbara W. Tuchman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

A Dog Named Christmas
Greg Kincaid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Dog's Way Home
W. Bruce Cameron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Door in the Dark
Scott Reintgen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

A Door Near Here
Heather Quarles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

A Dream Deferred
Shelby Steele

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

A Dream Play
August Strindberg

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1901

A Drink before the War
Dennis Lehane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

A Drinking Life
Pete Hamill

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

A Drowned Maiden's Hair
Laura Amy Schlitz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

A Dry White Season
André Brink

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

A Dying Colonialism
Frantz Fanon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

Dactyl Hill Squad
Daniel José Older

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Daddy Issues
Kate Goldbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Dad Is Fat
Jim Gaffigan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Dairy Queen
Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Damsel
Elana K. Arnold

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Dance Hall Of The Dead
Tony Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Dance of the Happy Shades: And Other Stories
Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1968

Dancing After Hours
Andre Dubus II

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1996

Dancing at the Rascal Fair
Ivan Doig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Dancing In The Glory Of Monsters
Jason Stearns

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Dancing with Cuba
Alma Guillermoprieto

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Dancing Wu Li Masters
Gary Zukav

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Danger in the Shadows
Dee Henderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Daniel Half Human: And the Good Nazi
David Chotjewitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Danse Macabre
Stephen King

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

Dante
Sadie Kincaid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Daring to Drive
Manal Al-Sharif

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Dark and Shallow Lies
Ginny Myers Sain

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Dark At The Crossing
Elliot Ackerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Dark Ecology
Timothy Morton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Darkest Night
Will Hill

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Dark Force Rising
Timothy Zahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Dark Horse
John Fischer

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1981

Dark Inside
Jeyn Roberts

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Dark Laughter
Sherwood Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Dark Lover
J. R. Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Dark Money
Jane Mayer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Darkness in El Dorado
Patrick Tierney

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Dark Notes
Pam Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Dark Renaissance
Stephen Greenblatt

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

Dark Rise
C. S. Pacat

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Dark Sacred Night
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Dark Sisters
Kristi DeMeester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Dark Universe
Daniel F. Galouye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Darling Daffodils Farm
Brittanee Nicole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Darling Girl
Liz Michalski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1974

Das Mädchen Wadjda
Haifaa al-Mansour

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Data Feminism
Catherine D’ignazio

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Dating You / Hating You
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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 the Forest
Juliet Marillier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Daughter of the Siren Queen
Tricia Levenseller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Daughters of Rome
Kate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Daughters of the Bamboo Grove
Barbara Demick

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

Daughters of the Vicar
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1911

Davita's Harp
Chaim Potok

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Dawn
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Dawn Wind
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1961

Day: A Novel
Elie Wiesel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Daydreamer
Susie Tate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Daylight
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Day of the Dragon King
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Days of Awe
Achy Obejas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Days of Blood & Starlight
Laini Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Dead and Alive
Zadie Smith

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2025

Dead City
James Ponti

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Deadeye Dick
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Deadhouse Gates
Steven Erikson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Dead in Center Field
Paul Engleman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Deadly Feasts
Richard Rhodes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Deadly Intentions
William Randolph Stevens

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Deadly Little Secret
Laurie Faria Stolarz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Deadly Spin
Wendell Potter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Dead Mountain
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Dead Silence
S. A. Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Dead Voices
Katherine Arden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Dead Wednesday
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Deaf Republic
Ilya Kaminsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Deal Breaker
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Dear and Glorious Physician
Taylor Caldwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Dear Committee Members
Julie Schumacher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Dear Girls
Ali Wong

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Dear Life
Alice Munro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Dearly Devoted Dexter
Jeff Lindsay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Dear Marcus
Jerry McGill

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009