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Dream Children
A. N. Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Dream Girl Drama
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Dream House
Valerie Laken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Dreams of Joy
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Drenched in Light
Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

Driving Miss Daisy
Alfred Uhry

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1987

Driving Over Lemons
Chris Stewart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Dr. No: A Novel
Percival Everett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Drop City
T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Drowned City
Don Brown

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2015

Drowning Ruth
Christina Schwarz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Dr Strangelove
Peter George

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1958

Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing
Tomson Highway

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1989

Ducks, Newburyport
Lucy Ellmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Duino Elegies
Rainer Maria Rilke

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1923

Duke
Jessica Peterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Dumb Witness
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Dungeons and Drama
Kristy Boyce

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Durango Street
Frank Bonham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1965

Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept
W. E. B. Du Bois

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1940

Dust Bowl
Donald Worster

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Dying in New York
Ekow Duker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Dying to Know You
Aidan Chambers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Damnation of Theron Ware
Harold Frederic

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1896

The Dance of Legislation
Eric Redman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Danish Girl
David Ebershoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Dante Club
Matthew Pearl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy
Camara Laye

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1954

The Darker Face of the Earth
Rita Dove

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1994

The Darkest Corners
Kara Thomas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Darkest Part of The Forest
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Dark Half
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Dark Hours
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Dark Maestro
Brendan Slocumb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Dark Side
Jane Mayer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Dark Side of Nowhere
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

The Dark Tide
Andrew Gross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Darling
Russell Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Daughter
Pavlos Matesis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Daughters' War
Christopher Buehlman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Daughter Who Remains
Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2026

The Davenports
Krystal Marquis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Day of the Locust
Nathanael West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

The Days I Loved You Most
Amy Neff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Days of Abandonment
Elena Ferrante

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Day the Cowboys Quit
Elmer Kelton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The Dead Father
Donald Barthelme

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Dead Fathers Club
Matt Haig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Dead Husband Cookbook
Danielle Valentine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Dead I Know
Scot Gardner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
Ben Sherwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Death of Stalin
Georges Bortoli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

The Death Of The Heart
Elizabeth Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World
Suzan-Lori Parks

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1990

The Death of Us
Abigail Dean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Decagon House Murders
Yukito Ayatsuji, Transl. Ho-Ling Wong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Deep Dark Descending
Allen Eskens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Deerslayer
James Fenimore Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1841

The Defense
Steve Cavanagh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Defining Decade
Meg Jay

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2012

The Devil All the Time
Donald Ray Pollock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Devil and Webster
Jean Hanff Korelitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Devil's Bed
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Devils of Loudun
Aldous Huxley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1952

The Devil's Star
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Diaries of Adam and Eve
Mark Twain

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1906

The Diary Keepers
Nina Siegal

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

The Difference Engine
Bruce Sterling, William Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Diligent
Robert W. Harms

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes
Mark Douglas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Discreet Hero
Mario Vargas Llosa

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Displaced Person
Flannery O'Connor

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1955

The Displacements
Bruce Holsinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Distance Between Us
Kasie West

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Distant Hours
Kate Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Distant Marvels
Chantel Acevedo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Diversity of Life
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Divide
Matt Taibbi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1308

The Diviners
Margaret Laurence

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

The Divine Wind
Garry Disher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Divorce Express
Paula Danziger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Doctor's Dilemma
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1906

The Dogs of Babel
Carolyn Parkhurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Dollmaker
Harriette Simpson Arnow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Doll's House
Louise Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Door in the Wall
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1911

The Doorman
Chris Pavone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Dorito Effect
Mark Schatzker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Double
George Pelecanos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Double Bass
Patrick Süskind

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1981

The Double Bind
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Dragon Reborn
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

The Dream Daughter
Diane Chamberlain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Dreamers
Karen Thompson Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Dream Lover
Elizabeth Berg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Dream of Scipio
Iain Pears

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Dream Thieves
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013