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Doomsday Book
Connie Willis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Door to Door
Edward Humes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Dopamine Kids
Michaeleen Doucleff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Dope Sick
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Dork in Disguise
Carol Gorman

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Dorothy Day
Kate Hennessy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time
Joseph Frank

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1976

Do the Work
Steven Pressfield

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Double Cross
Ben Macintyre

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Double Identity
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Double Tap
Don Bentley, Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Dove
Paisley Hope

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Dover Beach
Leslie Thomas

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

Dovey Coe
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Do What You Are
Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Down a Dark Hall
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Seanan McGuire

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
Kate Manne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Downriver
Iain Sinclair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Down River
John Hart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto
Es'kia Mphahlele, zekiel Mphahlele

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1959

Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff
Rosemary Mahoney

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Down the Rabbit Hole
Peter Abrahams

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Down the River Unto the Sea
Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Down to Earth
Michael Ernest Sweet

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Dragon Cursed
Elise Kova

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

Dragonfly
Leila Meacham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Dragon of the Red Dawn
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Dragonsdawn
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Dragon's Gate
Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Dragonsinger
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Dragon Slippers
Jessica Day George

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Dragonspell
Donita K. Paul

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Dragon Teeth
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Draw the Circle
Mashuq Mushtaq Deen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Dreamcatcher
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Dream Children
A. N. Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Dream Girl Drama
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Dream Hoarders
Richard V. Reeves

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Dream House
Valerie Laken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Dreamland
Olivie Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Dream School
Jeffrey Selingo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Dreams of Gods & Monsters
Laini Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Dreams of Joy
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Dream Town
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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

Drift
Rachel Maddow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

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

Drownproof
Andy Stumpf

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Dr Strangelove
Peter George

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1958

Drunk on Love
Jasmine Guillory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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

Duke
Kirby Larson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Dumb Witness
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Dumpling Days
Grace Lin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Dungeons and Drama
Kristy Boyce

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Durango Street
Frank Bonham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1965

Dusk, Night, Dawn
Anne Lamott

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

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

Dust to Dust
Jen Wilkin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Duty, Honor, Country & Life
William H. Mcraven

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

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 Daddy's Girl
Sara Cate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Daily Laws
Robert Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Daisy Chain Flower Shop
Laurie Gilmore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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 Dangerous Gift
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Danish Girl
David Ebershoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Danish Way of Parenting
Iben Sandahl, Jessica Joelle Alexander

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

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 Hour
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

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 Is Descending
Chloe C. Peñaranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Dark Maestro
Brendan Slocumb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Darkness Outside Us
Eliot Schrefer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Darkness Within Us
Tricia Levenseller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Dark Secret
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

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