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Deep Economy
Bill McKibben

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Deep River
Shusaku Endo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Defiant
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Defying Hitler
Sebastian Haffner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1939

Defy Me
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Deirdre of the Sorrows
J. M. Synge

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1910

Déjà Dead
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Delancey: A Man, A Woman, A Restaurant, A Marriage
Molly Wizenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Delicate Escape
Catherine Cowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Delight in Disorder: Selected Poems
Robert Herrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Delivering Happiness
Tony Hsieh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Delta Wedding
Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

Demonglass
Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
Emily Ladau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Denied Access
Don Bentley, Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Denton Little's Deathdate
Lance Rubin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Dereliction of Duty
H.R. McMaster

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1997

Descartes
Stephen Gaukroger

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1995

Descent into Hell
Charles Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Desdemona, Twelve Going on Desperate
Beverly Keller

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Desertion
Abdulrazak Gurnah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Desert Places
Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Des Hommes
Laurent Mauvignier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Designing Your Life
Bill Burnett, Dave Evans

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Desirable Daughters
Bharati Mukherjee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Desire Under the Elms
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1924

Desolation Angels
Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

Desperate Characters
Paula Fox

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Desperation
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Dessa Rose
Sherley A. Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Destroying Avalon
Kate Mccaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Deuteronomy
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | BCE

Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential
John C. Maxwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Devoted
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Dharma Bums
Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David Hume

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1779

Diamonds in the Shadow
Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Dicey's Song
Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Dickens
Peter Ackroyd

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1990

Did You Ever Have a Family
Bill Clegg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Dietland
Sarai Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Die Trying
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Difficult Women
Roxane Gay

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Dig
A. S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Digging to America
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Digital Fortress
Dan Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Dinner at the Center of the Earth
Nathan Englander

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Steve Coll

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Douglas Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Dirty Little Secrets
Kerry Cohen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Discworld
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

Disney Adults: Exploring (And Falling In Love With) A Magical Subculture
A. J. Wolfe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

DisneyWar
James B. Stewart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Disoriental
Négar Djavadi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Dispatches from Pluto
Richard Grant

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Dissolving Illusions
Suzanne Humphries

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Distant Star
Roberto Bolaño

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1996

Disunity in Christ
Christena Cleveland

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Divided in Death
J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Divided We Fall
Trent Reedy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Divisadero
Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Dodger
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Dog Soldiers
Robert Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Do Hard Things
Steve Magness

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2022

Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
Alex Harris, Brett Harris

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2008

Dolphins at Daybreak
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
Tom Holland

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Don Juan
Lord George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron)

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1824

Do Not Become Alarmed
Maile Meloy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

(Don't) Call Me Crazy
Kelly Jensen

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2018

Don't Look Behind You
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Don't Waste Your Life
John Piper

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Don't You Cry
Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Doomsday Book
Connie Willis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Door to Door
Edward Humes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

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

Double Cross
Ben Macintyre

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Dover Beach
Leslie Thomas

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

Dovey Coe
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Down a Dark Hall
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

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

Dragonsdawn
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Dragon's Gate
Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Dragon Slippers
Jessica Day George

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Dragonspell
Donita K. Paul

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

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