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Dream House
Valerie Laken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Dreams of Joy
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

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

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

Eaarth
Bill McKibben

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Each Little Bird That Sings
Deborah Wiles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Each Vagabond by Name
Margo Orlando Littell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Eagle Blue
Michael D'Orso

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

Eagle Strike
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Early Autumn
Robert B. Parker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Earthly Powers
Anthony Burgess

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Earthquake at Dawn
Kristiana Gregory

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Easter 1916
Charles Townshend

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1916

Easter Island
Jennifer Vanderbes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
Brian Tracy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Eat the Document
Dana Spiotta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Ebony and Ivy
Craig Steven Wilder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Echo Burning
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Eclipse
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Econometrics
Fumio Hayashi

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Edgar Allan Poe
Harry Lee Poe

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Edgedancer
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2016

Edge of Eternity
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Edith Wharton: A Biography
R.W.B. Lewis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1975

Ed King
David Guterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Edmund Burke: The First Conservative
Jesse Norman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Edna in the Desert
Maddy Lederman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Educating Rita
Willy Russell

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1980

Effi Briest
Theodor Fontane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1895

Eighth Grade Bites
Heather Brewer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Eight Keys
Suzanne LaFleur

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Eight Men Out
Eliot Asinof

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

El Bronx Remembered
Nicholasa Mohr

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1969

Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
Louise Aronson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Eleanore of Avignon
Elizabeth Delozier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Eleanor's Story
Eleanor Ramrath Garner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1961

Elective Affinities
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1809

Electra
Hugo Von Hofmannsthal

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1903

Eleemosynary
Lee Blessing

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1985

Elektra
Jennifer Saint

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Eleven Seasons
Paul D. Carter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Elf Dog and Owl Head
M. T. Anderson, Illustr. Junyi Wu

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

Eligible
Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Elizabeth and Hazel
David Margolick

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2002

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography
Margaret Forster

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1988

Elizabeth Costello
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Elmer Gantry
Sinclair Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1927

Elmet
Fiona Mozley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Elphie: A Wicked Childhood
Gregory Maguire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Embassytown
China Mieville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Embers of War
Fredrik Logevall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Emily Dickinson
Cynthia Griffin Wolff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1986

Eminent Victorians
Lytton Strachey

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1918

Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
Donald A. Norman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Emotional First Aid
Guy Winch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash a Revolution in Your Life in Christ
Peter Scazzero

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life
Paul Ekman

Nonfiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Emperor of the Air
Ethan Canin

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

Empire of the Dawn
Jay Kristoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Empress Orchid
Anchee Min

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Empty Mansions
Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell Jr.

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Enchantress from the Stars
Sylvia Engdahl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1970

Encounters at the Heart of the World
Elizabeth A. Fenn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
Donald J. Sobol

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1963

Ender's Shadow
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

End Times at Ridgemont High
Ian Welke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Endurance
Scott Kelly

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Enduring Love
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Endymion
Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

End Zone
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Enemy Of The State
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Enemy Women
Paulette Jiles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

England, England
Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Enter Three Witches
Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Entitlement: A Novel
Rumaan Alam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Eon
Alison Goodman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Equal Rites
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Eros and Civilization
Herbert Marcuse

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

Escaped Alone
Caryl Churchill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2016

Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System
Leiyu Shi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Esther Waters
George Augustus Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1894

Ethics
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Ethics for the New Millennium
Dalai Lama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999