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Cradle and All

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Crafting for Sinners

Jenny Kiefer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Crash

J. G. Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Crashing America

Katia Noyes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Crashing Upwards

S.C. Wynne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Crazy for the Storm

Norman Ollestad

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Crazy House

James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Crazy in Love

Laura Pavlov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Crazy Love

Francis Chan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Crazy Sunday

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1932

Creating Black Americans

Nell Irvin Painter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies From a Life at Disney

Lee Cockerell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Creation

Gore Vidal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Creativity

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Crescendo

Becca Fitzpatrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Crescent

Diana Abu-Jaber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Cress

Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Cress Watercress

Gregory Maguire

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Crier's War

Nina Varela

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Crimes Against Nature

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Criminal

Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Cripple Creek Days

Mabel Barbee Lee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1958

Crisis in the Red Zone

Richard Preston

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Crispin: At the Edge of the World

Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

Karl Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1844

Crocodile on the Sandbank

Elizabeth Peters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Crooked

Brian M. Wiprud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Crooked Little Heart

Anne Lamott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Crooked River

Shelley Pearsall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Cross and Sampson

James Patterson, Brian Sitts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Crossbones

Nuruddin Farah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Cross Creek

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1942

Crossed (Never After, 5)

Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Crosshairs

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Cross Her Heart

Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers

Geoffrey A. Moore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Crossing the River

Caryl Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Cross Justice

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Crossroads of Ravens

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Crow Country

Kate Constable

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Crowds and Power

Elias Canetti

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

Crow Fair: Stories

Thomas McGuane

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2015

Crow Talk

Eileen Garvin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Crucible

John Sayles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Cruel Beauty

Rosamund Hodge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Cruel Crown

Victoria Aveyard

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2016

Cruel Seduction

Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Crush

Tracy Wolff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Crux

Gabriel Tallent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Cry Havoc

Jack Carr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Cry of the Kalahari

Mark Owens, Delia Owens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1984

Cuba 15

Nancy Osa

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Cuckoo Song

Frances Hardinge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Cult Classic

Sloane Crosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Cultures and Organizations

Geert Hofstede

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Cursed

Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Cursed Fates

Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Curtain

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Curveball

Jordan Sonnenblick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Curvy Girl Summer

Danielle Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Custer's Trials

T. J. Stiles

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Chogyam Trungpa

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

Cycle of Hope

Tricia Downing

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Cycle of the Werewolf

Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1983

Cyclops

Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Cytonic

Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

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

Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That?

Lundy Bancroft

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

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

Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young

Zayd Ayers Dohrn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

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 Day in the Deep Sea

Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

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 Psychology and Manipulation

William Cooper

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Dark Renaissance

Stephen Greenblatt

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025