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Dark Rise

C. S. Pacat

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Dark Sacred Night

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Dark Sisters

Kristi DeMeester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Dark Universe

Daniel F. Galouye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Darling Daffodils Farm

Brittanee Nicole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Darling Girl

Liz Michalski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Darwin on Man

Howard E. Gruber, Paul H. Barrett

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1974

Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution

Michael J Behe

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Das Mädchen Wadjda

Haifaa al-Mansour

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Data Feminism

Catherine D’ignazio

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Dating and Dragons

Kristy Boyce

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

Dating You / Hating You

Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Daughter of Moloka'i

Alan Brennert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Daughter of Persia

Sattareh Farmanfarmaian

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Laini Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Daughter of the Forest

Juliet Marillier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Daughter of the Siren Queen

Tricia Levenseller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Daughters of Rome

Kate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Daughters of the Sun and Moon

Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Daughters of the Vicar

D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1911

Davita's Harp

Chaim Potok

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Dawn

Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Dawn and the Impossible Three

Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1987

Dawn Wind

Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1961

Day: A Novel

Elie Wiesel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Daydreamer

Susie Tate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Daylight

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Day of the Dragon King

Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Days at the Torunka Café

Satoshi Yagisawa, Transl. Eric Ozawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Days of Awe

Achy Obejas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Days of Blood & Starlight

Laini Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Dead and Alive

Zadie Smith

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2025

Dead City

James Ponti

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Deadeye Dick

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Deadhouse Gates

Steven Erikson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Dead in Center Field

Paul Engleman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Deadly Feasts

Richard Rhodes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Deadly Intentions

William Randolph Stevens

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Deadly Little Secret

Laurie Faria Stolarz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Deadly Spin

Wendell Potter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Dead Mountain

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Dead Silence

S. A. Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Dead Voices

Katherine Arden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Dead Wednesday

Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Dead Witch Walking

Kim Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Deaf Republic

Ilya Kaminsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Deal Breaker

Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Dear and Glorious Physician

Taylor Caldwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Dear Committee Members

Julie Schumacher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Dear Girls

Ali Wong

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Dear Life

Alice Munro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Dearly Devoted Dexter

Jeff Lindsay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Dear Marcus

Jerry McGill

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Dear Mrs. Bird

AJ Pearce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Dear Nobody

Berlie Doherty

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

Dear Wife

Kimberly Belle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Death and the Dervish

Meša Selimović

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Death and the Maiden

Ariel Dorfman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1990

Death at an Early Age

Jonathan Kozol

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1967

Death at La Fenice

Donna Leon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Death Be Not Proud

John Gunther

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1949

Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable… About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business

Patrick Lencioni

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Death Comes As The End

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1944

Death Comes to Pemberley

P. D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Death in the Afternoon

Ernest Hemingway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1932

Death In The Andes

Mario Vargas Llosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Death in the Clouds

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

Death in the Spires

K. J. Charles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Death in the Woods and Other Stories

Sherwood Anderson

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1933

Death is a Lonely Business

Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Death Masks

Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Death of a Naturalist

Seamus Heaney

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1966

Death of a Red Heroine

Qiu Xiaolong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Death Was the Other Woman

Linda L. Richards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Death with Interruptions

José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Debt of Honor

Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

December Stillness

Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1978

Deception Point

Dan Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Decision Points

George W. Bush

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work

Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Decline and Fall

Evelyn Waugh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

Decluttering at the Speed of Life

Dana K. White

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Deep Down Dark

Héctor Tobar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Deep Economy

Bill McKibben

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Deep House

Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Deep River

Shusaku Endo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Deep Water

Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

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

Defy (sinners of Saint, #0.5)

L.J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Deirdre of the Sorrows

J. M. Synge

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1910

Deity

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

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

Delicious!

Ruth Reichl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

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