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The Distant Hours
Kate Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Distant Marvels
Chantel Acevedo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Diversity of Life
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Divide
Matt Taibbi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1308

The Diviners
Margaret Laurence

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

The Divine Wind
Garry Disher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Divorce Express
Paula Danziger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Doctor's Dilemma
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1906

The Dogs of Babel
Carolyn Parkhurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Dollmaker
Harriette Simpson Arnow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Doll's House
Louise Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Door in the Wall
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1911

The Dorito Effect
Mark Schatzker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Double
George Pelecanos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Double Bass
Patrick Süskind

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1981

The Double Bind
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Dreamers
Karen Thompson Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Dream Lover
Elizabeth Berg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Dream of Scipio
Iain Pears

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Dream Thieves
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Dress Lodger
Sheri Holman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Dressmaker
Beryl Bainbridge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Driver's Seat
Muriel Spark

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1970

The Drop
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Drover's Wife
Henry Lawson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1892

The Drunkard's Walk
Leonard Mlodinow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Dry Grass of August
Anna Jean Mayhew

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Dukan Diet
Pierre Dukan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Dumb Waiter
Harold Pinter

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1957

The Dying Sun
Gary L. Blackwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

The Eagle Has Landed
Jack Higgins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Carolyn Mackler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Eatonville Anthology
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1926

The Eaves of Heaven
Andrew X. Pham

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

The Ecclesiazusae
Aristophanes

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 392

The Edge of Nowhere
Elizabeth George

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1907

The Education of Kevin Powell
Kevin Powell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Egyptologist
Arthur Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Eichmann Trial
Deborah Lipstadt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Elements of Journalism
Bill Kovach, Tom Rosenstiel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Elements of Style
William Strunk Jr.

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1918

The Emerald Mile
Kevin Fedarko

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Emigrants
W.G. Sebald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Emperor of Any Place
Tim Wynne-Jones

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Emperor of Ice Cream
Brian Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

The Emperor of Ocean Park
Stephen L. Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Emperor's Children
Claire Messud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Empire of Necessity
Greg Grandin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Enchanted
Rene Denfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Enchanted April
Elizabeth von Arnim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

The End of Detroit
Micheline Maynard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The End of Eddy
Édouard Louis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
Greg Grandin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The End of the Point
Elizabeth Graver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The End of White Christian America
Robert P. Jones

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The End of Your Life Book Club
Will Schwalbe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Caroline Alexander

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Enemy
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Englishman's Boy
Guy Vanderhaeghe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The English Teacher
Yiftach Reicher Atir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Enigma of Arrival
V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Enlightenment
Norman Hampson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The Essential Rumi
Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī)

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Eternity Code
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Everything Store
Brad Stone

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Evolution of Beauty
Richard O. Prum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Evolution of Cooperation
Robert Axelrod

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

The Executioner's Song
Norman Mailer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Exonerated
Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2002

The Extraordinary Adventures Of Alfred Kropp
Richard (Rick) Yancey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Eye in the Door
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Eyre Affair
Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Facebook Effect
David Kirkpatrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
Yann Martel

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1993

The Fade Out
Ed Brubaker

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Faith Club
Priscilla Warner, Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
John Hendrix

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Fakir
Sunil Gangopadhyay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Fall of the Ottomans
Eugene Rogan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Family of Pascual Duarte
Camilo José Cela

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Faraway Nearby
Rebecca Solnit

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Farm
Joanne Ramos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Fatal Shore
Robert Hughes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Father
Sharon Olds

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

The Feast of Love
Charles Baxter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Female Imagination
Patricia Meyer Spacks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Female Man
Joanna Russ

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Female Persuasion
Meg Wolitzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Feral Detective
Jonathan Lethem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Festival of Insignificance
Milan Kundera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Fiery Trial
Eric Foner

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Fifth Child
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Fifth Gospel
Ian Caldwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Fifth Mountain
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Fifth Witness
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Fig Orchard
Layla Fiske

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014