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The Crimson Crown

Cinda Williams Chima

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Crossing Places

Elly Griffiths

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Crossroads

C. J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Crown

Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Cryptogram

David Mamet

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

The Culture Code

Daniel Coyle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Culture of Narcissism

Christopher Lasch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Cupcake Queen

Heather Hepler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Cure for Death by Lightning

Gail Anderson-Dargatz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

Phaedra Patrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Curse of Capistrano

Johnston McCulley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1919

The Cutting Season

Attica Locke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Damnation of Theron Ware

Harold Frederic

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1896

The Dance of Legislation

Eric Redman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Danish Girl

David Ebershoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Dante Club

Matthew Pearl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy

Camara Laye

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1954

The Darker Face of the Earth

Rita Dove

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1994

The Darkest Corners

Kara Thomas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Darkest Part of The Forest

Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Dark Half

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Dark Maestro

Brendan Slocumb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Dark Side

Jane Mayer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Dark Side of Nowhere

Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

The Dark Tide

Andrew Gross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Darling

Russell Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Daughter

Pavlos Matesis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Daughters' War

Christopher Buehlman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Daughter Who Remains

Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2026

The Davenports

Krystal Marquis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Day of the Locust

Nathanael West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

The Days I Loved You Most

Amy Neff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Days of Abandonment

Elena Ferrante

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Day the Cowboys Quit

Elmer Kelton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The Dead Father

Donald Barthelme

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Dead Fathers Club

Matt Haig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Dead Husband Cookbook

Danielle Valentine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Dead I Know

Scot Gardner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud

Ben Sherwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Death of Stalin

Georges Bortoli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

The Death Of The Heart

Elizabeth Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World

Suzan-Lori Parks

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1990

The Deep Dark Descending

Allen Eskens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Deerslayer

James Fenimore Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1841

The Defense

Steve Cavanagh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Defining Decade

Meg Jay

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2012

The Devil All the Time

Donald Ray Pollock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Devil's Bed

William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Devils of Loudun

Aldous Huxley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1952

The Devil's Star

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Mark Twain

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1906

The Difference Engine

Bruce Sterling, William Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Diligent

Robert W. Harms

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes

Mark Douglas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Discreet Hero

Mario Vargas Llosa

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Displaced Person

Flannery O'Connor

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1955

The Distance Between Us

Kasie West

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

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 Doorman

Chris Pavone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Dragon Reborn

Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

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 Dressmaker

Rosalie Ham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

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 Drowned Cities

Paolo Bacigalupi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

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 Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

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 Easy Way to Stop Smoking

Allen Carr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

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