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The Diplomat's Wife
Pam Jenoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Disappeared
C. J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Disappearers
Marlon James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Disappearing Act
Maria Stepanova, Transl. Sasha Dugdale

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2026

The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Tom Bissell, Greg Sestero

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes
Mark Douglas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Discovery
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

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 Displacements
Bruce Holsinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Distance Between Us
Kasie West

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Distance Between Us
Maggie O'Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

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 Diviners
Libba Bray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

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 Do-Over
T.L. Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Dorians
Nick Cutter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Dorito Effect
Mark Schatzker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Double
George Pelecanos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Double
José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Double Bass
Patrick Süskind

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1981

The Double Bind
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Double Life of Pocahontas
Jean Fritz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1983

The Dragonbone Chair
Tad Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

The Dragon Keeper
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Dragon Reborn
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

The Dragon's Bride
Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Dragons of Blueland
Ruth Stiles Gannett

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1951

The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Dragon's Promise
Elizabeth Lim

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Dream Daughter
Diane Chamberlain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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 Dressmaker
Kate Alcott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

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 Duff: Designated Ugly Fat Friend (hamilton High, #1)
Kody Keplinger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Dukan Diet
Pierre Dukan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Dumb Waiter
Harold Pinter

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1957

The Dying Citizen
Victor Davis Hanson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Dying Light
Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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

The Ecclesiazusae
Aristophanes

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 392

The Edge
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

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 Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
Peter F. Drucker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1966

The Egyptologist
Arthur Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Eichmann Trial
Deborah Lipstadt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Eighth Day
Dianne K. Salerni

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
Elizabeth Letts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Element
Ken Robinson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Elementary Particles
Michel Houellebecq

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Elements of Journalism
Bill Kovach, Tom Rosenstiel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Elements of Marie Curie
Dava Sobel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

The Elements of Style
William Strunk Jr.

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

The Eleventh Hour
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2025

The Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1881

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
Ryszard Kapuściński

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

The Emperor of Any Place
Tim Wynne-Jones

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Emperor of Evening Stars
Laura Thalassa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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 Gold
Shannon Chakraborty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Empire of Necessity
Greg Grandin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Employees
Olga Ravn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Empress
Michelle Heard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Empty Space
Peter Brook

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968