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Courting Mr. Lincoln

Louis Bayard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Coyote Waits

Tony Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Crash

J. G. Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Crashing Upwards

S.C. Wynne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Crooked

Brian M. Wiprud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Crossbones

Nuruddin Farah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Crossing the River

Caryl Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Cyclops

Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Dance Hall Of The Dead

Tony Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Dancing at the Rascal Fair

Ivan Doig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Dark At The Crossing

Elliot Ackerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Dark Universe

Daniel F. Galouye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Davita's Harp

Chaim Potok

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Days of Awe

Achy Obejas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Deadeye Dick

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Dead in Center Field

Paul Engleman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Dead Until Dark

Charlaine Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Dear Life

Alice Munro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Death and the Dervish

Meša Selimović

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Death Comes to Pemberley

P. D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Death In The Andes

Mario Vargas Llosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Death is a Lonely Business

Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

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

Deception Point

Dan Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Deep River

Shusaku Endo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Delancey: A Man, A Woman, A Restaurant, A Marriage

Molly Wizenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Delta Wedding

Eudora Welty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

Descent into Hell

Charles Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Desert Places

Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Des Hommes

Laurent Mauvignier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Desirable Daughters

Bharati Mukherjee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Desolation Angels

Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

Desperate Characters

Paula Fox

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Dessa Rose

Sherley A. Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Dharma Bums

Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Did You Ever Have a Family

Bill Clegg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Dietland

Sarai Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Digging to America

Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Digital Fortress

Dan Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Dinner at the Center of the Earth

Nathan Englander

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Disoriental

Négar Djavadi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Distant Star

Roberto Bolaño

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1996

Divided in Death

J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Divisadero

Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Dodger

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Dog Soldiers

Robert Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Do Not Become Alarmed

Maile Meloy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Doomsday Book

Connie Willis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Downriver

Iain Sinclair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Down River

John Hart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Down the River Unto the Sea

Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Dragonsdawn

Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Draw the Circle

Mashuq Mushtaq Deen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Dream Children

A. N. Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Dream House

Valerie Laken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Dreams of Joy

Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Drop City

T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Drowning Ruth

Christina Schwarz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Ducks, Newburyport

Lucy Ellmann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Dying in New York

Ekow Duker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Each Vagabond by Name

Margo Orlando Littell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Early Autumn

Robert B. Parker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Earthly Powers

Anthony Burgess

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Easter Island

Jennifer Vanderbes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Eat the Document

Dana Spiotta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Echo Burning

Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Edge of Eternity

Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ed King

David Guterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Eligible

Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Elizabeth Costello

J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Elmet

Fiona Mozley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Embassytown

China Mieville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Empress Orchid

Anchee Min

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Ender's Shadow

Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

End Times at Ridgemont High

Ian Welke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Enduring Love

Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Endymion

Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

End Zone

Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Enemy Of The State

Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Enemy Women

Paulette Jiles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

England, England

Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Enter Three Witches

Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Etta and Otto and Russell and James

Emma Hooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Tom Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Eventide

Kent Haruf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Every Fifteen Minutes

Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Everyman

Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Every Man Dies Alone

Hans Fallada

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

Everyone Brave Is Forgiven

Chris Cleave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Every Secret Thing

Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Everything Good Will Come

Sefi Atta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Everything Under

Daisy Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Evidence of Things Unseen

Marianne Wiggins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Executive

Piers Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985