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The Dilemma of a Ghost
Ama Ata Aidoo

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1971

The Diligent
Robert W. Harms

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Dinner
Herman Koch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Dinner List
Rebecca Serle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit
Seth Godin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Dirt on Ninth Grave
Darynda Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Dirty Book Club
Lisi Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Disappeared
C.J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Disappeared (Joe Pickett, #18)
C.J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Disappearing Act
Catherine Steadman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Disaster Days
Rebecca Behrens

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Discarded Image
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1964

The Disconnect
Keren David

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 2019

The Discourses
Epictetus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Discovery of the Titanic
Robert D. Ballard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Discreet Hero
Mario Vargas Llosa

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Disenchanted Widow
Christina McKenna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Disenchantments
Nina LaCour

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Displaced Person
Flannery O'Connor

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1955

The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
E. Lockhart

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Distance Between Us
Reyna Grande

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition
Reyna Grande

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Distance of the Moon
Italo Calvino

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2018

The Distant Echo
Val McDermid

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 Dive from Clausen's Pier
Ann Packer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Divers' Game
Jesse Ball

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

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 (The Diviners, #1)
Libba Bray

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Divine Wind
Garry Disher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

The Diving Pool: Three Novellas
Yōko Ogawa

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2008

The Division of Labor in Society
Émile Durkheim

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1893

The Divorce Express
Paula Danziger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories
A.S. Byatt

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

The Doctor (Nashville Neighborhood, #1)
Nikki Sloane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Doctor's Dilemma
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1906

The Doctrine of Fascism
Benito Mussolini

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Documents in the Case
Dorothy L. Sayers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Dog of the South
Charles Portis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Dog of Tithwal: Stories
Saadat Hasan Manto

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2021

The Dogs of Babel
Carolyn Parkhurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Dogs of Riga
Laurie Thompson, Henning Mankell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Dogs of War
Frederick Forsyth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Dog Stars
Peter Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Dog Who Danced
Susan Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be
Farley Mowat

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1980

The Dollhouse
Fiona Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Dollhouse Murders
Betty Ren Wright

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1983

The Doll in the Garden
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Dollmaker
Harriette Simpson Arnow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Doll People
Ann M. Martin, Laura Godwin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Doll's House
M.J. Arlidge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Dolls' House
Rumer Godden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Doomsday Key
James Rollins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Door
Magda Szabó, Len Rix, E.B. White

Fiction | Short Story | Adult

The Door in the Wall
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1911

The Door Into Summer
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Door of No Return
Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Door of the Unreal
Gerald Biss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth
Roger Zelazny

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2005

The Doors of Perception
Aldous Huxley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1954

The Do-Over
T.L. Swan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Dorito Effect
Mark Schatzker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Double
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1846

The Double Bass
Patrick Süskind

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1981

The Double Bind
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Double Helix
James D. Watson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The Double Life of Pocahontas
Jean Fritz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Downstairs Girl
Stacey Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Dragon Can't Dance
Earl Lovelace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Dragonet Prophecy
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Dragonfly Sea
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Dragon Heir
Cinda Williams Chima

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles #1)
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, #3)
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
R. F. Kuang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Dragon's Bride
Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022