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Confessions of a Shopaholic
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Confucius
Yasushi Inoue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Contact
Susan Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Coram Boy
Jamila Gavin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Corelli's Mandolin
Louis De Bernières

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Cosmopolis
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Courtesan
Diane Haeger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

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

Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Jeff Lindsay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

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

Dept. of Speculation
Jenny Offill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

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
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills

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