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Dragon Keeper (Dragon Keeper, #1)
Carole Wilkinson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Dragon of the Red Dawn (Merlin Missions, #9)
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Dragon Pearl
Yoon Ha Lee

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Dragon Prince (Dragon Prince, #1)
Melanie Rawn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Dragon Rider
Cornelia Funke

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Dragons and Marshmallows (Zoey and Sassafras, #1)
Asia Citro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Dragonsbane (Winterlands, #1)
Barbara Hambly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Dragonsdawn
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
Robert L. Forward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Dragon's Gate
Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Dragonsinger
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Dragon Slippers
Jessica Day George

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Dragon's Oath
Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2000

Dragons of Spring Dawning
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Dragonsong
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Dragonspell
Donita K. Paul

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Dragon Teeth
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Dragonwatch (Dragonwatch, #1)
Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Dragon Wing
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Dragonwings
Laurence Yep

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Draupadi
Mahasweta Devi

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1981

Drawer Boy
Michael Healey

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2008

Draw the Circle
Mashuq Mushtaq Deen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Dr. Bloodmoney
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

DreadfulWater (DreadfulWater, #1)
Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Dreadnought (Nemesis, #1)
April Daniels

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Dream a Little Dream
Anthea Bell, Kerstin Gier

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Dream a Little Dream (The Silver Trilogy, #1)
Kerstin Gier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Dreamcatcher
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Dream Chaser
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Dream Children
A. N. Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Dream Days
Kenneth Grahame

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2006

Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert
Brian Herbert

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Dreamers of the Day
Mary Doria Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Dreamfever
Karen Marie Moning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Dreamfever (Fever, #4)
Karen Marie Moning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Dream House
Valerie Laken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Dreaming in Cuban
Cristina García

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Dreaming of You
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Dreamland
Nancy Bilyeau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Dreamland Burning
Jennifer Latham

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic
Sam Quinones

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Dreamless
Josephine Angelini

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Dream of the Red Chamber
Cao Xueqin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Dream of the Red Chamber, Volume 1
Cao Xueqin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1760

Dream on Monkey Mountain
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1970

Dreamseller
Brandon Novak, Joseph Frantz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Barack Obama

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

Dreams in a Time of War
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

Dreamsnake
Vonda N. McIntyre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Dreams of a Dark Warrior
Kresley Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
H.W. Brands

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Dreams of Gods and Monsters
Laini Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Dreams of Gods & Monsters
Laini Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Dreams of Joy
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Dreams of My Russian Summers
Andreï Makine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend (Dover Humor)
Winsor McCay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
Fatema Mernissi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Dreams of Victory
Ellen Conford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Dream State
Eric Puchner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart
Shane Snow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Dream Town
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Dream Warrior
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Dream Work
Mary Oliver

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1986

Dress Coded
Carrie Firestone

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl's Love Letter to the Power of Fashion
Tanisha C. Ford

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
Benjamin Dreyer

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Drift
Rachel Maddow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Driftless
David Rhodes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Drink Deep
Chloe Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Drinking: A Love Story
Caroline Knapp

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996

Drive (Drive, #1)
James Sallis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Drive Me Wild
Melanie Harlow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Driven
K. Bromberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Drive (The Bittersweet Symphony Duet, #1)
Kate Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Driving Miss Daisy
Alfred Uhry

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1987

Drood
Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Drop City
T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Drop Shot
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Drowned City
Don Brown

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2015

Drowned Wednesday
Garth Nix

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Drown Her Sorrows
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Drowning
T.J. Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Drowning Ruth
Christina Schwarz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421
T. J. Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Dr. Strange Beard
Penny Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Dr Strangelove
Peter George

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1958