General Fiction

Deviation

by Luce D'Eramo, translated by Anne Milano Appel; read by Justine Eyre

NPR Best of 2018

Finally available in English translation, Deviation is at once a personal testament, a work of the imagination, an investigation into the limits of memory, a warning to future generations, and a visceral scream at the horrors of the world. Learn More

Deus Lo Volt!

Evan S. Connell; read by Michael McConnohie

A magisterial work of historical imagination-a stunningly immediate, first-person account of one soldier's experience of the defining war of Christendom. Learn More

Desolation Peak

by Jack Kerouac, edited by Charles Shuttleworth; read by Christian Rummel

Jack Kerouac's experience on Desolation Peak forms the climax of his novel The Dharma Bums and has also been depicted in part 1 of Desolation Angels and a chapter in his nonfiction book Lonesome Traveler. None of these versions offers a full, true picture, however; and for that reason, Desolation Peak is essential listening. Learn More

The Descent of Monsters

by J.Y. Yang, read by Nancy Wu

Neon Yang continues to redefine the limits of silkpunk fantasy with their Tensorate novellas, which the New York Times lauded as "joyously wild." In this third volume, an investigation into atrocities committed at a classified research facility threaten to expose secrets that the Protectorate will do anything to keep hidden. Learn More

Deceit and Other Possibilities

by Vanessa Hua; read by David Shih & Cindy Kay

Winner, Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
California Book Award Finalist
One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of the Year

In her powerful collection, first published in 2016 and now featuring new stories, Vanessa Hua gives voice to immigrant families navigating a new America. Tied to their ancestral and adopted homelands in ways unimaginable in generations past, these memorable characters straddle both worlds but belong to none. Learn More

Debriefing

by Susan Sontag; read by Coleen Marlo

Debriefing collects all of Susan Sontag's shorter fiction. The book ranges from allegory to parable to autobiography and shows her wrestling with problems not assimilable to the essay, her more customary mode. Learn More

Death of Jezebel

by Christianna Brand; read by Derek Perkins

In the fourth installment of Christianna Brand's classic mystery series, Inspector Cockrill investigates a dramatic death at a medieval pageant. Learn More

Death of Jezebel

by Christianna Brand; read by Derek Perkins

In the fourth installment of Christianna Brand's classic mystery series, Inspector Cockrill investigates a dramatic death at a medieval pageant. Learn More

Death of a Russian Priest

by Stuart M. Kaminsky; read by John McLain

Book 8 in the Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov Mysteries by Stuart M. Kaminsky. Learn More

Death of a Dissident

by Stuart M. Kaminsky; read by John McLain

In this mystery introducing a hard-boiled Soviet police inspector, "Kaminsky gets Russia right" (Ed McBain). Learn More

Death of a Bookseller

by Alice Slater; read by Rachael Beresford and Sasha Higgins

In this "utterly unforgettable" debut (Catherine Ryan Howard), a disaffected, true crime-obsessed bookseller develops a dangerous obsession with a colleague. Learn More

Death is Hard Work

by Khaled Khalifa; translated by Leri Price; read by Neil Shah

2019 National Book Award Finalist

Death Is Hard Work is the new novel from the greatest chronicler of Syria's ongoing and catastrophic civil war: a tale of three ordinary people facing down the stuff of nightmares armed with little more than simple determination. Learn More

Death at Charity's Point

by William G. Tapply; read by Stephen Hoye

A Boston lawyer investigates a prep school teacher's suspicious suicide in this debut for "one of the most likeable sleuths to appear on the crime scene" (The Washington Post Book World). Learn More

Death and the Conjuror

by Tom Mead; read by Jake Ruddle

A magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes. Learn More

Death al Dente

by Peter King; read by David Baker

The grand opening of a gourmet market is soured by foul murder in this mystery full of "fast fun, delightful characters" (Library Journal). Learn More

Dear Fang, With Love

Rufi Thorpe; read by Stephen Thorne

From the acclaimed author of The Girls from Corona del Mar, a sprawling, ambitious new novel about a young father who takes his teenage daughter to Europe, hoping that an immersion in history might help them forget his past mistakes and her uncertain future. Learn More

Dear Dickhead

by Virginie Despentes; translated by Frank Wynne; read by Gina Rogers and Patrick Zeller

The French novel taking the world by storm: an ultracontemporary Dangerous Liaisons about sex, feminism, and addiction. Learn More

The Deal Goes Down

by Larry Beinhart; read by Paul Heitsch

A legendary, Edgar Award–winning writer returns, and so does his legendary detective, with a gripping thriller about marital discord, contract killing, off-piste skiing, and the deep state. Learn More

Deaf Republic

by Ilya Kaminsky; read by Ilya Kaminsky

Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence? Learn More

A Deadly Endowment

by Alyssa Maxwell; read by Jennifer M. Dixon

Set among the landed gentry of post-WWI England and perfect for fans of Downton Abbey, Alyssa Maxwell's latest historical mystery finds sleuthing duo Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady's maid, Eva Huntford, hunting a killer after the decision to open Foxwood Hall for guided tours turns deadly. Learn More

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Deviation

Deus Lo Volt!

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The Descent of Monsters

Deceit and Other Possibilities

Debriefing

Death of Jezebel

Death of Jezebel

Death of a Russian Priest

Death of a Dissident

Death of a Bookseller

Death is Hard Work

Death at Charity's Point

Death and the Conjuror

Death al Dente

Dear Fang, With Love

Dear Dickhead

The Deal Goes Down

Deaf Republic

A Deadly Endowment