General Fiction

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 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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Devil's Kiss

by Michelle Bennington; read by Courtney Patterson

Michelle Bennington presents Book 1 in the Small Batch Mystery series. Learn More

The Devil's Rosary

by Seabury Quinn; read by Andrew Eiden

From pulp fiction writer Seabury Quinn comes the second volume of his works, The Devil’s Rosary, which includes all of the Jules de Grandin stories from The Black Master to The Wolf of St. Bonnot, as well as an introduction by Jim Rockhill. Learn More

Dialogue with a Somnambulist

by Chloe Aridjis; read by Stacy Gonzalez

Renowned internationally for her lyrically unsettling novels, PEN/Faulkner Award winner Chloe Aridjis now offers listeners her first collection of shorter works, with an introduction by Tom McCarthy. Learn More

Diary of a Murderer

by Young-ha Kim; read by David Shih

NYLON 50 Books You'll Want to Read in 2019

Diary of a Murderer captivates and provokes in equal measure, exploring what it means to be on the edge—between life and death, good and evil. Learn More