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Childhood and Youth
Childhood and Youth (Մանկութիւն եւ պատանեկութիւն, Mankutiun yev Patanekutiun) is an autobiographical trilogy by Armenian Soviet writer Gurgen Mahari, following a boy through the 1915 deportation and orphanage years.
Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
Childhood, Boyhood, Youth (Russian: Детство. Отрочество. Юность) is a semi-autobiographical trilogy of novellas by Leo Tolstoy, tracing the development of Nikolenka Irtenyev from age ten to sixteen.
Children of Anguish and Anarchy
Children of Anguish and Anarchy is Tomi Adeyemi's 2024 third and final Legacy of Orïsha YA fantasy novel, in which Zélie, abducted by King Baldyr's Skulls, fights to save Orïsha before the Blood Moon.
China Rich Girlfriend
China Rich Girlfriend is Kevin Kwan's 2015 satirical romantic-comedy novel, sequel to Crazy Rich Asians and book two of the trilogy, following Rachel Chu and Nick Young into Shanghai's super-rich world.
Chronicles of Barsetshire
The Chronicles of Barsetshire is Anthony Trollope's six-novel sequence (1855-1867), set in the fictional county of Barsetshire and cathedral city of Barchester, covering clergy, courtship, and provincial Victorian life; collected by Chapman and Hall in 1878-1879 and later continued by Angela Thirkell.
City of Ashes
City of Ashes is Cassandra Clare's 2008 second Mortal Instruments novel, also called Mortal Instruments Book Two, following Clary Fray against Valentine's ritual with the Mortal Sword; published by Margaret K. McElderry Books, ISBN 9781416914297.
City of Fallen Angels
City of Fallen Angels is Cassandra Clare's 2011 fourth Mortal Instruments novel, a young adult urban fantasy following vampire Simon Lewis and Clary Fray in New York as murders of Shadowhunters threaten a new war.
Clear and Present Danger
Clear and Present Danger: Tom Clancy's 1989 Putnam technothriller, a Jack Ryan series novel (cataloged as #6) about a covert US war against Colombian drug cartels, adapted as the 1994 Harrison Ford film.
Clementine literature
Clementine literature (Pseudo-Clementines, Klementia): pseudonymous early Christian novels attributed to Clement of Rome, comprising the Greek Homilies, Rufinus's Latin Recognitions, and epitomes, derived from the lost Circuits of Peter.
Cool Machine
Cool Machine (2026) is Colson Whitehead's novel concluding the Harlem Trilogy, following fence Ray Carney and Pepper through 1981, 1983, and 1986 New York, including a Waldorf Astoria heist; a New York Times bestseller and Kirkus Prize finalist.
Cormoran Strike
Cormoran Strike is the private detective protagonist of J.K. Rowling's crime series written as Robert Galbraith, starting with The Cuckoo's Calling (2013). An ex-RMP veteran with a prosthetic leg, he runs a London agency with Robin Ellacott; eight novels exist plus a BBC adaptation.
Corum Jhaelen Irsei
Corum Jhaelen Irsei, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe, is a Michael Moorcock fantasy hero and Eternal Champion incarnation, last of the Vadhagh, hero of the 1971 Swords Trilogy and the 1973-74 Prince with the Silver Hand trilogy.
Crescent City (novel series)
Crescent City is Sarah J. Maas's urban fantasy series (House of Earth and Blood, House of Sky and Breath, House of Flame and Shadow) following half-Fae Bryce Quinlan on Midgard, her adult debut, linked to the ACOTAR megaverse.
Crossroads of Ravens
Crossroads of Ravens (Rozdroże kruków) is Andrzej Sapkowski's 2024 standalone Witcher prequel, ninth book in the series, following an 18-year-old Geralt of Rivia and mentor Preston Holt; English translation by David French, September 30, 2025.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Jeff Lindsay's 2004 Doubleday debut thriller, introduces serial-killing Miami blood analyst Dexter Morgan; it won the 2005 Dilys Award and inspired Dexter season one.
Darkover series
The Darkover series is a science fantasy sequence by Marion Zimmer Bradley, begun in 1958, set on a lost colony world ruled by telepathic feudal families.
Daughter of the Empire
Daughter of the Empire (1987) by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts, book one of the Empire Trilogy set on Kelewan in the Riftwar universe, follows seventeen-year-old Mara of the Acoma as Ruling Lady surviving the Game of the Council against the Minwanabi.
Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (天龙八部)
Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (天龙八部, Tianlong Babu) is Jin Yong's wuxia novel serialized in Ming Pao 1963–1966, set in Northern Song with heroes Qiao Feng, Duan Yu, and Xuzhu, partly ghostwritten by Ni Kuang and widely adapted.
Demons' Crest (デモンズ・クレスト)
Demons' Crest (デモンズ・クレスト) is a Dengeki Bunko light novel series by Reki Kawahara, author of Sword Art Online, with art by Yukiko Horiguchi: an MR death game for a sixth-grade class, four volumes since 2022, plus manga and a 2026 Production I.G anime.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is Jeff Kinney's illustrated children's series about middle schooler Greg Heffley, begun on Funbrain in 2004, first published by Amulet/Abrams in 2007, with 20 books, 300 million copies sold, and film, Disney+, and musical adaptations.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer is book 18 of Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, published October 24, 2023 by Amulet Books. Greg Heffley tries to save Larry Mack Middle School from closure amid budget cuts, school ads, and book bans.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School, book 10 of Jeff Kinney's series, published November 3, 2015 by Amulet/Abrams; Greg Heffley faces an electronics-free town and a farm field trip; 224 pages, black cover.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, book 2 of Jeff Kinney's series, published February 1, 2008 by Abrams/Amulet: Greg Heffley is blackmailed by brother Rodrick over a summer secret, with the band Löded Diper; adapted into 2011 live-action and 2022 Disney+ animated films.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul is the ninth book (2014) in Jeff Kinney's series, following Greg Heffley's disastrous family road trip; a 2017 live-action film adaptation with a fully recast cast followed.
Discworld
Discworld is Terry Pratchett's 41-novel comic fantasy series (1983-2015), set on a flat world carried by four elephants on a giant star turtle, featuring Death, Granny Weatherwax, and Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork.
Doctor Syn
Doctor Syn is the vicar-smuggler hero of Russell Thorndike's Romney Marsh novels, first appearing in Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh (1915); secretly pirate Captain Clegg, he leads the Scarecrow's night-riding smugglers, spawning six prequels and film adaptations.
Doko Yori mo Tooi Basho ni Iru Kimi e
Doko Yori mo Tooi Basho ni Iru Kimi e (To You in the Beyond) is a 2017 Japanese romance novel by Akiko Abe (Shueisha Orange Bunko) about Kazuki, who finds a mysterious girl, Nao, on Saiki Island; adapted as manga and a 2026 anime film.
Dork Diaries
Dork Diaries is a middle-grade diary-format series by Rachel Renée Russell, illustrated by Nikki Russell, following Nikki Maxwell at Westchester Country Day; 16 books, 55 million copies, first published June 2009.
Dragon Raja (龙族) (Chinese novels)
Dragon Raja (龙族) is Jiangnan's (Yang Zhi's) Chinese fantasy novel series, serialized from 2009, following Lu Mingfei at Cassell College in a hidden human-dragon war; over 21 million copies sold, five parts, still unfinished.
Dragonfly in Amber
Dragonfly in Amber is Diana Gabaldon's 1992 second Outlander novel, following Claire and Jamie Fraser from the court of Louis XV to Culloden, framed by a 1968 Inverness story with Brianna and Roger; adapted as Outlander season two.