This year I plan to go through the entire alphabet, one letter per month. For April 2021, the fourth month, I’m listing all of my favourite novels that begin with the letter ‘D‘. I am choosing these titles from the books I’ve read since I began blogging seriously – five years ago (when I retired). There are 21 books recommended here.
If the title begins with an initial article such as The, A, An etc., I will be using the second word. For instance, “A Man called Ove” will be included in my M post. “The Silent Patient” will be listed in my S post.
Hopefully you’ll find something that interests you from these posts. As always, I’ve linked the book cover to Goodreads, and the title link will take you to my review of the book.
“The Day She Died” by Catriona McPherson
“Dear Child” by Romy Hausmann
“Dead Wrong” by Helen H. Durrant
“Daisy in Chains” by Sharon Bolton
“Dead Woman Walking” by Sharon Bolton
“Dark Water” by Sara Bailey
“The Deal of a Lifetime” by Fredrik Backman
“The Daughters of Foxcote Manor” by Eve Chase
“The Downstairs Neighbor” by Helen Cooper
“Death of a Mermaid” by Lesley Thomson
“The Devotion of Suspect X” by Keigo Higashino
“Deadland” by William Shaw
“Dear Mrs. Bird” by A.J. Pearce
“A Dark Matter” by Doug Johnstone
“Disclaimer” by Renée Knight
“Death Deserved” by Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger
“The Descent” by Matt Brolly
“A Dark So Deadly” by Stuart MacBride
And lastly, the first three titles in the fabulous D.I. Kelly Porter series by Rachel Lynch…
“Dark Game” by Rachel Lynch
“Deep Fear” by Rachel Lynch
“Dead End” by Rachel Lynch
If you have already read any of these titles, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
When someone asks me to recommend a book…
Fictionophile 
Deal of a Lifetime is really great, but then Backman has yet to disappoint!
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I totally agree 😍📚
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I have read three of these: Daisy in Chains, Dear Child and Dear Mrs. Bird. I have a couple of the others on my TBR, but will be checking out a couple of others. I look forward to these posts, and they usually always add to Mount TBR.
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That makes me happy Carla. 😊👍📚
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The only author I’m familiar with on that list is Matt Brolly. I have one of his books – The Crossing – on my kindle.
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I really enjoyed “The Crossing” Elizabeth. I hope you do too. ❤
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In re the letter D: I just read Devotion, by Howard Norman. It’s ok, but I wouldn’t recommend it particularly. The characters sometimes acted in ways that made little sense to me.
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Thanks Neil. I hate it when pesky characters don’t conform to expectations. ♥
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I loved The Deal of a Lifetime. So many of his books have been memorable for me. This is a great list! Thanks for sharing it. 😉
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You are very welcome Mischenko. I’ve loved everything Fredrik Backman has written so far. 📚😊
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I loved Daisy in Chains too, Lynne!
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Thanks Kelly. I’m a huge Sharon Bolton fan. ☺
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Me too, and it all started with Daisy in Chains 😊 Then I went and read every book she’d written before and everything she’s written after, I’ll be reading The Pact very soon.
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