Honking car horns, shouts of greeting, doors banging shut. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pa gave me the horse’s reins then went to Mr. Highgate’s door and knocked loud. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Screaming and crying for my father, I flung open the front door and kicked it shut behind me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bull started the car when he saw Ben emerge through the locker room door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry doubled back to see who had spoken and met Professor Lupin, looking around his office door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We walk in through doors unlocked before us and locked again behind us. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I had just finished shining the tip of my left shoe and was scooping out a helping of polish for the right shoe when our door opened. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

"Red door on your left," I say sharply, and she follows me up the three concrete steps to the doors. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We walked up the hall and stood in front of the double doors of the elevator. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I yanked off the steel bars and flung the door open with a clang. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We heard a door open down the hall. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

June leaned through the door, clutching a large purse in both hands, looking like a deer in headlights. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I leave the plank, close the shed, and grab my backpack before walking down to the stop; the bus comes right as I arrive, opening its doors like an invitation. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The primordial animal looked at that glowing door and sensed danger behind it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“They went to bed. Want to get up bright and early. Before the doors on the second floor open again.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I run to the door, glancing at the clock. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The security detail walks me into the admin building through a dimly lit hallway, passing the Director’s empty office, and through a door I’ve never seen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Each night, just as I was dozing off to sleep, I would hear a light tapping on Aunt Maggie’s windowpane, a door creaking open, whispers, then long silences. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car doors opened and the woman got out without looking back. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They pushed on the door, ten of them, maybe fifteen. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

A long hallway with a tile floor greets me, doors on either side, some open, some closed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He made sure Peeves wasn’t inside before shutting the door behind them, then he told them what he’d seen and heard. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Castleman just shook her head and disappeared through the doors into the back of the bakery. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mom doesn't knock—she opens the door and walks in, and by the look on her face, she was hoping to catch me crying or feeling sorry for myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The bell above the door dings, so I let Marcus take it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The doors at the end of the hallway open, and a few people rush in, carrying a young woman—Nita—between them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Liddy didn’t want them to break the glass door—that might attract attention. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I check through the peephole, and then slide out the false door, replace the planks, and hurry back down the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the morning, after he’s gone to work but before I’ve gone to school, I open his yellowing and splintering bedroom door. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I leap up, push off against one wall, and grip the top ledge of the door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Guards were walking along the train, slamming all the doors shut. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Frank caught a glimpse of a small man, his back to the door, pushing the chair into place. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After today I wouldn’t see Martí run through the door or hear Dad correct people’s pronunciation. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A door slams somewhere along the block, and I jump about a mile. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re just lucky the old guy isn’t going to press charges,” the cop said, practically slamming the door on John’s foot and then getting into the driver’s seat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“In the dark,” she said, and closed the door behind her. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She set the table up just outside the house, then pulled boxes of candy from a small closet right by the front door, where most people would hang their coats. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now Finnegan was leaning forward in his computer chair, craning his vulture neck around the office door to see me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I knew something was up, since he only locked the door when he had something to hide. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the back door of the ambulance. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

As the ambulance passed, Ignatius hunched over and saw “Charity Hospital” printed on its door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached the door, he pounded on it so hard his fists throbbed. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if, all this time, she’d been locked out, catching glimpses of some magical world through the crack beneath a door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I close my door quietly, creeping down the hall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t breathe fast enough, not as the door inside her mind opened and closed, and the images that Celaena had made herself forget flashed before her eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I thought about the way she looked at me, with such hope, and how, right now, she could be behind that door, in the dungeon. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He led the horse down the alley by the reins to the back door of Ford’s Theatre. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lightning flashes outside, and a gust of wind rattles the windows and doors. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A few feet from the trailer, near the door, the snow was stained with blood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

With Hector back on my hip, I go into the kitchen and pull the freezer door open. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I hear him stop outside the door, afraid to open it but still listening in. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Jody jumped into his clothes so quickly that he was out the back door before Billy’s swinging lantern was halfway to the barn. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am wondering where all this is going, when a door opens across from the one we entered by. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no sooner was I home than more signs of the flattening came knocking at my door. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Snarling unintelligibly, she snapped on panties and strode toward the door. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I watch as Bryce and Aurora emerge from the bus door in the midst of the other kids, just like they always do. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Realization fills his eyes, and he backs away to the door, looking horrified. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She led me to a door behind the counter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I shimmy to the door and look out. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I focused my eyes on the two bouncers at the front door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t move a muscle, and I hear them move toward the front door. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Fabian is holding a rope that trails behind him and out the door. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When I heard the front door open and close, I shut my bedroom door and sat down on my bed. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She stared at him blankly as the chauffeur opened the door. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

His uncle, who was among the first to be hungry, came importuning to his door, and indeed the man and his wife and his seven children had nothing to eat. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She opened the door a crack and slid through, leaning on it to shut it gently behind her. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cathy is standing right outside my bedroom door when I open it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front door stood open, and Anya poked her head inside, surveying the mess that marred Widow Medvedeva’s usually pristine living room. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I’m almost at the doors to school when someone beeps from the parking lot. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

For all I knew, every time the mailman came to the door he was Luke. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I chose a bottom bunk across from the door and plonked down my gear. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When Miss Lisa slammed the door behind us and locked it, separating us from Grandma, I had an awful feeling inside. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The rule is that I have to answer the door if the Doctorita is asleep, so I pad down the hallway in my nightgown, groggy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel Twig getting restless behind me, could hear the swish-swish of her coat as she fidgeted, but thenDari said, “Twig and I will wait by the glass doors. You take your time.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then her face looked at me through a hollow door and I cried out and she had gone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My hands felt for the cupboard door and lugged out the supersized bag of cat food. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Behind me, the pop and squeal of one of the car doors opening. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The sheep nosed open their stall door and milled around the barn, bleating. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

It is quite another matter to have academic standing and financial resources yet have the door locked and bolted because of one’s ethnicity. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we get there I go inside the marbled foyer of her building and have the night door- man ring up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city was shaken with fear and each man did quickly what he had to do and went into his house and shut the door. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Someone had put down a thick barrier of salt just inside the door. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I opened the door and I saw five people dressed in white robes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They followed their plan: checked out of the museum and re-entered through a back door. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I forgot my backpack,” I said, opening the car door to get the backpack that I had left in the backseat. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The building isn’t locked, and the door swings out on silent hinges. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t open the stove door,” he cautioned the younger children. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the barn doors noisily slapping back and forth with the force of the storm, and I couldn’t help but feel powerless. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was at the door, blocking Johnny’s escape. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for being so understanding,” said Mom, shaking his hand at the door. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I step deeper into the room so that Pattie can close the door, and I find myself next to an outdoor umbrella still encased in cloudy plastic. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The front door banged open and heavy footsteps were on our wooden stairs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The woman passed the church and stopped at the mission door. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Etched brass with leaf motifs and plaster swirls above the door. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I kept pounding on the garage door until he pulled it open. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Finally, outside her door, she announced, “Tessie, I am going to bed now.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I opened the door, closed it, and went into the bedroom. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But when she swung the door open, everything was quiet. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Ha! Hell no. But if you think they’re bad now? Let something happen. We’ll be lucky if they let us back through the doors.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I jumped out from behind the bedpost and ran like lightning towards the open door. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She does open the front door, stays at the door while Axel sits. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ms. Taggart glanced at her watch and then at the door to her office. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He turned, as if in a trance, holding the door frame and talking to himself. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He sneezed and tried to open the door, but it wouldn’t give. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here I am, 100 percent ready and knocking on the door—and I have no idea if it’s going to happen, or if it even should. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was a rap on the common room door and every Ravenclaw froze. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ollie cuts him off from across the room, still posted by the window on the door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the hammering on the back door finally started up, we’d just finished dinner. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As Madison put it, no notice would be taken it out of doors.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her father fusses with his rucksack, with the door latch, with his matches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Wistfully the woman asked Katie not to let it get damp or cold, to leave the bedroom doors open in winter so a little heat would get through from the kitchen and prevent warping. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father drops his bag at the door and kisses my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He moved back into the bedroom and opened a door on the other side. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Jack followed them as they disappeared beyond the door, leaving an enormous silence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet against the door of the stall, my head against my knees, I’m thinking of what I would say to a dead woman and wondering how I am ever going to go to class. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We crossed the field and knocked on the guy’s door. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The doors to the Great Hall were set in the mouth of a stone dragon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I open the door to Tatarska Street, I can hear the scrape of the shovel from the bedroom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Reuben’s nephew, Tim, runs over and opens the front door, but the flames are too much. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The masons put together the pieces of the rose window and installed the tympanums and voussoirs over the doors. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to open the door for me—not that I wasn’t capable of opening it with my chin and shoulder. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After the skirmish with Blanca I grabbed my denim jacket and headed out the door. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But I really, really didn’t want to open that door. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

We reached the Salem wharves late in the day; I climbed down to open the carriage door and set in place the steps. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Through several walls, I hear the front door creak open and someone call out. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Only the torching and the fat fellow arrived by the front door; the rest came by secret ways, through tunnels and hidden passages. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She waited at the stage door after the Saturday matinee and followed him to the shabby brownstone house where he lived untheatrically in a modest furnished room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fly down the stairs and kick open the door to Madoc’s study. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her mouth made a thin line and she continued her walk to the door as if she hadn’t heard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later they stopped in front of a huge white building; he was led up steps, down hallways and then halted in front of a cell door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But finally she turned and left and shut the door. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Flashing sirens heralded endless emergencies, and a fleet of buses rumbled past, their doors opening and closing with a powerful hiss, throughout the night. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He knocked on his host’s door, and before Trueba had shaken off his sleep, he hurled his version of the story at him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A driveway climbs up a gentle slope before disappearing beneath a weathered wooden garage door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She locked the door and scurried down the steps. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I open one of the doors and take an orange soda, the first plastic bottle I touch. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The front door slams, and the woman at the desk asks, “Can I help you?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

So I knock and Mother Ermentrude herself opens the door, showing no surprise to see me, though the hour is late. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

An hour later the chopper set down at Tribhuvan International Airport, and we stepped out the door into a thicket of microphones and television cameras. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath, closed the door behind me, and looked at my sisters, both of their faces wet with tears. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I remove my wet shoes by the door. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I stop in the doorframe and let the sensorless doors slam hard into my shoulders. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He held the door for me, his smile polite but his eyes mocking. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Next the front door opened and Rex stepped out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You have to go,” I whisper, pushing him out the door. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no door handle on his side of the door. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no,” I said, getting out of the car and slamming the door shut. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

To keep the bedroom doors from slamming shut in the wind from the bay, they prop them open with old hand irons Molly found in one of the boxes in the attic. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s here somewhere” came Albert’s voice from the other side of the door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Gale and Leeg 1 shoot through the front door lock of the corner building, then begin to fire at the cables holding Mitchell’s net. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I thought she would turn and go, but she went on standing there by the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sohrab turned and left, slamming the living room door behind him. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The door to the storeroom stood open, and beyond it, there was another—through which she could see the open country behind the villa. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When the door didn’t open, Rashid went to the door next to it and listened. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It is the house with the red door, the house in Braavos. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her freshly colored hair is tied up in a ponytail, and she’s scrubbing the cupboard doors. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She went back into the dining room, but I saw her watching the cook through the doors. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It is we ancient ones," said a meek voice from behind the door. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I came in and she closed the door behind me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Two guards sat outside the door, and another two waited by the window, which was covered by iron bars. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rain poured from the black sky upon the empty door- yard, into the canal and among the blue mountains. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran to the door and caught the cold steel bars in his hot hands and gripped them tightly, holding himself erect. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took the stairs three at a time, flung open the door. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then Emma took my arm and yanked me away—down another hall—into a kitchen—out the back door—into an ash-dusted garden—down an alley where the others were running in a loose group. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That night, when I woke up in the middle of the night, I noticed a crack of light under the bathroom door. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The doors were opened, and Jonas jumped out with the buckets. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She unlocked two bolts on the front door and waved her hand in the air, saying, “Smells like I got a mouse in one of those traps.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Daddy unlocks the door and holds it open. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And she couldn’t get into the drawer, find the right map, and get out the door—not fast enough to make it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone—the door—why doesn't the door-voice tell us—” Under the door-sill, a slow, probing sniff, an exhalation of electric steam. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Love made a big black satin wreath for the door and I went down there and hung it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Opening the door, Jethro saw three young men jump down from the wagon and stride up to the porch. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search his eyes for some sort of clue, but he looks sideways, and I don’t know what else to do, so I just step back and close the door in his face. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She led Toby to the side of the building and stopped in front of two restroom doors—both padlocked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And the rooms do not have rice paper doors but a big piece of wood like the stores in the village. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She’s sitting on the couch, knitting a blanket, so I get inside my closet and close the door. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You coming in, or am I just holding the door open for the flies?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then Cara shoves her shoulder into a door next to the landing, holding her gun close to her chest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He called at the door of the darkened bedroom. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam insisted we all stay in the house with the doors and windows locked. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the distant door dosed, silence returned to the room. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tiptoed through the dark, silent house and stood outside Mom and Dad’s room, turning the knob all the way before I pushed the door open. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After we’ve locked the lobby doors and have closed the register, I head to the kitchen to gather up some trash. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even after Lysa locked him in one of her sky cells and threatened him with her moon door, he had still denied it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you would just cut it off like that,” she added snottily, and then practically slammed my bedroom door shut as she left the room. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“People have died, though!” said Hermione in a worried voice as they walked through a door concealed behind a tapestry and started up another, narrower staircase. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then Zorya Utrennyaya put her head around the door to tell them that dinner was ready, and they should clear their game away, and put the tablecloth down on the table. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But when Seven opened the door, it wasn’t Valley or Thorn. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The front door slams shut and Justin walks into the living room shouting for food. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Before she pushed through her school’s main entrance doors, Emily studied the idling vehicles in front. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It would be another ten minutes after that when he managed to extract the first toothpick from the first classroom door and the chemistry teacher could at last get to his desk. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She opened the door only a crack, but two wide hands reached in and forced the door ajar. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not until the doors of his solar were safely closed behind them did he wheel his chair about to face the women. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mariam watched as he stormed out of the living room, then out of the house, slamming the door on his way out. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The convoy of vans and trucks sped away in a huge cloud of dust, with several of the black policemen dangling from the side and rear doors like rags on a line. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know enough,” Toby said, opening the door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ben swings open the door like he’s been standing behind it waiting for me. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He escorts me to the door, saying, “Don’t come back.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how my door would whine as I closed it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She dismissed the girl with a wave, and Margaret seemed only too happy to go, although she cast a sympathetic look toward Penelope as she backed out the door and hurried away. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Kendra walked to the house wrapped in her towel, She entered the back door and found Lena dragging a broken coffee table into the kitchen. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There were footsteps, and then the door of the room was flung wide open. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I spy Phil through the slightly frosted glass panels in our door. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My door flew open, and I rolled out. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grammar school years especially were the years when the great Church doors opened to enclose me, filling my day as I was certain the Church filled all time. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time Daddy walks through the door, I can hear the iron chains clank around TJ’s heart, stripping him of what little dignity he has left. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

According to my mother, Old Mr. Chou was the guardian of a door that opened into dreams. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry about everything you’ve been through,” she said at the door, and meant it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, as though alive itself, it poured in a thin yellow slab of brightness from under the door, illuminating the dust and splinters of the hall floor. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I commanded, just as the door to Stephen’s house opened. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He bowed and left the compartment, closing the door after him. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to stretch himself on a lawn chair as I unlocked the front door and stepped inside. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He glanced at the door again and changed the subject. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He drags open the cellar door and pauses a moment, vision swimming. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I got my bottle of pop, then leaned on the counter and drank it slowly, watching through the glass doors what was going on outside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It sat almost wheezing, then the driver’s-side door opened and with a great deal of difficulty a man got out. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

As he got out of bed a piece of white paper under the door caught his glance. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

James makes his way to the door, shaking his head. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I looked into the living room, where Dad was asleep in front of the Sox game, and slipped out the door, relieved. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She started screaming before the knock even came at the door. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced at Grandma, who stood by the passenger door with disbelief all over her face. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Donatelli showed tickets to a sleepy old man at the door, and led them through a dark corridor into a large, bare room filled with older men, half-naked boys, and cigar smoke. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

John runs to the door of his cabin and pounds on it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I listen outside closed doors, a thing I never would have done in the time before. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited—-it seemed to him for a long time—and then the clerks began to arrive, counting-house doors were unlocked, warehouses were unchained. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I fumble and twist at the lock anyway, then fling open the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Nobody's touched the fire door on his bus since that day. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They were night creatures with blue skin that they could remove before slipping under doors and through keyholes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

So, I opened my car door and tried to be open-minded. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

There was a door on a hinge and sun and moon cutouts along the back wall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Stop that commotion!” he commanded, and before his words were finished, the Count was running for the chapel door. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then, making sure no one was in the hall, he would take out a key, unlock a door on the third floor, and enter the secret New York City headquarters of the KGB. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He casually extends her the finger over his shoulder and retreats into his room, slumping down onto the couch by the door with the magazine. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I slam the door, my head pounding with anger. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I set my bookbag by the door and slide the rabbit foot deep within my new mesh pockets, keeping it close by for good luck. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The half-dozen steps up to it were deeply worn, and the door itself stood slightly open. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Huntsman led them inside the palace through doors as tall as a three-story building, and inside it was cool and comfortable beneath ceilings so high Kaede was sure she saw birds flying above her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pulling my beanie on, I shove open the door with my side, heading just inside the lobby doors to wait. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The burly man sits on a stool, holding the back door open with his back. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We pulled our heads out of the room and let the doors close. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He remembered the door with the faint rectangle of light from before—but there was no sign of it now. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I knocked so hard that the door swung open. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She closes the door, and I hear her taking the chain off. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They entered a long hallway, and she spied four guards posted before large glass doors at the other end. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At the other side door, however, his sister knocked lightly. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds of tinkering, she released the padlock and eased the door open with one hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"I'm gonna run this food next door to Needles. Probably hang for a little bit." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It's another person headed out the same door I'm charging at. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when they were too spent to flap and screech anymore, they collapsed on the point, and Lizzie’s granddaddy waved them to his door. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Alma entered the room, and I suddenly remembered why I had thought to turn down her street and walk up to her door. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They took an elevator from the street level to a long, curving tunnel with doors on both sides and other tunnels branching off it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d only half finished putting my leg on and hadn’t tightened up the laces, but I was so frightened, I started walking to the door. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The door shut with a loud clang, and Hoede slid a heavy lock into place. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The low rumble got steadily louder—voices, footsteps, the creaking of bleachers, and the slamming of car doors up in the parking lot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I knocked on the guardhouse door of the prison, it was opened by a soldier I’d never seen before, a short man with black hair, sky blue eyes, and a scowl. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the doors of all the houses opened simultane-ously, and out came women like a row of paper dolls. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jump up from the floor, climb the ladder, and stick my head through the little door of the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The beer vomit ran down the truck door into dry weeds. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was dusk when she heard footsteps outside her door. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I slammed the door shut, grateful that my game uniform was in my gym bag. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Before Jay could answer, the door to the cabin swung open and Doc stomped out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The walls shuddered when he slammed the door. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I banged the bathroom door loudly, so Charlie wouldn’t come up to bother me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She hesitated by the doorway, her hand on the handle of the open door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I moved away from the door and put my backpack on the hallway floor. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The door led into an air lock and Level 4. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just stared up at the name on the door, alice napoli. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The door opened slowly as Miss Trixie made her day’s entrance, a large bag preceding her. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it sees me staring, it sticks its belly out, pops open the glass door, and pulls out the soda tray for me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She grabbed my arm and pulled me behind a door. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He pushed the door open and saw her standing over a tub of water, rinsing out the green bottles she used for her wine. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

So on the last day of school, Nick knocked on Mrs. Granger’s classroom door. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the back door flew open and David burst in. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he’s going to say something, but instead, he pushes open his truck door and we all get out. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Darcy shows up behind her, and it's only then that she opens the door wider. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She pushed open the door and stepped out first, followed gingerly by their mother. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

There was no response from the other side of the door—Oliver didn’t expect there would be—so he headed back downstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On the right-hand wall between the door and the brown chair stood a black upright piano with a dusty brown bench. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Cardan reaches for it, and because I have grown up in Faerie, I am not entirely surprised into a scream when the door’s eyes open. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Oliver let himself in and closed the door behind him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Marilyn vos Savant said that you should always change and pick 6 2 the final door because the chances are 2 in 3 that there will be a car behind that door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing Tendai saw before they were flung through a door was Myanda holding the girl baby against her breast. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, she heard him softly shut the door. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

At the shop next door to his, a girl is standing on a milk crate, playing violin. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the door of the upstairs room had creaked shut on its leather hinges and the laughter had at last died away, Ranofer turned and walked slowly back to the acacia tree. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He takes one last look at the girl and the boy before closing the door. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bursting through the door, the bodyguard upended Matt and gave him a whack on the back. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Porter was sitting pretty much the way he was when she’d tried to slam the door. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss sat on the single step outside the door. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It took a moment before the officer recovered and resumed pushing him out the door. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And Brother Benjamin X went through the door leading onto the stage. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door shuts, and I'm the very last person on,which always quickens my pulse. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Hi," says one of the stylists as I walk in the door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The guard in the front of the office door changed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As wide-eyed sturgeon stared from glass cases, I led us into the shop, around the counter where Dylan spent his days mumbling curses and scaling fish, through a rust-pocked door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was a rule that when Papa came home late, mama was to open the door. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she not only did not step inside; she even retreated and shut the door. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four boys would man the door and begin swinging it back and forth at great speed. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only when they were finally all gone, and the fog with them, did Turner feel the old familiar sea breeze coming in at the doors and pulling him outside. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The top’s down on the Cutlass, so I climb over the door to get in. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She had wrenched the cargo hold’s door from its hinges. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later, walking on my toes and trembling terribly, I passed through the green baize door and entered the sacred precincts where the Headmaster lived. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the cars climbed the steep hill into the village, children popped out of front doors to look at them, as if cars didn’t drive up there very often. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even Lord Roose’s own guards retreated, pulling the doors shut behind them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They are scared, looking at the back door every ten minutes, afraid they’ll get caught talking to me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I go to the front door and open it. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Annex was very ordinary, its door unremarkable. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he grabbed me by the arm and dragged me toward the door. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes dart from the edge of the bed, to the flashing images on the TV, to the door separating us from a herd of loud strangers. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His leg pains flared up, flashed through his body, and the laundry odors, the steamy stench, all at once sickened him, picked him up and propelled him out the door. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sweating like a heroin smuggler at a border crossing when we cracked the door open onto the girl-less girls’ floor. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Double doors stand open, welcoming us into the first room we encounter. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

After closing the front door, which was surprisingly heavy, Maniac found a stack of newspapers in a corner. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the door bounded a huge black dog exactly like the beasts that had attacked Nhamo on her first night in Zimbabwe! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. O’Brian must not have heard her cry out—his door remained closed. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The door of number twelve was ajar and Percy was shouting. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Ah, they feed me much better since you arrived,” the stonecutter said as the dungeon door slammed closed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

And as you know, Tyler, on the night this all began, the boy I went out with walked me all the way to my front door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I went down two flights of stairs, and the scent of pancakes drifted from a door on the right. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I put my head in the door and asked if they had seen her. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard the kitchen door open and shut he went to the closet and listened again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I threw open the door and stormed in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The lady doesn’t stop talking until we arrive at a door and she gives it a knock. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He pulled her toward the door and hustled her down all three flights of stairs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, this is wonderful, Milt. No closets, and now we have to call the fire department to get Callie out of the door.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The vans pulled up outside, and our guests hollered at them from their bedroom window, “Upstairs. Two males. Second door on the right.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

At the sound of the bells, the corps moved en masse toward the cafeteria doors at the end of the building. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I passed the house and inconspicuously parked next door, just in front of their neighbor’s fence, away from the lights strung on trees and all around the dead man’s yard. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I tried to listen through the door, but I couldn’t hear anything. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He walked across the Hall and opened the door into the chamber. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes me want to let him open doors for me. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But then a door opened in the biggest house in the road, and a voice called something loudly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The sun was still shining when we opened the door, and some of the people on the floor gasped when they saw the light pouring through. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Celia has made her way around the refrigerator door without me even realizing it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Momma says she doesn’t want any big kids knocking on our door that late, and she tells me it’s time for bed even though I’m not even a little bit tired. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Barker and DeDiego, wearing black delivery uniforms purchased the day before, and the wigs and glasses issued to Hunt and Liddy, got out and entered the building through the unlocked back door. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The doors have no windows, but a gas-masked figure clad in white enters and I get a brief glimpse inside. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I catch my breath, feeling the rush of the door as it closes behind me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the elevator doors opened, I put on my corporate smile and walked over to the woman sitting at the reception desk. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Carefully, Jonathan pushed the door completely open and stepped inside. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, probably better not. Why probe old wounds? And you’re not particularly like her. She painted that sign on the library door. Come on, then, or you'll miss this show of yours.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then, once the inner door closes, the outer door opens to the world beyond, and Carlyle’s gone. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Arm threw open the door to show the disheveled bartender with his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go see,” Sneaky says, and his hand pushes the door open before I can think of a reason to stop him. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Found it missing in the early morning after I went knocking on your apartment door. You said you were up on the roof last night, right? Do you know anything about this?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Malcolm looked at his mother, but she was busy at the stove and he was close to the door, so he opened it a little way. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

One day, after many weeks of loud talking, Helen packed a bag and slammed the front door and never came back. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He ran to the door of their house and threw it open. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It will be a long time, I think, before she opens another door by herself.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her dad chuckled and left, letting the door close behind him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her fingers were on the handle of the bedroom door and it looked like the interview was coming to an end. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

You pick a door but the door is not opened. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I push the door with one finger, so that I might have just accidentally bumped it. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I watch as she slowly closes the door, my heart pounding in my ears until I hear the gentle click of the latch sliding into place. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We just walked out the doors without saying goodbye—even to the security guard at the reception desk. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She took my hand carefully and led me through the door into the living room of the hotel suite. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I mean, is it on the right when I’m standing in the street facing the house, or when I’m standing at the front door facing the street?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The bus doors opened with a violent hydraulic hiss. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She squared her shoulders, nervous sweat dampening her skin, and opened the door. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The door unlocks with a click, and I throw myself onto an empty couch, my head swimming as I slam my eyes shut, pretending to sleep. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He shut my door again, and I stared at my closed laptop for a few moments. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I put a foot over the threshold, then another, and another, until I was hurrying down the stairs, out the front doors, and into the quiet courtyard, where no children played. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The doors opened and they all filed out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Without Daddy moving fast in the morning, keeping me going till we get out the door, seems I just can’t make myself move fast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was a Monet painting hanging outside my bedroom door and a bronze Degas sculpture in our dining room. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She turned her head toward me as she passed through the door. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When he climbed up and lifted the door it was almost dark out. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I turned around, tiptoed to the guest room door, and pressed my ear against it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wait as he holds the door for a stampede of freshman girls. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Sooner than she would have liked, the iron and glass gate of the castle appeared, latticework doors opened, and a dozen guards flanked the cobblestone path that led through the archway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He's only in the door three seconds before he starts spouting some theory about spectral analysis and the refractive indices of protein substances, and he's carrying a big box full of books and papers. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, come on, get in and close the door.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He disappeared down the spiral staircase and they heard the front door open and close. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The doors, of course, but their value decreased as the speed of the car increased. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, though, I found an envelope tacked to my door. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

No reaching out for him when he walks out the door. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When he opened the street door Aureliano did not have to be told who he was to realize that he came from far away. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Any of your walls or doors feel hot, ma’am?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glaring at them, he locked the door again and tromped downstairs. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Be careful, dear,” the man says as I step out, the bells attached to the door jingling. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

If she stoked it up—and hung a curtain across the pantry door—the cookstove in the kitchen should keep her warm enough. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The moment the door had closed, Mr. Borgin dropped his oily manner. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Celia leaned forward and stuck her head out past the door frame. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He made it out the door of the barracks, but then he could move no farther. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He walks through the open door, then turns to face me and Javier. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Footsteps approached, and soon the door opened and Albert came in. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She turns for the door, but looks back at me as she opens it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We order in hamburgers and beer from the Greek diner next door and pay for the in-room movie, though we can’t watch much of it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’d finished changing clothes, I had Miles wait by the front door while I crept into the kitchen. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When Dad went back inside, shaking his head, Mrs. Sharitz next door called softly to Mom and she went over and leaned on the fence. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was a knock on the door, and in came four guards and one hundred American prisoners of war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the passage door and led them into the front hall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

They all looked alike to Jon, yet somehow Wick found the right one for every door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She smiled as though Kit had merely stepped outside the door a moment before. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the door and a slender, blond, typical thirteen-year-old American boy dressed in a plaid woolen shirt, corduroy trousers, and black-and-white sneakers, said simply: “I’m Bobby Fischer.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Before Rachel could answer, there was a creaking noise in front of us, like huge doors opening. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Safer cups one hand under my elbow and steers me to the door. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“In!” he said, opening a door halfway down the cold passageway and pointing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He rushed past me without a glance, just as if I didn’t exist, and went out the back door. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A door at the end of the hall leads to a spiraling iron staircase. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Near the front, next to the roller door that opened onto the street, there was a tiny office built out of drywall for doing paperwork and such. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Just don’t forget Ike,” she said at the door. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He opens the door and disappears into the bathing chamber beyond. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

While Helene looked about the tiny stationhouse for a door that said colored women, the other woman stalked off to a field of high grass on the far side of the track. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was trembling so badly, the door raided, but my rage was the only thing keeping the terror at bay. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

That was when I saw the door start to open. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I approach the door and glance nervously at the trunks laid end-to-end across the back wall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

At home, there’s a note under my door. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was a locked door and a window cracked open, wisps of fragrant steam curling from the gap. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I answered the door and let him in. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry lay listening to the muffled shouting next door and wondered why he didn’t feel more scared. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

My father started for the door but Téllez leaped in his way and shouted, “No! Do not go! The evil is out there!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a panic, I kicked the door shut behind me just as her voice reached the second floor. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

There, miraculously, was a small open door half a flight up behind a walled area. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then he is sorry and she opens the door again. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shoebox-sized package is propped against the front door at an angle. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even find the crack from under the door. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cobb was waiting for him just inside her door, scowling and sour and wondering why he hadn’t come yet. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She headed to her own porch and eased open the door. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jam stayed frozen in place for a few seconds before forcing her legs to move and running after Pet, who was already opening the bedroom door and stepping inside. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I watch them go through the fancy wooden doors. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Without knowing it he had walked back to the door of the restaurant where he had spent his time during the past two weeks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Darius pauses at the door, a surprised look on his face. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They were trying to get through the door but people blocked the way. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We rounded the back of the school and headed for the Dumpster behind the kitchen doors. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t even heard the door opening, they’d been so deep into their kiss. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“He thinks this door is locked,” Harry whispered. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“When we tell you to open the door, open the door!” the German officer told the adults. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Were those signs here when we walked in? And that door?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard somebody at the door.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk through the huge courtroom door, terrified that I won’t walk back out. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I open one of the doors off the main corridor, hoping to find a window so I can reorient myself, but I find only a ransacked laboratory, beakers and test tubes scattered across each counter. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Go into the lobby and take the stairs to the third floor. Go as fast as you can, but quietly, and don’t slam any doors. I’ll get you when it’s safe. Now move!” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She cracked the door and I spotted her face, round and yellow, with rounder eyeglasses that made her eyeballs look bulging. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Upon reaching the church, I knocked on the door to the priest’s room. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The midwife poked her head out the door. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushes open the door to the hall. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Beyond her is a screened door that leads outside. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I scan for the nearest door and see the familiar purple-blue light under a doorjamb in front of me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The slamming door had gone blam! and now we were all watching Big Rose’s wide shoulders as she stepped in backward to the community center’s study room. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I stare at the dry-erase board hanging on the door directly above his head, noticing a big heart drawn on it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I gave my order as soberly as I could, and slamming down the door, with an “Aye, aye, mum,” the man made his horse walk, as if going to a funeral. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Let's let him sleep," I whispered to Noodles, pointing toward the bedroom door. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I ran to the back of our garage and opened the little door. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One night I was lying in my bunk wearing my elaborate coat-hanger braces when the bedroom door opened. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I shut the door and leaned down to wave at him, still delighted by his own jokes, through the rolled-up window. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Get some towels,” he said without looking at me, pointing at a door. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed the door behind her and leapt upward two steps at a time. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The engine growls to a halt, and I hear the car doors slam. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Hold your water,” Koontz snapped as he crossed the room and unlocked the door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step into a wide, deserted hall that appears to have no other doors on it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Charlie points at the creaky old sign above the green double door. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

His greatest reservation was a worry about the loud noise which the fall must create and which presumably would arouse, if not fright, then at least concern on the other side of all the doors. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon’s I opened the door, Ma got more ’thusiastic with the loudness of her snoring. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Have a good time,” she said listlessly, and started out the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

So I kiss him and I kiss him as the doors press in around us. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

You turn to open the car door, now anxious to get away from her, but then her arms slip around your waist from behind and she crushes her svelte little body against yours. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

In our house in Bethlehem I used to stand outside the bathroom door, where I could see the two of them in the mirror. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually she waited by the door for me, flopping her tail hopefully. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Because there’s only two ways to treat a door in a scene: Slam it shut or fling it open. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He dashed out the door and up the companionway. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought the canoe up next to the door and tapped on the glass. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He closed the door, waited for a moment for the click that said that Johnnie Mae had locked it, and started down the stairs. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered something her husband, Mr. Frisby, used to say: All doors are hard to unlock until you have the key. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

At 10.05 I crept out onto the landing just as Kat’s shape appeared through the frosted glass of the front door. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When asked a question, class, it’s important to consider how it’s framed. Sometimes a question is a door to another question, another way of seeing. Understanding.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a stir of movement in the fish house, and he appeared at the door, still clutching his dried fish. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “L.D., get yourself back from the door; that bull has a gun. Don’t be making fun of him.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would never forget to lock the door.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the night the only sounds are the sounds I decide to make: writing numbers, spitting toothpaste, walking like a cat to my room, closing my bedroom door, flipping pages. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Forget ten, I said to the universe as we walked to the door. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Charlie sat in his favorite chair—his only chair—a chicken on his lap, waiting for the knock on the door. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The door to his bedroom opened and Albert appeared, wearing a faded black tuxedo and shiny black shoes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Our entire public performance will be staged outside on what Effie refers to as the verandah, the tiled expanse between the front doors and the stairs that’s shaded by a roof supported by columns. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The door swung open and slammed against the wall with a loud bang. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

With that he entered the house and the doors closed behind the husband and the wife. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I open my door and look out, I see a thousand little plank-and-cardboard houses floating at every conceivable tilt on an endless ocean of dust. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened and Beatrice came into the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She and Joseph waited for the car outside beneath the warm glow from the gas lamp above the door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A man, draped in long black robes and with a dead-white face, came through a rear door and sat behind a high pulpit-like railing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I go to the lobby doors, wanting to climb into the ambulance with them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

As they walked the streets, Mariam spotted more signs—painted on windows, nailed to doors, billowing from car antennas—that proclaimed the same. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“When we find a room with a window,” the doctor remarked, “we will open it; until then, let us be content with opening the front door.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He set his feet, took a deep breath, rammed the door with his shoulder, and fell face first into the door frame when the door moved. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They were taking a big chance, since the police guard at the door or in the warehouse might hear them calling, but there was an even greater risk that the police would return. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I sigh and finish my Coke and then go to the front door for my satchel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Sister Nara opened the doors, and the moment that Kaede entered the Council chamber, she knew something was wrong—she could not have been called there merely to be dismissed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If the sign on the front door hadn’t already, Luce’s office made it clear just what kind of specialist my parents had brought me to see. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Would Maria be so embarrassed by his appearance that she’d slam the door in his face? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jog up the stone steps and wave to the security guard/receptionist as I skip in the door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sherlock’s whole body is wagging as he dances in a circle by the front door. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She rolled her eyes and went into the bathroom, closing the door. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Jones said when he looked out the door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You could call it that. Close the door." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This is more than a room with my name on a door. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Our revolving door sweeps us right back in there,” Dallas said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The door had a brushed brass plate with a slot and heavy-duty handle. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, she’d still had so much of the house to search that it had been but a small matter to close the door and slip away to another part. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

At last it gave way with a jolt and the door swung inward. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I close the door and go back to the table. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door flung open, nearly hitting him in the face. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

At the end of the hallway is yet another door. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we turned into the driveway, we saw Mama standing anxiously at the front door. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the heavy wooden door creaked open, the sudden light was painful to his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Van Eck led him through a door and into a manicured garden, thick with the new nectar scent of early crocuses. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As they go out the door, she looks away. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a big sign on the door. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The son throws the books on the floor, runs to his room, and slams the door shut. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And the one closest to the door with the beard made of icicles had to be old Whoresbane Umber. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have to break the news that we don’t need storage anymore,” Father says as he reaches for the door handle. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I rush to the kitchen, scarf down a granola bar, tuck my hair into the Pagoda Pizza hat to hide how one side is plastered down with drool, and run out the door. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He reached the door in two long steps, then stood a moment trying to collect himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They go from the big boxes to those little white boxes there. Every little white box has five pigeons. Somebody pulls a string and a door opens and one pigeon flies out.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A butler’s pantry where the door closed softly behind them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Once the door closes behind me, I hear a thud like a dead bolt shifting into place. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I patted her shoulder and headed for the door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We walked to the door and I saw her go in and down the hall. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The door banged against the lock but didn’t budge a inch. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He picked out a Snickers bar and started out the door. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

At first glance, the kitchen was better—it was bigger, at least—though the stove burners were wrapped in aluminum foil and bedsheets had been stapled over the lower cabinets in place of doors. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The magician closes the door behind him, dropping the stack of letters on the desk next to the teacup as he looks at the girl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For the very first thing Uncle Andrew did was to walk across to the door of the room, shut it, and turn the key in the lock. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Perilee ran to the door, jerked it open, and screamed his name. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The man who had opened the door came up and put his arm around her. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When he comes running back out, a tall, red-headed woman wearing a frilly apron stands at the door waving hello to me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, thank you,” Inigo said, already halfway through the broken door. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugs and gives me a half-disappointed look and pushes the bathroom door open. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

But when Ocean opened my door that day, I stepped out into a different world. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lupita heard the sound of the front door closing behind someone. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

After that was all done, Jinny opened the door to the storehouse, and the two girls walked out into the sunlit day. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Rotting wooden doors hung off rusted hinges, and there were half-collapsed rooms filled with moldering tables and chairs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finally they came to a pair of huge iron doors with rusted hinges, guarded by Unsullied. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s a wire door at the back of this hutch,” said Boxwood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was roused by a tap on my door. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Penelope curtsied and quickly herded the children to the door. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The fourth possibility—older boy, younger boy—is ruled out by the fact that a girl answered the door. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I threw on a pair of sweats, grabbed a flashlight, and headed for the front door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then the door opened and the guard walked in. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Willow simply unlocked the door and slid inside, disappearing into the shadows of the curry-colored house as if she were suddenly invisible. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s much too close to Annuvin for any decent kind of person to knock at your door—I don’t mean any of you,” he added hurriedly. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I rush to the door, but before I leave, E.J. stops me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I ask as we stop in front of my door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Opening the back door, I kicked at the bottom of Gabriel’s shoe. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Same day—Saturday, January 5,1935 The first thing I see when I walk out the door is the guard tower. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Papa to ask them to wait on the patio until we finished lunch, but he told Sisi to have Adamu let them in and to open the front door. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

One of the church doors opened and Brother Gerald, our minister, stepped into the sanctuary. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid them under doors, put them on desks, even left one on the hood of a car. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The bedroom door stays closed, and by two o’clock I can’t think of anything else to do except clean their bedroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They circled the entire house, Mutto rapping on every window and door he could reach. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The woman behind the door barks at Mama, “Course I remember. You called and asked if you could leave the boy with me and I said NO!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

When we finally got around the last comer and could see the door and folks going in it seemed like a bubble busted and people started laughing and talking. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

A woman was hurrying out of the kitchen door to welcome the passengers, who were climbing stiffly from the coach. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And she saw his dark brother leaning against the door and laughing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The penguins under their firemen’s helmets were parading in front of the policemen, while the seals, in their policemen’s caps, were barking at the firemen, when Mr. Popper and Mr. Swenson finally opened the door. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Talking fish? What would they say? 'Please don’t fry me'?” I push the door open, and her face is just like I imagined. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

As she was shutting his door, he saw her hesitate and turn back to look at him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set the lantern in the wheelbarrow, pushed it down the hall to the fourth door on the right, and held my breath as I unlocked it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the door opens and it’s my dad and he flicks the light on. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sneak down to Madrina’s apartment, where the door is unlocked and it’s completely empty, but her scent still lingers in the air—cigar and sage smoke, Florida water, incense, and cheap perfume. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

No one said a word along the way, and when he nodded to us at the door, we just nodded back and headed home. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she had asked what had happened last night, what the shots meant, the girl had just stared at her, terrified, shook her head, and scurried out of the door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A slot of pale light peeped from under the last door on the corridor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

"Tell your boys outside to open the door," I say to the soldier I'm holding hostage. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Chimes rang* and then I heard faint and irregular footsteps tapping on a parquet floor, coming toward the door. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

As soon as they stepped out the door, Aru was slammed with a sense of wrongness. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She waves over her head and shuts the door. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stopped, my hand on the door and frozen rain slapping at my face. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I lie down on my bedspread and open it slowly just as I hear Daddy’s key in the door. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Would guards wait outside the door, listening for the sharp pleasure that signaled his departure? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When there was just one person next door, listening, that person rushed to the student’s aid 85 percent of the time. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door was closed and ten feet away, and a lot of animals stood between it and me, but I plowed through them like a linebacker. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I’m out the door so quickly, it’s like I’m breaking out of prison. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Flora’s mother walked out of the kitchen and closed the door behind her. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Inside the door to the first house, I peered down the narrow building, but all I saw were thousands of yellow baby chicks peeping up a storm and crowding one another around the feeders. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some of the infected had seen their escape and were following; others were streaming out the front door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Open the door to the Court of the Sky.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She hovers for a few moments outside my door. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For decoration outside, they nailed a wreath to the door. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the alley shack, Z leaned against the door. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

With his borrowed key, he opened the Pipeworks door, and they hurried past the yellow slickers on their hooks and the lines of rubber boots. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But before she had time to reply there was a quick, sharp knock at the door. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The storeroom door was unlocked, and Abanazer entered, holding a walking stick and a flashlight, looking even more sour of face than before. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A cowbell clanged above the door as we went inside. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There is a rat-a-tat-tat on the screen door. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Another cold and annoyed guard opened the front door to their repeated knocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

"Come on and we'll get a drink in the pub next door and send for one." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Before American lit, I see a sign outside Ms. Steck’s door. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I was halfway out the door, Miss Love asked me what Grandpa said when he found out that Mama had decided to go. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Ten minutes,” said the guard, poking his head around the jamb before he shut and locked the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, good,” I said and opened the screen door. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman took the newchild and left through the door she had entered. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

After what felt like an eternity, the doors slid open. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

All of them tried to push against the door, but it was no use. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

When she flung the dirty water out the kitchen door, she watched the brown liquid soak into the ground where it left a stain on what remained of the snow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jude opened the back door and walked into the kitchen. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The big red-faced man with the bull neck opened the corridor door and yelled, “Visitin’ over.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Victor tried once more to stick the note to the shop’s door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rushed over and banged on the door, hollering for help. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Really gives a feeling for the scope and tragedy of the thing, doesn’t it?” said Ron, pushing open a door to let Harry and Hermione through. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But a seam opened and Janice pushed out the door when they neared us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we got closer, a door opened and a soldier stepped out of the shack. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Now we were by the door to the kitchen, and I heard the scuffle of heavy feet in there on the crinkly linoleum. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You ought to go,” Booth says with a wink on his way out the door. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She opens the front door and leads him inside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I slide down my muffs, press my ear against my closed door. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“If those doors open we have to go back inside, all right?” he said. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I fought to catch my breath, and opened the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She’s whispering to the woman behind the door, but her smile is gone now, and there are tears shining on her cheeks. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Charles followed me out the door, a few paces behind. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Holding the shawl about her, Lupita went up to the front door and stepped inside. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

They both watched the heavy door swing open and glimpsed the light inside as two girls hurried in to beat the final bell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ray starts to bounce, too, the moment Dr. Martin slips from the driver’s side door. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I open them, and I see I’m in a bed that’s not my own, in a room of white walls and one single window with open curtains and a closed door. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Leaving by the side door through which they had entered, Kira and Thomas, accompanied by Jo, yawning, went up the stairs to Kira’s room and waited for their food to be brought. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She talked her way to the door, through the vestibule, and into the box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Anderson’s secretary held open the door and Bessie hustled the children out to the confectioner. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But as soon as he steps through the front door of their duplex in Harper Woods, Father Mike suffers an immediate drop in status. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I hope I did not keep you waiting,” I said; “but I stayed at the door as I heard you talking, and thought there was some one with you.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Here, let me take that,” I offered, turning to shut the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Quickbeam was so hot after him, that he was within a step or two of being caught and strangled when he slipped in through the door. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They formed two lines from the bus to the door and cheered us as we went in. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Travis opens the door of the pawn shop in town and waves me in ahead of him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I peeled myself up off the carpets and bolted toward the side door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

No one made a move to stop him from doing as Gaily asked, except for Chuck, who stood at the front door, shaking his head. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I pushed down the latch and opened the door. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minutes later, there would be a neat report of sharp knocks at the door: rat-a-tat-tat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The door opened, and the girl—Olivia—was the first to appear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Footsteps resound and the door is opened by a large, bony gentleman. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the limousine start up, the distant slam of a door, the fading roar of the engine. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a lunch of rice and beans, they pulled me into the dining room and shut the door tight. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I waited there for about ten minutes, and right as I was about to walk out the door, Aunt Julia walked back into the room. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Charlie banged on the bathroom door while I brushed my teeth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He handed Reuven to his driver, who was waiting by the car door. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had they knocked through the building next door? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I ring again a minute later and a tall kid I used to know answers the door. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I go left down the hall, where it looks like some of the doors might be open a crack. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Quasimodo’s mother comes screaming through the door, What in the name of Jesus! and the kitchen light fills the yard. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But the Colonel and 1 both woke up when she returned, whenever that was, because she slammed the door. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Abby, I was going to tell you—” I started, but she didn’t let me finish before turning and racing out the door. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But eventually Old Mr. Chou would get tired and leave the door unwatched. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven opened the door, revealing stairs leading to a basement. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Father seemed settled enough, so I headed for the door. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I just turned around and told her to keep the door dosed and don’t stay in the tub too long and bring her towels down to the laundry when she was through.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I burst in the door, only to find the main kitchen entirely empty. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man with the shaved head stood by the garage door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The steps were dark and narrow and led from the outside door below to their apartment. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amy studied her reflection in the oven door, arranging her white bangs and liking what she saw. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

‘There are locked doors and closed windows in your mind, and dark rooms behind them,’ said Faramir. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They looked at me as though I were totally nuts, then they let go of the door. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel opened the side door and dragged out the pilot. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The reason for this occurred to me as the procession moved slowly across the brilliant foyer to the doors; Phineas had thought of me as an extension of himself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grinned and tapped a small door icon at the edge of my display, then selected Aech’s chat room from my list of favorites. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you worry about Miss Volker,” Mom replied as she headed for the back door. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to drop him into a sack and boot it out the door. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we reach the infirmary doors, they open, and the Commandant emerges. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The maids opened a door to reveal the most beautiful room Matt had ever seen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miranda remembered a heavy aroma of incense and onions in the house, and a pile of shoes heaped by the front door. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When no one answered his knock, Joe followed a brick path through some hydrangeas and around behind the house to try the back door. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A nurse bustles in with a bag of blood, and before the door shuts behind her, I slip through it. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, the rear door of the playhouse flew open, and Nick burst in, disheveled and panting. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

All of em turn off, go into houses, shut the door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There were pancakes and maple syrup for breakfast, and then Pa brought the horses and sled to the door. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been walking down the hall from the bathroom into his bedroom and passed the open door of our room. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the policeman fling the door wide open. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just then the door closed and we jerked forward over the bumpy tracks. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Philobosian stepped out into the street, looked both ways, and ran straight across through the door opposite. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He stands outside my front door with a huge metal toolbox at his feet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was opening the door for a transaction, she explained. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped into the shop, slamming the door after him, looking wildly about for the printer. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was also wrong when she thought I’d understand that nonsense about doors closing and opening all by themselves. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Becca pulled a chair from behind her door, another from the desk against the wall, and plopped down on her bed like none of this was a big deal. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Jaden keyed open the door, set down a bag and told me to have a seat. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The swinging door opposite my bed flew open, and a whole troop of young boys and girls in white coats came in, with an older, gray-haired man. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin thundered through the door and gathered Teacher up in a bear hug. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I waited for my hat in the hall the door of the library opened and Jordan Baker and Gatsby came out together. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Louis was so attached to me that one day he followed me out the door to go visit Heather, my best friend and neighbor. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Dimple heard the lecture hall doors open and footsteps come toward her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But police, railroad security agents, or la migra could bar the doors, trapping him inside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

There was hardly a trace he’d ever lived in the house, except one: every night, after dinner, I would close the door to my room and pull Tyler’s old boom box from under my bed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The doctor came through the big double doors in the typical doctor getup. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Raise the drawbridge and bar the doors. No one enters or leaves Maegor's without my leave." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We zipped along the side of the helicopter, and Annabeth grabbed the door. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mami is waiting for us at the door and gives us a hug and a kiss. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as I’m at the door to the neighbor lady’s apartment, I hear the birds, and it only gets louder once I get inside. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I made it to the front door before Mrs. Baylor could ring the doorbell. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Mother said I was welcome to come to the house, that she prayed for the day when I would run through the back door, shouting, “I’m home!” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mustafa pulls open the carved green door of the community hall. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She is wearing the brown felt hat she always wears in and out of doors and is smiling her I’m- REALLY-glad-to-see-you smile. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The day after Miss Cigrand disappeared, or the day we last saw her, the door of Holmes’ office was kept locked and nobody went into it except Holmes and Patrick Quinlan,” Mrs. Lawrence said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I slipped past her, out the side door, into the Castros’ yard. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The floor was covered in soft carpets, and at the far end of the room tall glass doors opened onto a broad balcony. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Every night, after locking my bedroom door, I angled my desk lamp just so and began to count the hairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If I walk through my door, I enter their box. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Newt very calmly stood up, walked over to Thomas and grabbed him by the arm; he pulled him toward the door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A door stood slightly open, showing a dark and forbidding interior. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she strode toward the door she said, “Mummy will kill me.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ma frowns and pulls the black door open a bit more so she can peer inside. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

A few avenues to the west, Model T automobiles delivered well-dressed ladies and gentlemen to the doors of imposing three-story brick and stone homes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Aragorn gained the door, and swiftly it clanged to behind him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We had to stagger back to the tiring-room holding our hands over our mouths and close the door, lest we infect the audience. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The way a picture that’s been hanging on a wall for years leaves a shadow of light behind, Bodega had kicked the door down and left a green light of hope for everyone. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gaston was in the station alone, eating boiled peanuts at his desk, when Brother Gerald and I came through the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reynie rose and went to the door, but there he hesitated. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning Holmes came to her front door and told her he was not going to stay in the house after all. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The chain stays on and lets the door open just a crack. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

They slammed back down, then heaved up again, and then the doors buckled. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It is only 135 hours until we are all standing at the door of Atlantis again with our cover charge in our palms. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Finally, with Clara’s help, the teacher managed to drag the child into the building and closed the door of the school behind her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood in the door, looking after me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The memory opened a small door in my mind and the dark voice slipped through it. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I grab the first person I see—a young doctor standing close to the door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She lived past the cemetery on the other side of town in a frame house that we entered from the back door. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in the door for an hour, maybe two. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He saw a woman come out of a door, pause, look round; she went to the far end of the porch and dumped something into a garbage pail and went back inside. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unlocked the dead bolt, turned the knob, pulled the door open. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I half closed the door and stood behind it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She gazed out the door of the small kitchen house and looked dreamily down the path that led away from the plantation. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Black Hat would brace his hands against each side of the door and stick his head into the open air, slowly turning from side to side to check for any potential obstacles. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When no other cars drove by, she rolled up to one of the flaming metal balls and opened her door. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I look up to say something, but the door is already closing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"You can get out through the back door. Straight into the hall, on your left." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

My gouache painting of Buddy Gui’s house—about a mile away from our house—shows his garage door open and all his chain-saw sculptures dragged out onto his driveway. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And I guess you heard he’s changing the door codes.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shutting the door and locking it behind her, Grandma stood a few steps back. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As the doors eased shut behind us, she turned to me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sellswords threw taunts at their backs as they pushed through the doors of the Merchant’s House, mocking them as bloodless cravens and frightened girls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When we came in the kitchen door, we found Jerome. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Yet even as Lawrence’s words were reminding Fosdick of the foundation’s guilt, they cracked open a door to its redemption. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He began to pass empty houses, dark doors, dark windows. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went next door to borrow a thermometer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I slide out of my seat and onto the ground and slam the door shut behind me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Which she simply dropped on top of our backpacks by the door without saying a word. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Directing Reynie to look away, Mr. Curtain punched in the number code, the door slid swiftly open, and Mr. Curtain shot into the office. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Its doors are dark blue, with bronze number plates posted above the peepholes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was probably a turncoat—a programmer who intentionally coded back doors and security holes into a system he designed, so that he could later sell them on the black market. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I scramble from under the porch and hurry to the back door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

This time, when the Highland Gardens bus door opened, two Montgomery city policemen climbed aboard. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I’m here on the street, on the block, at the house, by the door.... American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even within the stout walls of Maegor's Holdfast, with her door closed and barred, it was hard not to be terrified when the killing began. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The swinging door in the corner of the dining room opened, and Mrs. Dudley stood, one hand holding the door open, looking without expression at the breakfast table. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He turned at the door, the hat brim rolled tight and squeezed in his big hands. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

They only got a few steps before Luke jumped forward and blocked the door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She imagines mother and son as they move toward the door, small hand folded in big hand, and her throat wells. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She knocked on Miss Martin’s door, but it was locked and no one answered. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark opened the door and bounded up the stairs that led to Luke’s room proper. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked up, the hens were clustered near the door, squawking to get out. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I was nearly out the door when Wynn said, “Hold up, Jubilee. I’d like to talk to you and Nan for a minute.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The half-open door, the column of light across the corridor carpet, confirmed that Emily Tallis had risen from her day bed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I opened the door and we faced each other, I faced myself, “Are you the renter?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time the door was shut but once in a while it was left open a crack, by mistake, probably. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When he got home, Harrison opened the door and bowed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The door at the far end swung open. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

At four I stood and put my boots by the back door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Every time I step out of my front door, I’m faced with the risk of being shot. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some doors remain closed, and others flash their themed interiors. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Cautiously the hare opened the door and went into the house. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Another man, a Recruiter with his whistle, shorts, and baseball hat, opened the back door and stepped out with his hands raised in the air. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She ran upstairs and closed the door to her room just as tears began to fall. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She does, and I shut the door behind her. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I open the door to my room, surprised to see Stella backing up against the wall on the other side of the hallway. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She looks back at me as she stops in front of a pair of frosted-glass doors, her expression unreadable as she punches a code into the keypad. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When she opened her front door, James was waiting to walk with her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He came to his feet and picked up the heavy iron rod with one hand resting it on his shoulder as he turned toward the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the bam door and pushed me through it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the carriage came to a stop at last and the footman opened the door for her, they had arrived in the courtyard in front of Quinn House, which loomed dull and stony before her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, he wanted to open the door; he really wanted to let himself be seen by and to speak with the manager. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

As swiftly as I could, I pressed through the corridor of groping arms to the restaurant door. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When they came to Lina’s street, Lina ducked her head in the door of the yarn shop and said hello to Granny, and then they climbed the stairs to the apartment. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

From the room next door, the room which until that morning had been Theodora’s, came the steady low sound of a voice babbling, too low for words to be understood, too steady for disbelief. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She closed the door quietly so as not to wake Joon and locked up the car. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The goat ran off and made her way out the open door, bleating happily the whole way. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The second was whether I wanted the door closed or cracked. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, he opened the door a crack and looked out. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then Pearl hopped back into the car and closed the door. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After about half an hour, we’re interrupted by a knock at the door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The lady with the wild red hair opened the door and came out onto the porch. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He even rolled the window up and down with the knob on the side door passenger door. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But the moment they reached the front of the line, the doors opened. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He starts to open the door but again she reenters, he slams it closed. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Then Charles spun and stormed out, slamming the door behind him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The axe went past the tall man, biting into the wood trim of the door. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was his duty to wait upon the Lord, and wait he did, forgotten it seemed, standing by the door of the unlit chamber, mastering his own fears as best he could. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They pushed out through the back door, the boy hanging on to him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

There were armed guards standing in front of the station house door and scattered around the periphery. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She continues to stare as she hands me her keys and follows me to the door and down the sidewalk. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every Glader going in and out the door gave Thomas a stare; a few came up and offered congratulations. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I nod my head solemnly and wait for Ms. Raz to disappear before I open the door. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Now he stands up, stealthily creeps across the floor, hesitates a moment and then glides towards the door. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could still be hanging on the back of the closet door at home. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I heard a sharp rap on the front door, and my heart jumped into my throat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She walked over to a dark hole in the ship’s hull—a door, from the look of it—then sat down on the edge and plunged in. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Standing there in the lamplight, trying not to think of how his father had looked creeping along the wall, he heard a knock at his door. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The trash. He was reading a bunch of stuff and he threw it in the trash. I didn’t even—” He jogged away from her and ducked into the house, the screen door slamming behind him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go into the men’s room, so I crack the door and call Ziggy’s name. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She opens the door to my room and pops her head inside. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“They throw it on the floor and hand me a thin blanket, shove me in, and shut the door and say good luck.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“She is abominably rude to keep Charlotte out of doors in all this wind. Why does she not come in?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The nurses know him from last time, with Helen, they know all about him, everyone knows; he’s the last to approach the electric glass doors. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I herded the raccoons out of the tree and laced the door. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I shut the door, Zion sighed and said, “I thought she would never leave,” even though she’d only been standing there for about one minute. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He opened the screen door and rapped with the knocker, but he could tell right away that Mrs. Hurd would not be answering. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When they finally reach the front door, it’s like he’s successfully gotten them across a war-torn city. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s Beth’s first night home,” Mom tells me, grabbing her keys from the hook by the door. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When she hesitated, kind of dazed, he pushed her toward the church’s big open door. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She stood at the archway of her bedroom door, the baby in her arms. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he didn’t answer her knock, she turned the knob and nudged the door open with her foot. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A coach door was yanked open, and Jemmy could hear Cutwater's muffled cackle. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man stumbled backward until his back hit the wall next to the reopening ramp door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He looked up when we came to the door, holding our heads and crying. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He went out the double door and was gone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

On the back of the door hung a shield and a sword belt. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When he saw me and the sheriff at the door, he put the phone down and hugged me to him. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I glanced back out the window one last time, making sure Cate and Rob still had their backs to me, before bolting past the display of beef jerky and heading straight for that door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The OR doors swing open, and Dr. Hamid comes through with a small entourage of surgeons. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m coming, I’m coming,” Benny said as the door to the library closed behind him. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

They knocked on the door and the Princess’s deep voice called, “Entrez.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this had happened two summers ago, Eleanor would have run and banged on the door herself. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After his father closed the door, Wash tried to go back to sleep, but he couldn’t. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they enter the apartment, he pulls away and runs to the corner of the kitchen, behind the door and stands with his forehead pressed against the tile wall, trembling and moaning. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I did another check when I stepped in through the front door, but the house looked like it always did, cramped and barren at the same time. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

There was a final moment of resistance, as if something were caught in the door, and then, with a crash, the wooden door banged closed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I saw the other two children slip out the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everybody else seemed eager to get off, but her own family waited and were the last out the door. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Holly cranked open the heavy door, the rubber seal yielding with a hiss. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But, unless the entire white section was empty, blacks alone had to get back off the bus and reenter through the rear door. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I slink inside and shut the door behind me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tap on the window to say hello as she walked past our house to the tenement building next door. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I walked past houses that had letters “G R,” George Rex, carved into the front door, property stolen in the name of the King. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked her to the door and watched until she reached the end of our drive. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

This time she was long at labor and when Wang Lung came home at evening he found his father standing at the door and laughing and saying, “An egg with a double yolk this time!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I hesitated, my hand on the door handle, trying to prolong the moment. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When they had all drunk, the king went down the hall to the doors. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Celaena remained before the door, watching as it galloped at her, sparks flying from its claws as they struck stone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She leaves, closing the door quietly behind her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Lupita peeked carefully around the corner of the boxcar door into the brown eyes of a stocky man wearing blue coveralls and a high-crowned blue cap. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

A bell rang over my head and I closed the door behind me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was simply alone someplace, out of doors, lying down, and the warmth came from far above. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He did not push his chair in, but left it angled out like a door in midswing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other two slammed the rear doors and climbed into the cab up front. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They reached the bottom of the steps just before the cellar doors fell in, consumed with flames from the outside. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Tony ran out the front door and leaped off the porch, sailing right over the geraniums. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He heard a door open; he stopped, got his gun and waited, kneeling in the snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still she kept trying, first lifting on the middle of the door, then on one corner, then another, straining every muscle. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tamika pulled the door fully open, eyeing me carefully like I might explode if she moved too fast. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her mama opened the door and gave me one of those looks that would have killed a little dude. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We rapped for a while more and Grandma kissed me at the door when I was leaving, but the visit got me in a bad mood. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Fred felt a muggy blast as someone shoved open the heavy metal door to the kennel building. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He would hang his gun on the wall over the door, throw off his fur cap and coat and mittens, and call: “Where’s my little half-pint of sweet cider half drunk up?” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I unlocked the door I saw that she was sitting on the piano bench, on the same side as the previous evening. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He put the candles on the lid of the Limoges chest, so that they would be behind his back when he opened the door. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take Ziggy down to Carlos’s apartment and knock on the door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Something pops into Jus’s head: Manny pushing open the passenger door of the Range Rover and telling him to get in. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Styx sat on the edge of the floor, his legs dangling out the door. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could not get to the Reveres’ front door, but by climbing a few fences he reached their kitchen door, and knocked softly. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front door is only a few steps away but Dylan grabs my arm and says, “Just hear him out, okay? Give him a chance.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The great door was open behind the columns, and lingering beside it was the man: a sour-faced individual in rough clothes, whose mastiff dæmon stood close by, watching without moving. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She must have been listening behind her door. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tad kicked a bent piece of metal, and it skittered down the hall and slammed into the door of an open locker. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They closed the door behind them, leaving Gilly cold and alone. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

They could smell the fine damp cool air coming in the door and in through the broken windows. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to hit the back door and draw his attention. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

At the apartment, Luke opened the car door before Annie even parked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Next to the door there’s a large TV where the lyrics will appear. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had more than a year left before college, but Sean was ushering him out the door, like he couldn’t wait for Finn to go. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I got Mum and Dad back. I shut the door. I locked it. What more was I meant to do?” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Upon his arrival, Francis did not get halfway through the door before I let loose that the answer to everything was in our hands.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As the dark shadows of the trees slid over him, he stopped again, staring at the front door, to which somebody had nailed a dead snake. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As the door swings shut behind him, the car goes dark. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Shorty got dressed, except for his boots and socks: those he left just outside her door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front door to the laboratory was open, but many others remained closed, like Anne Wythe Hall, a dormitory for single white women working at Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The steward appeared right away, as if he had been standing by the door. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Having opened the door to the last of the heirs, a tense and troubled Crow took her seat next to Otis Amber. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monsieur Tabard paused for a moment, glanced toward the closed bedroom door, and then continued. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

A door had been closed, but another had been opened. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Raymie shone the flashlight on the door, just as Louisiana reached forward and turned the knob. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He tries the door without even seeing me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to go up to my room where the closed door, the quiet, and the privacy would force me to make a decision. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

To our immediate right was the door through which visitors entered after presenting I.D., checking their belongings, and passing through a metal detector. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy metal door of the Map Room was slightly ajar, a wispy trail of black smoke drifting out and into the gray sky. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I was anticipating what June would say to that, when Neil came through the door without warning and caught me pressed against the wall listening to their most private sayings. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day a new girl moves in next door, tells us her name is Diana and becomes me and Maria's Second Best Friend in the Whole World. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He would chirp as soon as Virgil opened the door; he knew it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The metal of key and lock jingled; then the door to the cell swung wide open. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Unnoticed by any of the people around his bed, all of whom were staring at the door as Bill pulled back the screens, Harry sat up and put his glasses back on. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The young men who go to prison rather than college face a lifetime of closed doors, discrimination, and ostracism. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The doors to her apartment slammed open, followed by an already familiar snarling and stomping about. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They opened the doors to the street, and for a brief moment, they were silhouetted against the lamplight in their masks and capes—a cripple trailed by a bunch of kids in costumes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Light from the house streamed through the lattice-patterned doors, illuminating the enclosure like a lit lantern. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

We could tell by the bang of his car door that we were in for it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laney’s drawing and Oliver’s poem were shoved under the door, Hyacinth’s wreath was taped up under the peephole, and Jessie settled her tray on the floor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Go knock on the door,” I told him. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night there was a knock on my door. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“That one there showed up at my door.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bedroom door is open now, and I regret the oversight. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Bast made a frantic, covert gesture from where he stood near the door, but Kvothe was busy trying to catch the mercenary’s eye. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Chevy clipped the side of the Saturn on the driver’s-side door. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Frodo stood near the open door and watched the white chalky path turn into a little river of milk and go bubbling away down into the valley. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A commotion near the door had been scarcely noticed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper put on his best Sunday derby and opened the front door with Captain Cook waddling graciously beside him. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I finish, the front door slams and I hear Lenny’s voice. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

A man came out of a side door. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

They shut the door and someone turns on the lights. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She smiled, pushed a button, and he heard a click that unlocked the door to her left. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been hard to persuade Jumpsteady to work in the daytime if a millionaire had gone out for lunch and left his front door wide open. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets his shoes, jacket and hat and starts to open the door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one else had entered or left, but when his aide knocked on the door a few minutes later, there had been no answer. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I look up as the door slowly creaks open and two familiar faces appear in the small crack of the doorway. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Left's got a power that right hasn't, so I clasped the iron doorknob on the left door. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Before I can say anything, Adam takes my hand and leads me out a back door and into a little courtyard. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

In the course of clearing the dining room, and also in preparing the drawing room for the arrival of the evening's visitors, I was obliged to walk repeatedly past the smoking- room doors. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its hinges and with a deafening crash landed flat on the floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But we didn’t get a chance to start rinsing before I heard the front door open. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The front door of the library opened, and a couple of colored girls walked in. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waits by the door until I crawl back into my pod before leaving. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The door cracks open and all I hear is Bo’s voice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Later in the morning, there’s a knock on the door. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let the door slap you in the butt on the way out,” she said, stifling a yawn. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When she sees me, she walks to the door and says, “Hope you have a great birthday, Jade.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I adjust the isolation gown over the top of my disposable scrubs, and yank open the door, squinting at them through my goggles. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

This was why she failed to recognize the swarthy, awkward, slow- moving young man with the cruel eyes of a rodent who knocked one afternoon at the door of the big house on the comer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hagar stood at the door of the little cardboard closet, running her hands over the shoulders of dresses. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knock on the door and open it slowly. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But even as he spoke, the cellar doors slammed shut, and Milligan was gone. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was the first to hear the rattle on the back door. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close the bathroom door and turn off the freezing cold water. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

No one was going in or out, but the glittering chrome doors were open, spilling out air- conditioning that smelled like flowers—lotus blossom, maybe. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He steps back and shuts the door, and I stand there, staring, too stunned to feel my own relief, listening to the misery of the ghetto. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The door of the hotel room banged open. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The only place in the house where I could find a corner of quiet was my bedroom, so at one point during the festivities, I disappeared into my room and locked my door. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Even if he's busy, something will clear up at some point. He can’t ignore us if were camped outside his door. He needs to know.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The door was hidden in a dark corner, behind piles of boxes and old furniture. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I put her down and run up the steps, notched in a log, to Alice’s front porch and push back her blanket door. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we heard more: doors slamming, a cry from Hua-hua, crash after crash of dishes breaking overhead, and the indistinct voices of the Red Guards. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mundín unlocks the door to the cabin and stands aside to let the ladies in. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

That night, after catching up with my friends, I arrived home around 10:00, greeted at the door by an usher, as I always was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The bus driver said she had instructions to take all of us right to our doors. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heads out the door, leaving it open. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

With two doors open and the sunlight and the clean air, the upstairs seemed more friendly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diallo is now inside the vestibule, up against the inner door of his building. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The door latches behind me with a clunk', my sheepskin slippers flop over as I step free of them. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in the dining room with the door open, supposedly reading. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The birds argued and chattered aloud as they sprang upon Matthias, pinning him to the lid of the door with many claws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Christina comes with me and stands by the door, but she doesn’t say anything, and I’m glad. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I thought we were going back inside, but they passed the front door and headed for another part of the yard. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He was soon so close to the door that I couldn’t see him out the window anymore. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

How hard can it be to push in the door? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“A determined grizzly doesn’t need an open door to get in.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He took my arm and, looking around to be sure we were not being watched, guided me out of the hall through its vast doors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I pick up Ma’s purse and close the guardhouse door behind me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Just after dark Captain Smith heard a sound at the door. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He flicked on the light and closed the door behind him, careful not to let it slam. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Once he stood at the guardhouse door of a quarry, and some ladies dressed in warm heavy coats and boots came and sang Christmas songs. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew when she came to my door, I could tell. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I reached into the space between the seat and the door where there is nothing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way back to the kitchen, she stopped at the door of our room and called Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Poirot slipped his hand into the pocket and took out a conductor’s pass key, used to unlock the doors of the compartments. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reached the end of the hallway, where the round submarinelike door led back into the chamber below the Berg landing pad. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what they have planned, but I’m no coward, so I go right down that aisle out the back door and into the hot courtyard. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After a while, Dad opened the storm door to come back inside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man walked over to the side of the store and slid open the door of an ancient cooler. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped into the first empty booth I saw, and the doors closed automatically. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The moment the market doors parted for them and the three of them stepped in, the dread around them was enough to raise gooseflesh on Citra’s arms. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He pushed another bundle of food inside the door. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding as he unlocked the cage door with his paw. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, she pulled open the glass door of the bookcase and let her eyes wander over the spines of each book. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Always putting her at a disadvantage somehow, and yet, now and then, surprising her, letting her peek through a door that always seemed to slam shut again before she could actually see inside. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mole woke up, smelled Oksi, and pushed open the deerskin door. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But I noticed he double-checked the locks on all the doors and windows of the sanctuary that night. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She shut the book and peeked out the door. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Along late in the afternoon some one knocked on our door. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mom rushes ahead to open the car door for me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A door of the van slides open, and four white men in sandstone-colored uniforms step out and flank the sidewalk leading to our house. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Sam brushed the snow off the door and thought about the evening’s menu. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“All right, then. You have a nice day,” I said, backing toward the door. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Stone angels leaned down from the balustrade—the salty air had eaten away their features and they were now as fuzzy as the coat of arms above the door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Opening the door, she said, “Needs handle fixed. Can he do this?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He dislodged Noor’s elbow from his back and scooted closer to the door. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It gave Lyra time to dart out, slam the door shut behind her, and run full tilt for the stairs. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, the wagon door swings open, and the forbidding walls of Blackcliff are before me, their oppressive weight driving the hallucination from my mind. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As I pulled into Abby’s driveway, she burst out the door, jumped down the steps of her porch, and ran to meet me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A scythe in the foyer could still turn around if the door was open. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She slipped out the door, leaving him alone in the quiet apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And when the office door opened, I knew it was her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then I looked through the open door into the living room and saw Miss Williams sitting there. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly I turned to see my mother’s face dissolve in a watery blur behind the pebbled glass door. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed up against the door and kept my eyes on Cate, but it wasn’t far enough. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And when the door opens, electric lights paint the walls a garish, thrilling pink. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron listened, and heard a familiar drawling voice drifting in through the open door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Uriah stares at his reflection in the elevator doors and pats his hair down. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Squatting down beside the front door so that his head was below the agent’s, he said: “That field over there—somebody irrigated it again last night.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went beneath the arch again, and when I came out on to the long corridor I saw that the door to the west wing had blow open and swung back against the wall. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The next night, just before curfew, Ollie knocks on my door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I tag walls and windows, mailboxes, manhole covers, sidewalks, doors, poles—anything that doesn't move, plus buses and boxcars, which do. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Trying the doorknob, she finds that it turns and the door opens. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When the sliding door opened and we stepped outside, there was a great burst of traffic and cold air and bright light. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Samuel tapped lightly on the bedroom door and went in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed, indeed, rather bored by the whole proceeding, remaining curled up in her corner, staring dreamily out through the window whilst the men searched her luggage in the compartment next door. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lennie rolled off his bunk and stood up, and the two of them started for the door. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever is behind the door sounds absolutely insane. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first door I try is locked, but Tobias fires at the window next to it until it breaks, and unlocks the door from the inside. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped in front of the iron-studded oak door and frowned. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

An open transom above the door into the hall provided the only ventilation. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cerberus, the three-headed dog, guarded the doors, but if she gave him a cake he would be friendly and let her pass. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nat chuckled, leaned his hand against the door, and stood watching her face in the moonlight. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go,” she says, looking over at the door. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie had to wait until he had the kitchen to himself and the door closed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carved over the door was a Portuguese inscription. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But then I found myself at the front door. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A young woman in a cornflower-blue dress, a lavender scarf wrapped around her neck, is standing at the front door. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mo gave Meggie a kiss and went back to the door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I should have thought better about following them inside the double front doors of the old deli when they started laughing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Nyla and Crick exit the shuttle, and the airlock door vacuum seals behind them. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hazel went to her own front door and walked in, breathing in the smells of home. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I went for the door, but at the last minute, I turned back. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

By the large round door at the top of the steps from the wide yard stood Mrs. Cotton and Rosie, and Nibs in front of them grasping a hay-fork. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Nine dollars later, the Tow Cuts were out the door and almost out of time. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I come through the door after them, Bryce has turned to Aurora. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The tunnel forked on either side of them, disappearing into darkness, but before them was a metal door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Melina grinned, and with a flick of her hand the door banged open. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone is waiting for me on the curb as my door swings open. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A hidden door cracks open to reveal a small office drowning with circuit-phones that look like endless rows of candlesticks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I feel dizzy. You go on. It’s the first door on the left.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Inside the door, a small blue hawk was perching on a bracket. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Inside, the surprised Watney slammed against the airlock's back door with the force of the expulsion. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, when she pushed open the door and stepped in, she saw nothing at all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I step forward so I can close the door behind me, but she doesn't step backward, so now we're almost touching. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

What if they refuse to open the door, or slam it in my face? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They both turned to me, and I fell back on the only way I’d learned to handle big problems—I made a dash for the door and left. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

After doing this, he had taken a towel or something and shoved it under the crack in the door. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as the elevator door opened, I could hear Negra yelling. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She left it and went to the next door, and the next, and the next. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He checked the bolt on his door and wondered when his mother would be coining home. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buses sat idling with their doors wide open. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Then I turn around, face the door I just closed, pull down my pants, and fall on the toilet—I don’t sit; I fall like a carcass, feeling my butt accommodate the rim. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She accosts me at the door; she must have been watching through the window. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I had to pick a door. You know? If I hadn’t said anything, that picture would be everywhere by now.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

With great care he lifted the shield from the door and tried it on his arm. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But when I open the door to step out into the world, there’s only a tremendous void. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The cell had two doors: a metal gate or grille with iron bars on the inside and a thick wooden door outside of that. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your father better get good locks on the door." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Do I interrupt?” he asked politely as he stood at the door. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Always have your key out before you reach the front door. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

One house had been boarded up, and a crude wooden cross nailed to its front door. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Urgency to see Ivan forgotten, she backtracked to the miller’s shop and went behind the row, running to the smithy’s back door. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The case bangs against my legs, through the doors. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mother, open the door for me, I am smelling. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The closed doors looked like so many secrets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the door was a place with drawers up to the ceiling on both sides. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He made an elaborate act of tipping to the door stealthily Then looked back at her with an irresistible grin on his face. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He turned around and ran out the door, letting the screen bang sharply against the house. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s a big brownstone building with an old figurehead over the door. You can’t miss it.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His wife calculated that he must be losing huge sums of money, because at the end of the month there was invariably a long line of creditors at their door. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t go dreaming about Hirohito Woods getting on a plane in his Sunday pants, knocking on my door in time for the sixth-grade dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He went out shutting the door behind him. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Matthias was already counting the florin spikes that were driven into the door. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She walked out of the door and looked toward the house where her parents were. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She does not look at Werner as she passes his open door, but he knows it is he she is hunting. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sticky molasses and egg whites coated his shoes as he picked up the cake and flung it hard at the steel door. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Auggie, open the door for me, sweetie?” said Mom, picking Daisy up very gently like she was a huge droopy baby. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Locking the door behind me, I strip off my wet pajamas and throw on a fresh pair. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

As she stood up and went to the door, she saw a glimmer of silver out of the corner of her eye, and on the hook behind the door, the fairy cloak was hanging. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, they saw the front doors of the castle open in the distance and the rest of the school spilling onto the lawn. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The doors open, and I follow her down the hallway to the door marked roof access. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I admired the suspicion in the girl's statement and I now hoped that Dell Duke didn't walk through the door holding a Diet Pepsi. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I opened the loud metal door before dropping my note into the mailbox. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I touch the door, it feels one way. I touch the bed, it feels a completely different way. They’re rough and smooth and cool and warm and how do you live like this?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Stop bothering Maria Isabel. You are driving me nuts. Stop criticizing her,” she tells the women next door. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My parents met them at the door, and I could overhear the bright chatter of introductions before Mother led everyone into the parlor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She pushed him through the door of the Night of Joy bar with one of the cake boxes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could knock, she opened the door and threw her arms around me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Get over that hill and you’ll see a big farmhouse down in the valley. Run and don’t look back. Yell for help. Don’t stop until you reach the door.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

As I pass, my fingertips drag along the door to Will’s room. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He went out the sliding door behind my seat and made a beeline for the small cluster of silver water fountains that stood between him and the restroom entrances. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The door dings open, the familiar hallways whizz by, everything seeming too bright, too whitewashed to make out specifics. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Upon seeing us through the propped kitchen door, Cook drops a bag of spice she’s holding, staring at Laia in horror. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Hello? Is someone there?” a guy called from somewhere beyond the door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He closed the door behind him as tightly as possible, and with an expression implying that the absence of a key in the lock met with his disapproval. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Near that, maybe twenty feet to the south, stood a squat building made of rough concrete blocks, a menacing iron door its only entrance—there were no windows. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She nudges the steering wheel and opens and closes her door. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The elfin emissary went into the guest room and shut the door. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

When Beatrice closed the door, they were in total darkness; Roy couldn’t see his own fingers in front of his face. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In through swinging doors I reached a marble foyer, and stopped at the foot of a long white marble flight of stairs. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Working together as we had been, we'd found that a door had opened between us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My father whistled as he boarded up the windows, and my mother from time to time would call to him happily out the back door. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Sorry I'm late," Teddy said, entering from the side door. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

So you headed toward the door without checking your own bag, which I found very interesting. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The heavy wooden front doors gleam under the entrance light. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The apartment door creaks open, and I hear the click of heels against hardwoods. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a door, nor a window, but rather a bronze grate. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Men came to the door crying for the Lord of the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As useless as I knew it would be, as weak as my knees already were, panic took over and I bolted for the emergency door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The twelve guardians went elsewhere, leaving through a side door, probably to a private eating place. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I pushed through the door into the skylit guest house I was aware of the disparities. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then she stood up and held the door in front of her. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Same day—Monday, January 7,1935 Theresa is waiting outside the door when I get back to our new place. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not let anyone know of the trip beforehand, but on leaving he tacked a note to his door saying that he would be absent for several days because of business. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And how should she be up there, without coming through the door, or in at the window, and up the stairs?’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I park in the empty lot and lock my doors. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The truth of her words strike Dedd as she remembers how she stood back and watched the young man open the back door for whoever wanted to sit by him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boards in the shape of the letter X had been nailed across the door. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

A limp black bow hung by the open door. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he thought that the next time the door opened he would take over the family arrangements just as he had earlier. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

For days and days Arya tried to work out how she might steal past the door guards to see him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I stumbled through the door, eager for a friendly face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had announced her arrival in the quarter by singing the forbidden spiritual—“Go down, Moses, ’way down to Egypt Land”—singing it softly outside the door of a slave cabin, late at night. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled on her jacket, peeked through the glass in the front door, then hurried out onto the porch, almost running around the house to the car. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cracked the door, listened a moment, then peered in. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Boromir hauled the eastern door to, grinding upon its hinges: it had great iron rings on either side, but could not be fastened. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Em,” Hammie calls to me as I head to my door. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pushed the door closed behind him with his foot. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A knock at the door was both exciting and boring, depending on how you looked at it: The knock always held a mystery. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He slammed the car door shut, then bounced up to the house. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Then, when Richie didn't say anything more, she stepped inside, shutting the door behind her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Those elevator doors open and close about a million times a day. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, in a blink, Ishtar moved to block the door. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A moment later, the door opens to reveal a woman dressed in a tidy sweater, pants, and slippers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She went to the shed door, opened it, and though her face was tear-streaked now, she smiled at the eager, ungainly puppy who bounded forth, jumped into Matty’s arms, and licked his cheeks. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

It probably shows a perverse element of my personality that even though I was finally inside the Archives, surrounded by endless secrets, that I was drawn to the one locked door I had found. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Buttercup’s eyes reflect the faint glow of the safety light over the door as he lies in the crook of Prim’s arm, back on the job, protecting her from the night. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As soon as the door closed behind her, Lily marched past me and out to the lounge chair to retrieve her magazines. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Then he pushed off the thin wooden wall—making the house tremble slightly—and closed the front door. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I turn around as the doors shut and then immediately open up again. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He’s called the Doorman because from a very early age he had a strong penchant for sitting by the front door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You’ll find it quite pleasant here,” chuckled the policeman as he slid the bolt back and pushed the door open with a screech and a squeak. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the hall is a closed door. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It stood in a large, well-tended garden, with shrubbery at one side and a gravel drive sweeping up to the front door. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of my mom and Decca and Kate, and then I hit the opener, and up goes the door, and out I go into the wild blue yonder. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The legend above their heads was: “There’s a fool like him in every family—and a woman next door to take him over!” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He had his whistle in his hand, but he was so jammed into the crowd about the door that he did not believe he would be able to get his hand to his mouth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The search parties were setting off as he reached the front door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The sign over the school’s door was in Armenian—they could only read 1929. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I left the wagon at the foot of the steps that led up to the door, and I rang the doorbell and stepped back. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I was done with the potatoes, I peeked my head through the swinging doors of the kitchen. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But I think everybody has fled. Look at those busted doors.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She peered out the door into her little courtyard. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Mom left the door of George’s room ajar and cursed her way downstairs to the kitchen. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Lately he’s been tying the chicken-house door shut with a rope when he turns in for the night, but now it was plain to see no rope was going to be strong enough. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never looked back at Wheeler Hall, my residence building, as I quietly bolted through the door. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Disappointed, we set the box by the door and left. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Young lady, when it's sixty-five below and your front doors froze shut, you’ll be glad for this twenty pounds of beans.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I jumped out of the car and ran to the front door, Ivette and her mother only steps behind me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was standing, straight and handsome and altogether by himself, alone in the room with the hangers-on as we shut the door. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He woke to the sound of voices and crept to die door of his cell,.but the wood was too thick and he could not make out the words. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tristran ran to the stable door, then he stopped and thought. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a wide yellow beam flowed out brightly from a door that was opened. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The old woman threw herself against the door. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I burst through the revolving glass door right behind him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Papa took off his coat and hung it up next to the door, then walked across the kitchen to the basement door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When we get up to Mr. X’s, we both automatically look for the gum wrapper, which is still stuck in the door. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then a knock, the opening of a door, and a voice. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hurried to the gap, but before she could reach it, the back door of the house slammed open, and several huge black dogs bounded out! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then Benny Kelly screamed at me, ‘You don’t have the guts to stop a door from squeakin’, but I’m going to give you the chance.’ The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel holds the door open for him and then Daniel holds it for Ms. Dale. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

How they had entered, she didn’t know, but there they were, and after a brief pause, something in front of her opened like a door. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He studied at night and went through the heavy wooden doors into the school at a run, every morning. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand heavy, I knocked on the red front door and waited. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was still calling his name as he ran out the door. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the staircase was a gloriously quiet hallway lined on either side with doors. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She yanked open the pantry door and took two boxes of cookies and a bag of tortilla chips, shoving them into her shoulder bag. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We stopped at the back door of a small cigarette shop nearby. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby shot out of the car and hammered on her door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Instead he walked through the front door like a defeated athlete—head low, shoulders hunched, a sack of disappointment sitting on his chest like an anvil. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He opened the door of his lock-up and called to a lounging couple of Delta-Minus attendants to come and push his machine out on to the roof. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll put the bike by the side of the garage when I take the garbage out later,” I told Trotter, unlocking the porch door with my key. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door was locked, so he kicked it in. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I push my way through the reinforced glass doors and go down the steps. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of street sounds, I began to hear voices coming from the wall, from the apartment next door. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beatrice’s husband was a paymaster, a man whose job it was to hand out wages to employees of the former government, and the men at the door wanted whatever cash he could get. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dr. Rhodes is near the doors, telling everybody to come inside in an orderly fashion. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Jinx barely had time to stuff his wad of money into his overalls and crawl inside before the front door opened. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mother let me get ten steps inside the front door before bombarding me with questions. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I lean against the door, watching the stranger like he’s a devil I’ve just locked myself in with. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The rear door is a heavy oak, and it's immediately apparent what she meant by it not closing. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He scraped open the door and padded through the interior darkness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was pulling flattened-up cardboard boxes out from behind the door of the pantry, where Mom keeps them until Dad finally bundles them so I can take them for recycling downstairs. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Babou was in his room with the door closed, and the house was quiet and still. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The room was plainly furnished with simple wooden furniture; in addition to the small bed there was a wardrobe beside the door, and beneath the casement window was a cushioned bench. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nondescript grey stone renders it indistinguishable from the surrounding buildings save for a tarnished sign hanging by the door. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But instead she drank a large cup of black coffee and stationed herself behind her door, prepared to spend many hours waiting. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They turned to a closed set of double doors. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He dashed down the stairs, out the door and across the street, coatless, not feeling the cold. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I reached the toilets and glanced at the doors. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw the door wide so my cell was lit by the blazing electric bulbs in the interrogation room and uttered in disbelief, “Eva Seiler?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

After laying my suitcase flat in the trunk, Mr. Byrne opens the rear door for me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He came out the front door again, looked around, and went back in. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He slid a rolling wall panel in front of the steel door. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She seemed to understand, because she shuffled around him toward the door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I leaped up with a scream, threw myself against the door, and the heavy footsteps retreated. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The owners have thrown up some walls, put in a door, and installed a toilet. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I took a tablespoon of sugar and the same of saltpeter, stirred them in a coffee cup with a wooden spoon, opened the door to our coal-fired hot-water heater, and tossed it in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I push it, hear a ring, and when the door opens, it’s a girl not much younger than us. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A loud clang comes from outside, like a large door closing on a vehicle. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The front door slowly opened, and Baachan came out with a blanket. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She could have sent him packing from the front door and now there was a chance of giving an explanation before he left. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You’re an angry kid,” she said to my back as I pushed the door open. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

So even though he padlocked that door a few years ago, we managed to find a way to unlock it and escape out onto the clouds. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“The place was made for us. There’s dirt just an inch or two under the floor. We can dig a bunker, maybe, beneath the boards, for when someone comes to the door.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When there was no answer I banged on the door, thinking maybe the bell had stopped working. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I grab Tess's hand and we make our way out of the bedroom, down the hall and through the back door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be in our meeting room, putting together a list of new Dewey decimal numbers from the Bibliomania cards so we’re ready to hit the ground running when the doors reopen at ten tomorrow morning.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Then she walks past me, walks back along the drag marks, walks to the door I saw open in the side of the wreckage, climbs up, and disappears inside. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He wished they could have slept out of doors, as they had done the night before. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I stayed looking at the door for a few minutes, trying to figure out what the hell just happened. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Unless it’s crazy cold outside, our back door stays open with the screen shut to keep out the flies. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I asked Amaka where I could ease myself, although I knew that the toilet was the door opposite the bedroom. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And with that Cabot Searcy got up, walked through the door, and shut it behind him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I shove my shoulder into the second- floor door. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I made my way to where Denna waited by the outer door, and together we slipped out into the early evening twilight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

While I’m helping her clear the dishes after supper, Mrs. Caconi knocks on our door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the pyramid fell apart, and the rats scampered, fast and black, toward the door. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Exactly as they had done at the front door, the little man’s dark eyes flickered over their faces. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Just as we came through the door, I was praying, "Dear God, please let me make it! Please!" March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I waited to go in, but before she actually opened the door, she turned back toward me, gave me one last kiss, and said good night. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as the door was shut, Sula breathed through her mouth. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Matt heard a door slam and then he heard nothing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He muttered under his breath as he sorted through them, until he found the one that fit the door to the Kingslayer's cell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I see now what you mean by the door in the wall.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

A door had been propped open, and another member of the Dime Lions led Nina and the others inside. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ash shut the door and looked down at the letter, but the light was too dim to make out the details of the seal. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone broke in the window. You locked the door, Grandfather. It’s not your fault.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lines of women waited before each closed door, old, young, medium, some alone, some with friends, some with children, one with a tiny baby that rode in a pouch on her chest. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled open the train door and leapt onto the platform, which seemed to be sliding underneath them as the train gathered momentum. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

To the amazement of all, the stone door immediately swung up and away, revealing an open archway. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

So they all walked out to the truck together, Mother and Chrissie and Marly walking last and looking back at the shining door. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Odin screeched as he flapped his wings, and the mountain doors opened, and he rose into the skies. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But then I did hear a door slam. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then his face darkens and he pounds on the door again. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I grimace and resume walking down the hallway to the exit doors, putting as much space as possible between me and whatever scheme is going on in there. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

In seconds, he had heaved his trunk to the front door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And then I heard someone opening the door of the flat and there was a strange man’s voice outside, so I locked the bathroom door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles at me and slips out the door. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And then, Emily said, she had busted out of the closet to run to the girls’ bathroom, but the classroom door had been locked for the drill. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

All of his fury was saved for Pearl, and later that afternoon, when she tiptoed upstairs and rapped on his door, he was not in the mood to listen to her excuses. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as the door is shut, I drop to my knees and hug her hard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was standing by himself in front of some glass doors, his back to the room, smoking a cigarette. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I eased the door back shut, stood still, and waited for my eyes to get use to the dark. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

They did not have children, so it was not children slamming doors. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he opened the door, all almost fainted from the foul odor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

A pair of guardsmen opened the heavy red doors before him, unleashing a sudden blast of noise and light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Which was why the truck was parked by the Friedmans’ house that December morning, and why the men were knocking at their door. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I’m through the air lock and out the door in no time at all. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would have liked some time to consider his new dilemma, but in less than a minute he was standing outside the metal door to Mr. Curtain’s office. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I pressed my ear to the door and waited. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that was left were the thorny roots digging into the bottom of the door to the next compartment. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A week later my mom knocks on my door. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made his way to the front door and reached for the handle. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It was solid oak, with two heavy locks, and bolts top and bottom, though Will thought that no sensible burglar would try the front door anyway. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the door across the empty room opened, he stood up with a look of excitement. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

For all I knew, he was one of those in the black berets and Afros who’d come knocking on Cecile’s door last night. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad made us stop at the front door and get in a line, one behind the other, Momma first, then Byron, then me, then Joey. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the clatter of boots on the stair treads, then boots on the marble steps outside, and then the crash of the front door slamming. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried pushing the door open a little bit in case I had to make a quick escape but it was jammed tight. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Miraculously, she puts on her dress, her underwear, her socks and shoes, and we’re out the door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she went down the hallway to Moody’s room and rapped on the door. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mam goes to the door and says, Why are you emptying your bucket in our lavatory? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Like a drill team, three pairs of feet turn and march out the door. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake tried to bolt for the door and tripped over Cob’s fallen stool, sprawling to the floor in a tangle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I can unlock that door and slip out onto the street. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The walls of the huts were decorated with black, red and ocher designs, while the doors were carved with crosshatched decorations. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Alec was already on his feet and heading for the door before anyone else could even process the turn of events. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I hugged him at the door, and gave him a long look. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He skidded to a stop, realizing his driver’s-side door was open. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

By repeating code words and code names so often, the spies were opening the door to Elizebeth and her team. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He waited for her cry or scream and looked apprehensively at the closed door. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the front room and opened the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He stepped into the room and closed the door behind him, preparing to dodge the next blunt object hurled his way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“You heard the man,” Dad said, starting to close the door behind him. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the door and met the morning air. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The people who entered the ballroom were not searched at the door. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a roar he charged across the corridor and when he was close he left the castle floor with both feet and the door splintered. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ike was about to say something in response when the door flew open. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“You re the only g-good thing—” I jerked away and rushed out the door. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But just as Hugo began to turn the key, he heard his door rattle. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Far more annoying were the letters from parents of missing daughters and the private detectives who had begun showing up at his door. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She went out closing the door on the sad sound of the mandolin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let him open the doors with his own keys. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Each of them went into his or her own room, and each of them automatically, almost without conscious thought, locked the door.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

There was a green sign on the door that said, MS. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push open the door, slowly, and see Helena sitting in a chair, kicking her heels. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

This Hampden was a bombed-out expanse of water towers, rusted railroad tracks, sagging warehouses and factories with the doors boarded up and the windows broken out. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Our back door has a captive double-cylinder nickel-silver deadbolt, but my dad has complained that the door frame isn’t thick enough. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ray had stormed out and slammed the door. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It’s only when I hear the oven door closing shut and the beeps of my mom setting the timer on the stove that I release them. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I yelled goodbye from the door on my way out, but Mom didn’t even hear me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The door across the street opens, and Mikey Sanders steps outside with a shiny, black bag of garbage in his hand. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

But the trick was this: If you went through the wrong door, the room you entered had an electric floor, and you got a shock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And on my way to the door, I do what I need to do. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Even Darren knocked on my door, asking if I was okay, but he understood and left me alone. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I hold out the pool cue, and she takes the other end, pushing open the door and leading me across the dark cafeteria. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

With the car doors closed, we settled into a cozy cocoon of black leather and wood trim. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Doc held the door open and Mack made a little speech. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiara pointed wildly to the vending machine in the corner just as the elevator doors opened. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The door behind him was still covered in roots. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

One closed door away from the answers I’d dreamed of ever since I first read that last unfinished page. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I watch her until the door clicks shut, and see my reflection in one of the windows. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The minute there’s a sign of a rat or a mention of one Mam is out the door and up the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

My dad answers, but only opens the door partly. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Several men dressed in white and wearing little caps open car doors. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

With some hesitation, I opened the door and entered. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He chose an alehouse next door to one of the Commensal Public Kemmerhouses. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Except while most of the other kids crowd the hallways joking and laughing and comparing outfits, Elsie and I lock the door to our room and begin our investigation into the disappearance of VanQuish. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then I grab the leather journal and slip out the door, Boomer tip-tapping close behind me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

An Erudite girl by the door reaches out to grab the boy’s hand, straining, but he is too far behind. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Jon took a fistful of dried kernels from the sack by the door and scattered them on the floor, then claimed the chair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Because, right then, there was a knock at the door, and, on the other side of the door, a stranger with news. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to be in the back room in case Toby made a U-turn and showed up at the door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The front door slammed every second as the people swarmed into the house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It's heavy, made of iron, and when engaged, it holds the door properly shut. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Standing in the passage, he closed the door gently, and in the process shut off every glimmer of the moonlight, which was all coming from Gebu’s room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It started when Burnside showed up at our door with a gift. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

An odour of camphor and burnt vinegar warned me when I came near the fever room: and I passed its door quickly, fearful lest the nurse who sat up all night should hear me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Master found a broom and swept the study himself and left the pile of lizard droppings and dust just outside the door. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hear their bedroom door close, but the walls are thin. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But when she got to the door of Courtney’s room, she hung back. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The door on this side slides open with the same vvvvvttt. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Someone knocked at the door, and the lift-boy came in with a note in his hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Wrenching open the back door, Harry hurtled into their midst. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I let the front door slam, round the corner in the courtyard, and Mr. Krajewska is at the well. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A startled man looked out the office window and then rushed for the door, but the boys were too quick for him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lady screamed, and Pink and I bolted for the backstage door. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The door there was not locked, and when she opened it she saw a familiar stairway. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she came to the door between the kitchen and the big room, and said: “The syrup is waxing. Come and help yourselves.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits on the random folding chair that's set up behind the door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The screen door slammed, followed by a huge bucketful of silence. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

My eyes wandered again to the beautiful instrument on the platform by the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Grandma said, wiping her hands on her apron as she held the screen door open and peered into the backyard. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tad banged on Sam’s door again as he passed by. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He backed the hearse up until it was almost touching the double doors at the rear of the house. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

My mother says she’d be ashamed of her life to wait at the door like that. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The door opens, and he slips inside, closing it silently behind him. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And her palm brushes the inside of your wrist as she interlaces her fingers with yours to pull you to the door. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We scooted out the door before she could change her mind. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It means you can scarcely step foot out the door again till spring.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

‘Are you angry with me, Gandalf?’ he said, as their guide went out and closed the door. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The last of the kids went into the church and the doors closed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The porter got up to make his rounds I didn’t see him no more, but when the train lurched to a stop, I was already by the door. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, using the king’s secret door, Minli carefully left the garden and walls of the Inner City. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Lead the way, Barf-ew,” she replied, but she was smiling as she followed her brother out their front door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Some hang limp from laundry lines as thin and worn as thread; others are nailed clumsily to the doors of modest mud-brick homes not so unlike my own. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Placing his hands on the shag carpet, Ralph walked himself off the bed some, closer to the door. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned toward his parked car, opened the door, and got in behind the wheel. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Grandma insisted that we turn off all noise—the radio, the phonograph—so we could hear anyone coming to our front door. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sam gets up and opens the door to let her out. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The front door swung open with a crash. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the quilt pulled up around her she found herself looking with quick apprehension at the window, shining palely in the darkness, and then at the door. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of heading to the door, I angled toward the dark shape. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Seventh house on the right. In the basement. The door's unlocked." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I took her by the shoulders and pushed her against the wall inside the front door and told her to “Wait, just wait” while I ran to the kitchen. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A knock comes at the door, and on the Commandant's command, two legionnaires enter and salute. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

From Good Friday to Easter, my parents had kept us inside, with the curtains drawn and the door barred. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had never seen the man who answered the door but with a sick, dreamlike feeling I recognized him instantly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She lived one flight up and I walked her to her door. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just then someone knocked on the door, and I started to panic. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She tried to close the door once and one of the men, the tallest one, held the door open, not letting her. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She knew what she would see, and she went cold the moment the door swung open, and she was faced with the fragile silence inside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She opens the door, but instead of my aunt’s face, or any one of my cousins greeting me, it’s an older white man. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But when they opened the door, they were faced not with Scythe Faraday, but with a pair of officers. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The light coming through a crack in the door to the roof filtered through her hair to make a halo around her thin face. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fine-looking middle-aged Negro woman, dressed in a white uniform, stepped out onto the sidewalk a few doors away and stared at me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I approach the third-floor door, I tear the ID tag off my necklace and pause long enough to swipe it against the door's reader. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I open the door but look back at Lily. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The men went through the insertion door and found themselves in an empty storage room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto thought about the way the screen door had been stuck, then unstuck when they first arrived home. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I could likely have pulled the door closed before his sword point reached me, but I did not. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the ring of steel against steel as a far door clanged shut. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Had he been locked in one of those rooms behind the heavy doors? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Any fool can kill. It’s easy—as easy as throwing a book on the fire, breaking down a door, or frightening a child.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She heard somebody humming like they were feeling for pitch and looked towards the door. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Some children were running up and down the aisle, laughing and shouting, and a number of younger men lounged near the door, talking loudly and gesticulating with their hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Coraline got a chair and pushed it over to the kitchen door. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth wrapped Franz in a fluffy towel, then braced herself and knocked on the bathroom door three times. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“He got wasted,” Mom interjected, poking her head out the stage door. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light snores curl out from beneath her door as I let myself into Lucy’s room, careful to avoid any creaking floorboards, and begin to search through my mother’s piles. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He grumbles away above us before he climbs down to get his bicycle and bang his way out the door. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I pointed at the doors and said, “Are those locked?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

At the rear of the building, a door led into the cellar below. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I heard his key in the door while I was in the kitchen making a cup of tea for Lily. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Let’s give Mom one more minute,” Dad said, glancing at the front door. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, everything is cool,” I replied, still feeling dumb about the door, and anxious about what I was missing inside. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But when I pushed on the door, it swung open, and so we went on inside. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t say anything else the whole way up Main Street, and when Justin stops in front of my house to let me out, I say good-bye and close the car door quietly. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“The one by the back door,” Luke said. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I go to my room and slam the door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I threw my bag in the bed and wrenched the door open. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Nope. There’s an arrow by the front door. You could toss that at the monster.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Emily felt its squat presence now as she closed the front door on the search parties and turned to cross the hallway. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I did not want to turn the light on because Papa-Nnukwu would notice, so I stood by the door, against the wall. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Until I heard a knock on my door. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

If only her father would come through the kitchen door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tall glass doors with shattered panes stood open into the garden, torn damask curtains flapping like a loose tongue in the wind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I hear a car door slam shut behind me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Relief was the overwhelming feeling, but also combined with worry over how to get Otto out and fear at what waited for me on the other side of the door. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I jump up and follow him to the door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The door is answered, and Marv is there in jeans, nice shirt, boots. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Devi opened the door and smiled when she saw me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Hang on,” Frankie urged as he wedged a metal bar into the space between the frame and the door and pushed hard. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We made it as far as the door. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I heard the door slam I knew the decision had jelled. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d passed the green riot of the Emerald Palace, and right next door, in front of the Gold Strike, there’d been a boy selling little mechanical dogs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Nyame eyed her for a second, then shook his head and headed for the door to the rooftop gardens. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At length they pushed and the door yielded. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Soon after they had locked the door, I could see the Negro's face, a molasses-colored moon, risen at the window grating, but I pretended not to notice. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Koffi followed the sound until she reached a door slightly ajar. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The door squeaked open and Moss thought he was going to throw up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Mom?” she asked, cracking the door open just a smidge. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he had five birds in one hand, I held open the door to the chicken crate and he stuffed them in. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He paused with his hand on the door handle, having noticed that Mr. Curtain wasn’t in the car. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Madame DuPont walks to the door and asks who it is, carefully lifting a free corner of the paper taped over the slim window. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I slung the backpack over my shoulder and carried the package upstairs, closing my bedroom door behind me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I need to get to the front door. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Though the gates were locked tight, through the moon door it came—a kingly white horse. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no way you could have missed the fact that his passenger door window isn’t there anymore.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Momma agreed that I might as well close, and I went out on the porch, closed the shutters, slipped the wooden bar over the door and turned off the light. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus she managed to pry the lock loose from the frame and open the door. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t even close the door. How’d you know the girl?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

With both children now buttoned into their jackets, Kira headed to the door with Annabelle in her arms and Matthew by one hand. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Telling him to kick through the front doors and drive his El Camino straight to Lily’s house. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

With that, the door gave way with a sigh and a groan. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the garden was covered with snow, and Julian, apparently, was not at home; at least he didn’t answer the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She shivered as a harried-looking white man boarded the trolley right through the closed door, his suit torn and bloody, his hat missing entirely. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She pushed the door open, and the bathroom was crammed with hundreds of boxes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“That is what we want—doors that are open to us.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Charles went to the door and closed it. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

With a desperate lash of its tail the rodent bolted between Mrs. Clarke’s legs, through the doors of the ballroom, and disappeared into the vast house beyond. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Then turning toward the door, blinded by water and light, Ben spit back, “Yeah, Dad, and this little girl just whipped you good.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door swung open and a grinning face poked out. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A small student wearing a freshman's cap stuck his head in the door, shouting, "Dr. Bledsoe said he wants to see you down at Rabb Hall." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went to the front door, laid her hand on the handle. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was in the middle of the letter when I heard the pounding at the door that would cut off my inspiration forever. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nudge at the hidden door Bree uses to enter my room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then I put a towel over Bertha’s sewing machine and hung my backpack on the hook on the closet door. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Then at a great distance, as if it came out of memories of the Shire, some sunlit early morning, when the day called and doors were opening, he heard Sam’s voice speaking. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for the right moment—for when would a better moment come?—she scrabbled at the door latch. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A door had been opened in the ground. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flames eat away at the roof, and smoke billows from the windows of the barbershop next door. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

One evening, without warning, two members of the Gestapo—the German secret police—burst through the front door of our apartment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Some front walkways go straight to the door, and others meander in a curvy path. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We were the first colored family on this block, and for the first few weeks we were very aware of our “coloredness” every time we stepped out the front door. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Bianca was standing near the door of the roof and she touched me on the arm as I went by her. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But this is supposed to be a “family gathering,” hosted by our neighbors next door. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She stalked away and smacked the back exit doors open. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I mean, what if the guy opens his front door at the very moment I’m standing on his doormat fiddling with a gum wrapper? Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We went up to the top floor to where we thought J.T. lived and saw there was a padlock on the door. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and promise the door that I will not talk or hum or make weird mouth noises and I turn the knob. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This doctor was of a race which for nearly four hundred years had beaten and starved and robbed and despised Kino’s race, and frightened it too, so that the indigene came humbly to the door. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam Pomfrey pursed her lips and strode away into her office at the end of the ward, slamming the door behind her. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later we head for the door. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I told the barman I did not want anything to drink and went out through the side door. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Hassler was a fine butcher for bones but a bad butcher for chopped meat because he ground it behind closed doors and God knows what you got. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he was aware of what he was doing, he ran to the door and clutched the cold steel bars in his hands. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

You’ll see passing your door here the buckets of eleven families and I can tell you it gets very powerful here in the warm weather, very powerful altogether. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Luke ran to catch up with her, opening the passenger door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Around one o’clock the door opens and, with a burst of color and noise and raindrops, the boys tumble in and throw their slippery arms around me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The elevator doors slide open, and Barb, as if she’s heard my thoughts, emerges carrying an armful of my art supplies. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Moments later Dad appeared at the bedroom door. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Both stared through the open outer door at the red planet below. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they pull a cigarette out of their respective packs, they walk single file through a red door, passing Nurse Monica, whose job is to light everybody up. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He used a key and unlocked the door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She would close her bedroom door and put her head under the blankets, and there she would remain for hours at a time, trembling, praying, and calling for her mother with the power of thought. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was about to try again when he ran around the counter and took her by the hand to the door. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Next to the elevator is the blinking blue light over the metal door Ben showed us on the first day. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When we’re halfway back over the bridge toward the door, the father says, “Want to toss in a penny?” and sticks a penny in my hand. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then she saw that off one side of the chamber there was a stairway leading down, and beside it a small door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The back doors of the hearse were opened and the coffin slid out. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I decided to read it to a young woman who lived next door. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rush out to meet her, pulling the door shut behind me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

To get hold of us, Mom rings a huge bell that Dad found in the abandoned shipyard next door. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” Myron said, “he wasn’t. He was knocking on a door.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t mention the angry, icy interlude outside Delaney’s door earlier in the evening. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He pushed the plastic scavenge door aside so that he could see down the beach. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the trolley stopped, Ophie sprinted to the door, running down the trolley steps and hopping the curb to sprint toward Aunt Rose’s house. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Monday morning, I knock on my mom’s bedroom door. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I should jolly well hope so! Been at this door for thirty years.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Urzen stood outside his door, a sinewy man with a round shield slung over his back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then I took out my door key and opened our door, quiet as hell. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

A single blue current of electricity snakes up the door closest to me before fizzling out. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He unlocks the door and holds it open for me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Our apartment door was unlocked when I got home from school that Friday, which was strange. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

With both yellow-gloved hands on the door handle, she ripped the sliding door back with a sound loud enough to shake the birds from the nearby roofs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mack got up almost happily and crossed quickly to the door. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put on his cap and we went to South’s pub and he told me at the door I could go home now, that he’d be home after one pint. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We rushed to the escalator that led down to the track, and ran down it right as the train doors opened. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Henry said that he and his brother “would be pleased” to drop me off right at my door. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, please, Mr. Kimberley,” begged Kit, as the children, one by one, slipped through the door and escaped. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Best Friend doesn’t even look up from her phone when I open the door. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The classroom door opened and Kelly bounded in. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then, he'd come knocking on her door this morning, asking if he could have the pieces of foam core she had leaning against her bedroom wall. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She slid open the glass door and we walked out gingerly onto the slick deck and down steps to the slatestone path leading to the garage. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus doors flap shut, and we start to rumble forward. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Much later, when I heard no more footsteps, I stepped from my cubicle and walked toward the door that led into the main waiting room. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A door slammed overhead as Madam flew out of her chamber. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d no more than slipped him the gun from my belt when a cop I’d seen about came in the other door. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know where the family next door has gone? The Hertzoons?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As I was going down the sidewalk, I heard the door open. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have closed the door to the apartment and talked him out of his fright in the hall. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The father opened the car door and strode over gravel and patchy weeds to the edge of a wood. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

By sundown, we lifted the last of them onto the door to the roof. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, as at a discreet signal, the back door swung open and Desdemona received her second shock. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Pippin sat miserably by the door in the pitch dark; but he kept on turning round, fearing that some unknown thing would crawl up out of the well. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When it looked like everyone who was going to get a seat had one, there was a commotion outside the courtroom door. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They stop walking in a short hallway with a series of metal doors on each side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He believes it was the next day when guards opened the door, blindfolded him, and led him to a second interrogation room, where two new officers were waiting. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The door was ajar, and taped to it was a disquieting note. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They laughed then at the suitableness of the unintended pun, and it was in the sound of this laughter that Guitar picked up his brown leather jacket and started out the door. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood at the screen door and knocked, looking down at Josiah’s note. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I put the final touches on the East-West blockade, Cade thumped his way through the door bracing a heavy, sloshing cooler against his knees, and said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She dumped the water firmly into the sink, turned, marched back to her room, shut the door tight, went back to bed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

An excuse leaped to my throat, but he cut me off with a knowing look, and slammed the door behind him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lefty had rented a limousine for the day, and opened the door for his wife and cousin. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon a new prisoner was brought through the bus-station doors. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, all eyes turn to the back door. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wishes: Let him rip off his white shirt, push back the two halves of his chest like Superman prying open a door and let the first woman out. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He walked to the door, but didn’t open it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She opened the outer door and crept out and moved back among the weeds. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Very quietly, he backed out of the closet and shut the door. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I get up from the table and gently knock on Matant Jo’s bedroom door three times before I say her name the way she wants me to say it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He opened the door again and then turned to holler back at the kitchen. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dewey fitted a key into the front door of the Clutter house. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard feet hit the ground as she was made to stand from the bed and marched out the door. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She leaves, and I hear her walk down the hallway to her room and close the door, and I wonder if she will even notice the down-turned picture or her out-of-place shoes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Now a door was being opened quietly in the passage above; the hinges creaked. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Truman’s cast and crew have been given two hours to set up in an unfamiliar theater, after which the doors will open again and nearly a thousand people will pour in. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I stop in front of the doors and make a disgruntled sound in my throat. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall pushed the door open and he and Ron entered. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Helena runs from room to room, slamming the doors, climbing the ladder, turning circles with her arms outstretched in the kitchen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He went back towards the door, and lay down on his side, trying to see out. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“A fourth door, and a fifth, on and on until you reach a thirteenth, a little locked door no bigger than a shoe.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When the door quietly opens, his eyes widen in alarm, then become confused. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He shoves the credit card between the door and the frame, just above the knob. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The kids could only bury it in the sandy earth beyond the book cabin door and try to remember the story. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The only light in the cobhouse came from the open door. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed open the door, holding his wand high to cast light as widely as possible. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon somebody opened the front door and cracked the screen. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The metal door swung open, and Leo settled to the floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I threw open the back door to see it more clearly, but Momma said, “Sister, come away from that door and put your robe on.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last he was alone and the door was shut. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses at the doors to a series of whitewashed rooms with nothing but ladders in them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the Boston-New York train arrives at smaller stations along the route, the conductor announces, “All doors will not open.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Pieces of my mind were still asleep, and my painful memories had been gathering dust behind the door of forgetfulness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

An English Tudor right next door, then a large Old Mission style estate, next a sprawling Craftsman, and last, the white house that Mr. Bender paired with the word careful. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the front door, but there was no answer, so I let myself in and pounded upstairs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Other Germans were securing the hasps on the car doors with wire and spikes and other trackside trash. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They open the door of the pickup truck and dive into the backseat. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“None of us locked that door after we came back from the alternate world, did we?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

So I kissed her and got up from the bed, walked to the door, looked through the peephole, and instantly recognized who it was. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Morrison opened the door and stuck his head out. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was silence; I stood awkwardly, then moved to the door. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she was already out of her seat and heading for the door, without a word to me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

At the back of the store, behind a wall of see-through doors, are the refrigerated drinks. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I sort of enjoyed the project—the whiz of slicing plastic, the scream of duct tape coming off the roll, the big speckled rectangles I fit snugly over the door and window. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When they came to the front door, his dad pulled out his key chain, the one Gregor had made him, from his pocket. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I started it, Mr. Dacus,” a voice called from outside the door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung open his door with a creak and jumped to the pavement, joining the rest of their family on the sidewalk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She hurried back, fearful of her geraniums, and opened the door—at which he was already scratching—half expecting him to run. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s half in, half out the little door when I go to my knees. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even if he was, by some chance, out in the garden a few doors down, he wouldn’t hear me, it’s too far away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the front door opens, I find the female version of Mitch wearing a light yellow T-shirt with kittens rolling in yarn. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The word horologist had been painted on the door of Father’s shop. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She wanted to show this boy another meaning for the word bang, and it involved his head against a steel door. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As I stand near the door, waiting for my parents to pick me up, Erin hugs me and says she’s going to miss me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I jumped out the automatic doors, nearly smacking into the glass when they opened too slowly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Newt caught Thomas’s gaze and gestured for the door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I doubt it will make much difference,” said Professor McGonagall coldly, “unless a mad axe-man is waiting outside the doors to slaughter the first into the entrance hall.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He knocks loudly on the door, and it swings open from the force of his hand. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was standing by the front door, dressed in white, hands tucked under his armpits, breath puffing from his mouth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the door and put his hand on the knob and then turned back to face me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The Saturday night party had already started, in Putnam House next door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon nipped her breast through the thin cotton, but she got in at once, clutching the rucksack, and the man leaned across her and pulled the door shut. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the doors in the hallways were shut. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I ducked through the nearest door, my heart pounding. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I walked, I built it back up with prayer, hung the door on its creaky hinges, nailed the floorboards down, fitted the transoms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to ask her more, but then the door opens, and Matthew stands in the hallway, chewing on an apple core. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t tell them about seeing Mrs. Singer staring at me from behind the door when I left for school, either. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Again he dreamed, but this time in the dream the shadow was inside his house, beside the door, reaching out to him through the darkness and whispering words he did not understand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Some other time,” the girl said, and moved back toward her apartment door. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“No respect for private property whatsoever,” cried Mr. Benz, who lived next door. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Pop pulls Ray back into the room and slams the door. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then I see him, standing in front of the Hancock building: Marcus, near the front doors, checking his watch. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They were still ten feet away from the forest, in plain view of Hagrid’s back door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“The train starts again. You smoke your pipe. You discuss the state of Europe—of the world. It is late now. Most people have retired for the night. Does anyone pass the door—think?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go along past the flower beds, the willow tree, aiming for the back door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And although every building and every door he had seen so far had been labeled, this staircase was blank. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was a knock at our bedroom door. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed the door open just a crack to see who it was. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I sit on the floor near the door, my back against the heating vent. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

When I finally let him go, he runs at the door. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

So he dawdled until he came to the picket fence, and every day Mrs. Cobb was standing at the door waiting for him, scowling and sour. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He opened the door and went through to the hot side. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a man standing in the open doors of the train, his hands on his hips and his face stern. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They passed several doors, but each was locked when Alec tried them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z