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Startide Rising
David Brin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Starting Out in the Evening
Brian Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

State of the Union
Nelson Lichtenstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Staying Dry
K. Lynette Pearce, Kathryn L. Burgio, Angelo J. Lucco

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Stephen King
Rocky Wood

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2011

Sticks and Bones
David Rabe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1972

Sticks and Stones
Lynn Hall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

Still Life with Tornado
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Still Waters
Sara Warner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Stitches
David Small

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2009

Stolen Children
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Stolen Into Slavery
Dennis B. Fradin, Judith Fradin

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Stone Cold
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Stoner and Spaz
Ronald Koertge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Stones for Ibarra
Harriet Doerr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Stones From the River
Ursula Hegi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Stones into Schools
Greg Mortenson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Stones in Water
Donna Jo Napoli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Stonewall's Gold
Robert J. Mrazek

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Storm Catchers
Tim Bowler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Stowaway
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Strange Interlude
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

Strange Meeting
Susan Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Strange Pilgrims
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

Stranger in the Woods
Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2000

Strangers Drowning
Larissa Macfarquhar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Stranger With My Face
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

Strawberry Fields
Marina Lewycka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Streams to the River, River to the Sea
Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

StrengthsFinder 2.0
Tom Rath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Stride Toward Freedom
Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1958

Strong Horse Tea
Alice Walker

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

Stubborn Twig
Lauren Kessler

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1993

Study for the World's Body
David St. John

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1994

Stuffed and Starved
Raj Patel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Stuff Matters
Mark Miodownik

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Stumbling on Happiness
Daniel Todd Gilbert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Suburban Warriors
Lisa Mcgirr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Such A Pretty Girl
Laura Wiess

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Sudden Death
Álvaro Enrigue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door
Etgar Keret

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2010

Sugar
Seressia Glass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Summerlost
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Summer of the Gypsy Moths
Sara Pennypacker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Ray Lawler

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955

Sunday Jews
Hortense Calisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Sunset Song
Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Stephen Leacock

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1912

Sure Thing
David Ives

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Surfacing
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Survival In Auschwitz
Primo Levi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1947

Surviving Hitler
Andrea Warren

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Survivor
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Survivor in Death
J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Sway
Jennifer Gibson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Swear to Howdy
Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Sweet Bird of Youth
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

Sweetland
Michael Crummey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Sweetness in the Belly
Camilla Gibb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Sweet Thursday
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Virginia Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Swimming to Antarctica
Lynne Cox

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Swim That Rock
John Rocco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Swim the Fly
Don Calame

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Swiss Sonata
Gwethalyn Graham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Sworn Virgin
Elvira Dones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Symphony for the City of the Dead
M. T. Anderson

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2015

The Sacred Balance
David Suzuki

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
Stephanie Oakes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea
Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1963

The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sandman and the War of Dreams
William Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Scar Boys
Len Vlahos

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Schooldays of Jesus
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The School of Essential Ingredients
Erica Bauermeister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Scorpion Rules
Erin Bow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Scorpio Races
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Sculptor
Scott McCloud

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Sea Captain's Wife
Beth Powning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Seafarer
Conor McPherson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sea Inside
Philip Hoare

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Sea of Trolls
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Seat of the Soul
Gary Zukav

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The Second Coming
John Niven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Second Machine Age
Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew Mcafee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
Ann Brashares

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Secret
Rhonda Byrne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Sue Townsend

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Secret Goldfish
David Means

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

The Secret Hum of a Daisy
Tracy Holczer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Secret Life of Words
Henry Hitchings

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
Lola Shoneyin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Secret of Gumbo Grove
Eleanora E. Tate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Secret Place
Tana French

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Secret River
Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Secret Sharer
Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1910

The Secret Side of Empty
Maria E. Andreu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Secret Story Of Sonia Rodriguez
Alan Sitomer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Seeing Stone
Kevin Crossley-Holland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Senator and the Sharecropper
Chris Myers Asch

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

The Sentinel
Mark Oldfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Serpent and the Rope
Raja Rao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Seven Daughters of Eve
Bryan Sykes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Seventh Wish
Kate Messner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Sex Lives of Cannibals
J. Maarten Troost

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Shadow Dancer
Margaret Coel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Shadow of the Crescent Moon
Fatima Bhutto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Sherlockian
Graham Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Shield of Achilles
Philip Bobbitt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Shining Company
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Shipping News
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Shock of the Fall
Nathan Filer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2010

The Siege of Krishnapur
J.G. Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Signifying Monkey
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Silence of Murder
Dandi Daley Mackall

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Silence of the Girls
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Silver Kiss
Annette Curtis Klause

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Silver Pigs
Lindsey Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Silver Star
Jeannette Walls

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Silver Swan
Elena Delbanco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Simple Art Of Murder
Raymond Chandler

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1950

The Sisters Rosensweig
Wendy Wasserstein

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1992

The Sky Fisherman
Craig Lesley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sky is Everywhere
Jandy Nelson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Slave
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Slave Dancer
Paula Fox

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

The Sledding Hill
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Slippery Slope
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

The Snowman
Raymond Briggs

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1978

The Snow Queen
Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1936

The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources Of Love, Character, And Achievement
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Solace of Open Spaces
Gretel Ehrlich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giordano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Song Is You
Arthur Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Songlines
Bruce Chatwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Sound of the Mountain
Yasunari Kawabata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Sound of Things Falling
Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Sound of Waves
Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
Mary Rowlandson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1682

The Soviet Ambassador
Christopher Shulgan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Space Between Us
Zoya Pirzad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Special
David Stavanger

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 2014

The Spectacular Now
Tim Tharp

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Sport of Kings
C.E. Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Sport of the Gods
Paul Laurence Dunbar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

The Sportswriter
Richard Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Square
Marguerite Duras

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Squire's Tale
Gerald Morris

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Star
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1955

The Stars are Fire
Anita Shreve

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Star Side of Bird Hill
Naomi Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Stars My Destination
Alfred Bester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

The Stolen Child
Keith Donohue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Stone Angel
Margaret Laurence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Stone Boy
Gina Berriault

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1957

The Stone Carvers
Jane Urquhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Stone Child
Dan Poblocki

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Stones of Florence
Mary Mccarthy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

The Stone Virgins
Yvonne Vera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Stories We Tell
Patti Callahan Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Storm
Kate Chopin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1898

The Story of B
Daniel Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Story Of Beautiful Girl
Rachel Simon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Story of Lucy Gault
William Trevor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Story of My Teeth
Valeria Luiselli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim
E. K. Johnston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Story of the Jews
Simon Schama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Story of the Treasure Seekers
E. Nesbit

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1899

The Story of Tom Brennan
J.C. Burke

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Leslye Walton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Strange Career of William Ellis
Karl Jacoby

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2006

The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

The Stranger's Child
Alan Hollinghurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Street of Crocodiles
Bruno Schulz

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1934

The Street Sweeper
Elliot Perlman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Styx
Jonathon King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Subterraneans
Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Summer Before the War
Helen Simonson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Summer of 1787
David O. Stewart

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

The Summer Prince
Alaya Dawn Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Supernaturalist
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Surrender Tree
Margarita Engle

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Surrounded
D'Arcy Mcnickle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

The Swamp Dwellers
Wole Soyinka

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1958

The Swan Thieves
Elizabeth Kostova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Sword In The Stone
T. H. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1938

The Sword of Truth
Terry Goodkind

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994