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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
Antony Beevor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Stalin's Children
Owen Matthews

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Stalking Darkness (Nightrunner, #2)
Lynn Flewelling

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Stalking Jack the Ripper
Kerri Maniscalco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Stalky & Co

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1897

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Ibram X. Kendi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Standard Deviation

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Stand By Me
Sheila O'Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Standing Female Nude
Carol Ann Duffy

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2001

Standing in Another Man's Grave (Inspector Rebus, #18)
Ian Rankin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Standing in the Rainbow (Elmwood Springs, #2)
Fannie Flagg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Stand on Zanzibar
John Brunner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Stand Tall
Joan Bauer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Stand Up That Mountain
Jay Erskine Leutze

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Stand Up, Yumi Chung!
Jessica Kim

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God
Kelly Brown Douglas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time (The Millicent Min Trilogy #2)
Lisa Yee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
Ibi Zoboi

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2022

Starclimber
Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Starcrossed
Josephine Angelini

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Star-Crossed
Barbara Dee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Stardust
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Starfarers (Starfarers #1)
Vonda N. McIntyre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Starfish
Lisa Fipps

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Star Food
Ethan Canin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1997

Star Force: Origin Series 1-4
Aer-ki Jyr

Fiction | Novel | YA

Stargazer
Claudia Gray

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Stargazing
Jen Wang

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

Staring at the Sun
Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
Irvin D. Yalom

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Star in the Storm
Joan Hiatt Harlow

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

Star Island
Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Starless Night
R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Starlight
Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Starling House
Alix E. Harrow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Star Maker
Olaf Stapledon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Star of Light
Patricia St. John

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1953

Star of the Sea
Joseph O'Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Starplex
Robert J. Sawyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Starry Eyes
Jenn Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
Neil Degrasse Tyson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Starry River of the Sky
Grace Lin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Starship Troopers
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Starsight
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Stars in an Italian Sky
Jill Santopolo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Stars of Fortune
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Start a War
Elle Thorpe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Started Early, Took my Dog
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Starter for Ten
David Nicholls

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Starters
Lissa Price

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Starter Villain
John Scalzi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Startide Rising
David Brin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Starting Out in the Evening
Brian Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Star Trek: First Contact (Star Trek: The Next Generation Movie Novelization #2)
J.M. Dillard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Start Something That Matters

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
Dan Senor, Saul Singer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Start With Why
Simon Sinek

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Starve Acre
Andrew Michael Hurley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (Star Wars Novelizations, #2)
R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Star Wars: Cloak of Deception
James Luceno

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Matthew Woodring Stover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Star Wars Novelizations, #7)
Alan Dean Foster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (Star Wars Novelizations, #1)
Terry Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Stasiland
Anna Funder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

State of Fear
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

State of Terror
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

State of the Union
Nelson Lichtenstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

State of the Union: A Marriage in Ten Parts
Nick Hornby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

State of Wonder
Ann Patchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Stations of the Tide
Michael Swanwick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Status Anxiety
Alain de Botton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Stay
Bobbie Pyron

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Stay Awake
Megan Goldin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Stay Close
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Stay Hidden (Mike Bowditch, #9)
Paul Doiron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene (Experimental Futures)
Donna J. Haraway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Stay Out of the Basement
R.L. Stine

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1992

Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Stay Sweet
Siobhan Vivian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2022

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave
John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Stay with Me
Jennifer L. Armentrout, J. Lynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Stay With Me
Ayobami Adebayo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Stealing
Margaret Verble

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Stealing Buddha's Dinner
Bich Minh Nguyen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Stealing Parker
Miranda Kenneally

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Stealing Thunder (Stealing Thunder, #1)
Alina Boyden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Austin Kleon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Steal (Seaside Pictures, #3)
Rachel Van Dyken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Steal the Show: From Speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing Pitches, How to Guarantee a Standing Ovation for All the Performances in Your Life
Michael Port

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Steelheart
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Steel Magnolias
Robert Harling

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1988

Steel Princess
Rina Kent

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
Ursula K. Le Guin

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1998