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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
Brad Thor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

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

Statesman
Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | BCE

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
Catherine Ryan Hyde

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
Ian Buruma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

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
Donna Haraway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Stay Out of the Basement
R.L. Stine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered
Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | 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

Stef Soto, Taco Queen
Jennifer Torres

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Stella
McCall Hoyle

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Stella by Starlight
Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Stella Díaz Has Something to Say
Angela Dominguez

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Stella Maris
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Stellarlune
Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
Salman Rushdie

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Stepbrother Dearest
Penelope Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Stephen King
Rocky Wood

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2011

Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences
Bev Vincent

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Step on a Crack
Michael Ledwidge, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1927

Stepping Heavenward
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1880

Stepping on the Cracks
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

Stepsister
Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology
Gregory Bateson

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1972

Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography
Karen Blumenthal

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

St. Francis of Assisi
G.K. Chesterton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1923

Sticks and Bones
David Rabe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1972

Sticks and Stones
Lynn Hall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Stig of the Dump
Clive King

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1963

Stiletto
Daniel O'Malley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Still Born
Guadalupe Nettel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys
Billy Crystal

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Stillhouse Lake
Rachel Caine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Still Life
Sarah Winman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Still Life With Bones
Alexa Hagerty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Still Life With Crows
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Still Life with Tornado
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Still Life with Woodpecker
Tom Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Still Me
Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Still Missing
Chevy Stevens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Stillness Is the Key
Ryan Holiday

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Still Star-Crossed
Melinda Taub

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Still Waters
Viveca Sten

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Sting
Sandra Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Stinger
Mia Sheridan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Sting (Loot, #2)
Jude Watson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid
Megan McDonald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Stir It Up
Rinku Sen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Stitches
David Small

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2009

Stokely: A Life
Peniel E. Joseph

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Stolen
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Stolen Children
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again
Johann Hari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Stolen in Death
J. D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Stolen Innocence
Lisa Pulitzer, Elissa Wall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Stolen Into Slavery
Dennis B. Fradin, Judith Fradin

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
Malika Oufkir, Michèle Fitoussi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

Stolen Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Stolen Songbird
Danielle L. Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Stone Blind
Natalie Haynes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Stone Butch Blues
Leslie Feinberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Stone Cold
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Stone Cold Touch
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Stonefather (Mither Mages, #0.5)
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 2008

Stone Fox
John Reynolds Gardiner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Stoneheart (Stoneheart Trilogy, #1)
Charlie Fletcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Stone in a Landslide
Maria Barbal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Stone Maidens
Lloyd Devereux Richards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Stone of Farewell
Tad Williams

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1990