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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 | 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

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 Bread Crumbs
Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

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

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 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

Stolen Tongues
Felix Blackwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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

Stone of Tears
Terry Goodkind

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Stoner and Spaz
Ronald Koertge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Stones
Timothy Findley

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1981

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
Jean Fritz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Stonewall's Gold
Robert J. Mrazek

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Stonewords: A Ghost Story
Pam Conrad

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Stop Overthinking: 23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present
Nick Trenton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Stop-Time
Frank Conroy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1967

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder
Paul T. Mason, Randi Kreger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Stop Walking On Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder
Paul T. Mason, Randi Kreger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Rob Lowe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Storm
Brigid Kemmerer

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Storm and Fury
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Storm and Silence
Robert Thier

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Stormbreaker
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

Storm (California Legacy)
George R. Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

Storm Catchers
Tim Bowler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, #11)
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)
Jay Kristoff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Storm Front
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Storm Glass
Maria V. Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Storming Heaven
Denise Giardina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Storm of Steel
Ernst Junger

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1920

Storm of the Century
Stephen King

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1999

Storm Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Storm Runners
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Storm Siren (Storm Siren, #1)
Mary Weber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
James Hansen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Storm Warning
Linda Sue Park

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Storm Watch
C.J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Storybound (Storybound, #1)
Marissa Burt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Story of a Girl
Sara Zarr

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World
Jan Karski

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1944

Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Thérèse of Lisieux

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1898