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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 Letting Everything Affect You: How to break free from overthinking, emotional chaos, and self-sabotage
Daniel Chidiac

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Stop Overthinking
Nick Trenton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

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

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 Breaker
Nisha J. Tuli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

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

Story of Civilization
Will Durant, Ariel Durant

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1975

Story of O
Pauline Réage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Story of the Eye
Joachim Neugroschel, Georges Bataille

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

Story of the Negro
Arna Bontemps

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1948

Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Robert McKee

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Story Thieves (Story Thieves, #1)
James Riley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Story Time
Edward Bloor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
Matthew Dicks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Stowaway
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Straight Talking
Jane Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Strait is the Gate
André Gide

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1909

Stranded
Jeff Probst, Chris Tebbetts

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Strange Angels
Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Strange as this Weather Has Been
Ann Pancake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Strange Buildings
Uketsu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Strange fits of passion have I known
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult

Strange Flowers
Donal Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Strange Fruit
Lillian E. Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1944

Strange Houses
Uketsu, Transl. Jim Rion

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Strange Interlude
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

Strange Meeting
Susan Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Strange Pictures
Uketsu, Transl. Jim Rion

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Strange Pilgrims
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World
Amy Stanley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

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

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

Stranger on a Train

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Strangers
Taichi Yamada, Transl. Wayne P. Lammers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Strangers Drowning
Larissa Macfarquhar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Strangers from a Different Shore
Ronald Takaki

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Strangers in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Arlie Russell Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Strangers in the Mist: Tales of War and Peace from India's Northeast. Revised Edition
Sanjoy Hazarika

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Strangers in the Villa
Robyn Harding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Strangers On A Train
Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

Strangers to Ourselves
Julia Kristeva

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Rachel Aviv

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Stranger With My Face
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

Strange Sally Diamond
Liz Nugent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1740

Strange the Dreamer
Laini Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Strange Weather: Four Short Stories
Joe Hill

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Strange Weather in Tokyo
Hiromi Kawakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Strategies of Fantasy
Brian Attebery

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Strawberry Fields
Marina Lewycka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Strawberry Girl
Lois Lenski

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1945

Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Stray
Cynthia Rylant

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Streams of Silver
R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

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

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum
William Foote Whyte

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1943

Street Haunting
Virginia Woolf

Nonfiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1930

Street Love
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Street Magic
Tamora Pierce

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2001

Streets of Laredo (Lonesome Dove, #2)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Strength in What Remains
Tracy Kidder

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

StrengthsFinder 2.0
Tom Rath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Strenuous Life
Theodore Roosevelt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1899