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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

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 Man
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

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 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 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 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
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

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 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, Allison Markin Powell

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

Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow by Tom Rath, Barry Conchie Paperback
Tom Rath, Barry Conchie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

StrengthsFinder 2.0
Tom Rath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Strenuous Life
Theodore Roosevelt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1899

Stride Toward Freedom
Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1958

Striped Ice Cream
Joan M. Lexau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Strip Jack (Inspector Rebus, #4)
Ian Rankin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Stronger
Jeff Bauman, Bret Witter

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know
Meg Meeker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Strong Horse Tea
Alice Walker

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

Strong Medicine
Arthur Hailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Strong Motion
Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Strong Poison
Dorothy L. Sayers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Structural Anthropology
Claude Lévi-Strauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1958

Stuart: A Life Backwards
Alexander Masters

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

Stuart Little
E. B. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1945

Stubborn Twig
Lauren Kessler

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1993

Stubby the War Dog: The True Story of World War I's Bravest Dog
Ann Bausum

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Stuck In Neutral
Terry Trueman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

Stuck Rubber Baby
Howard Cruse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Stuck-Up Suit
Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Studies in Classic American Literature
D.H. Lawrence

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1923

Study for Obedience
Sarah Bernstein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

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

Stuffed: An Insider's Look at Who's (Really) Making America Fat
Hank Cardello, Doug Garr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Stuff Matters
Mark Miodownik

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Stumbling on Happiness
Daniel Todd Gilbert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Stung
Bethany Wiggins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Stupid Fast
Geoff Herbach

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Styxx
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Subculture: The Meaning of Style
Dick Hebdige

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Submerged (Alaskan Courage, #1)
Dani Pettrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Subterranean
James Rollins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less
Leidy Klotz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
Andrés Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Suburban Warriors
Lisa Mcgirr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
Daniel J. Levitin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Succubus Blues
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Succubus Dreams
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Succubus Heat
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Succubus on Top
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Succubus Revealed
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Succubus Shadows
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Such a Long Journey
Rohinton Mistry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer
Jen Lancaster

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Such A Pretty Girl
Laura Wiess

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Such a Quiet Place
Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021