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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

Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic
Bunnie Xo

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

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

Strongheart
Jim Fergus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

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

Such Big Dreams
Reema Patel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Such Kindness
Andre Dubus III

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Such Quiet Girls
Noelle W. Ihli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Such Sharp Teeth
Rachel Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Sucker Punch (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #27)
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Sudden Death
Álvaro Enrigue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door
Etgar Keret

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2010

Suddenly, Last Summer
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1958

Suddenly You
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Sudden Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Sufferance
Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Suffer the Children
John Saul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Suffer the Little Children (Commissario Brunetti, #16)
Donna Leon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Sufficiently Advanced Magic
Andrew Rowe

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2017

Suffrage Songs and Verses
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1893

Sugar
Seressia Glass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Sugar: A Bittersweet History
Elizabeth Abbott

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Sugar Changed the World
Marc Aronson, Marina Budhos

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2010

Sugar Daddies
Jade West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Sugar Daddy
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Sugar Daddy (Travises, #1)
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1)
Bernice L. McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Suicide: A Study in Sociology

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1897

Suicide Forest (World's Scariest Places #1)
Jeremy Bates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Suicide Notes
Michael Thomas Ford

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
Jonah Goldberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Suite Francaise
Irene Nemirovsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Sula
Toni Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Sullivan's Island
Dorothea Benton Frank

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Summa Contra Gentiles: Book One: God
Thomas Aquinas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1259

Summa Contra Gentiles: Volumes 1-4 in Five Books
Thomas Aquinas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1264

Summa Theologica
Thomas Aquinas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1274

Summer
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1917

Summer and Smoke
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1948

Summer Ball
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Summer Crossing
Truman Capote

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion
Edward J. Larson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
Sue Halpern

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Summer House with Swimming Pool
Herman Koch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Summer Island: A Novel
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Summer Knight
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Summerland
Michael Chabon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Summerlost
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Summer Morning, Summer Night

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2008

Summer of '42
Herman Raucher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Summer of Fear
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1976

Summer of My German Soldier
Bette Greene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

Summer of Riley
Eva Bunting

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Summer of the Gypsy Moths
Sara Pennypacker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Summer of the Mariposas
Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Summer of the Monkeys
Wilson Rawls

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

Summer of the Sea Serpent (Merlin Missions, #3)
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Ray Lawler

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955