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Suite Francaise
Irene Nemirovsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Sula
Toni Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Sulfur Springs
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Ray Lawler

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955

Summer Rental
Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Summers at the Saint
Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Summer (Seasonal Quartet, #4)
Ali Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Summer Sisters
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Summer's Never Over
Darby Bozeman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Summer State of Mind
Kristy Woodson Harvey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Summerwater
Sarah Moss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Summit Lake
Charlie Donlea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
Jessica Day George

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Sunbringer
Hannah Kaner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Sunburn
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Sunday Jews
Hortense Calisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Sundays at Tiffany's
Gabrielle Charbonnet, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Sundial
Catriona Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali (Sunjata)
Djibril Tamsir Niane (D.T. Niane), Transl. G. D. Pickett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1200

Sundiver
David Brin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Sunflower
Gyula Krúdy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1918

Sunflower Sisters
Martha Hall Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Sunglasses After Dark (Sonja Blue, #1)
Nancy A. Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Sunkissed
Kasie West

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Sunlight
Devney Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Sunny
Jason Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Sunny Holiday (Sunny Holiday, #1)
Coleen Murtagh Paratore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Sunny Side Up
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Sunrise Over Fallujah
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Sunset
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Sunset Beach
Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Sunset Limited (Dave Robicheaux, #10)
James Lee Burke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Sunset of the Sabertooth
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Sunset Song
Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Sunshine
Robin McKinley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Sunshine: A Graphic Novel
Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Stephen Leacock

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1912

Sun Storm
Åsa Larsson, Marlaine Delargy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Sun Tzu'S Art Of War
Tao Hanzhang

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 401

Sunwing (Silverwing, #2)
Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity
Eric Topol

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient - Powered by the Science of Games
Jane McGonigal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent
Sydney Finkelstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being
Deepak Chopra, Rudolph E. Tanzi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Charles Duhigg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Superfudge
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Supergifted
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Super Host
Kate Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Super Imperialism: The Origin and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominance
Michael Hudson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Superman: Red Son
Mark Millar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Superman Smashes the Klan
Gene Luen Yang, Illustr. Gurihiru

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2020

Supermarket
Bobby Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Supernatural Horror in Literature
H.P. Lovecraft

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1927

Supernaturally
Kiersten White

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Supernatural: What the Bible Teaches About the Unseen World - and Why It Matters

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Supernova
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Mike Isaac

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Superstar
Mandy Davis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time
Brian W. Aldiss

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1969

Suppliant Women
Euripides

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 424

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
Maria Bamford

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard Feynman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1985

Sure Thing
David Ives

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Surface Detail (Culture, #9)
Iain M. Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Surfacing
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Surprised by Joy
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1955

Surprised by Oxford
Carolyn Weber

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Surprise Me
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Surrender Your Love
J.C. Reed

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Surrounded By Idiots
Thomas Erikson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Survival
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Survival In Auschwitz
Primo Levi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1947