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A Stranger Among Us
Stacy Bierlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Stranger in Olondria
Sofia Samatar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

A Stranger in the House
Shari Lapena

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Stranger in the Mirror
Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

A Stranger is Watching
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1947

A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets
Tine Verbič, James Bowen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

A Street in Bronzeville
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1945

A String in the Harp
Nancy Bond

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1976

A Stroke of Midnight
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
Michelle Y. Green

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

A Study in Charlotte
Brittany Cavallaro

Fiction | Novel | YA

A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1887

A Study in Scarlet Women
Sherry Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

A Sudden Country

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Sudden Light
Garth Stein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

A Sudden Silence
Eve Bunting

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

A Summer Affair (Nantucket, #1)
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Summer Life
Gary Soto

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1990

A Summer Place
Sloan Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

A Summer's Reading
Bernard Malamud

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1961

A Summer to Die
Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1977

A Summer to Remember (Bedwyn Prequels, #2)
Mary Balogh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

A Summons to Memphis
Peter Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
Gil Courtemanche

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon, #2)
Nevada Barr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Madeleine L'Engle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1978

A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)
Jodi Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

S.
John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Sabbath's Theater
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Sable Peak
Devney Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Sabriel
Garth Nix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Sabrina
Nick Drnaso

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Sabrina & Corina: Stories
Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
Caren Stelson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Sackett's Land (The Sacketts, #1)
Louis L'Amour

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Sacré Bleu
Christopher Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Sacred
Dennis Lehane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Sacred Clowns
Tony Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Sacred Ground
Eboo Patel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Sacred Hoops: SPIRITUAL LESSONS OF A HARDWOOD WARRIOR

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Sacred Hunger
Barry Unsworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Sacred (Kenzie & Gennaro, #3)
Dennis Lehane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
Gary L. Thomas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Sacred Sins (D.C. Detectives, #1)
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Eleanor Coerr

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Sad Cypress
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Sad Cypress (BBC Radio 4 adaptation)
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2004

Sadie
Courtney Summers

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Safe at Home (Comeback Kids)
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Safe Harbour
Danielle Steel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Safely Home
Randy Alcorn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Safe with Me
Kristen Proby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Saffron Dreams
Shaila M. Abdullah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Saffy's Angel (Casson Family, #1)
Hilary McKay

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Saga #1
Fonografiks, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Saga, Volume 1
Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Saga, Volume 2
Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Saga, Volume 4
Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Saga, Volume 5
Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Saga, Volume 6
Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Saga, Volume 7
Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Saga, Volume 8
Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Saga, Volume 9
Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Saga, Volume Ten
Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Sag Harbor
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Sagittarius Rising
Cecil Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1936

Sahara
Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Sahara Special
Esmé Raji Codell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Saigon
Anthony Grey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Sail
James Patterson, Howard Roughan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Sailing Alone around the World
Joshua Slocum

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1899

Sailing to Byzantium
W.B. Yeats

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

Sailing to Sarantium
Guy Gavriel Kay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Sailor Moon
Naoko Takeuchi

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Sailor Moon, Vol. 1
Naoko Takeuchi

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1992

Sailor Song
Ken Kesey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Saint
Sierra Simone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Saint Anything
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr
Miguel de Unamuno

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Saint Iggy
K. L. Going

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Saint Joan
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1923

Saint Maybe
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Saint Mazie
Jami Attenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Saint Odd
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Saints and Misfits
S. K. Ali

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Saints and Villains
Denise Giardina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Saints at the River
Ron Rash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Saints (Boxers & Saints, #2)
Gene Luen Yang

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Saints for All Occasions
J. Courtney Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Saints of the Shadow Bible (Inspector Rebus, #19)
Ian Rankin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Saint Thomas Aquinas
G.K. Chesterton, Anton C. Pegis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1933

Saint X
Alexis Schaitkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Salamandastron
Brian Jacques, Gary Chalk

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1992

Salammbo
Gustave Flaubert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1862

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
Carlos Hernandez

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Salem Falls
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft
Paul S. Boyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974