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Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Swim That Rock
John Rocco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Swim the Fly
Don Calame

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Swindle
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Swing
Mary Rand Hess, Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2018

Swing Time
Zadie Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Swiss Sonata
Gwethalyn Graham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Switch
Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Switchboard Soldiers
Jennifer Chiaverini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Switched (Trylle, #1)
Amanda Hocking

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Sword-Born (Tiger and Del, #5)
Jennifer Roberson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Sword Song
Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Sworn to Silence (Kate Burkholder, #1)
Linda Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Sworn Virgin
Elvira Dones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Sybil
Flora Rheta Schreiber

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Sycamore Gap
L.J. Ross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Sycamore Row
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle
Georgette Heyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Sylvia And Aki
Winifred Conkling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Sylvia's Lovers
Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1863

Sympathy
Olivia Sudjic

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Symphony for the City of the Dead
M. T. Anderson

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2015

Symphony of Secrets
Brendan Slocumb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Symposium
Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 380

Symposium by Plato
Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 385

Symptoms of Being Human
Jeff Garvin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Syntactic Structures
Noam Chomsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1957

Syren
Angie Sage

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

S/Z: An Essay
Roland Barthes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
Abraham Joshua Heschel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1951

The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion
Mircea Eliade, Transl. Willard R. Trask

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1956

The Sacred Balance
David Suzuki

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
Peter L. Berger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions
Paula Gunn Allen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
Stephanie Oakes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Sacred Place
Daniel Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Sacred Wood
T.S. Eliot

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1920

The Sacrifice (The Enemy #4)
Charlie Higson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Sadeian Woman: And the Ideology of Pornography
Angela Carter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Safety of Objects
A.M. Homes

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1990

The Saga of the Jómsvíkings
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1200

The Saga of the Volsungs
Anonymous, William Morris

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1000

The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (The Elric Saga, #2)
Michael Moorcock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea
Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1963

The Saint-Fiacre Affair (Maigret, #14)
Georges Simenon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Saints of Swallow Hill
Donna Everhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Salem Witch Trials: A Reference Guide
K. David Goss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource, Revised Edition
Jeffrey Gitomer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Salt Eaters
Toni Cade Bambara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Salt Grows Heavy
Cassandra Khaw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Salt Path
Raynor Winn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Salt Roads
Nalo Hopkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Salt Smugglers
Gérard de Nerval

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1851

The Samaritan (Carter Blake #2)
Mason Cross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Same Old Story
Ivan Goncharov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1847

The Same Sky
Amanda Eyre Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Same Stuff as Stars
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

The Samurai's Garden
Gail Tsukiyama

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Samurai's Tale
Erik Christian Haugaard

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Sanctuary
Raymond Khoury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Sandbox
Edward Albee

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

The Sandcastle Empire
Kayla Olson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sand Child
Tahar Ben Jelloun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Sandman
Lars Kepler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Sandman #18: A Dream of a Thousand Cats
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Sandman and the War of Dreams
William Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2015

The Sandman: Overture
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Sandman: The Dream Hunters
Yoshitaka Amano, Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Sandman, Vol 2: The Doll's House
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You
Bryan Talbot, Dick Giordano, Shawn McManus, Colleen Doran, Neil Gaiman, George Pratt, Stan Woch, Todd Klein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives
Jill Thompson, Vince Locke, Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
D'Israeli, Glyn Dillon, Charles Vess, Kevin Nowlan, Frank McConnell, Neil Gaiman, Marc Hempel, Teddy Kristiansen, Dean Ormston, Richard Case, Todd Klein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sand Pebbles
Richard McKenna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Sands of Time
Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Sane Society
Erich Fromm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Santa Klaus Murder
Mavis Doriel Hay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

The Santa Suit
Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Sapphire Rose
David Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1991

The Sari Shop
Rupa Bajwa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Satapur Moonstone (Perveen Mistry, #2)
Sujata Massey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Satsuma Complex
Bob Mortimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Saturday Evening Girls Club
Jane Healey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Saturday Night Ghost Club
Craig Davidson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Satyricon
Petronius, Transl. Piero Chiara, Transl. P.G. Walsh

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 60

The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Savage Mind
Claude Lévi-Strauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

The Savior
J.R. Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019