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The Sea Around Us
Rachel Carson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Sea Captain's Wife
Beth Powning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Sea Fairies
L. Frank Baum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1911

The Seafarer
Conor McPherson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

The Seagull
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1895

The Sea House
Esther Freud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Sea Hunters (The Sea Hunters #1)
Clive Cussler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Sea Inside
Philip Hoare

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Sea Keeper's Daughters
Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Sealwoman's Gift
Sally Magnusson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Seamstress of New Orleans
Diane C. McPhail

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Sea Of Grass
Conrad Richter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Sea of Tranquility
Katja Millay

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Sea of Trolls
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The Search
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Searcher
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend
Glenn Frankel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer That Changed the World
Stephen Mansfield

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Search for WondLa (The Search for WondLa, #1)
Tony DiTerlizzi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Sea Road
Margaret Elphinstone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Sea Runners
Ivan Doig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Season of Styx Malone
Kekla Magoon

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Seat of the Soul
Gary Zukav

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The Sea-Wolf
Jack London

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1904

The Second Coming
John Niven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition
Linda Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Second Ending
Michelle Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
Eric Foner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Second Life of Mirielle West
Amanda Skenandore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Second Machine Age
Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew Mcafee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Second Mountain
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Second Mrs. Astor: A Heartbreaking Historical Novel of the Titanic
Shana Abe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Second Sex
Simone de Beauvoir

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949

The Second Shepherd's Play
Wakefield Master

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1500

The Second Shift
Arlie Russell Hochschild, Anne Machung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The Second Sleep
Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
Ann Brashares

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Second Summoning (Keeper's Chronicles, #2)
Tanya Huff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Secret
Rhonda Byrne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1907

The Secret Barrister
The Secret Barrister

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Secret Book of Flora Lea
Patti Callahan Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Secret, Book & Scone Society
Ellery Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Secret Book Society
Madeline Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Secret Chord
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Secret Commonwealth
Philip Pullman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Sue Townsend

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
Jennifer Lynch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Secret Fiancée
Catharina Maura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1910

The Secret Garden: Frances Hodgson Burnett Book
Frances Hodgson Burnett

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2023

The Secret Garden (Oxford Bookworms Library)
Clare West, Frances Hodgson Burnett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1911

The Secret Goldfish
David Means

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

The Secret History
Procopius

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 550

The Secret History of Las Vegas
Chris Abani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
Lauren Willig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Secret History of Wonder Woman
Jill Lepore

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

The Secret Hour
Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

The Secret Hum of a Daisy
Tracy Holczer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Secret Island (Secret Series, #1)
Enid Blyton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1938

The Secret Keeper
Genevieve Graham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
Alka Joshi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Secret Keepers
Trenton Lee Stewart

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Secret Knowledge of Water
Craig Childs

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Secret Lake
Karen Inglis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Secret Language of Sisters
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes
Diane Chamberlain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Secret Life of Cows
Rosamund Young

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man
Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

The Secret Life of Sunflowers
Marta Molnar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Secret Life of Violet Grant
Beatriz Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Secret Life of Words
Henry Hitchings

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
Lola Shoneyin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives
Elizabeth Arnott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Secret Magdalene
Ki Longfellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Secret Mountain (The Secret Series, #3)
Enid Blyton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1941

The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

The Secret of Ella and Micha
Jessica Sorensen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Secret of Gabi's Dresser (Gabi Klein #1)
Kathy Kacer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

The Secret of Gumbo Grove
Eleanora E. Tate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Secret of Nightingale Wood
Lucy Strange

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Secret of Platform 13
Eva Ibbotson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

The Secret of Red Gate Farm (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #6)
Carolyn Keene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1931

The Secret of Shadow Ranch
Mildred Benson, Carolyn Keene

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1931

The Secret of the Blue Trunk
Lise Dion

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Secret of the Caves (The Hardy Boys, #7)
Franklin W. Dixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1929

The Secret of the Nagas
Amish Tripathi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Secret of the Old Clock
Carolyn Keene

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1930

The Secret of the Old Mill (The Hardy Boys, #3)
Franklin W. Dixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1927

The Secret of the Unicorn (Tintin #11)
Hergé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

The Secret Place
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The Secret Rapture
David Hare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1989

The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines
Cate Lineberry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Secret River
Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005