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The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Silmarillion
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Silverado Squatters
Robert Louis Stevenson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1883

The Silver Arrow
Lev Grossman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Silver Chair
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1953

The Silver Donkey
Sonya Hartnett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Silver Eyes (Five Nights at Freddy's, #1)
Scott Cawthon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Silver Kiss
Annette Curtis Klause

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Silver Linings Playbook
Matthew Quick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Silver Pencil (Newbery Library, Puffin)
Alice Dalgliesh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1944

The Silver Pigs
Lindsey Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Silver Star
Jeannette Walls

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Silver Swan
Elena Delbanco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Silver Sword
Ian Serraillier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1956

The Simple Art Of Murder
Raymond Chandler

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1950

The Simple Gift
Steven Herrick

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2000

The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life
J. L. Collins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Simple Truth
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Simplicity of Cider
Amy E. Reichert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Sin Eater's Daughter (The Sin Eater’s Daughter, #1)
Melinda Salisbury

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Singer's Gun
Emily St. John Mandel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Singing Tree
Kate Seredy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1940

The Singing Trees
Boo Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Singularity Is Near
Ray Kurzweil

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Sinister Pig (Leaphorn & Chee, #16)
Tony Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Sinner
Shantel Tessier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Sinner (Rizzoli & Isles, #3)
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Sins of the Father (The Clifton Chronicles, #2)
Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sire de Malétroit's Door (Dramatic Adaptation)
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1906

The Sirens of Titan
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Sister
Louise Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Sisterhood
Helen Bryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sisters
Mary S. Lovell

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2001

The Sisters Brothers
Patrick Dewitt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Sisters (Cormac Reilly, #.5)

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2019

The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory
Roxane van Iperen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Sisters Rosensweig
Wendy Wasserstein

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1992

The Sittaford Mystery
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1931

The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
Vivian Gornick

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Six Sacred Stones
Matthew Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
Lars Mytting

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Six (The Six, #1)
Mark Alpert

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (2014)
Elizabeth Kolbert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Sixth Man (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #5)
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Alison Weir

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

The Skeleton Tree
Iain Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Sketch Book
Washington Irving

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1819

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
Washington Irving

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2022

The Skin Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #11)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Skin I'm In
Sharon G. Flake

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

The Skin Map (Bright Empires, #1)
Stephen R. Lawhead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Skin of Our Teeth
Thornton Wilder

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1942

The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
Desmond Cole

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Skull Mantra (Inspector Shan, #1)
Eliot Pattison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Skull Throne
Peter V. Brett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Sky at Our Feet
Nadia Hashimi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Sky Fisherman
Craig Lesley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sky is Everywhere
Jandy Nelson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Sky is Falling
Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1)
Kit Pearson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

The Skylark's Secret
Fiona Valpy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Skylight Room

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1906

The Sky So Heavy (The Sky So Heavy, #1)
Claire Zorn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Sky, The Stars, The Wilderness
Rick Bass

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1997

The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Slave
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South
John W. Blassingame

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Slave Dancer
Paula Fox

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition
Manisha Sinha

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Slave Ship: A Human History
Marcus Rediker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Sledding Hill
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Sleeper and the Spindle
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2014

The Sleeping Car Porter
Suzette Mayr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It
W. Chris Winter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Sleepwalker
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
Mira Jacob

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness
Jeff Olson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Slippery Slope
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Slynx
Tatyana Tolstaya

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis
Barbara O'Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
Peter Elkind, Bethany McLean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Smartest Kids In The World: And How They Got That Way
Amanda Ripley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Smell of Apples
Mark Behr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Smell Of Other People's Houses
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Smoke Jumper
Nicholas Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Snack Thief (Inspector Montalbano, #3)
Andrea Camilleri

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
Patrick Radden Keefe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Alice Schroeder

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Snow Gypsy
Lindsay Jayne Ashford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

The Snowman
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Snow Queen
Hans Christian Andersen

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1844

The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1)
Joan D. Vinge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1936

The Snows of Yesteryear
Gregor von Rezzori

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1989

The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources Of Love, Character, And Achievement
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1762