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Salka Valka

Halldór Laxness

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1931

Sally Wister's Journal: A True Narrative- Being a Quaker Maiden's Account of Her Experiences With Officers of the Continental Army, 1777-1778

Sally Wister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Paul Torday

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Salome

Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1891

Salome of the Tenements (Radical Novel Reconsidered)

Anzia Yezierska

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1923

Salt and Saffron

Kamila Shamsie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Salt Houses

Hala Alyan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Salt Kiss (Lyonesse, #1)

Sierra Simone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Salt Sugar Fat

Michael Moss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Salt to the Sea

Ruta Sepetys

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora

Stephanie E. Smallwood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Salvage the Bones

Jesmyn Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Salvation: Black People And Love

bell hooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Salvation in Death

J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Salvation of a Saint

Keigo Higashino, Alexander O. Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia

Dennis Covington

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Samarkand

Amin Maalouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Same Kind Of Different As Me

Ron Hall, Lynn Vincent, Denver Moore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Same Sun Here

Neela Vaswani, Silas House

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Same Time Next Summer

Annabel Monaghan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Same Time Next Year

Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History

Brian Kilmeade

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Sammy And Juliana In Hollywood

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief

Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man (Sammy Keyes, #2)

Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper

Paul E. Johnson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man

U.R. Ananthamurthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

Sam's Letters to Jennifer

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Samson Agonistes

John Milton

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1671

Samuel Johnson

John Wain

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1974

Samurai Rising

Pamela S. Turner

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Sam Walton: Made in America

Sam Walton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

Sanctuary

Paola Mendoza, Abby Sher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Sanctum

Madeleine Roux

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Sand Dollar

Sebastian Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Sanditon

Jane Austen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Sandman Slim (Sandman Slim, #1)

Richard Kadrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Sandpiper

Ellen Wittlinger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Sandry's Book

Tamora Pierce

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1997

Sandstorm

James Rollins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Sand (The Sand Chronicles, #1)

Hugh Howey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Sandworms of Dune (Dune, #8)

Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Sanibel Flats (Doc Ford, #1)

Randy Wayne White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Sankofa

Chibundu Onuzo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Sanshirō

Natsume Sōseki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1908

Santa Cruise (Santa's Crew #1)

Fern Michaels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Santa Evita

Tomás Eloy Martínez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Santiago's Road Home

Alexandra Diaz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Sapphique

Catherine Fisher

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Sapphira and the Slave Girl

Willa Cather

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Sapphire Flames

Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Sappho

Sappho

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 601

Sarah Bishop

Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1980

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Patricia MacLachlan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1985

Sarah’s Key

Tatiana de Rosnay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Sarah's Quilt (Sarah Agnes Prine, #2)

Nancy E. Turner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Sarny: A life Remembered

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Sarrasine

Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1830

Sartoris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

Sartor Resartus

Thomas Carlyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1836

Sarum: The Novel of England

Edward Rutherfurd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Sashenka (Moscow Trilogy #1)

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo

Ntozake Shange

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend

Jeffrey S. Victor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Satantango

László Krasznahorkai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow

James Sturm

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Satchmo Blows up the World

Penny M. Von Eschen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Satin Island

Tom Mccarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Saturday

Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Alan Sillitoe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

J. Ryan Stradal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Saturnalia (Marcus Didius Falco, #18)

Lindsey Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Saturnin

Zdeněk Jirotka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

Saturn Run

John Sandford, Ctein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Nancy Milford

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II

Keith Lowe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Savaged

Mia Sheridan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Savage Dreams: A Journey into the Landscape Wars of the American West

Rebecca Solnit

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

Carl Hoffman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Savage Inequalities

Jonathan Kozol

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Savage Lands

Stacey Marie Brown, Clare Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Savage Run

C.J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Savages (Savages #2)

Don Winslow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Savannah Blues

Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Savannah Breeze

Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Saved

Edward Bond

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1965

Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

Benjamin Hall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Save Me

Lisa Scottoline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Save Me a Seat

Sarah Weeks , Gita Varadarajan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Save Me from Dangerous Men (Nikki Griffin, #1)

S.A. Lelchuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Save Me the Waltz

Zelda Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Save Queen of Sheba (A Puffin Book)

Louise Moeri

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

Blake Snyder

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

Save the Date

Morgan Matson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Save What's Left

Elizabeth Castellano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Save Your Breath

Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019