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Saving 6
Chloe Walsh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few
Robert B. Reich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Saving Ceecee Honeycutt
Beth Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Saving Faith
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Saving Fish from Drowning
Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Saving Francesca
Melina Marchetta

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Saving Grace
Jane Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Saving Grace (What Doesn't Kill You #1; Katie & Annalise #1)
Pamela Fagan Hutchins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Saving Mr. Terupt (Mr. Terupt, #3)
Rob Buyea

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Saving My Assassin: A Memoir (The True Story of a Christian Attorney's Battle for Religious Liberty in Romania)
Virginia Prodan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Saving Noah
Lucinda Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Saving Private Ryan
Max Allan Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Saving Ruby King
Catherine Adel West

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Saving Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Saving Sunshine
Saadia Faruqi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
Katharine Hayhoe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Saving Zasha
Randi Barrow

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Savor the Moment
Nora Roberts, Angela Dawe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Savvy
Ingrid Law

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Sawkill Girls
Claire Legrand

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Say Goodbye
Lisa Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Say Goodbye for Now
Catherine Ryan Hyde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Say Goodnight, Gracie
Julie Reece Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Say Her Name
Francisco Goldman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Saying Grace
Beth Gutcheon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Say What You Will
Cammie McGovern

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Say Yes to the Marquess
Tessa Dare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Say You're One of Them
Uwem Akpan

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2008

Say You're Sorry
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Say You're Sorry (Morgan Dane, #1)
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Say You Swear (Boys of Avix, #1)
Meagan Brandy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't
Verne Harnish

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Scandal in Spring
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Scandalized
Ivy Owens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Scandalous (Sinners of Saint, #3)
L.J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1)
Rafael Sabatini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1921

Scarborough
Catherine Hernandez, Catherine Hernandez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
Michael Easter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much
Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Scar Island
Dan Gemeinhart

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Scarlet
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Scarlet and Black
Stendhal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1830

Scarlet Angel
S.T. Abby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Scarlet Feather
Maeve Binchy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Scarlet Sister Mary
Julia Peterkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

Scarlet Song
Mariama Ba

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Scarlett
Alexandra Ripley

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Scarpetta
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Scarred - An American Warrior's Tale
Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Scars
Cheryl Rainfield

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

SCARS: Christian End Times Fiction
Cheryl Rainfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Scars of Independence: America's Violent Birth
Holger Hoock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Scars of Sweet Paradise
Alice Echols

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1995

Scar Tissue
Michael Ignatieff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Scary Stories for Young Foxes
Christian McKay Heidicker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Scat
Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Scattered All Over the Earth
Yoko Tawada, Transl. Margaret Mitsutani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
Gabor Maté

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)
Tara Sim

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Scenes from Village Life
Amos Oz

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2009

Scent of Apples
Bienvenido N. Santos

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1941

Scent of Magic
Maria V. Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Scheherazade Goes West
Fatema Mernissi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Schindler's List
Thomas Keneally

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Schlump: The Story of an Unknown Soldier
Hans Herbert Grimm

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

School Days
Patrick Chamoiseau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Schooled
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Schoolhouse Mystery (The Boxcar Children, #10)
Gertrude Chandler Warner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1965

School's Out—Forever
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

School Trip
Jerry Craft

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society
Bruno Latour

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Scion of Ikshvaku
Amish Tripathi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Scoop
Evelyn Waugh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Scoreboard Baby
Ken Armstrong, Nick Perry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Scoring Wilder
R.S. Grey

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Scorpia
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Scorpia Rising
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Scorpions
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
Bryan Lee O'Malley

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Scott Pilgrim, Volume 3: Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness
Bryan Lee O'Malley

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Scott Pilgrim, Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe
Bryan Lee O'Malley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
Bryan Lee O'Malley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South
Dan T. Carter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

Scoundrel Time
Lillian Hellman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Scowler
Daniel Kraus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Scrappy Little Nobody
Anna Kendrick

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Scratch Beginnings
Adam Shepard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Scream For Us (Order of the Unseen, #0.5)
Molly Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Paperback – November 29, 2005
Syd Field

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Scribbler of Dreams
Mary E. Pearson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Scritch Scratch
Lindsay Currie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Scrublands (Martin Scarsden, #1)
Chris Hammer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
Jeff Sutherland

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Scruples
Judith Krantz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

SCUM Manifesto
Valerie Solanas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

Scythe
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Sea and Sardinia (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence)
D.H. Lawrence

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1921

Seabiscuit
Laura Hillenbrand

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Sea Glass
Maria V. Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009