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She Gets the Girl
Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

She Had Some Horses
Joy Harjo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

She Is a Haunting
Trang Thanh Tran

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

She is Not Invisible
Marcus Sedgwick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

She Kills Monsters
Qui Nguyen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2011

Shell
Kristina Olsson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Shelley
Richard Holmes

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1974

Shell Shaker
LeAnne Howe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Shelter
Jung Yun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Sheltering Rain
Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Shelter in Place
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

She Rides Shotgun
Jordan Harper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

She Rises
Kate Worsley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sherlock Holmes and the Disappearing Diamond (Baker Street Academy, #1)
Sam Hearn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

She Said
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

She Said What?
Maria Braden

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

She Said Yes
Misty Bernall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

She's Come Undone
Wally Lamb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

She's Not Sorry
Mary Kubica

Fiction | Memoir in Verse | Adult | Published in 2024

She's Not There
Jennifer Finney Boylan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

She Started It
Sian Gilbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

She Stoops to Conquer
Oliver Goldsmith

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1773

She Walks In Beauty
Siri L. Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems
Caroline Kennedy

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2011

She Who Became the Sun
Shelley Parker-Chan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

She Who Remains
Rene Karabash, Transl. Izidora Angel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
Helen Castor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

She Would Be King
Wayétu Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Shield of Winter
Nalini Singh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Shift
Hugh Howey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Shifting Shadows
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2014

Shiloh
Shelby Foote

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

Shiloh and Other Stories
Bobbie Ann Mason

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1982

Shiloh Season
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Shine
Lauren Myracle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Shine Not Burn
Elle Casey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Shiner
Amy Jo Burns

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Shinjuku Shark (Shinjuku Shark #1)
Arimasa Osawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Ship Breaker
Paolo Bacigalupi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Ship Fever
Andrea Barrett

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1996

Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders, #3)
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Ship of Magic
Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #7)
C.S. Forester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Shipped
Angie Hockman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Shipwreck
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Shipwreck: A Novel
Louis Begley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance
Jennifer Armstrong

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Shirley
Charlotte Brontë

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1849

Shiver
Allie Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Shizuko's Daughter
Kyoko Mori

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

Shobogenzo: Zen Essays by Dogen
Dōgen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1237

Shock and Awe
Simon Reynolds

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Shock Wave
Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Shoe Addicts Anonymous (Shoe Addict, #1)
Beth Harbison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Shoe Dog
Phil Knight

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Shoe Dog: Young Readers Edition
Phil Knight

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Shoeless Joe
W.P. Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Shoeshine Girl
Clyde Robert Bulla

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1975

Shogun
James Clavell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Shooter
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Shooting Kabul
N. H. Senzai

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Shooting Star
Peter Temple

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Shooting Stars
Brian Falkner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Shooting the Moon
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Shooting Water
Devyani Saltzman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front
Mary Jennings Hegar

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Shoot the Moon
Billie Letts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Shopaholic and Sister
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Shopaholic & Baby
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Shop Class as Soulcraft
Matthew B. Crawford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Shopgirl
Steve Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Shorefall
Robert Jackson Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Short
Holly Goldberg Sloan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Short Eyes
Miguel Piñero

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1974

Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Timothy Egan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Shotgun Lovesongs
Nickolas Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Shot in the Heart
Mikal Gilmore

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1994

Shout
Laurie Halse Anderson

Nonfiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

Shouting at the Rain
Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Show Boat
Edna Ferber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

Showdown at Gucci Gulch
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Alan S. Murray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Show Me a Sign
Ann Clare LeZotte

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Showoff (Swindle, #4)
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Austin Kleon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
Lindy West

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Shrines of Gaiety
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh, #4)
P.D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Shug
Jenny Han

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Shugo Chara!, Vol. 1: Who Do You Want to Be?
Peach-Pit

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

Shuna's Journey
Hayao Miyazaki

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

Shut Out
Kody Keplinger

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Shutter
Ramona Emerson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Shy
Max Porter

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2023

Shy Creatures
Clare Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972