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Skinnybones
Barbara Park

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Skin of the Sea
Natasha Bowen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Skipping Christmas
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Skippy Dies
Paul Murray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Sky Full of Elephants
Cebo Campbell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Skylark
Patricia MacLachlan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Skyshade
Alex Aster

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Skyward
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Slacker
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Slade House
David Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Slam
Nick Hornby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Slam!
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Slam, Dunk, & Hook
Yusef Komunyakaa

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1991

Slammed
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Slave on the Block
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1933

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Douglas A. Blackmon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Slay
Brittney Morris

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
David Lubar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Sleeping with the Dictionary
Harryette Mullen

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Brom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Slider
Pete Hautman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Slob
Ellen Potter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1968

Slow Dance
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Slow Horses
Mick Herron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Cal Newport

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2024

Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor
Rob Nixon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Slugfest
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe
Jo Watson Hackl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Small as an Elephant
Jennifer Jacobson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Small Great Things
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Small Pleasures
Clare Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Small Spaces
Katherine Arden

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Small Steps
Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
Peg Kehret

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2021

Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less
Jim Vandehei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Caitlin Doughty

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Snake-Eater
T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Snapdragon
Kat Leyh

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law
Adrienne Rich

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

Snow
Orhan Pamuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Snow
David Berman

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1999

Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl
John Greenleaf Whittier

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1865

Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Snow Falling on Cedars
David Guterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Snow Treasure
Marie McSwigan, Illustr. Mary Reardon

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1942

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Anne Sexton

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1981

So Big
Edna Ferber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1924

So B. It
Sarah Weeks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Social Distancing
Juan Felipe Herrera

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2020

Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
Daniel Goleman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
Friedrich Engels

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1880

Society of Lies: A Novel
Lauren Ling Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Sociopath: A Memoir
Patric Gagne

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Socks
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

So Far from God
Ana Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

So Far Gone
Jess Walter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Sofia Petrovna
Lydia Chukovskaya

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1965

Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis
Priscilla Beaulieu Presley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Solaris
Stanislaw Lem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Solar Storms
Linda Hogan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
Claire Keegan

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2022

Sold
Patricia McCormick

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2006

Soldiers Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1998

Soldier's Home
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1925

Soldier X
Don L. Wulffson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Sold on a Monday
Kristina McMorris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs
Pam Muñoz Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Solitary
Albert Woodfox

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Solito
Javier Zamora

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Solitude and Leadership
William Deresiewicz

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 2009

Solo
Mary Rand Hess, Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2017

So Long a Letter
Mariama Ba

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

So Long, See You Tomorrow
William Maxwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Some Afternoons She Does Not Pick Up the Phone
Anne Carson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2018

Someday
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1956

Some Days
Billy Collins

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1998

Some Desperate Glory
Emily Tesh

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 2023

Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby
Donald Barthelme

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1973

Someone Else's Shoes
Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Someone Knows My Name
Lawrence Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Someone Like You
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Someone Named Eva
Joan M. Wolf

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Someone We Know: A Novel
Shari Lapena

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Someone You Can Build a Nest In
John Wiswell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Something Borrowed
Emily Giffin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Something in the Water
Catherine Steadman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Something Like Home
Andrea Beatriz Arango

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

Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County
Kristen Green

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1962

Something Wilder
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Sometime During Eternity . . .
Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1958

Sometimes a Great Notion
Ken Kesey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Sometimes I Lie
Alice Feeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017