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The Skin I'm In
Sharon G. Flake

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

The Skin of Our Teeth
Thornton Wilder

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1942

The Sky Is Gray
Ernest J. Gaines

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1963

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Slave Ship: A Human History
Marcus Rediker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Sleeper and the Spindle
Neil Gaiman

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

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

The Smallest Dragonboy
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

The Smallest Woman in the World
Clarice Lispector

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1960

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 Sniper
Liam O'Flaherty

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1923

The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Snowman
Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Snow Queen
Hans Christian Andersen

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1844

The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1762

The Society of the Spectacle
Guy Debord

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1967

The Sociological Imagination
C. Wright Mills

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus The Rest Of Us
Martha Stout

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Soldier
Rupert Brooke

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1915

The Solitary Reaper
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1807

The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship
Steve Lopez

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

The Someday Birds
Sally J. Pla

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Son
Philipp Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Songbird and the Heart of Stone
Carissa Broadbent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Song of Hiawatha
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1855

The Song of Roland
Anonymous

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1095

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Song of the Jellicles
T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1939

The Song of the Lark
Willa Cather

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Song of the Shirt
Thomas Hood

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1843

The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father
Kao Kalia Yang

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Son of Neptune
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam
Bảo Ninh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1774

The Soulmate: A Novel
Sally Hepworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Soulmate Equation
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
Jon Meacham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
Sy Montgomery

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Soul of Man Under Socialism
Oscar Wilde

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1891

The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1903

The Soul unto itself
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1891

The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1929

The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir
Ruth Wariner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Space Between Us
Thrity Umrigar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Spanish Daughter
Lorena Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Spanish Love Deception
Elena Armas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Spanish Tragedy
Thomas Kyd

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1587

The Sparrow
Mary Doria Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Spear Cuts Through Water
Simon Jimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Spectacular
Fiona Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Spectator Bird
Wallace Stegner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Speed Of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
Stephen M.R. Covey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
David Abram

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Spider And The Fly
Mary Howitt

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

The Spinning Heart
Donal Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
Anne Fadiman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Spirit Level
Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Spirit of Laws
Montesquieu

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1748

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
David Epstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Spring And The Fall
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1923

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Ben Macintyre

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

The Spy Coast
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John le Carré

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Squatter and the Don
María Amparo Ruiz De Burton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1885

The Staircase in the Woods
Chuck Wendig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Stand
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Stars Beneath Our Feet
David Barclay Moore

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The State and Revolution
Vladimir Lenin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1917

The Stationery Shop of Tehran
Marjan Kamali

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
Jennifer E. Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Stepford Wives
Ira Levin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

The Stillwater Girls
Minka Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Stolen Heir
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Stolen Queen
Fiona Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Stone Diaries
Carol Shields

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Stonekeeper
Kazu Kibuishi

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Stone Sky
N. K. Jemisin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Stones of Venice
John Ruskin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

The Storied Life Of Aj Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Stories Julian Tells
Ann Cameron

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

The Stories of Eva Luna
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1989

The Storm Runner
J. C. Cervantes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Storm We Made: A Novel
Vanessa Chan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Story of American Freedom
Eric Foner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Story of an African Farm
Olive Schreiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1883

The Story of a New Name
Elena Ferrante

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Story of an Hour
Kate Chopin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1894

The Story of Arthur Truluv
Elizabeth Berg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
Gabriel García Márquez

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1955

The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1920

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
David Wroblewski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Story of Hong Gildong
Anonymous, Transl. Minsoo Kang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1600