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Runt
Marion Dane Bauer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

R.U.R.
Karel Čapek

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1920

Ruth
Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1853

Ruthless Creatures
J. T. Geissinger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Ruthless Fae
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Ruthless Vows
Rebecca Ross

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Sabbath's Theater
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Sabbaths, WI
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2014

Sabrina & Corina: Stories
Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
Gary L. Thomas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Eleanor Coerr

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

Sadie
Courtney Summers

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Sad Steps
Philip Larkin

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1974

Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia, 1992-1995
Joe Sacco

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Sag Harbor
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Sailing to Byzantium
William Butler Yeats

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1928

Sailing to Sarantium
Guy Gavriel Kay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Sailor Moon
Naoko Takeuchi

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr
Miguel de Unamuno

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Saint Joan
George Bernard Shaw

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1923

Saints and Misfits
S. K. Ali

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Saints at the River
Ron Rash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Saint X
Alexis Schaitkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
Carlos Hernandez

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft
Paul S. Boyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

'Salem's Lot
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Salome
Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1891

Salt: A World History
Mark Kurlansky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Salt Houses
Hala Alyan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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

Salvador Late or Early
Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1974

Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Same As It Ever Was: A Novel
Claire Lombardo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper
Paul E. Johnson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

Samson Agonistes
John Milton

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1671

Sanctuary
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1931

Sanctuary
Paola Mendoza, Abby Sher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Sanditon
Jane Austen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Sandpiper
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1962

Sandwich
Catherine Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Sankofa
Chibundu Onuzo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

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

Sarrasine
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1830

Satan's Affair
H. D. Carlton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Saturday
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Saturday at the Canal
Gary Soto

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1991

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
J. Ryan Stradal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Savage Inequalities
Jonathan Kozol

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Save Me a Seat
Sarah Weeks , Gita Varadarajan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Save Me the Plums
Ruth Reichl

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

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

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

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 Noah
Lucinda Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Saving Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Saving Winslow
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Savvy
Ingrid Law

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Saying Goodbye to Yang
Alexander Weinstein

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2016

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Say Yes
Tobias Wolff

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1985

Say You'll Remember Me
Abby Jimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Scaffolding
Seamus Heaney

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1966

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 Morning
N. D. Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

Scarred
Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Scary Stories for Young Foxes
Christian McKay Heidicker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
Alvin Schwartz

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

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

Scenes of Subjection
Saidiya V. Hartman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Schindler's List
Thomas Keneally

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Schooled
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Schooled
Paul Langan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

School Trip
Jerry Craft

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

Science and Human Behavior
B. F. Skinner

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1953

Scorpions
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Scrawl
Mark Shulman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Scritch Scratch
Lindsay Currie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Scythe
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Scythe & Sparrow
Brynne Weaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Seabiscuit
Laura Hillenbrand

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Seal Lullaby
Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1900

Sea of Poppies
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Sea Prayer
Khaled Hosseini

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2018