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Second First Impressions
Sally Thorne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Second Treatise of Government
John Locke, C. B. Macpherson, ed.

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1689

Secret Coders
Gene Luen Yang

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Secret Daughter
Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Secret of the Andes
Ann Nolan Clark

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1952

Secrets
Bernard Maclaverty

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

Secrets of a Charmed Life
Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Seedfolks
Paul Fleischman

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

See How the Roses Burn!
Hafez

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1300

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity
Nabeel Qureshi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
Valarie Kaur

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Sees Behind Trees
Michael Dorris

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

See You in the Cosmos
Jack Cheng

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Selecting a Reader
Ted Kooser

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1980

Self-Compassion: The Proven Power Of Being Kind To Yourself
Kristin Neff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Self Reliance
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1841

Selling Manhattan
Carol Ann Duffy

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1987

Selma, 1965
Gloria Larry House

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1965

Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything: A Memoir
Alyson Stoner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1811

Separate Pasts: Growing Up White In The Segregated South
Melton A. McLaurin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

September 1, 1939
W. H. Auden

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1939

September Suite
Lucille Clifton

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2001

Serafina and the Black Cloak
Robert Beatty

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Serpent & Dove
Shelby Mahurin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Sestina
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1956

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
Nedra Glover Tawwab

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Seven Against Thebes
Aeschylus

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 467

Seven Days in June
Tia Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Seveneves
Neal Stephenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
Tanya Talaga

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Seven Guitars
August Wilson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
Matthew Restall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests
K. J. Whittle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Seventeen Syllables
Hisaye Yamamoto

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1949

Seven Years In Tibet
Heinrich Harrer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1953

Severance
Ling Ma

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Sex and Vanity: A Novel
Kevin Kwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Sexual Politics
Kate Millett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

Sexy
Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1998

Shades of Gray
Carolyn Reeder

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

Shadow
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Shadow Divers
Robert Kurson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Shadow Jumper
J M Forster

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Shadow Princess
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Shadowshaper
Daniel José Older

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Shadows of Self
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Shadows of Sherwood
Kekla Magoon

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Shake Hands with the Devil
Roméo Dallaire

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Shaken
Tim Tebow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Shame
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Shanghai Girls
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Shark Heart: A Love Story
Emily Habeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Sharks In The Time Of Saviors
Kawai Strong Washburn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Shattering Glass
Gail Giles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Shatter Me
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

She Didn't See It Coming
Shari Lapena

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1800

Sheep
Valerie Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Sheep In Fog
Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

She Kills Monsters
Qui Nguyen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2011

Shell Shaker
LeAnne Howe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Shelterwood
Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

She Said
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

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 Stoops to Conquer
Oliver Goldsmith

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1773

She Walks in Beauty
Lord George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron)

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1814

She Was a Phantom of Delight
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult

She Who Became the Sun
Shelley Parker-Chan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Shield of Sparrows
Devney Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Shift
Hugh Howey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Shift: Managing Your Emotions—So They Don't Manage You
Ethan Kross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Shiloh Season
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Ship Breaker
Paolo Bacigalupi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Shipwreck
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

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
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

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

Shogun
James Clavell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Shooter
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Shooting an Elephant
George Orwell

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1936

Shooting Kabul
N. H. Senzai

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Shop Class as Soulcraft
Matthew B. Crawford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Short
Holly Goldberg Sloan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Shoulders
Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction | Poem | 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 Me a Sign
Ann Clare LeZotte

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Shred Sisters
Betsy Lerner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Shrines of Gaiety
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022