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Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity

Eric Topol

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Superfudge

Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Supergifted

Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Super Sad True Love Story

Gary Shteyngart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard Feynman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1985

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, The Resurrection, And The Mission Of The Church

N. T. Wright

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Surprised by Joy

C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1955

Surprised by Joy

William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1815

Surprise Island

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1949

Surrounded By Idiots

Thomas Erikson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity

Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Survive the Night: A Novel

Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Surviving Savannah

Patti Callahan Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Surviving the Applewhites

Stephanie S. Tolan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Survivor Type

Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1982

Suttree

Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Swallowing Stones

Joyce Mcdonald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Swallows and Amazons

Arthur Ransome

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1930

Swami and Friends

R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1935

Swamplandia

Karen Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Swan and Shadow

John Hollander

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1966

Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume One

Marcel Proust

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913

Swan Song

Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Sweat

Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1926

Sweat

Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2015

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Hugh Wheeler

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1979

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

Jonathan Auxier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sweet Bird of Youth

Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

Sweetbitter

Stephanie Danler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Sweetness

Toni Morrison

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2015

Sweetness and Power

Sidney W. Mintz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Sweet Tooth

Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Sweet Venom

Rina Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Swift River

Essie Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Swimming in the Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski

Fiction | Memoir in Verse | Adult | Published in 2020

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Swindle

Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Swing

Mary Rand Hess, Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2018

Swing Time

Zadie Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Swordheart

T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Sword of Destiny

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

Sybil

Flora Rheta Schreiber

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Sycamore Row

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sylvia And Aki

Winifred Conkling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Sympathy

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1899

Symphony of Secrets

Brendan Slocumb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Symposium

Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 380

Symptoms of Being Human

Jeff Garvin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Table for Two: Fictions

Amor Towles

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2024

Take Back the Block

Chrystal D. Giles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Take My Hand

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry

Rudolfo Anaya

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1995

Taking Sides

Gary Soto

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Tales From the Cafe

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

Tales of the City

Armistead Maupin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Tales of the Greek Heroes

Roger Lancelyn Green

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1958

Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation

John Freeman

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between)

Lauren Graham

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Talking at Night: A Novel

Claire Daverley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Talking in Bed

Philip Larkin

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1964

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

Malcolm Gladwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Talk Like Ted: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

Carmine Gallo

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Tamas

Bhisham Sahni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Tamerlane

Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1827

Taming 7

Chloe Walsh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Tam O’Shanter

Robert Burns

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1791

Tangerine

Edward Bloor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Tanglewood Tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1853

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

Tar Baby

Toni Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Tartuffe

Molière

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1664

Tarzan of the Apes

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

Taste: My Life Through Food

Stanley Tucci

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Tastes Like War: A Memoir

Grace M. Cho

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood

Ibtisam Barakat

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Tattoo

Ted Kooser

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2003

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

Gregory Boyle

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

Teacher Man

Frank McCourt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

Annie Dillard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom

bell hooks

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult | Published in 2007

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

bell hooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

Tear it Down

Jack Gilbert

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1994

Tears of a Tiger

Sharon M. Draper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

Michael Eric Dyson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology

Neil Postman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership

R. David Edmunds

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1984

Teddy

J. D. Salinger

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1953

Teenage Wasteland

Anne Tyler

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

Telephone Conversation

Wole Soyinka

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1963

Tell all the truth but tell it slant

Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1890

Tell Me Everything

Elizabeth Strout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Tell Me How It Ends

Valeria Luiselli

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Tell Me Lies

Carola Lovering

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Tell Me Three Things

Julie Buxbaum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016