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The Sum of Us

Heather McGhee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1926

the sun and her flowers

Rupi Kaur

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2017

The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure

Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Sunbearer Trials

Aiden Thomas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Sun Down Motel

Simone St. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Sunflower

Simon Wiesenthal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Sun Rising

John Donne

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1633

The Superteacher Project

Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Surgeon

Leslie Wolfe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Surgeon

Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Surrender Experiment

Michael A. Singer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Surrogate Mother

Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Survivors

Jane Harper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Survivor Wants to Die at the End

Adam Silvera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Swallows of Kabul

Yasmina Khadra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Swans of Fifth Avenue

Melanie Benjamin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Sweetest Oblivion

Danielle Lori

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Sweet Hereafter

Russell Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Alan Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Sweetness of Forgetting

Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sweetness of Water

Nathan Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

Stephen Greenblatt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Beth Lincoln

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Swimmer

John Cheever

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1964

The Swimmers

Julie Otsuka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Swiss Family Robinson

Johann David Wyss

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1812

The Sword in the Tree

Clyde Robert Bulla

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1956

The Sword of Kaigen

M. L. Wang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Sword of Summer

Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Sympathizer

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Tail of Emily Windsnap

Liz Kessler

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Tain

Transl. Thomas Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Tainted Cup

Robert Jackson Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else

Daniel Coyle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Talented Tenth

W. E. B. Du Bois

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1903

The Tale of Despereaux

Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Tale Of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1008

The Tale of Sinuhe: and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940-1640 B.C.

Sinuhe, R.B. Parkinson (Translator)

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | BCE

The Talisman

Stephen King, Peter Straub

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1593

The Tao Of Pooh

Benjamin Hoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

The Tattooed Soldier

Héctor Tobar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Teacher

Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Teacher's Funeral

Richard Peck

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults

Frances E. Jensen, Amy Ellis Nutt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Tell: A Memoir

Amy Griffin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

The Teller of Small Fortunes

Julie Leong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Tell-Tale Brain

V. S. Ramachandran

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1843

The Tempest

William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1611

The Temple of My Familiar

Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Tenant

Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1848

The Tender Bar

J.R. Moehringer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2005

The Tennis Partner

Abraham Verghese

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Alix E. Harrow

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Tequila Worm

Viola Canales

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Terminal List

Jack Carr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Terrible Two

Mac Barnett, Jory John

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Terror

Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Testament

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Testaments

Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Testing

Joelle Charbonneau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Thanksgiving Play

Larissa Fasthorse

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2019

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Adam Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1759

The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions

Thorstein Veblen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1899

The Therapist

B. A. Paris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Thief

Megan Whalen Turner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

The Thief and the Dogs

Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

The Thief Lord

Cornelia Funke

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Thief Of Always

Clive Barker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

The Thing About Georgie

Lisa Graff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Thing About Jellyfish

Ali Benjamin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Thing Around Your Neck

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

The Thing in the Forest

A. S. Byatt

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2003

The Things She's Seen

Ambelin Kwaymullina, Ezekiel Kwaymullina

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1990

The Things We Cannot Say

Kelly Rimmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Things We Do For Love

Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Things We Leave Unfinished

Rebecca Yarros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir

Kelly Bishop

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

The Third Man

Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

The Third Wife

Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Thirteenth Tale

Diane Setterfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Thirty Nine Steps

John Buchan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

The Thorn Birds

Colleen McCullough

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Thread Collectors

Shaunna J. Edwards, Alyson Richman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Three-Body Problem

Liu Cixin, Transl. Ken Liu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

Kate Fagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Anna Malaika Tubbs

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1844

The Threepenny Opera

Bertolt Brecht

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

The Throne of Broken Gods

Amber Nicole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023