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The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1937

The Roar
Emma Clayton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Roaring Girl
Greg Hollingshead

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1995

The Robber Bride
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Rock and The River
Kekla Magoon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Rocking Horse Winner
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1926

The Rockpile
James Baldwin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1965

The Romance of the Forest
Ann Radcliffe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1791

The Romance of the Rose
Guillaume De Lorris

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1230

The Rom-Commers
Katherine Center

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Room on Rue Amélie
Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Room Where It Happened
John Bolton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Rose Bargain
Sasha Peyton Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Rose Code
Kate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Rose that Grew from Concrete
Tupac Shakur

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1999

The Rosie Effect
Graeme Simsion

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Round House
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Rover
Aphra Behn

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1677

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1100

The Ruined Maid
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1866

The Ruins
Scott Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Ruins of Gorlan
John Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The Rule of Three
Eric Walters

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Rules of Magic
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Runaway Jury
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Runaway King
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Running Dream
Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Running Man
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world
John Mark Comer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion
Mircea Eliade, Transl. Willard R. Trask

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1956

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
Stephanie Oakes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Sacrifice
Shantel Tessier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Safekeep
Yael van der Wouden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Saints of Swallow Hill
Donna Everhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Salt Eaters
Toni Cade Bambara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Salt Path
Raynor Winn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Same Backward as Forward
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Samurai's Garden
Gail Tsukiyama

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Samurai's Tale
Erik Christian Haugaard

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Sandbox
Edward Albee

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

The Sand Child
Tahar Ben Jelloun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Sandman
E. T. A. Hoffmann

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1816

The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2015

The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Satisfaction Café
Kathy Wang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Saturdays
Elizabeth Enright

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1941

The Satyricon
Petronius, Transl. Piero Chiara, Transl. P.G. Walsh

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 60

The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolaño, Transl. Natasha Wimmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing
Lori Arviso Alvord, Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

The Scammer
Tiffany D. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Scarlet Ibis
James Hurst

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1960

The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1850

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emma Orczy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1905

The Scarlet Plague
Jack London

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

The Scent Keeper
Erica Bauermeister

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The School For Good and Evil
Soman Chainani

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

The School for Good Mothers
Jessamine Chan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The School for Scandal
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1777

The School Story
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Schooner Flight
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1979

The Schwa Was Here
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Science of Breakable Things
Tae Keller

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Scorch Trials
James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Score
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Scorpio Races
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Screaming Staircase
Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Screwtape Letters
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Sculptor's Funeral
Willa Cather

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1905

The Sea
John Banville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Seagull
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1895

The Sea in Winter
Christine Day

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Sea of Trolls
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The Searcher
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Season of Styx Malone
Kekla Magoon

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Seat of the Soul
Gary Zukav

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The Sea-Wolf
Jack London

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1904

The Second Coming
William Butler Yeats

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1919

The Second Coming
Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Second Death of Locke
V. L. Bovalino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
Eric Foner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Second Life of Mirielle West
Amanda Skenandore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Second Mountain
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Second Mrs. Astor: A Heartbreaking Historical Novel of the Titanic
Shana Abe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Second Sex
Simone de Beauvoir

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949

The Second Shepherd's Play
Wakefield Master

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1500

The Secret
Denise Levertov

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1964

The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1907

The Secretary Chant
Marge Piercy

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1973

The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Secret Book of Flora Lea
Patti Callahan Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Secret, Book & Scone Society
Ellery Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Secret Book Society
Madeline Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Secret Chord
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1910

The Secret History
Donna Tartt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Secret History of Wonder Woman
Jill Lepore

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014