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Ragtime
E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Razorblade Tears
S. A. Cosby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Reading in the Dark
Seamus Deane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Ready Player One
Ernest Cline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Real Americans
Rachel Khong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Reckless Girls: A Novel
Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Recursion
Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Red Dragon
Thomas Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Redeeming Love
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Red Rising
Pierce Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Red River
Lalita Tademy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Red, White, and Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Reflections in a Golden Eye
Carson McCullers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

Regretting You
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Remarkable Creatures
Tracy Chevalier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Reminders of Him
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Requiem for a Dream: A Novel
Hubert Selby Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Reservation Blues
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Resurrection
Leo Tolstoy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Revival
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Rich People Problems
Kevin Kwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Rifleman Dodd
C. S. Forester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Ring Shout
P. Djèlí Clark

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2020

Rise To Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution
Jeff Shaara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1982

River Sing Me Home
Eleanor Shearer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Roadside Picnic
Arkady Strugatsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Rogue Protocol
Martha Wells

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2018

Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Rooftops of Tehran
Mahbod Seraji

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Room
Emma Donoghue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Rosaura A Las Diez
Marco Denevi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Rosemary's Baby
Ira Levin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

Rouge: A Novel
Mona Awad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Ruby
Cynthia Bond

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Rules of Civility
Amor Towles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Run
Ann Patchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Run, Rose, Run
Dolly Parton, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Sabbath's Theater
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Sailing to Sarantium
Guy Gavriel Kay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr
Miguel de Unamuno

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Saints at the River
Ron Rash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Saint X
Alexis Schaitkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

'Salem's Lot
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Salt Houses
Hala Alyan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Same As It Ever Was: A Novel
Claire Lombardo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Same Time Next Summer
Annabel Monaghan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Sanctuary
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1931

Sankofa
Chibundu Onuzo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Sarah’s Key
Tatiana de Rosnay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Satan's Affair
H. D. Carlton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Saturday
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
J. Ryan Stradal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Saving Noah
Lucinda Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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

Scarred
Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Scattered All Over the Earth
Transl. Margaret Mitsutani, Yoko Tawada

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Schindler's List
Thomas Keneally

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Scythe & Sparrow
Brynne Weaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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

Searching for Sylvie Lee
Jean Kwok

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Season of Migration to the North
Tayeb Salih

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Second Class Citizen
Buchi Emecheta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Secret Daughter
Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Secrets of a Charmed Life
Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Seven Days in June
Tia Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Severance
Ling Ma

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Sex and Vanity: A Novel
Kevin Kwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Shadows of Self
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

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

Shell Shaker
LeAnne Howe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Shelterwood
Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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 Who Became the Sun
Shelley Parker-Chan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Shield of Sparrows
Devney Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025