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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

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

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

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

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1956

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

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

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

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

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 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 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-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 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 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

The Secret Keeper
Kate Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
Alka Joshi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Secret Life of Sunflowers
Marta Molnar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
James Thurber

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1939

The Secret Lion
Alberto Alvaro Rios

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1984

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
James Patterson

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2024

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
Deesha Philyaw

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

The Secret of the Old Clock
Carolyn Keene

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1930

The Secret Place
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Secret School
Avi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001