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Seventeenth Summer

Maureen Daly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1942

Seven Year Itch

Amy Daws

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Sex and the City

Candace Bushnell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Sex at Dawn

Cacilda Jethá, Christopher Ryan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

Chuck Klosterman

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2003

Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind

Suzanne Fisher Staples

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

Shackleton's Stowaway

Victoria Mckernan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Shades

Marguerite Poland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Shades of Gray

Jessica James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Shades of Grey

Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Shades of Simon Gray

Joyce Mcdonald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Shadow Cell

Andrew Bustamante

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Shadowhouse Fall

Daniel José Older

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Shadow Kiss

Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Shadow of a Bull

Maia Wojciechowska

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

Shadow of the Dragon

Sherry Garland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

Shadow of the Solstice

Anne Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Shadow on the Mountain

Margi Preus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Shadows at Dawn

Karl Jacoby

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Shadowshaper Legacy

Daniel José Older

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree

Tariq Ali

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Shadows on the Rock

Willa Cather

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1931

Shadow Speaker

Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Shadow Spinner

Susan Fletcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Shadow Tag

Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Shah of Shahs

Ryszard Kapuściński

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1982

Shakespeare in a Divided America

James Shapiro

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Shakespeare Saved My Life

Laura Bates

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Shakespeare's Scribe

Gary L. Blackwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Shakespeare's Secret

Elise Broach

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Shakespeare's Wife

Germaine Greer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Shakespeare: The World as Stage

Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Shalimar the Clown

Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Shamela

Henry Fielding

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1741

Shane

Jack Schaefer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1949

Shape

Jordan Ellenberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Shards

Ismet Prcic

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Shards of Earth

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Shark Girl

Kelly Bingham

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2007

Shattered

Jay Bonansinga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Shattered

James Patterson, James O. Born

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Shattered Like a Glass Goblin

Harlan Ellison

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1968

She: A History of Adventure

H. Rider Haggard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1887

She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman

Ian Kerner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

She Drives Me Crazy

Kelly Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

She Gets the Girl

Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

She Had Some Horses

Joy Harjo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

She Is a Haunting

Trang Thanh Tran

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

She is Not Invisible

Marcus Sedgwick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Shelley

Richard Holmes

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1974

Shelter

Jung Yun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Shelter

Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Shelter in Place

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

She Said What?

Maria Braden

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

She Said Yes

Misty Bernall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

She's Not There

Jennifer Finney Boylan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

She Walks In Beauty

Siri L. Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

She Who Knows

Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2024

She Who Remains

Rene Karabash, Transl. Izidora Angel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Ship Fever

Andrea Barrett

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1996

Ship of Fools

Katherine Anne Porter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

Shipped

Angie Hockman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Shizuko's Daughter

Kyoko Mori

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

Shock and Awe

Simon Reynolds

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Shooting Star

Peter Temple

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Shooting Stars

Brian Falkner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Shooting Water

Devyani Saltzman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Short Eyes

Miguel Piñero

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1974

Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher

Timothy Egan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Shot Ready

Stephen Curry

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Show Don't Tell

Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2025

Showdown at Gucci Gulch

Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Alan S. Murray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

Austin Kleon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Shug

Jenny Han

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Shuna's Journey

Hayao Miyazaki

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

Shutter

Ramona Emerson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Shy Creatures

Clare Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Sickened

Julie Gregory

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Side-Kicked

Russell Brettholtz

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Sidereus Nuncius

Galileo Galilei

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1610

Sight Lines

Arthur Sze

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Sign Here

Claudia Lux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Silence

Shūsaku Endō

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Silence

Becca Fitzpatrick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History

Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Silent Snow, Secret Snow

Conrad Aiken

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1934

Silk

Alessandro Baricco

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1996

Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors

Patrick Lencioni

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Silver Bay

Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Silvercloak

L. K. Steven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Silverfin

Charlie Higson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Silver Girl

Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Silver Nitrate

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Silverview

John le Carré

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Simple Habits for Complex Times: Powerful Practices for Leaders

Jennifer Garvey Berger, Keith Johnston

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to Unlock Your Business Potential

Greg Crabtree

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Simpler

Cass R. Sunstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids

Kim John Payne, Lisa M. Ross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Simply Lies

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023