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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 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

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

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

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

Simply More
Cynthia Erivo

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Since We Fell
Dennis Lehane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Singing in the Rain
Tim Hopgood

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2013

Single Black Female
Tracy Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Sing to the Dawn
Minfong Ho

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1975

Sin in the Second City
Karen Abbott

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

Sinner
Sierra Simone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Sister Citizen
Melissa V. Harris-Perry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Sisterhood Everlasting
Ann Brashares

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Sisterland
Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You
Christopher Durang

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1979

Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
Linda R. Hirshman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Sisters in the Wilderness
Charlotte Gray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Sisters of Fortune
Anna Lee Huber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Sisters of the Lost Nation
Nick Medina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Sisters of the Yam
bell hooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Six Days of War
Michael Oren

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Six Memos for the Next Millennium
Italo Calvino

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Six Wakes
Mur Lafferty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Six Years
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
Athol Fugard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1972

Skeleton Crew
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1985