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Sway
Jennifer Gibson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Swear to Howdy
Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Sweet Heat
Bolu Babalola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Sweetland
Michael Crummey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Sweetness in the Belly
Camilla Gibb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Sweet Thursday
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Virginia Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Swimming to Antarctica
Lynne Cox

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Swim That Rock
John Rocco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Swim the Fly
Don Calame

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Swiss Sonata
Gwethalyn Graham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Sword at Sunset
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Sworn Virgin
Elvira Dones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Symphony for the City of the Dead
M. T. Anderson

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2015

System Collapse
Martha Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Sacred Balance
David Suzuki

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
Stephanie Oakes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea
Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1963

The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource
Jeffrey Gitomer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sandman and the War of Dreams
William Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Sane Society
Erich Fromm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1955

The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Scar Boys
Len Vlahos

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Schooldays of Jesus
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The School of Essential Ingredients
Erica Bauermeister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The School Of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy
Lewis Howes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Score
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Scorpion Rules
Erin Bow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Sculptor
Scott McCloud

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

The Sea Captain's Wife
Beth Powning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Seafarer
Conor McPherson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sea Inside
Philip Hoare

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

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 Second Coming
John Niven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Second Machine Age
Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew Mcafee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
Carol Anderson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
Ann Brashares

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Secret
Rhonda Byrne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Sue Townsend

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Secret Goldfish
David Means

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

The Secret Hours
Mick Herron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Secret Hum of a Daisy
Tracy Holczer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Secret Life of Words
Henry Hitchings

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
Lola Shoneyin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Secret of Gumbo Grove
Eleanora E. Tate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Secret River
Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Secret Sharer
Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1910

The Secret Side of Empty
Maria E. Andreu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Secret Story Of Sonia Rodriguez
Alan Sitomer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Seeing Stone
Kevin Crossley-Holland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Senator and the Sharecropper
Chris Myers Asch

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

The Sentinel
Mark Oldfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Serpent and the Rope
Raja Rao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Seven Daughters of Eve
Bryan Sykes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Seven Rings
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Seventh Wish
Kate Messner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Sex Lives of Cannibals
J. Maarten Troost

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Shadow Club
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1988

The Shadow Dancer
Margaret Coel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Shadow of the Crescent Moon
Fatima Bhutto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Shadow Throne
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Sherlockian
Graham Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Shield of Achilles
Philip Bobbitt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Shining Company
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Shipping News
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Shock of the Fall
Nathan Filer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2010

The Shots You Take
Rachel Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
Søren Kierkegaard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1849

The Siege of Krishnapur
J.G. Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Signifying Monkey
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Silence of Murder
Dandi Daley Mackall

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Silence of the Girls
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Silver Branch
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1957

The Silver Kiss
Annette Curtis Klause

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Silver Pigs
Lindsey Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Silver Star
Jeannette Walls

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Silver Swan
Elena Delbanco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Simple Art Of Murder
Raymond Chandler

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1950

The Siren
Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück: How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler's All-Female Concentration Camp
Lynne Olson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

The Sisters
Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Transl. Rachel Willson-Broyles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Sisters Rosensweig
Wendy Wasserstein

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1992

The Skull Beneath the Skin
P. D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The Sky Fisherman
Craig Lesley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sky is Everywhere
Jandy Nelson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Slave
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Slave Dancer
Paula Fox

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

The Sledding Hill
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Slippery Slope
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

The Snowman
Raymond Briggs

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1978

The Snow Queen
Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014