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The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1936

The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources Of Love, Character, And Achievement
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Solace of Open Spaces
Gretel Ehrlich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giordano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Song Is You
Arthur Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Songlines
Bruce Chatwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Sound of the Mountain
Yasunari Kawabata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Sound of Things Falling
Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Sound of Waves
Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
Mary Rowlandson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1682

The Soviet Ambassador
Christopher Shulgan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Space Between Us
Zoya Pirzad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Special
David Stavanger

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 2014

The Spectacular Now
Tim Tharp

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Sport of Kings
C.E. Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Sport of the Gods
Paul Laurence Dunbar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

The Sportswriter
Richard Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Square
Marguerite Duras

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Squire's Tale
Gerald Morris

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Star
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1955

The Stars are Fire
Anita Shreve

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Star Side of Bird Hill
Naomi Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Stars My Destination
Alfred Bester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

The Stolen Child
Keith Donohue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Stolen Hours
Allen Eskens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Stone Angel
Margaret Laurence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Stone Boy
Gina Berriault

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1957

The Stone Carvers
Jane Urquhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Stone Child
Dan Poblocki

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Stones of Florence
Mary Mccarthy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

The Stone Virgins
Yvonne Vera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Stories We Tell
Patti Callahan Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Storm
Kate Chopin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1898

The Story of a Marriage
Andrew Sean Greer

Fiction | Novel | Adult

The Story of B
Daniel Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Story Of Beautiful Girl
Rachel Simon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Story of Lucy Gault
William Trevor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Story of My Teeth
Valeria Luiselli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim
E. K. Johnston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Story of the Jews
Simon Schama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Story of the Treasure Seekers
E. Nesbit

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1899

The Story of Tom Brennan
J.C. Burke

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Leslye Walton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Strange Career of William Ellis
Karl Jacoby

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2006

The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures
António R. Damásio

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

The Stranger Diaries
Elly Griffiths

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Stranger's Child
Alan Hollinghurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
Gail Tsukiyama

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Street of Crocodiles
Bruno Schulz

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1934

The Street Sweeper
Elliot Perlman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Study of Language
George Yule

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Styx
Jonathon King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Subterraneans
Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Jack Canfield, Janet Switzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Summer Before the War
Helen Simonson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Summer Children
Dot Hutchison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Summer House
Brendan DuBois, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Summer of 1787
David O. Stewart

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

The Summer Prince
Alaya Dawn Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Summons
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Sun Dog
Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1990

The Supernaturalist
Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Surrender Tree
Margarita Engle

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Surrounded
D'Arcy Mcnickle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

The Swamp Dwellers
Wole Soyinka

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1958

The Swan Thieves
Elizabeth Kostova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Switch: A Novel
Beth O'Leary

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Sword In The Stone
T. H. White

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1938

The Sword of Truth
Terry Goodkind

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
Robert B. Reich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020