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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 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 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 Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

The Stranger's Child
Alan Hollinghurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

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 Styx
Jonathon King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Subterraneans
Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Summer Before the War
Helen Simonson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

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 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 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 Tables Turned
William Morris

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1887

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1902

The Taming of the Queen
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Technological Society
Jacques Ellul

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1954

The Tenderness of Wolves
Stef Penney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Tenth Circle
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Testament of Gideon Mack
James Robertson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Testament of Mary
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Thanatos Syndrome
Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Thief
Fuminori Nakamura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Thing About Luck
Cynthia Kadohata

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Things a Brother Knows
Dana Reinhardt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Third Chimpanzee
Jared Diamond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Third Life of Grange Copeland
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

The Third Plate
Dan Barber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Third Policeman
Flann O'Brien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Thousandth Floor
Katharine Mcgee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Three Little Javelinas
Susan Lowell

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1992

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

The Throat
Peter Straub

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Tiffany Box
Kathleen Buckstaff

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Tiger
John Vaillant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Tiger in the Tunnel
Ruskin Bond

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1974

The Tiger's Bride
Merline Lovelace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Time in Between
David Bergen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Time It Never Rained
Elmer Kelton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Time of the Hero
Mario Vargas Llosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Time of Voice
Robert Kelly

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1969

The Tin Flute
Gabrielle Roy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

The Toilet Paper Tigers
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Toughest Indian in the World
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2000

The Town
Conrad Richter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

The Toynbee Convector
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1988

The Tragedy Paper
Elizabeth LaBan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Train to Crystal City
Jan Jarboe Russell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Trials Of Apollo, Book 1: The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Trials of Brother Jero
Wole Soyinka

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1960

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
Joanna Cannon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The True American
Anand Giridharadas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Trumpeter of Krakow
Eric P. Kelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1928

The Truth About Alice
Jennifer Mathieu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Turner House
Angela Flournoy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Turners
Mick Elliott

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Twelve
Justin Cronin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
Hannah Tinti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017