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Skinny Dip

Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Skinship

Yoon Choi

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

Skinwalkers

Tony Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Skulduggery Pleasant

Derek Landy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Sky

Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet

Xue Xinran

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Skyhunter

Marie Lu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Sky in the Deep

Adrienne Young

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Sky's End

Marc J Gregson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Slake's Limbo: 121 Days

Felice Holman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

Slanting Towards the Sea

Lidija Hilje

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Slap Shot

Chelsea Curto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Slasher Summer

E. L. Chen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Slated

Teri Terry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Slaughterhouse

Carla H. Krueger

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2009

Slavery and Social Death

Orlando Patterson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

Slavery at Sea

Sowande M. Mustakeem

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Sleeping Beauties

Owen King, Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Sleeping Beauty

Charles Perrault

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1697

Sleeping Giants

Sylvain Neuvel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Sleeping on Jupiter

Anuradha Roy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Sleep It Off, Lady

Jean Rhys

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1936

Sleepless Nights

Elizabeth Hardwick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success

Shawn Stevenson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Sleep Tight

J. H. Markert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Sleepwalking Land

Mia Couto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Slipping

John Toomey

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1998

Slot Machine

Chris Lynch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Slough House

Mick Herron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Slow Days, Fast Company

Eve Babitz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

Slow Gods

Claire North

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Slumdog Millionaire

Vikas Swarup

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Slumming

Chad Heap

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Smaller and Smaller Circles

F.H. Batacan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Small Fires: Essays

Julie Marie Wade

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2011

Small Fry

Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Small Gods

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Small Is Beautiful

Ernst F. Schumacher

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1973

Small Island

Andrea Levy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Small Town, Big Magic

Hazel Beck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Small Town Girls

Jayne Anne Phillips

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Small Wonder

Barbara Kingsolver

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2002

Small World

David Lodge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Smarter Faster Better

Charles Duhigg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Smart Women Finish Rich

David Bach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Smiles to Go

Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Smith

Leon Garfield

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

Smoke and Mirrors

Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

Snow

John Banville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Snow Bird

Lass Small

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Snowbound

Janice Kay Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Snow Falling in Spring

Moying Li

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2008

Snow in August

Pete Hamill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Snow White

Jacob Grimm

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1812

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Wanda Gág

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1938

Soccer on Sunday

Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2014

Social Justice Fallacies

Thomas Sowell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

So Far from the Bamboo Grove

Yoko Kawashima Watkins

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

Cal Newport

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

So Happy Together

Olivia Worley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Sojourn

R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?

Fredrick Mckissack, Patricia Mckissack

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Solar

Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Soldier Dog

Sam Angus

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Soldier Girls

Helen Thorpe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Soldier's Heart

Elizabeth D. Samet

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Solider's Home

Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult

Solve for Happy

Mo Gawdat

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Sombrero Fallout

Richard Brautigan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am

Harry Mazer, Peter Lerangis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Somebody Scream!

Marcus Reeves

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Somebody's Daughter

Ashley C. Ford

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Some Boys

Patty Blount

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Someday, Maybe

Onyi Nwabineli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Someday, Someday, Maybe

Lauren Graham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

Peter Cameron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Some Kind of Fairy Tale

Graham Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Some Luck

Jane Smiley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Some of My Best Friends are Black

Tanner Colby

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Someone to Talk To

Deborah Eisenberg

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2013

Someone to Watch Over Me

Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Some Reflections Upon Marriage

Mary Astell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1700

Something Happened

Joseph Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Something in the Air

Richard Hoffer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Something in the Walls

Daisy Pearce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Something Like Fate

Susane Colasanti

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Something New Under the Sun

John Robert Mcneill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Something of Value

Robert Ruark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Something to Declare: Essays

Julia Alvarez

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

John Locke

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1693

Sometimes I Scare Myself

Jeneva Rose

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2026

Somewhere in France: A Novel of the Great War

Jennifer Robson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Somewhere in the Darkness

Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good

Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

So Much Blue

Percival Everett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Songbird of the Sorrows

Braidee Otto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Song of a Captive Bird

Jasmin Darznik

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Song of a Goat

John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1961

Song of the Buffalo Boy

Sherry Garland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993