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Song of the Shank

Jeffery Renard Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Song of the Sparrow

Lisa Ann Sandell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Songs for the Brokenhearted

Ayelet Tsabari

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Songs for the New Depression

Kergan Edwards-Stout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Songs in Ursa Major

Emma Brodie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Songs of Innocence and of Experience

William Blake

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1789

Songs of the Dead

Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Songs of Willow Frost

Jamie Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sonnets from the Portuguese

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1850

Son of a Gun

Anne de Graaf

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

Son of Nobody

Yann Martel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Son of the Morning

Akwaeke Emezi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

So Not Meant to Be

Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty

Ramona Ausubel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Sophie and the Rising Sun

Augusta Trobaugh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Sorrow

Claribel Alegría

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1978

Sorrowland

Rivers Solomon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

So Thirsty

Rachel Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Soul Catcher

Leigh Bridger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Soul Eater

Lily Mayne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Soulless

Gail Carriger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Soul Mountain

Gao Xingjian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Soul On Ice

Eldridge Cleaver

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1968

Soul Searching

Lyla Sage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir

Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Soundtrack

Jason Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

Sourcery

Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Southern Horrors

Crystal N. Feimster

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1892

Southern Lady Code

Helen Ellis

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

South of Broad

Pat Conroy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

South of the Border, West of the Sun

Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

So Yesterday

Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

So You Want to Be a Wizard

Diane Duane

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1983

Spaceman of Bohemia

Jaroslav Kalfar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Spain in Our Hearts

Adam Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Spanking Shakespeare

Jake Wizner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Spare Parts

Joshua Davis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Spark

Rachael Craw

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up

Marie Kondō

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Sparkling Cyanide

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Tunde Oyeneyin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Speaking in Bones

Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Speak, Memory

Vladimir Nabokov

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1951

Speak Now

Kenji Yoshino

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Special Topics in Calamity Physics

Marisha Pessl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Spectacular

Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Spellbound

Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2005

Spider Woman's Granddaughters

Paula Gunn Allen

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1989

Spies

Michael Frayn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Spies of Mississippi

Rick Bowers

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2010

Spill Simmer Falter Wither

Sara Baume

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Spin

Robert Charles Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Spinoza

Steven Nadler

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Spin the Dawn

Elizabeth Lim

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Spiral

Bal Khabra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Spirit Bound

Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Spirit Crossing

William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Spirited Away

Cindy Miles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Spiritual Leadership

J. Oswald Sanders

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

Splinter & Ash

Marieke Nijkamp

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

Split

Swati Avasthi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Spoiler Alert

Olivia Dade

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Spoils

Brian Van Reet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Spook Country

William Gibson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Spook Street

Mick Herron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Spoonbenders

Daryl Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Spoon River Anthology

Edgar Lee Masters

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1915

Spotted Horses

William Faulkner

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1931

Spring

Ali Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Spring Moon

Bette Bao Lord

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Spring Snow

Yukio Mishima, Transl. Michael Gallagher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

Sprint

Jake Knapp

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Sredni Vashtar

Saki

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1911

Stage Fright on a Summer Night

Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Stalin's Children

Owen Matthews

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Stand By Me

Sheila O'Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Stand Up That Mountain

Jay Erskine Leutze

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Starclimber

Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Star Food

Ethan Canin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1997

Staring at the Sun

Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Starlight

Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Starlight

Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Star of the Sea

Joseph O'Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Star Shipped

Cat Sebastian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Starsight

Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Started Early, Took my Dog

Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Startide Rising

David Brin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Starting Out in the Evening

Brian Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Start Something That Matters

Blake Mycoskie

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Start With Yourself

Emma Grede

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (star Wars Novelizations, #7)

Alan Dean Foster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

State of the Union

Nelson Lichtenstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Statesman

Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1 BCE

Stay

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945

Ian Buruma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Stay Awake

Megan Goldin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Stay Close

Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Staying Dry

Angelo J. Lucco, K. Lynette Pearce, Kathryn L. Burgio

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991