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Staying On

Paul Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Stay Out of the Basement

R.L. Stine

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered

Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Stellarlune

Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Stephen King

Rocky Wood

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2011

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography

Karen Blumenthal

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Sticks and Bones

David Rabe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1972

Sticks and Stones

Lynn Hall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

Still Life With Bones

Alexa Hagerty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Still Life With Bread Crumbs

Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Still Life with Tornado

A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Still Missing

Chevy Stevens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Stillness Is the Key

Ryan Holiday

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Stillness Speaks

Eckhart Tolle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Still See You Everywhere

Lisa Gardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Still Waters

Sara Warner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Stir It Up

Rinku Sen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Stitched

Eli Mccann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Stitches

David Small

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2009

Stitches

Anne Lamott

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2013

Stolen

Ann-Helén Laestadius, Transl. Rachel Willson-Broyles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Stolen

John Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Stolen Children

Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Stolen in Death

J. D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Stolen Into Slavery

Dennis B. Fradin, Judith Fradin

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Stolen Midnights

Katherine Quinn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

Stone Cold

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Stoner and Spaz

Ronald Koertge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Stone River Crossing

Tim Tingle

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Stones for Ibarra

Harriet Doerr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Stones From the River

Ursula Hegi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Stones into Schools

Greg Mortenson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Stones in Water

Donna Jo Napoli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Stonewall's Gold

Robert J. Mrazek

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Stop Overthinking

Nick Trenton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder

Paul T. Mason, Randi Kreger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Stories I Only Tell My Friends

Rob Lowe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Storm and Fury

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Storm Breaker

Nisha J. Tuli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

Storm Catchers

Tim Bowler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Storm Watch

C.J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Storytelling With Data

Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Story Time

Edward Bloor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling

Matthew Dicks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Stowaway

Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Straight Man

Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Strange Folk

Alli Dyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Strange Interlude

Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

Strange Meeting

Susan Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Stranger in the Woods

Carl R. Sams II, Jean Stoick

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2000

Strangers

David Alexander Robertson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Strangers Drowning

Larissa Macfarquhar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Strangers in the Villa

Robyn Harding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Stranger Things

David Lubar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Stranger With My Face

Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

Strange Weather in Tokyo

Hiromi Kawakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Strawberry Fields

Marina Lewycka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Streams to the River, River to the Sea

Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

Streetwise

Lloyd Blankfein

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

Tom Rath, Barry Conchie

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2007

StrengthsFinder 2.0

Tom Rath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Strength to Love

Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

Stride Toward Freedom

Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1958

Strongheart

Jim Fergus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Strong Horse Tea

Alice Walker

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

Stubborn Twig

Lauren Kessler

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1993

Stuck up Stupid

Angourie Rice

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Studies in Words

C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

Study for the World's Body

David St. John

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1994

Stuffed and Starved

Raj Patel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Stuff Matters

Mark Miodownik

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Todd Gilbert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Subculture: The Meaning of Style

Dick Hebdige

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Sublimation

Isabel J. Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream

Andrés Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Suburban Warriors

Lisa Mcgirr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude

Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

Such A Pretty Girl

Laura Wiess

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Such a Quiet Place

Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Such Charming Liars

Karen M. McManus

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Such Sharp Teeth

Rachel Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Sudden Death

Álvaro Enrigue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door

Etgar Keret

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2010

Sufferance

Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Sugar

Seressia Glass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Sugar

Bernice L. McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Suicidal Empathy

Gad Saad

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Suicide Forest

Jeremy Bates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Suicide Notes

Michael Thomas Ford

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Sulfur Springs

William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives

David Eagleman

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2009

Summa Contra Gentiles: Volumes 1-4 in Five Books

Thomas Aquinas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1264

Summer

Ali Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Summer Knight

Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Summerlost

Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Summer of '42

Herman Raucher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Summer of Night

Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

Summer of the Gypsy Moths

Sara Pennypacker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Summer of the Sea Serpent

Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004