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A sky Beyond the Storm

Sabaa Tahir

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

A Slight Trick of the Mind

Mitch Cullin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage

M. K. Oliver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

A Soft Place to Land

Janae Marks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

A Soldier of the Great War

Mark Helprin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

A Soldier's Secret

Marissa Moss

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

A Solitary Blue

Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

A Song Flung Up to Heaven

Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

A Song of Ice and Fire

George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

A Son of the Circus

John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

A Spell for Chameleon

Piers Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A Spindle Splintered

Alix E. Harrow

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2021

A Splendid Exchange

William J. Bernstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

A Sport and a Pastime

James Salter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

A Spot of Bother

Mark Haddon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

A Spy Among Friends

Ben Macintyre

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Assassins

Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Assassin's Quest

Robin Hobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

As She Left It

Catriona McPherson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

As Simple As Snow

Gregory Galloway

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

As Sure as the Dawn

Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

A Step from Death

Larry Woiwode

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1978

A Step from Heaven

An Na

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

A Step Toward Falling

Cammie McGovern

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

A Stillness at Appomattox

Bruce Catton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

A Stone of Hope: A Memoir

Jim St. Germain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2021

Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival

Peter Stark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

A Story Teller's Story

Sherwood Anderson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1924

A Strange and Sublime Address

Amit Chaudhuri

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1991

A Strange Hymn

Laura Thalassa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Stranger Among Us

Stacy Bierlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Stranger in Your Own City

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

A Stranger is Watching

Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A Street Cat Named Bob

James Bowen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

Ashley Herring Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Astronomer's Wife

Kay Boyle

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1936

Astrophil and Stella

Sir Philip Sidney

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1591

A Study in Scarlet Women

Sherry Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

A Sudden Light

Garth Stein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

A Sudden Silence

Eve Bunting

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

A Suitable Boy

Vikram Seth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

A Summer Affair

Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Summer Life

Gary Soto

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1990

A Summer's Reading

Bernard Malamud

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1961

A Summer to Die

Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1977

A Summons to Memphis

Peter Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali

Gil Courtemanche

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

As We Are Now

May Sarton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Asylum

Madeleine Roux

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Asylum for Nightface

Bruce Brooks

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

Asymmetry

Lisa Halliday

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

As You Like It: The Gerald Kraak Anthology Volume II

Jacana Media

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

As You Wish

Cary Elwes, Joe Layden

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

A Tale of Love and Darkness

Amos Oz

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

A Tale of Magic...

Chris Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

A Tale of Sorcery

Chris Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

A Tale of Witchcraft

Chris Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

A Taste of Eternity

Gisèle Pineau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

A Taste of Honey

Kai Ashante Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

A Taste of Power

Elaine Brown

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

At Bertram's Hotel

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

A Tender Age

Chang-rae Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

A Terrible Thing to Waste

Harriet A. Washington

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

A Testament of Hope

Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

A Test of Wills

Charles Todd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

At Fault

Kate Chopin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1890

At First Sight

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

A Theory of Dreaming

Ava Reid

Fiction | Novel | YA

A Theory of Human Motivation

Abraham Maslow

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1943

A Thief Of Time

Tony Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

A Thousand Heartbeats

Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

A Thousand Voices

Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

Yiyun Li

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2005

A Thread of Grace

Mary Doria Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Thread of Truth

Marie Bostwick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

A Thread so Thin

Marie Bostwick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

A Tidewater Morning

William Styron

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1993

A Tiger for Malgudi

R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

A Time of Miracles

Anne-Laure Bondoux

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

A Time of Witches

Madeline Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Atlas of AI

Kate Crawford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt

Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Touch of Chaos

Scarlett St. Clair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

A Touch of Malice

Scarlett St. Clair

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Town Like Alice

Nevil Shute

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

A Train in Winter

Caroline Moorehead

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

A Tribe Apart

Patricia Hersch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Attachments

Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Attention Seeker

Darcy Michael

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

At the Edge of the Orchard

Tracy Chevalier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

At the Existentialist Café

Sarah Bakewell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

At the Hands of Persons Unknown

Philip Dray

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

At the Water's Edge

Sara Gruen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

A Tugging String

David Greenberg

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

A Twist in the Tale

Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1988

Augustine: Conversions and Confessions

Robin Lane Fox

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1966

Augustus

John Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

A Universe From Nothing

Lawrence M. Krauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

Mario Vargas Llosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977