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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 Study of Language

George Yule

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Styx

Jonathon King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Subterraneans

Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Jack Canfield, Janet Switzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Summer Before the War

Helen Simonson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Summer Children

Dot Hutchison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Summer Girl

Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Summer House

Brendan DuBois, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Summer of 1787

David O. Stewart

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

The Summer of Songbirds

Kristy Woodson Harvey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Summer Place

Jennifer Weiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Summer Prince

Alaya Dawn Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Summer She Went Missing

Chelsea Ichaso

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Summer We Ran

Audrey Ingram

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Summit

Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

The Summoning

Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Summons

John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Sum of Our Days

Isabel Allende

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Sum of Us (adapted for Young Readers)

Heather McGhee

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2023

The Sun and the Starmaker

Rachel Griffin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

The Sunday Philosophy Club

Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Sun Dog

Stephen King

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1990

The Sunlit Man

Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Sun Sister

Lucinda Riley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Sun Walks Down

Fiona McFarlane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Supernaturalist

Eoin Colfer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Supreme Macaroni Company

Adriana Trigiani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (the Supremes, #1)

Edward Kelsey Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Surgeon's Daughter

Audrey Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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's Daughter

Roshani Chokshi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

The Swan Thieves

Elizabeth Kostova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Sweetest Fiend

Raven Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Switch

Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Switch: A Novel

Beth O'Leary

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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 System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It

Robert B. Reich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Tables Turned

William Morris

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1887

The Tale

Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1917

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter

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

The Tale of the Body Thief

Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Taming of the Queen

Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Target

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Teacher of Nomad Land

Daniel Nayeri

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession

Dana Goldstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

Carlos Castaneda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The Technological Society

Jacques Ellul

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1954

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings

Edgar Allan Poe

Nonfiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1843

The Temporary Roomie

Sarah Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Temporary Wife

Catharina Maura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Tenant

Katrine Engberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Tenant

Roland Topor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Tenderness of Wolves

Stef Penney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Tenth Circle

Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

Gennifer Choldenko

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

The Ten Year Affair

Erin Somers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Terra-Cotta Dog

Andrea Camilleri, Transl. Stephen Sartarelli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket

John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

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 Texas Murders

James Patterson, Andrew Bourelle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Thanatos Syndrome

Walker Percy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Thank You Economy

Gary Vaynerchuk

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How to Think Like One

David Sklansky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Thief

Fuminori Nakamura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Thief Knot

Kate Milford

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

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 Thirst

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Thirteenth Child

Erin A. Craig

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Thirteenth Fairy

Melissa de la Cruz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Thomas Berryman Number

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Thorn Queen

Sasha Peyton Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

The Thoroughbreds

Elin Hilderbrand, Shelby Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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 Thrashers

Julie Soto

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

The Three Graces of Pearl Street

Elizabeth Wellington Rollins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Three Little Javelinas

Susan Lowell

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

The Three Signs of a Miserable Job

Patrick Lencioni

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

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 Tibetan Book of the Dead

Padmasambhava, Karma-Glin-Pa, Transl. Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup, Ed. Walter Evans-Wentz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1927

The Tide Between Us: An Irish-Caribbean Story of Slavery & Emancipation (the O'neill Trilogy Book 1)

Olive Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Tiffany Box

Kathleen Buckstaff

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Tiffany Girls

Shelley Noble

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

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 Hop Coffee Shop

Phaedra Patrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Time in Between

David Bergen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Time in Between

María Dueñas, Transl. Daniel Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009