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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

Star of the Sea
Joseph O'Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

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

State of the Union
Nelson Lichtenstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Stephen King
Rocky Wood

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2011

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 Tornado
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Still Waters
Sara Warner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Stitches
David Small

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2009

Stolen Children
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Stolen Into Slavery
Dennis B. Fradin, Judith Fradin

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Stone Cold
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Stoner and Spaz
Ronald Koertge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

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

Storm Catchers
Tim Bowler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Stowaway
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Strange Interlude
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1928

Strange Meeting
Susan Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Strange Pilgrims
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

Stranger in the Woods
Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II

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

Strangers Drowning
Larissa Macfarquhar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Stranger With My Face
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

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

StrengthsFinder 2.0
Tom Rath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Stride Toward Freedom
Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1958

Strong Horse Tea
Alice Walker

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

Stubborn Twig
Lauren Kessler

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1993

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

Suburban Warriors
Lisa Mcgirr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Such A Pretty Girl
Laura Wiess

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

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

Sugar
Seressia Glass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Summerlost
Ally Condie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Summer of the Gypsy Moths
Sara Pennypacker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Ray Lawler

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955

Sunday Jews
Hortense Calisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Sunset Song
Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Stephen Leacock

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1912

Sure Thing
David Ives

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Surfacing
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Survival In Auschwitz
Primo Levi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1947

Surviving Hitler
Andrea Warren

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Survivor
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Survivor in Death
J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Sway
Jennifer Gibson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Swear to Howdy
Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Hugh Wheeler

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1979

Sweet Bird of Youth
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

Sweetland
Michael Crummey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Sweetness in the Belly
Camilla Gibb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Sweet Thursday
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Virginia Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Swimming to Antarctica
Lynne Cox

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Swim That Rock
John Rocco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Swim the Fly
Don Calame

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Swiss Sonata
Gwethalyn Graham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Sworn Virgin
Elvira Dones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Symphony for the City of the Dead
M. T. Anderson

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2015

The Sacred Balance
David Suzuki

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
Stephanie Oakes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea
Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1963

The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sandman and the War of Dreams
William Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Scar Boys
Len Vlahos

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Schooldays of Jesus
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The School of Essential Ingredients
Erica Bauermeister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Scorpion Rules
Erin Bow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Scorpio Races
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Sculptor
Scott McCloud

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Sea Captain's Wife
Beth Powning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Seafarer
Conor McPherson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sea Inside
Philip Hoare

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Sea of Trolls
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The Sea, the Sea
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Seat of the Soul
Gary Zukav

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The Second Coming
John Niven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Second Machine Age
Andrew Mcafee, Erik Brynjolfsson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
Ann Brashares

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Secret
Rhonda Byrne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Sue Townsend

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Secret Goldfish
David Means

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

The Secret Hum of a Daisy
Tracy Holczer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014