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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
Lola Shoneyin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Secret of Gumbo Grove
Eleanora E. Tate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Secret Place
Tana French

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Secret River
Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Secret Sharer
Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1910

The Secret Side of Empty
Maria E. Andreu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Secret Story Of Sonia Rodriguez
Alan Sitomer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Seeing Stone
Kevin Crossley-Holland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Senator and the Sharecropper
Chris Myers Asch

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

The Sentinel
Mark Oldfield

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Serpent and the Rope
Raja Rao

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Seven Daughters of Eve
Bryan Sykes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Seventh Wish
Kate Messner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Sex Lives of Cannibals
J. Maarten Troost

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Shadow Dancer
Margaret Coel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Shadow of the Crescent Moon
Fatima Bhutto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Sherlockian
Graham Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Shield of Achilles
Philip Bobbitt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Shining Company
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Shipping News
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Shock of the Fall
Nathan Filer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
Jeff Hobbs

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2010

The Siege of Krishnapur
J.G. Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Signifying Monkey
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Silence of Murder
Dandi Daley Mackall

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Silence of the Girls
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Silver Kiss
Annette Curtis Klause

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Silver Pigs
Lindsey Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Silver Star
Jeannette Walls

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Silver Swan
Elena Delbanco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Simple Art Of Murder
Raymond Chandler

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1950

The Sisters Rosensweig
Wendy Wasserstein

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1992

The Sky Fisherman
Craig Lesley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sky is Everywhere
Jandy Nelson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Slave
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Slave Dancer
Paula Fox

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

The Slave Ship
Marcus Rediker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Sledding Hill
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Slippery Slope
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

The Snowman
Raymond Briggs

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1978

The Snow Queen
Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1936

The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources Of Love, Character, And Achievement
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Social Conquest of Earth
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus The Rest Of Us
Martha Stout

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Solace of Open Spaces
Gretel Ehrlich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giordano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Song Is You
Arthur Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Songlines
Bruce Chatwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Sound of the Mountain
Yasunari Kawabata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Sound of Things Falling
Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Sound of Waves
Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
Mary Rowlandson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1682

The Soviet Ambassador
Christopher Shulgan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Space Between Us
Zoya Pirzad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Special
David Stavanger

Fiction | Poetry Collection | Adult | Published in 2014

The Spectacular Now
Tim Tharp

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Sport of Kings
C.E. Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Sport of the Gods
Paul Laurence Dunbar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

The Sportswriter
Richard Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Square
Marguerite Duras

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

The Squire's Tale
Gerald Morris

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Star
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1955

The Stars are Fire
Anita Shreve

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Star Side of Bird Hill
Naomi Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Stars My Destination
Alfred Bester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

The Stolen Child
Keith Donohue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Stone Angel
Margaret Laurence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

The Stone Boy
Gina Berriault

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1957

The Stone Carvers
Jane Urquhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Stone Child
Dan Poblocki

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Stones of Florence
Mary Mccarthy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1959

The Stone Virgins
Yvonne Vera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Stories We Tell
Patti Callahan Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Storm
Kate Chopin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1898

The Story of B
Daniel Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Story Of Beautiful Girl
Rachel Simon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Story of Lucy Gault
William Trevor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Story of My Teeth
Valeria Luiselli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim
E. K. Johnston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Story of the Jews
Simon Schama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Story of the Treasure Seekers
E. Nesbit

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1899

The Story of Tom Brennan
J.C. Burke

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Leslye Walton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Strange Career of William Ellis
Karl Jacoby

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2006

The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

The Stranger's Child
Alan Hollinghurst

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

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 Styx
Jonathon King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Subterraneans
Jack Kerouac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958