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Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Swim That Rock
John Rocco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Swim the Fly
Don Calame

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Swindle
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Swing
Mary Rand Hess, Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2018

Swing Time
Zadie Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Swiss Sonata
Gwethalyn Graham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Switch
Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

Switchboard Soldiers
Jennifer Chiaverini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

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

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Sword Song
Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Sworn to Silence
Linda Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Sworn Virgin
Elvira Dones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Sybil
Flora Rheta Schreiber

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Sycamore Gap
L.J. Ross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Sycamore Row
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sylvia And Aki
Winifred Conkling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

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

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2015

Symphony of Secrets
Brendan Slocumb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Symposium
Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 380

Symposium by Plato
Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 385

Symptoms of Being Human
Jeff Garvin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Syren
Angie Sage

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

S/Z: An Essay
Roland Barthes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion
Mircea Eliade, Transl. Willard R. Trask

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1956

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 Saints of Swallow Hill
Donna Everhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Salt Eaters
Toni Cade Bambara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Salt Path
Raynor Winn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Samurai's Garden
Gail Tsukiyama

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Samurai's Tale
Erik Christian Haugaard

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Sandbox
Edward Albee

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sand Child
Tahar Ben Jelloun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Sandman
Lars Kepler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Sandman and the War of Dreams
William Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1
Neil Gaiman

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

The Sandman: The Dream Hunters
Yoshitaka Amano, Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Sandman, Vol 2: The Doll's House
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You
Bryan Talbot, Dick Giordano, Shawn McManus, Colleen Doran, Neil Gaiman, George Pratt, Stan Woch, Todd Klein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives
Jill Thompson, Vince Locke, Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
D'Israeli, Glyn Dillon, Charles Vess, Kevin Nowlan, Frank McConnell, Neil Gaiman, Marc Hempel, Teddy Kristiansen, Dean Ormston, Richard Case, Todd Klein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Sands of Time
Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Santa Suit
Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Sapphire Rose
David Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1992

The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Satsuma Complex
Bob Mortimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Saturday Night Ghost Club
Craig Davidson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Satyricon
Petronius, Transl. Piero Chiara, Transl. P.G. Walsh

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 60

The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Savior
J.R. Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing
Lori Arviso Alvord, Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1999

The Scam
Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Scar
China Miéville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Scar Boys
Len Vlahos

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Scarecrow
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1850

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emma Orczy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1905

The Scarlet Plague
Jack London

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

The Scarlet Thread
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Scarpetta Factor
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Scent Keeper
Erica Bauermeister

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Scholar
Dervla McTiernan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Schooldays of Jesus
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The School For Good and Evil
Soman Chainani

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

The School for Good Mothers
Jessamine Chan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The School for Scandal
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1777

The School of Essential Ingredients
Erica Bauermeister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The School Story
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Schopenhauer Cure
Irvin D. Yalom

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Science of Breakable Things
Tae Keller

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Science of Getting Rich
Wallace D. Wattles

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Scions of Shannara
Terry Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Scorch Trials
James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Score
Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Scorpion
Paul Bowles

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1980

The Scorpion Rules
Erin Bow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Scorpio Races
Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The Scottish Prisoner
Diana Gabaldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
Julia Galef

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt
Caroline Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Screaming Staircase
Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Screwtape Letters
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Sculptor
Scott McCloud

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

The Sea
John Banville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Sea Captain's Wife
Beth Powning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Seafarer
Conor McPherson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

The Seagull
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1895

The Sea Inside
Philip Hoare

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Sea of Tranquility
Katja Millay

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Sea of Trolls
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The Search
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010