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The Shadow Lines
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Shadow of Kyoshi
F.C. Yee, Michael Dante DiMartino

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

The Shadow of the Crescent Moon
Fatima Bhutto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Shadow of the Gods
John Gwynne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Shadow of the Torturer
Gene Wolfe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Shadow of What Was Lost
James Islington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Shadow Queen
C.J. Redwine

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Shadow Rising
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Shadows
J.R. Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Shadows Between Us
Tricia Levenseller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Shadow Sister
Lucinda Riley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Shadow Throne
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

The Shadowy Horses
Susanna Kearsley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Shakespeare Stealer
Gary L. Blackwood

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Nicholas Carr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
Jonathan Kozol

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Shape of Thunder
Jasmine Warga

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Shape of Water
Stephen Sartarelli, Andrea Camilleri

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Shards
Bret Easton Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Shawl
Cynthia Ozick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Sheep Look Up
John Brunner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Shell Seekers
Rosamunde Pilcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

The Shelters of Stone
Jean M. Auel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Shepherd's Crown
Rob Wilkins, Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

The Sherlockian
Graham Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Shield of Achilles
Philip Bobbitt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Shift
Theresa Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

THE SHIFT
Tinx

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Shining
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Shining Company
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Shining Girls
Lauren Beukes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Shining Ones
David Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1994

The Ship of Brides
Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Ship of the Dead
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2017

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 Shock of the New
Robert Hughes

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Shop on Blossom Street
Debbie Macomber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
Jeff Hobbs

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

The Short Drop
Matthew FitzSimmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2010

The Short Victorious War
David Weber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Shunning
Beverly Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Sicilian
Mario Puzo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Siege of Krishnapur
J.G. Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Siege of Macindaw
John Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

The Sight
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Signifying Monkey
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Sign of the Beaver
Elizabeth George Speare

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1983

The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1890

The Silence
Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

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 Silence Of The Lambs
Thomas Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Silence that Binds Us
Joanna Ho

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

The Silent Blade
R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Silent Boy
Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Silent Corner
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Silent Girl
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Silent Sister
Diane Chamberlain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Silent Waters
Brittainy C. Cherry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Silent Wife
A. S. A. Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
Janet Malcolm

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Peter Frankopan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Silmarillion
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Silver Chair
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1953

The Silver Kiss
Annette Curtis Klause

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Silver Linings Playbook
Matthew Quick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

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 Silver Sword
Ian Serraillier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1956

The Simple Art Of Murder
Raymond Chandler

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1950

The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life
Mr. Money Mustache, J.L. Collins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Simple Truth
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Singing Trees
Boo Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Singularity Is Near
Ray Kurzweil

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Sinner
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Sins of the Father
Jeffrey Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Siren
Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

The Sirens of Titan
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Sister
Louise Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Sisterhood
Helen Bryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Sisters Brothers
Patrick Dewitt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Sisters Rosensweig
Wendy Wasserstein

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1992

The Sittaford Mystery
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Six Sacred Stones
Matthew Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (2014)
Elizabeth Kolbert

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Sixth Man
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Alison Weir

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

The Skeleton Tree
Iain Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Sketch Book
Washington Irving

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1819