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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 Science of God
Gerald Schroeder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Science of Storytelling
Will Storr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

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 Score (Parker, #5)
Richard Stark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

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 Scourge
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

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 Screwfly Solution
James Tiptree Jr.

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1977

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 Sculptress
Minette Walters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sea
John Banville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Sea Around Us
Rachel Carson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Sea Captain's Wife
Beth Powning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Sea Fairies
L. Frank Baum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Seafarer
Conor McPherson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

The Seagull
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1895

The Sea House
Esther Freud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Sea Hunters (The Sea Hunters #1)
Clive Cussler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Sea Inside
Philip Hoare

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Sea Keeper's Daughters (Carolina, #3)
Lisa Wingate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Sealwoman's Gift
Sally Magnusson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Seamstress of New Orleans
Diane C. McPhail

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Sea Of Grass
Conrad Richter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Sea of Tranquility
Katja Millay

Fiction | Novel | YA | 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

The Searcher
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend
Glenn Frankel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Sea Road
Margaret Elphinstone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Sea Runners
Ivan Doig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Season of Styx Malone
Kekla Magoon

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

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 Sea-Wolf
Jack London

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1904

The Second Coming
John Niven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Second Ending
Michelle Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Second Life of Mirielle West
Amanda Skenandore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Second Machine Age
Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew Mcafee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Second Mountain
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Second Sex
Simone de Beauvoir

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949

The Second Shepherd's Play
Wakefield Master

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1500

The Second Shift
Arlie Russell Hochschild, Anne Machung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
Ann Brashares

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Second Summoning (Keeper's Chronicles, #2)
Tanya Huff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Secret
Julie Garwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1907

The Secret Book of Flora Lea
Patti Callahan Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Secret Chord
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust, #2)
Philip Pullman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Sue Townsend

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Secret Fiancée
Catharina Maura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1910

The Secret Goldfish
David Means

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2004

The Secret History
Donna Tartt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Secret History of Las Vegas
Chris Abani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
Lauren Willig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Secret History of Wonder Woman
Jill Lepore

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

The Secret Hour
Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

The Secret Hours
Mick Herron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Secret Hum of a Daisy
Tracy Holczer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Secret Island (Secret Series, #1)
Enid Blyton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

The Secret Keeper
Genevieve Graham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
Alka Joshi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Secret Keepers
Trenton Lee Stewart

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Secret Lake
Karen Inglis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Secret Language of Sisters
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes
Diane Chamberlain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Secret Life of Cows
Rosamund Young

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005