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A Salty Piece of Land
Jimmy Buffett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

A Season in the Congo
Aimé Césaire

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1966

A Season in the Life of Emmanuel
Marie-Claire Blais

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

A Secret Kept
Tatiana de Rosnay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

A Sentimental Education
Gustave Flaubert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1869

A Serious Proposal To The Ladies
Mary Astell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1694

A Severed Head
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

A Shining Thread of Hope
Darlene Clark Hine, Kathleen Thompson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

A Short Guide to Writing About Art
Sylvan Barnet

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1993

A Short History of the United States
Edward Channing

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1908

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Marina Lewycka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Silver Dish
Saul Bellow

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1978

A Simple Plan
Scott B. Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1800

A Soldier of the Great War
Mark Helprin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

A Soldier's Secret
Marissa Moss

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

A Solitary Blue
Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

A Song Flung Up to Heaven
Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

A Song of Ice and Fire
George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

A Son of the Circus
John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

A Spell for Chameleon
Piers Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A Splendid Exchange
William J. Bernstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

A Spot of Bother
Mark Haddon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

A Step from Death
Larry Woiwode

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1978

A Step from Heaven
An Na

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

A Step Toward Falling
Cammie McGovern

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

A Stillness at Appomattox
Bruce Catton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

A Stone of Hope: A Memoir
Jim St. Germain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2021

A Story Teller's Story
Sherwood Anderson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1924

A Strange and Sublime Address
Amit Chaudhuri

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1991

A Stranger Among Us
Stacy Bierlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Stranger is Watching
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A Sudden Light
Garth Stein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

A Sudden Silence
Eve Bunting

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

A Summer Life
Gary Soto

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1990

A Summer's Reading
Bernard Malamud

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1961

A Summer to Die
Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1977

A Summons to Memphis
Peter Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
Gil Courtemanche

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Madeleine L'Engle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1978

Sabriel
Garth Nix

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

Sacred Clowns
Tony Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Sacred Ground
Eboo Patel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Sacred Hunger
Barry Unsworth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Safely Home
Randy Alcorn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Saffron Dreams
Shaila M. Abdullah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Sahara Special
Esmé Raji Codell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Sailing to Byzantium
Robert Silverberg

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1967

Sailor Moon
Naoko Takeuchi

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Sailor Song
Ken Kesey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Saint Anything
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Saint Iggy
K. L. Going

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Saint Maybe
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Saint Mazie
Jami Attenberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Saints and Villains
Denise Giardina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Saints for All Occasions
J. Courtney Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Salem Falls
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Salvation: Black People And Love
bell hooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Samarkand
Amin Maalouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Sammy And Juliana In Hollywood
Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Sam's Letters to Jennifer
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Samuel Johnson
John Wain

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1974

Samurai Rising
Pamela S. Turner

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Sam Walton: Made in America
Sam Walton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

Sand Dollar
Sebastian Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Santa Evita
Tomás Eloy Martínez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Sarah Bishop
Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1980

Sarrasine
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1830

Sartor Resartus
Thomas Carlyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1836

Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo
Ntozake Shange

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
James Sturm

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Satchmo Blows up the World
Penny M. Von Eschen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Satin Island
Tom Mccarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Save Me the Waltz
Zelda Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Saving Ceecee Honeycutt
Beth Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Saving Fish from Drowning
Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Saving Francesca
Melina Marchetta

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Saving Grace
Raeanne Thayne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Saving Zasha
Randi Barrow

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Say Goodnight, Gracie
Julie Reece Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Saying Grace
Beth Gutcheon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Say What You Will
Cammie McGovern

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Say You're One of Them
Uwem Akpan

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2008

Scarlet
A.C. Gaughen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Scarlet Song
Mariama Ba

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Scars of Sweet Paradise
Alice Echols

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1995

Scar Tissue
Michael Ignatieff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Scent of Apples
Bienvenido N. Santos

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1941

Scheherazade Goes West
Fatema Mernissi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

School Days
Patrick Chamoiseau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Scoop
Evelyn Waugh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Scoreboard Baby
Nick Perry, Ken Armstrong

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Scoundrel Time
Lillian Hellman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Scratch Beginnings
Adam Shepard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Scribbler of Dreams
Mary E. Pearson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Searching For Zion
Emily Raboteau

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Season Of The Witch
David Talbot

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Second Chance Summer
Morgan Matson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Second Life
S. J. Watson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015