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Salem Falls
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Samarkand
Amin Maalouf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

Sam's Letters to Jennifer
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Sand Dollar
Sebastian Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Santa Evita
Tomás Eloy Martínez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo
Ntozake Shange

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

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 Grace
Raeanne Thayne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Say Goodnight, Gracie
Julie Reece Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Saying Grace
Beth Gutcheon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Scarlet Song
Mariama Ba

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Scar Tissue
Michael Ignatieff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

School Days
Patrick Chamoiseau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Scoop
Evelyn Waugh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Second Chance Summer
Morgan Matson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Second Life
S. J. Watson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Secrets to the Grave
Tami Hoag

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Seeing Things
Seamus Heaney

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1991

Seize the Day
Saul Bellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

Selection Day
Aravind Adiga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Sent for You Yesterday
John Edgar Wideman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Seraph on the Suwanee
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

Serena
Ron Rash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Set This House on Fire
William Styron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Seveneves
Neal Stephenson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Sexing the Cherry
Jeanette Winterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Shades
Marguerite Poland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Shades of Gray
Jessica James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Shades of Grey
Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Shadow on the Mountain
Margi Preus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree
Tariq Ali

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Shadows on the Rock
Willa Cather

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1931

Shadow Tag
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Shalimar the Clown
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Shards
Ismet Prcic

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Shattered
Jay Bonansinga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Shelter
Jung Yun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

She Walks In Beauty
Siri L. Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Shooting Star
Peter Temple

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Side-Kicked
Russell Brettholtz

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Silence
Shūsaku Endō

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Silk
Alessandro Baricco

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1996

Sisterland
Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Skels
Maggie Dubris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Skinwalkers
Tony Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
Xue Xinran

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Slade House
David Mitchell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Slaughterhouse
Carla H. Krueger

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2009

Sleeping Giants
Sylvain Neuvel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Sleeping on Jupiter
Anuradha Roy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Sleepless Nights
Elizabeth Hardwick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Sleepwalking Land
Mia Couto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Slipping
John Toomey

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1998

Slumdog Millionaire
Vikas Swarup

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Smaller and Smaller Circles
F.H. Batacan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Small Gods
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Small Island
Andrea Levy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Small World
David Lodge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Snow Bird
Lass Small

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Snowbound
Janice Kay Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Snow in August
Pete Hamill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Solibo Magnificent
Patrick Chamoiseau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Sombrero Fallout
Richard Brautigan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Some Kind of Fairy Tale
Graham Joyce

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Some Luck
Jane Smiley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Someone to Watch Over Me
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Something Happened
Joseph Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Something of Value
Robert Ruark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Song of a Captive Bird
Jasmin Darznik

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Song of the Shank
Jeffery Renard Allen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Song of the Sparrow
Lisa Ann Sandell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Songs for the New Depression
Kergan Edwards-Stout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Songs of Willow Frost
Jamie Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty
Ramona Ausubel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Sophie and the Rising Sun
Augusta Trobaugh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Sorrow
Claribel Alegría

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1978

Soul Catcher
Leigh Bridger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Soul Mountain
Gao Xingjian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

South of Broad
Pat Conroy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

South of the Border, West of the Sun
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Marisha Pessl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Spies
Michael Frayn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Spill Simmer Falter Wither
Sara Baume

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Spirited Away
Cindy Miles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Spoils
Brian Van Reet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Spoonbenders
Daryl Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Spotted Horses
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1931

Spring Moon
Bette Bao Lord

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Sputnik Sweetheart
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Stand By Me
Sheila O'Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Staring at the Sun
Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Star of the Sea
Joseph O'Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Started Early, Took my Dog
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Startide Rising
David Brin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Starting Out in the Evening
Brian Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Still Waters
Sara Warner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Stone Cold
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007