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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

Syntactic Structures
Noam Chomsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Syren
Angie Sage

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

S/Z: An Essay
Roland Barthes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
Abraham Joshua Heschel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

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 Sacred Place
Daniel Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Sacred Wood
T.S. Eliot

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1997

The Sacrifice (The Enemy #4)
Charlie Higson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Sadeian Woman: And the Ideology of Pornography
Angela Carter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Safety of Objects
A.M. Homes

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2003

The Saga of the Jómsvíkings
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Saga of the Volsungs
Anonymous, William Morris

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2000

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea
Yukio Mishima

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1963

The Saint-Fiacre Affair (Maigret, #14)
Georges Simenon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Saints of Swallow Hill
Donna Everhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Salem Witch Trials: A Reference Guide
K. David Goss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Salt Eaters
Toni Cade Bambara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Salt Grows Heavy
Cassandra Khaw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Salt Path
Raynor Winn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Salt Roads
Nalo Hopkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Salt Smugglers
Gérard de Nerval

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Samaritan (Carter Blake #2)
Mason Cross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Same Old Story
Ivan Goncharov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Same Sky
Amanda Eyre Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Same Stuff as Stars
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

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 Sanctuary
Raymond Khoury

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Sandbox
Edward Albee

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

The Sandcastle Empire
Kayla Olson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

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 #18: A Dream of a Thousand Cats
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

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: Overture
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | 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. 2: The Doll's House
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country
Neil Gaiman

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

The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists
Neil Gaiman

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

The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Sand Pebbles
Richard McKenna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Sands of Time
Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Sane Society
Erich Fromm

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Santa Klaus Murder
Mavis Doriel Hay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Santa Suit
Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Sapphire Rose
David Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1992

The Sari Shop
Rupa Bajwa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Satapur Moonstone (Perveen Mistry, #2)
Sujata Massey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Satsuma Complex
Bob Mortimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Saturday Evening Girls Club
Jane Healey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Saturday Night Ghost Club
Craig Davidson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Saturdays (The Melendy Family, #1)
Elizabeth Enright

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

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 Savage Mind
Claude Lévi-Strauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1966

The Savior
J.R. Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter
Lucius Shepard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Scam
Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
Julie Berry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Scapegoat
René Girard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

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 Scarecrow of Oz (Oz, #9)
L. Frank Baum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

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 Scar (New Crobuzon, #2)
China Miéville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Scarpetta Factor
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Scent Keeper
Erica Bauermeister

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Scent of Rain and Lightning
Nancy Pickard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Scholar
Dervla McTiernan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The scholar gipsy & Thyrsis
Matthew Arnold

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2010

The School
Donald Barthelme

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2014

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