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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Aldo Leopold, Charles W. Schwartz
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968
A Scandal in Bohemia (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #1)
Ronald Holt, Arthur Conan Doyle
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2000
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
Laurence Sterne
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1768
A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
Sheldon Vanauken, C.S. Lewis
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992
A Shadow in the Ember (Flesh and Fire, #1)
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021
A Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837
Paul E. Johnson
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Nigel Griffin, Bartolomé de las Casas, Bartolome de Las Casas, Anthony Pagden
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999
A Soul of Ash and Blood (Blood and Ash, #5)
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
Arthur Conan Doyle
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
David Foster Wallace
Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1997
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
George Saunders
Nonfiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2021
Sailing to Sarantium (The Sarantine Mosaic, #1)
Guy Gavriel Kay
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)
Carlos Hernandez, Carlos Hernandez
Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019
Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft
Stephen Nissenbaum, Paul S. Boyer
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Michael Moss, Michael Moss
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013
Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora
Stephanie E. Smallwood
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007
Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
Dennis Covington
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996
Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
Denver Moore, Ron Hall, Lynn Vincent, Lynn Vincent
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
Patricia MacLachlan
Fiction | Novel | Published in 2001
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
J. Ryan Stradal
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
Jonathan Kozol
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Blake Snyder
Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2005
Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few
Robert B. Reich
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019
Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
Michael Easter
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much
Eldar Shafir, Sendhil Mullainathan
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013