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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 Separate Peace
John Knowles

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

A Single Shard
Linda Sue Park

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

A Sound of Thunder
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story | Adult

A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1998

Sadie
Courtney Summers

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
Patricia MacLachlan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2001

Save Me a Seat
Sarah Weeks , Gita Varadarajan, Sarah Weeks

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Scar Island
Dan Gemeinhart

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2017

Scat
Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Schooled
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Season of Migration to the North
Tayeb Salih, Denys Johnson-Davies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Seedfolks
Paul Fleischman, Judy Pedersen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen, Ros Ballaster, Mobile Classics, Джейн Остин, Силвия Желева

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Serafina and the Black Cloak (Serafina, #1)
Robert Beatty, Robert Beatty

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Severance
Ling Ma, Ling Ma

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1)
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Shiloh (Shiloh, #1)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, #1)
Paolo Bacigalupi

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Shooting an Elephant
George Orwell

Nonfiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2003

Shooting Kabul
N. H. Senzai, N.H. Senzai

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1)
Ann Clare LeZotte

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

Signs Preceding the End of the World
Yuri Herrera, Lisa Dillman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Silent Spring
Rachel Carson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)
Becky Albertalli

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Siren Song
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1974

Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Skink—No Surrender
Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Slacker (Slacker, #1)
Ross Dearsley, Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Slam!
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1998

Smile (Smile, #1)
Raina Telgemeier

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Sold
Patricia McCormick

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2006

So Long a Letter
Mariama Ba, Modupé Bodé-Thomas, Mariama Bâ

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

So Much Water, So Close to Home
Raymond Carver

Fiction | Short Story | Adult

Song for a Whale
Lynne Kelly, Lynne Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Sonnet 18 (Shall I compare Thee to a Summer's Day?)
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2011

Sonny's Blues
James Baldwin

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1994

Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)
Eden Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2017

Son of the Mob (Son of the Mob, #1)
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Son (The Giver, #4)
Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Sophie’s World
Paulette Møller, Jostein Gaarder

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1995

Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
Bethany Hamilton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Spare Parts: A Marine Reservist's Journey From Campus to Combat in 38 Days
Buzz Williams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Speech Sounds
Octavia E. Butler

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

Spy School (Spy School, #1)
Stuart Gibbs

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Stardust
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Chris Crutcher

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Stepping on the Cracks (Gordy Smith, #1)
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1992

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Karen Russell

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2006

Stone Fox
John Reynolds Gardiner, Greg Hargreaves

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2010

Storm Runners (Storm Runners, #1)
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Stung (Stung, #1)
Bethany Wiggins

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
Marc Aronson, Marina Budhos

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Sula
Toni Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Summer
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1)
Bette Greene

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1993

Summer of the Mariposas
Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Summer of the Monkeys
Wilson Rawls

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1998

Sunrise Over Fallujah
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Sweat
Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2017

Swindle (Swindle, #1)
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Symptoms of Being Human
Jeff Garvin

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Thomas E. Connolly, Nina Baym

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emma Orczy, Emmuska Orczy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1)
Soman Chainani, Iacopo Bruno

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

The School Story
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2002

The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2)
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel

The Second Coming
William Butler Yeats

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1919

The Sentence
Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Seventh Most Important Thing
Shelley Pearsall

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1)
Gary L. Blackwood

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2000

The Shining (The Shining, #1)
Stephen King, Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Sign of the Beaver
Elizabeth George Speare

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
Thomas Harris, Thomas Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Silent Boy
Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2005

The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Silmarillion
J. R. R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ted Nasmith, Christopher Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Sky Is Gray
Ernest J. Gaines

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1995

The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Song of Hiawatha
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1855

The Sorrow of War
Bảo Ninh, Phan Thanh Hảo, Frank Palmos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
Mary Doria Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Stars Beneath Our Feet
David Barclay Moore

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2017

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
John F. Plummer, Howard Pyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Stranger
Albert Camus, Matthew Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
Jenny Han

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009