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Success Is Counted Sweetest
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1864

Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Such a Long Journey
Rohinton Mistry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Such, Such Were the Joys
George Orwell

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1952

Suddenly, Last Summer
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1958

Sugar
Jewell Parker Rhodes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Sugar Changed the World
Marc Aronson, Marina Budhos

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2010

Suite Francaise
Irene Nemirovsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Sula
Toni Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Sultana's Dream
Begum Rokeya

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1905

Summa Theologica
Thomas Aquinas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1274

Summer
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1917

Summer Ball
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Summer Island: A Novel
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Summer of My German Soldier
Bette Greene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

Summer of Riley
Eva Bunting

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Summer of the Mariposas
Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Summer of the Monkeys
Wilson Rawls

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

Summer Romance
Annabel Monaghan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Summer Sisters
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Sunday Morning
Wallace Stevens

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1915

Sunny
Jason Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Sunrise Over Fallujah
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Superfudge
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Supergifted
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard Feynman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1985

Surprised by Joy
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1955

Surrounded By Idiots
Thomas Erikson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Survive the Night: A Novel
Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Surviving Savannah
Patti Callahan Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Surviving the Applewhites
Stephanie S. Tolan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Survivor Type
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1982

Suttree
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Swallowing Stones
Joyce Mcdonald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Swami and Friends
R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1935

Swamplandia
Karen Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Swan and Shadow
John Hollander

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1966

Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume One
Marcel Proust

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913

Swan Song
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Sweat
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1926

Sweat
Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2015

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
Jonathan Auxier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Sweetbitter
Stephanie Danler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Sweetness
Toni Morrison

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2015

Sweetness and Power
Sidney W. Mintz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Sweet Tooth
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Swimming in the Dark
Tomasz Jedrowski

Fiction | Memoir in Verse | Adult | Published in 2020

Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Swindle
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Swing
Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2018

Swing Time
Zadie Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Sword of Destiny
Andrzej Sapkowski

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1992

Sybil
Flora Rheta Schreiber

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Sycamore Row
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sylvia And Aki
Winifred Conkling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Sympathy
Paul Laurence Dunbar

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1899

Symphony of Secrets
Brendan Slocumb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Symposium
Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 380

Symptoms of Being Human
Jeff Garvin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Saints of Swallow Hill
Donna Everhart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Salt Eaters
Toni Cade Bambara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Salt Path
Raynor Winn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

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 Sandbox
Edward Albee

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

The Sand Child
Tahar Ben Jelloun

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Sandman
E. T. A. Hoffmann

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1816

The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1
Neil Gaiman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2015

The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Satyricon
Transl. P.G. Walsh, Transl. Piero Chiara, Petronius

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 60

The Scarlet Ibis
James Hurst

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1960

The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1850

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emma Orczy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1905

The Scent Keeper
Erica Bauermeister

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

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

The School for Scandal
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1777

The School Story
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Schooner Flight
Derek Walcott

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1979

The Schwa Was Here
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Science of Breakable Things
Tae Keller

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Scorch Trials
James Dashner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Screaming Staircase
Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Screwtape Letters
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942

The Sculptor's Funeral
Willa Cather

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1905

The Sea
John Banville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Seagull
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1895

The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Searcher
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020