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Survive the Night: A Novel
Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Surviving Hitler
Andrea Warren

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Surviving Savannah
Patti Callahan Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Surviving the Applewhites
Stephanie S. Tolan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Surviving the City (Surviving the City, #1)
Tasha Spillett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Survivor
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Survivor in Death
J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Survivor Song
Paul Tremblay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR
Lisa Napoli

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Sushi for Beginners
Marian Keyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Suspect
Robert Crais

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sustained
Emma Chase

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Suttree
Cormac McCarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Suzanne's Children: A Daring Rescue in Nazi Paris
Anne Nelson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Swallow
Sefi Atta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Swallowing Darkness
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Swallowing Stones
Joyce Mcdonald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Swallow the Air
Tara June Winch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Swami and Friends
R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1935

Swamplandia
Karen Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Swamp Thing #40
Alan Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

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

Swapping Lives
Jane Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Sway
Jennifer Gibson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Swear on This Life
Renee Carlino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Swear to Howdy
Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Sweat
Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2015

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Hugh Wheeler

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1979

Sweeping Up Glass
Carolyn Wall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Sweep in Peace
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Sweep of the Blade
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Sweet Addiction
J. Daniels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Sweet Addiction (Sweet Addiction, #1)
J. Daniels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Sweet Bean Paste
Durian Sukegawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Sweet Bird of Youth
Tennessee Williams

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

Sweetbitter
Stephanie Danler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay
William Boyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Sweet Days of Discipline
Fleur Jaeggy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Sweet Dreams
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Sweet Evil
Wendy Higgins

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Sweet Filthy Boy (Wild Seasons, #1)
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Sweetheart
Chelsea Cain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Sweet Home
Tillie Cole

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Sweetland
Michael Crummey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Sweet Little Lies
Caz Frear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Sweetness and Power
Sidney W. Mintz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Sweetness in the Belly
Camilla Gibb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Sweet Peril
Wendy Higgins

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Sweet Persuasion
Maya Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Sweet Reckoning
Wendy Higgins

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Sweet Revenge
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Sweet Salt Air
Barbara Delinsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sweet Sorrow
David Nicholls

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Sweet Surrender
Maya Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Sweet Tea and Sympathy (Southern Eclectic, #1)
Molly Harper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Sweet Temptation
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Sweet Thursday
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Sweet Tooth
Ian McEwan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Sweetwater Creek
Anne Rivers Siddons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Virginia Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Swift and Saddled
Lyla Sage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Swift Rivers
Cornelia Meigs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Swimming Back to Trout River
Linda Rui Feng

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Swimming Home
Deborah Levy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Swimming in the Dark
Tomasz Jedrowski

Fiction | Memoir in Verse | Adult | Published in 2020

Swimming Lessons
Claire Fuller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag
Rohinton Mistry

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1996

Swimming to Antarctica
Lynne Cox

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Swimsuit
Maxine Paetro, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas

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

Swim That Rock
John Rocco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Swim the Fly
Don Calame

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Swindle
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Swing
Mary Rand Hess, Kwame Alexander

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

Swing Time
Zadie Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Swiss Sonata
Gwethalyn Graham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Switch
Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

Switchboard Soldiers
Jennifer Chiaverini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Switched (Trylle, #1)
Amanda Hocking

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Sword-Born (Tiger and Del, #5)
Jennifer Roberson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1988

Sword Song
Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Sworn to Silence (Kate Burkholder, #1)
Linda Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Sworn Virgin
Elvira Dones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Sybil
Flora Rheta Schreiber

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

Sycamore Gap
L.J. Ross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Sycamore Row
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle
Georgette Heyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Sylvia And Aki
Winifred Conkling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Sylvia's Lovers
Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Sylvia's Second Act
Hillary Yablon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Sympathy
Olivia Sudjic

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Symphony for the City of the Dead
M. T. Anderson

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2015