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Sea Monsters
Chloe Aridjis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Sean Griswold's Head
Lindsey Leavitt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Sea of Memories
Fiona Valpy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Sea of Poppies
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
Christina Thompson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Sea Prayer
Khaled Hosseini

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Search for Safety (Bluford High, #13)
John Langan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Searching for God Knows What
Donald Miller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Searching for Sylvie Lee
Jean Kwok

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Searching For Zion
Emily Raboteau

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Season of Migration to the North
Tayeb Salih

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Season Of The Witch
David Talbot

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague (Misty, #2)
Marguerite Henry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Sea Swept
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Seating Arrangements
Maggie Shipstead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Sea Wife
Amity Gaige

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
Lisa Unger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Second Chance
Jane Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Second Chance Boyfriend
Monica Murphy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Second Chance Summer
Morgan Matson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Second Class Citizen
Buchi Emecheta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Second First Impressions
Sally Thorne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Second Glance
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Second Grave on the Left
Darynda Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Svetlana Alexievich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Second Helpings
Megan McCafferty

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Second Life
S. J. Watson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
Michael Pollan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Second Place
Rachel Cusk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Second Stage Lensmen (Lensmen, #5)
E.E. "Doc" Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Second Star to the Right
Deborah Hautzig

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

Secret Daughter
Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Secret History (Mistborn, #3.5)
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2016

Secret Letters from 0 to 10
Susie Morgenstern

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Secret Lives
Jeff VanderMeer

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2006

Secretly Yours
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Secret of the Andes
Ann Nolan Clark

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1952

Secrets in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Secrets in the Attic (Secrets, #1)
V.C. Andrews

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Secret Society (Secret Society, #1)
Tom Dolby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Secrets of a Charmed Life
Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Secrets of a Prayer Warrior
Derek Prince

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary
Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Secret Soldiers
Keely Hutton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Secrets to the Grave
Tami Hoag

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Secret Wars
Jim Shooter, Brian Michael Bendis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Security Analysis: The Classic 1951 Edition
Benjamin Graham

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Seduced in the Dark
C.J. Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Seducing Cinderella
Gina L. Maxwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Seducing Destiny
Amelia Hutchins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Seduction and Snacks
Tara Sivec

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Seduction of a Highland Lass
Maya Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Seed
Ania Ahlborn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Seedfolks
Paul Fleischman

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Seeds of Rebellion
Brandon Mull

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Seeds of Yesterday
V.C. Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Seeds of Yesterday (Dollanganger, #4)
V.C. Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Seeing
José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Seeing Red
Sandra Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Seeing the Body: Poems
Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2020

Seeing Things
Seamus Heaney

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1991

Seeing Voices
Oliver Sacks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus
Nabeel Qureshi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
Kristen Radtke

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

See Me
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
Valarie Kaur

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Seeress of Kell
David Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2000

See What I Have Done
Sarah Schmidt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

See You at Harry's
Jo Knowles

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

See You in the Cosmos
Jack Cheng

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

See You Yesterday
Rachel Lynn Solomon

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

Seize the Day
Saul Bellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

Seize the Night
Dean Koontz, Keith Szarabajka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Selected from Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1949

Selected Poems
Louis Simpson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

Selected Political Speeches
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

Selected Stories
Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1997

Selection Day
Aravind Adiga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Self-Help
Lorrie Moore

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2007

Self-Portrait with Nothing
Aimee Pokwatka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Self Reliance
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1841

Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
Cecelia Watson

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
Sue Burke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Send Down the Rain
Charles Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018