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The Seven Year Slip
Ashley Poston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Sex Lives of Cannibals
J. Maarten Troost

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

The Sexual Contract
Carole Pateman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Shack
William P. Young

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Shade of the Moon (Last Survivors, #4)
Susan Beth Pfeffer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The Shadow at Evening (The Lamb Among the Stars, #1)
Chris Walley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Shadow Box
Luanne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Shadow Club (Shadow Club, #1)
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

The Shadow Dancer
Margaret Coel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Shadow Hero
Gene Luen Yang

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Shadow in the North (Sally Lockhart, #2)
Philip Pullman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

The Shadow King
Maaza Mengiste

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Shadow-Line
Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Shadow Lines
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Shadow of Kyoshi
F.C. Yee, Michael Dante DiMartino

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

The Shadow of the Crescent Moon
Fatima Bhutto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Shadow of the Gods
John Gwynne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny
Daisy Dunn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Shadow Over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror
H.P. Lovecraft

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1971

The Shadow Puppet (Maigret, #13)
Georges Simenon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Shadow Queen
C.J. Redwine

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Shadow Queen (Ravenspire, #1)
C.J. Redwine

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Shadow Rising
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Shadows
Alex North

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Shadows Between Us
Tricia Levenseller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Shadow Sister (The Seven Sisters, #3)
Lucinda Riley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Shadows (The Books of Elsewhere, #1)
Jacqueline West

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Shadow Throne
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

The Shadowy Horses
Susanna Kearsley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Shakespeare Requirement
Julie Schumacher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Shakespeare Stealer
Gary L. Blackwood

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Nicholas Carr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Shape of Mercy
Susan Meissner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Shape of Things
Neil LaBute

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2001

The Shape of Thunder
Jasmine Warga

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Shape of Water (Inspector Montalbano, #1)
Andrea Camilleri

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Shards
Bret Easton Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Shawl
Cynthia Ozick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Sheep Look Up
John Brunner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Sheik
Edith Maude Hull

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Shell Seekers
Rosamunde Pilcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

The Shelters of Stone
Jean M. Auel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Shepherd
Frederick Forsyth

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1996

The Shepherd of the Hills
Harold Bell Wright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Shepherd's Crown
Rob Wilkins, Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

The Shepherd's Hut
Tim Winton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
James Rebanks

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Shepherd's Voice
Robin Lee Hatcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Sheriff of Yrnameer
Michael Rubens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Sherlockian
Graham Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Sherwood Ring
Elizabeth Marie Pope

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The Shield of Achilles
Philip Bobbitt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Shift
Theresa Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

THE SHIFT
Tinx

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Shining
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Shining Company
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

The Shining Girls
Lauren Beukes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Shining Ones
David Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1994

The Ship of Brides
Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Shipping News
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Shock of the Fall
Nathan Filer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Shock of the New
Robert Hughes

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The Shockwave Rider
John Brunner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Shoemaker's Holiday
Thomas Dekker

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1990

The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Shooting Party
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Shooting Star (Tintin #10)
Hergé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Shop on Blossom Street (Blossom Street, #1)
Debbie Macomber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Shore
Sara Taylor

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2015

The Short Drop
Matthew FitzSimmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Short Reign of Pippin IV
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2010

The Short Victorious War
David Weber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Shout: Selected Poems
Simon Armitage

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2005

The Shunned House
H.P. Lovecraft

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1937

The Shunning (The Heritage of Lancaster County, #1)
Beverly Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Sicilian (The Godfather #2)
Mario Puzo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Sickness
Alberto Barrera Tyszka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Sidekicks
Will Kostakis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Siege: 68 Hours Inside The Taj Hotel
Adrian Levy, Cathy Scott-Clark

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Siege of Krishnapur
J.G. Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

The Siege of Macindaw
John Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2006

The Sight
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Signifying Monkey
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

The Sign of the Beaver
Elizabeth George Speare

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1983

The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1890