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Stepsister
Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography
Karen Blumenthal

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

St. Francis of Assisi
G.K. Chesterton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Sticks and Bones
David Rabe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1972

Sticks and Stones
Lynn Hall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Stiletto
Daniel O'Malley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Still Born
Guadalupe Nettel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Stillhouse Lake
Rachel Caine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Still Life
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Anna Quindlen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Still Life With Crows
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Still Life with Tornado
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Still Life with Woodpecker
Tom Robbins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Still Me
Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Stillness Is the Key
Ryan Holiday

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Still Star-Crossed
Melinda Taub

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Still Waters
Sara Warner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Sting
Sandra Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Stinger
Mia Sheridan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Sting (Loot, #2)
Jude Watson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid
Megan McDonald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Stitches
David Small

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2009

Stokely: A Life
Peniel E. Joseph

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Stolen
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Stolen Children
Peg Kehret

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

Stolen Innocence
Lisa Pulitzer, Elissa Wall

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

Stolen Into Slavery
Dennis B. Fradin, Judith Fradin

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
Malika Oufkir, Michèle Fitoussi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Stolen Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Stolen Songbird
Danielle L. Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

Stolen Tongues
Felix Blackwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Stone Blind
Natalie Haynes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Stone Butch Blues
Leslie Feinberg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Stone Cold
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Stone Cold Touch
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Stonefather (Mither Mages, #0.5)
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 2008

Stone Fox
John Reynolds Gardiner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Stoneheart (Stoneheart Trilogy, #1)
Charlie Fletcher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Stone in a Landslide
Maria Barbal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Stone Maidens
Lloyd Devereux Richards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Stone of Farewell
Tad Williams

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2005

Stone of Tears
Terry Goodkind

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Stoner and Spaz
Ronald Koertge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Stones
Timothy Findley

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1988

Stones for Ibarra
Harriet Doerr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Stones From the River
Ursula Hegi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Stones into Schools
Greg Mortenson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Stones in Water
Donna Jo Napoli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Stonewall
Jean Fritz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Stonewall's Gold
Robert J. Mrazek

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Stonewords: A Ghost Story
Pam Conrad

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

Stop-Time
Frank Conroy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Rob Lowe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Storm
Brigid Kemmerer

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Storm and Fury
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Storm and Silence
Robert Thier

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

Stormbreaker
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

Storm (California Legacy)
George R. Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Storm Catchers
Tim Bowler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, #11)
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)
Jay Kristoff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Storm Front
Jim Butcher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Storm Glass
Maria V. Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Storming Heaven
Denise Giardina

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Storm of Steel
Ernst Junger

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1920

Storm of the Century
Stephen King

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1999

Storm Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Storm Runners
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Storm Siren (Storm Siren, #1)
Mary Weber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Storm Warning
Linda Sue Park

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Storm Watch
C.J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Storybound (Storybound, #1)
Marissa Burt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Story of a Girl
Sara Zarr

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World
Jan Karski

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Thérèse of Lisieux

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996

Story of Civilization
Will Durant, Ariel Durant

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Story of O
Pauline Réage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Story of the Eye
Joachim Neugroschel, Georges Bataille

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Story of the Negro
Arna Bontemps

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Robert McKee

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Story Thieves (Story Thieves, #1)
James Riley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Stowaway
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Straight Man
Richard Russo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Straight Talking
Jane Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Strait is the Gate
André Gide

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Stranded
Sarah Goodwin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Strange Angels
Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Strange as this Weather Has Been
Ann Pancake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007