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ALPHABETICAL

A Salty Piece of Land
Jimmy Buffett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962
Alistair Horne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

A Scanner Darkly
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A Scatter Of Light
Malinda Lo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

A Scientific Romance
Ronald Wright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

A Season in Purgatory
Dominick Dunne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

A Season in the Congo
Aimé Césaire

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1966

A Season in the Life of Emmanuel
Marie-Claire Blais

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

A Season of Gifts (A Long Way from Chicago, #3)
Richard Peck

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

A Secret for a Secret
Helena Hunting

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

A Secret History of Witches
Louisa Morgan, Polly Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Secret Kept
Tatiana de Rosnay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

A Secular Age
Charles Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

A Sentimental Education
Gustave Flaubert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1869

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
Laurence Sterne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1768

A Separate Peace
John Knowles

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1959

A Separation
Katie Kitamura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Serious Proposal To The Ladies
Mary Astell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1694

A Severed Head
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy and Triumph
Sheldon Vanauken

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1977

A Shade of Blood
Bella Forrest

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

A Shade of Vampire
Bella Forrest

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

A Shadow in Summer (Long Price Quartet, #1)
Daniel Abraham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

A Shadow in the Ember
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23
W. Phillip Keller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2)
Josephine Tey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

A Shining Thread of Hope
Darlene Clark Hine, Kathleen Thompson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

A Short Guide to Writing About Art
Sylvan Barnet

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

A Short History of Decay
Emil M. Cioran

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

A Short History of Europe: From Pericles to Putin
Simon Jenkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

A Short History of Myth
Karen Armstrong

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2006

A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

A Short History of Progress
Ronald Wright

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

A Short History of the United States
Edward Channing

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1908

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Marina Lewycka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

A Short History of Women
Kate Walbert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

A Sicilian Romance
Ann Radcliffe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1790

A Silent Voice, Vol. 1
Yoshitoki Oima, Steven LeCroy

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

A Silver Dish
Saul Bellow

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1978

A Simple Favor
Darcey Bell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

A Simple Heart
Gustave Flaubert

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1877

A Simple Plan
Scott B. Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

A Single Man: A Novel
Christopher Isherwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

A Single Shard
Linda Sue Park

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

A Sister to Scheherazade
Assia Djebar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

A Skinful of Shadows
Frances Hardinge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

A Sleepwalk on the Severn
Alice Oswald

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2009

A Slow Fire Burning
Paula Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1800

A Small Death in Lisbon
Robert Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

A Small Town in Germany

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

A Snake Falls to Earth
Darcie Little Badger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

A Snicker of Magic
Natalie Lloyd

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

A Snow Baby (Illustrated)
Clifton Bingham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

A Soldier of the Great War
Mark Helprin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

A Soldier's Play
Charles Fuller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1981

A Soldier's Secret
Marissa Moss

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

A Solitary Blue
Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1983

A Song Below Water
Bethany C. Morrow

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

A Song Flung Up to Heaven
Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

A Song for Arbonne
Guy Gavriel Kay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus, #23)
Ian Rankin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

A Song for the Stars (Proper Romance Historical)
Ilima Todd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

A Song of Ice and Fire
George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

A Son of the Circus
John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

A Soul of Ash and Blood
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

A Soul to Keep
Opal Reyne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

A Spark of Light
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

A Spell for Chameleon
Piers Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

A Splendid Exchange
William J. Bernstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

A Spool of Blue Thread
Anne Tyler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

A Sport and a Pastime
James Salter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

A Spot of Bother
Mark Haddon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
Ben Macintyre, John le Carré

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

A Spy in the House (The Agency, #1)
Y.S. Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

A Star Called Henry
Roddy Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

A Step from Death
Larry Woiwode

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1978

A Step from Heaven
An Na

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

A Step Toward Falling
Cammie McGovern

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

A Stillness at Appomattox
Bruce Catton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1953

A Stir of Echoes
Richard Matheson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

A Stitch in Time
Penelope Lively

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

A Stolen Life: A Memoir
Jaycee Dugard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

A Stone of Hope: A Memoir
Jim St. Germain

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2021

A Storm of Swords
George R. R. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

A Story Teller's Story
Sherwood Anderson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1924

A Strange and Sublime Address
Amit Chaudhuri

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1991

A Stranger Among Us
Stacy Bierlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008