Great Books: Author-Title Index: Authors S

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ists. For more information, see my Great Books page.
A | B | C-D | E-F | G-H | I-L | M | N-P | Q-R | S | T-V | W-Z |
Sa'adawi, Nawal el, Egyptian (Arabic), 1931- .
Memoirs from the Women's Prison. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
Saadi of Shiraz, Sheikh, See Sadi
Saba, Umberto, Italian, 1883-1957.
Stories and Recollections. Recommended by: Bloom
Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Sachs, Nelly, German-Swedish writing in German, 1891-1970. Nobel Laureate
Works.
Sacks, Oliver, American, 1933- .
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Recommended by: Good Reading
Various Authors, Indians writing in Gurumukhi, 15th C.
Sacred Writings of the Sikhs. Recommended by: Ward
Saddharma-Pundarika Sutra, See Lotus Sutra
Sade, Donatien Alphonse Franois, Marquis de, French, 1740-1814.
Justine. Recommended by: Smiley
Letters from Prison. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
Sa'di, Musharrif ad-Din bin Muslih, Persian, ca. 1208-ca. 1292.
Bostan. Recommended by: Meaningful
Gulistan. Recommended by: Ward
Saga of Burnt Njal, See Njal's Saga
Sagan, Carl, American, 1934-1996.
Intelligent Life in the Universe. Recommended by: Boston PL
Said, Edward, Palestinian writing in English, 1935-2003.
Culture and Imperialism. Recommended by: Utne
Orientalism. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
Saikaku Ihara, Japanese, 1642-1693.
Novels (Selection, such as Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings).
Recommended by: Oriental Ward
Saki (H. H. Munro), Scottish, 1870-1916.
The Short Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
Salih, Tayeb, Sudanese writing in Arabic, 1929- .
A Season of Migration to the North. Recommended by: Meaningful NYPL
Salinas, Pedro, Spanish, 1891-1951.
My Voice Because of You: Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Salinger, J. D., American, 1919-2010.
The Catcher in the Rye. Recommended by: Bloom BOMC Boston PL Burgess Har
vard Hungry Mind LAT ML Novels NYPL Radcliffe Time
Nine Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
Franny and Zooey. Recommended by: Harvard Radcliffe
Salter, James, American, 1925- .
Solo Faces. Recommended by: Bloom
Light Years. Recommended by: Bloom
Saltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail Yevgrafovich, Russian, 1826-1889.
The Golovlyov Familly. Recommended by: Ward
Samuelson, Paul, American, 1915-2009.
Economics: An Introductory Analysis. Recommended by: TLS
San Pedro, Diego de, Spanish, fl. 1500.
Prison of Love. Recommended by: Bloom
Sand, George, French, 1804-1876.
The Haunted Pool. Recommended by: Bloom
Sanger, Margaret, American, 1879-1966.
My Fight for Birth Control. Recommended by: NYPL
Happiness in Marriage. Recommended by: Boston PL

Various Authors, Indians writing in Sanskrit, 12th C BCE-14th C CE.

Sanskrit Lyric Poetry. Recommended by: Oriental
Sansom, William, English, 1912-1976.
The Body. Recommended by: Burgess
Santayana, George, Spanish-American, 1863-1952.
The Life of Reason. Recommended by: Adler
Skepticism and Animal Faith. Recommended by: Adler Fadiman 3
Persons and Places. Recommended by: Adler
Selected Other Works. Recommended by: Fadiman 3
Sappho, Greek, 7th C BCE.
Poems. Recommended by: Bloom Collh91 Rex
Saramago, Jos, Portuguese, 1922-2010. Nobel Laureate
Baltasar and Blimunda. Recommended by: Bloom
Blindness. Recommended by: Meaningful
Sarashina, Lady, Japanese, 1008-ca. 1064.
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams. Recommended by: Ward
Sarduy, Severo, Cuban, 1937-1993.
Maitreya. Recommended by: Bloom
Saro-Wiwa, Ken, Nigerian writing in English, 1941-1995.
A Month and a Day: A Detention Diary. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
Sarraute, Nathalie, French, 1900-1999.
The Use of Speech. Recommended by: Bloom
The Planetarium. Recommended by: Bloom
Sarton, May, American, 1912-1995.
At Seventy. Recommended by: Hungry Mind
Sartre, Jean Paul, French, 1905-1980. Nobel Laureate
War Diaries: Notebooks from a Phoney War, 1939-1940. Recommended by: Cou
nterpunch Trans
Nausea. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Ward
No Exit. Recommended by: Adler Bloom
Being and Nothingness. Recommended by: Adler Boston PL NYPL Seymour-Smit
h
Saint Genet. Recommended by: Bloom
The Words. Recommended by: Bloom
The Family Idiot: Gustave Flaubert. Recommended by: Bloom
Existentialism and Humanism. Recommended by: TLS
Sassoon, Siegfried, English, 1886-1967.
The War Poems. Recommended by: NYPL
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. Recommended by: Telegraph
Anonymous, Armenian, 11th-12th C traditions (first pub. 1874).
Sasuntsi Davith (Saga of Sassoun; Daredevils of Sassoun; Daredevils of S
assoun). Recommended by: Ward
Saussure, Ferdinand de, Swiss writing in French, 1857-1913.
Course in General Linguistics. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
Scve, Maurice, French, ca. 1510-ca. 1564.
Dlie. Recommended by: Bloom
Schama, Simon, English, 1945- .
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. Recommended by: Telegrap
h
Schelling, Thomas, American, 1921- .
The Strategy of Conflict. Recommended by: TLS
Scheper-Hughes, Nancy, American, 1944- .
Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil. Recommen
ded by: Counterpunch NF
Schiffmann, Erich, American.
Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness. Recommended by:
Utne
Schiller, Friedrich von, German, 1759-1805.
Wilhelm Tell. Recommended by: Lubbock
The Robbers. Recommended by: Bloom

Mary Stuart. Recommended by: Bloom

Wallenstein. Recommended by: Bloom
Don Carlos. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
On the Nave and Sentimental in Literature. Recommended by: Bloom
Schlegel, Friedrich, German, 1772-1829.
Criticism and Aphorisms. Recommended by: Bloom
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., American, 1917-2007.
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. Recommended by: LAT
The Age of Jackson. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
Schlosser, Eric, American, 1960- .
Fast Food Nation. Recommended by: Harvard
Schmidt, Arno, German, 1914-1979.
The Egghead Republic. Recommended by: Good Reading
Schnitzler, Arthur, Austrian, 1862-1931.
Plays and Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
Scholem, Gershom, Israeli, 1897-1982.
The Messianic Idea in Judaism, and Other Essays on Jewish Spirituality.
Recommended by: TLS
Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
Schopenhauer, Arthur, German, 1788-1860.
The World as Will and Idea. Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
Essays and Aphorisms. Recommended by: Ward
Studies in Pessimism. Recommended by: Adler
Schott, Ben, English, 1974- .
Schott's Original Miscellany. Recommended by: Telegraph
Schrdinger, Erwin, Austrian, 1887-1961.
What is Life?. Recommended by: GBWW
Schulberg, Budd, American, 1914-2009.
The Disenchanted. Recommended by: Burgess
What Makes Sammy Run?. Recommended by: BOMC
Schulz, Bruno, Polish, 1892-1942.
The Street of Crocodiles. Recommended by: Bloom
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass. Recommended by: Bloom
Schumacher, E. F. (Ernst), English, 1911-1977.
Small is Beautiful. Recommended by: NYPL TLS Utne
Schumpeter, Joseph, Austrian-American writing in English, 1883-1950.
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. Recommended by: National Review TLS
Schuyler, James, American, 1923-1991.
Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Schwartz, Delmore, American, 1913-1966.
Selected Poems: Summer Knowledge. Recommended by: Bloom
Schweitzer, Albert, German, 1875-1965.
Out of My Life and Thought. Recommended by: Ward
On the Edge of the Primeval Forest. Recommended by: Ward
More From the Primeval Forest. Recommended by: Ward
Sciascia, Leonardo, Italian, 1921- .
Day of the Owl. Recommended by: Bloom
Equal Danger. Recommended by: Bloom
The Wine-Dark Sea: Thirteen Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
Scitovsky, Tibor, American, 1910-2002.
The Joyless Economy. Recommended by: TLS
Scott, Paul, English, 1920-1978.
Staying On. Recommended by: Burgess
Scott, Sir Walter, Scottish, 1771-1832.
Poems. Recommended by: Lubbock
Novels. Recommended by: Lubbock
Waverley. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
Heart of Midlothian. Recommended by: Bloom
Redgauntlet. Recommended by: Bloom
Old Mortality. Recommended by: Bloom Smiley

The Bride of Lammermoor. Recommended by: Smiley

Scully, Vincent, American, 1920- .
Pueblo: Mountain, Village, Dance. Recommended by: LAT
Seferis, George, Greek, 1900-1971. Nobel Laureate
Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Sei Shonagon, Japanese, ca. 965-1035.
The Pillow Book. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans Fadiman 4 MW Asian O
riental Rexmo StJE Ward
Seifert, Jaroslav, Czech, 1901-1986. Nobel Laureate
Selected Poetry. Recommended by: Bloom
Sen, Amartya, Indian writing in English, 1933- .
Resources, Values and Development. Recommended by: TLS
Sena, Jorge de, Portuguese, 1919- .
Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Sendak, Maurice, American, 1928- .
Where the Wild Things Are. Recommended by: Harvard LAT NYPL
Seneca, Roman, ca. 4 BCE-65 CE .
Tragedies. Recommended by: Bloom (Selections)
Letters from a Stoic. Recommended by: Ward
Moral Essays. Recommended by: Ward
Works. Recommended by: Lubbock
Senghor, Lopold S., Senegalese, 1906-2001.
Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Serge, Victor, Belgian, 1890-1947.
Memoirs of a Revolutionary, 1901-1941. Recommended by: Counterpunch Tran
s
Seuss, Dr. (Theodor Seuss Geisel), American, 1904-1991.
The Cat in the Hat. Recommended by: NYPL
Various Authors, Arab, 6th C?.
Seven Odes. Recommended by: Oriental Ward
Sextus Empiricus, Greek, fl. ca. 190.
Outlines of Pyrrhonism. Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
Shabtai, Yaakov, Israeli, 1934-1981.
Past Continuous. Recommended by: Bloom
Shahar, David, Israeli, 1926- .
The Palace of Shattered Vessels. Recommended by: Bloom
Shakespeare, William, English, 1564-1616.
Henry VIII. Recommended by: Harvard
Complete Works. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 GBWW Goo
d Reading Lubbock Seymour-Smith Ward
Richard II. Recommended by: Aquinas SJC
Henry IV, Part 1. Recommended by: Aquinas Col37 Col61 SJC
Henry IV, Part 2. Recommended by: Col37 SJC
As You Like It. Recommended by: SJC
Twelfth Night. Recommended by: Aquinas SJC
Hamlet. Recommended by: Aquinas Meaningful SJC
Othello. Recommended by: Aquinas Meaningful SJC
King Lear. Recommended by: Aquinas Col61 Collh91 Meaningful SJC
Macbeth. Recommended by: Aquinas Rex SJC
Antony and Cleopatra. Recommended by: Col61
Tempest. Recommended by: Aquinas Col61 Rex SJC
Sonnets. Recommended by: Aquinas SJC Telegraph
Julius Caesar. Recommended by: Aquinas
Coriolanus. Recommended by: Utne
Traditional, Native American.
Shaking the Pumpkin: Traditional Poetry of the Indian North Americas (Co
mpiled by Jerome Rothenberg). (See also Technicians of the Sacred) Recommended b
y: Ward
Shantideva, Indian writing in Sanskrit, 7th/8th C.
Bodhicaryavatara. Recommended by: Oriental

Shaw, George Bernard, Irish, 1856-1950. Nobel Laureate

Plays and Prefaces. Recommended by: Adler (Selections) Good Reading
Selected Plays and Prefaces. Recommended by: Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4
Heartbreak House. Recommended by: Bloom
Man and Superman. Recommended by: Ward
Pygmalion. Recommended by: Bloom NYPL
Saint Joan. Recommended by: Bloom GBWW Ward
Major Barbara. Recommended by: Bloom
Back to Methuselah. Recommended by: Bloom
Major Critical Essays. Recommended by: Bloom
Sheehan, Neil, American, 1936- .
A Bright Shining Lie. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
Sheldrake, Rupert, English, 1942- .
Seven Experiments That Could Change the World. Recommended by: Utne
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, English, 1797-1851.
Frankenstein. Recommended by: Bloom Smiley Telegraph
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, English, 1792-1822.
Poems. Recommended by: Bloom Good Reading
Defence of Poetry. Recommended by: Bloom
Shepard, Sam, American, 1943- .
Seven Plays. Recommended by: Bloom
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, Irish-English, 1751-1816.
The Critic. Recommended by: Lubbock
Plays. Recommended by: Ward
School for Scandal. Recommended by: Bloom Lubbock
Rivals. Recommended by: Bloom Lubbock
Shi Naian, Chinese, 1296-1370.
Water Margin (Shui Hu Chuan; also known as All Men Are Brothers). Recomm
ended by: Oriental Ward
Various Authors, Chinese, 10th-8th C BCE.
Shijing (Shih Ching; Book of Songs). Recommended by: Lubbock MW Asian Wa
rd
Shilts, Randy, American, 1951-1994.
And the Band Played On. Recommended by: NYPL
Shimazaki Toson, Japanese, 1872-1943.
The Broken Commandment. Recommended by: Ward
Sholem Aleichem, Russian-American writing in Yiddish, 1859-1916.
Tevye the Dairyman and The Railroad Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
The Nightingale. Recommended by: Bloom
Sholokhov, Mikhail, Russian, 1905-1984. Nobel Laureate
And Quiet Flows the Don. Recommended by: Smiley
Shudraka, Indian writing in Sanskrit, ca. 400.
Little Clay Cart. (See also Great Sanskrit Plays in New English Transcre
ations) Recommended by: MW Asian Oriental
Shute, Nevil, Australian, 1899-1960.
No Highway. Recommended by: Burgess
Sidney, Sir Philip, English, 1554-1586.
Arcadia. Recommended by: Bloom
Astrophel and Stella. Recommended by: Bloom
An Apology for Poetry. Recommended by: Bloom
Sienkiewicz, Henryk, Polish, 1846-1916. Nobel Laureate
Works.
Sikelianos, Angelos, Greek, 1884-1951.
Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Silko, Leslie Marmon, American, 1948- .
Ceremony. Recommended by: Hungry Mind Utne
Sillanp, Frans Eemil, Finnish, 1888-1964. Nobel Laureate
Works.
Sillitoe, Alan, English, 1928- .
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Recommended by: Burgess

Sima Qian (Ssu-ma Ch'ien), Chinese, 145-86 BCE.

Records of the Grand Historian. Recommended by: Fadiman 4 MW Asian Orien
tal Rexmo StJE Ward
Simic, Charles, American, 1938- .
Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Simmel, Georg, German, 1858-1918.
The Philosophy of Money. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
Simon, Claude, French, 1913-2005. Nobel Laureate
The Grass. Recommended by: Bloom
The Wind. Recommended by: Bloom
The Flanders Road. Recommended by: Bloom
Simon, Herbert, American, 1916-2001.
Models of Man, Social and Rational. Recommended by: TLS
Sinclair, Upton, American, 1878-1968.
The Jungle. Recommended by: Boston PL NYPL Radcliffe
Singer, Charles, English, 1876-1960.
A Short History of Scientific Ideas to 1900. Recommended by: Ward
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Polish-American writing in Yiddish, 1904-1980. Nobel
Laureate
Collected Stories. Recommended by: Bloom Hungry Mind
In My Father's Court. Recommended by: Bloom
The Manor and The Estate. Recommended by: Bloom
Family Moskat. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
Satan in Goray. Recommended by: Bloom
Singer, Israel Joshua, Polish-American writing in Yiddish, 1893-1944.
The Brothers Ashkenazi. Recommended by: Bloom
Yoshe Kalb. Recommended by: Bloom
Sinuhe, Egyptian, Ancient, ca. 2000 BCE.
The Story of Sinuhe. Recommended by: Ward
Anonymous Authors, Arab, 1080-1400.
Sirat 'Antar (Adventures of Antar). Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors, American, 1901-2000.
Sisterhood is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings from the Women's Libera
tion Movement (Ed. by Robin Morgan). Recommended by: NYPL
Situationist International, Various, 1957-1972.
On the Passage of a Few People Through a Rather Brief Moment in Time: Si
tuationist International 1957-1972. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
Skelton, John, English, ca. 1460-1529 .
Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Skinner, B. F., American, 1904-1990.
Walden Two. Recommended by: NYPL
Beyond Freedom and Dignity. Recommended by: Boston PL LAT Seymour-Smith
Skinner, Quentin, English, 1940- .
The Foundations of Modern Political Thought. Recommended by: TLS
Skvorecky, Josef, Czech, 1924-2012.
Cowards. Recommended by: Ward
Bass Saxophone. Recommended by: Ward
Slater, Philip E., American, 1927- .
The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point. Recom
mended by: LAT
Sloterdijk, Peter, German, 1947- .
Critique of Cynical Reason. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
Smart, Christopher, English, 1722-1771.
Jubilate Agno. Recommended by: Bloom
A Song to David. Recommended by: Bloom
Smiles, Samuel, English, 1812-1904.
Self-Help. Recommended by: Lubbock
Smith, Adam, Scottish, 1723-1790.
Theory of Moral Sentiments. Recommended by: Adler
Wealth of Nations. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas Colcc91 (Selections) GB

WW Good Reading Lubbock (Selections) Seymour-Smith SJC (Selections)

Smith, Anna Deveare, American, 1950- .
Twilight, Los Angeles 1992. Recommended by: Utne
Smith, Betty, American, 1896-1972.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Recommended by: NYPL
Smith, Delia, English, 1941- .
How to Cook. Recommended by: Telegraph
Smith, Lillian, American, 1897-1966.
Strange Fruit. Recommended by: NYPL
Smith, Margaret, English, 1884-1970.
Rabia the Mystic & Her Fellow Saints in Islam. Recommended by: Utne
Smith, Page, American, 1917-1995.
A People's History of the United States. Recommended by: Fadiman 3
Smith, Stevie, English, 1902-1971.
Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Smith, Zadie, English, 1975- .
White Teeth. Recommended by: Smiley Time
Surgeon General (U.S.), American, Pub. 1964 and 1979.
Smoking and Health (The Surgeon General's Report) (Pub. 1964). Recommend
ed by: NYPL
Smoking and Health (Pub. 1979). Recommended by: Boston PL
Smollett, Tobias, Scottish, 1721-1771.
Humphry Clinker. Recommended by: Bloom Smiley
Roderick Random. Recommended by: Bloom
Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic, 1178-1241.
Egil's Saga. Recommended by: Smiley
Heimskringla. Recommended by: Ward
Prose Edda. Recommended by: Bloom
Snow, C. P., English, 1905-1980.
Strangers and Brothers (Cycle of 11 novels). Recommended by: Burgess
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. Recommended by: TLS
Snyder, Gary, American, 1930- .
No Nature: New and Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Sderberg, Hjalmar, Swedish, 1869-1941.
Doctor Glas. Recommended by: Ward
Selected Short Stories. Recommended by: Ward
Sogyal Rinpoche, Tibetan, 1946?.
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Recommended by: Utne
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevich, Russian, 1918-2008. Nobel Laureate
The First Circle. Recommended by: Adler Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4
Cancer Ward. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
The Gulag Archipelago. Recommended by: Bloom Boston PL National Review N
YPL TLS
August 1914. Recommended by: Bloom
Somadeva Bhatta, Indian writing in Sanskrit, 11th C.
Kathasaritsagara. Recommended by: Ward
Song of Roland, See Chanson de Roland
Various Authors, French, 12th C.
Songs of the Provencal Troubadors. Recommended by: Ward
Sontag, Susan, American, 1933-2004.
On Photography. Recommended by: Harvard
Sophocles, Greek, 496-406 BCE.
Tragedies. Recommended by: Adler GBWW Ward
Oedipus Rex. Recommended by: Aquinas Bloom Col37 Col61 Collh91 Fadiman 3
Fadiman 4 Lubbock Meaningful Rex SJC
Oedipus at Colonus. Recommended by: Aquinas Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Re
x SJC
Antigone. Recommended by: Aquinas Bloom Col37 Col61 Collh91 Fadiman 3 Fa
diman 4 Rex SJC

Ajax. Recommended by: Bloom Col61

Philoctetes. Recommended by: Bloom Col61 SJC
Electra. Recommended by: Bloom
Women of Trachis. Recommended by: Bloom
Theban Plays (Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone). Recommended by
: Good Reading
Sorel, Georges, French, 1847-1922.
Reflections on Violence. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
Various Authors, Chinese, 10th C BCE-20th C CE.
Sources of Chinese Tradition. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors, Indian and Pakistani, 15th C BCE-20th C CE.
Sources of Indian Tradition. Recommended by: Ward
Southern, Terry, American, 1924-1995.
The Magic Christian. Recommended by: BOMC
Sowell, Thomas, American, 1930- .
Ethnic America. Recommended by: National Review
Soyinka, Wole, Nigerian writing in English, 1934- . Nobel Laureate
A Dance of the Forest. Recommended by: Bloom
Ak. Recommended by: Good Reading
Spark, Muriel, Scottish, 1918-2006.
The Girls of Slender Means. Recommended by: Burgess
The Mandelbaum Gate. Recommended by: Burgess
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Recommended by: ML Novels Time
Loitering with Intent. Recommended by: Smiley
The Ballad of Peckham Rye. Recommended by: Telegraph
Spence, Jonathan, English, 1936- .
The Death of Woman Wang. Recommended by: Bloom
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci. Recommended by: Bloom
The Gate of Heavenly Peace. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
Spencer, Herbert, English, 1820-1903.
First Principles. Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
Spengler, Oswald, German, 1880-1936.
The Decline of the West. Recommended by: Boston PL
Spenser, Edmund, English, ca. 1552-1599 .
Prothalamion. Recommended by: Adler
Farie Queen. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas Bloom Lubbock
Minor Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Spicer, Jack, American, 1925-1965.
The Collected Books of Jack Spicer (Ed. by Robin Blaser). Recommended by
: LAT
Spiegelman, Art, American, 1948- .
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. Recommended by: NYPL
Spinoza, Baruch, Dutch writing in Latin, 1632-1677.
Ethics. Recommended by: Adler Col37 Col61 GBWW Good Reading Seymour-Smit
h Ward
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus. Recommended by: Aquinas Lubbock SJC
Spitteler, Carl, Swiss writing in German, 1845-1924. Nobel Laureate
Works.
Spock, Benjamin, American, 1903-1998.
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. Recommended by: Boston PL
LAT NYPL
Various Authors, Indians writing in Sanskrit, 5th C (Chinese translation).
Srimaladevisim-hanada Sutra. Recommended by: Oriental
Ssu-ma Ch'ien, See Sima Qian
Stafford, Jean, American, 1915-1979.
The Mountain Lion. Recommended by: BOMC
Stampa, Gaspara, Italian, ca. 1523-1554.
Sonnets and Madrigals. Recommended by: Bloom
Stanislavski, Konstantin, Russian, 1863-1938.
An Actor Prepares. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans

Starhawk (Miriam Simos), American, 1951- .

The Fifth Sacred Thing. Recommended by: Utne
Stark, Freya, English, 1893-1993.
The Journey's Echo. Recommended by: Utne
Starr, Kenneth W., American, 1946- .
The Starr Report. Recommended by: National Review
Stead, Christina, Australian, 1902-1983.
The Man Who Loved Children. Recommended by: Bloom Smiley Time
Steele, Richard, See Joseph Addison
Steffens, Lincoln, American, 1866-1936.
Autobiography. Recommended by: NYPL
The Shame of the Cities. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
Stegner, Wallace, American, 1909-1993.
Angle of Repose. Recommended by: BOMC ML Novels
Steichen, Edward, American, 1879-1973.
The Family of Man. Recommended by: LAT NYPL
Stein, Gertrude, American, 1874-1946.
Three Lives. Recommended by: Bloom
The Geographical History of America. Recommended by: Bloom
The Making of Americans. Recommended by: Bloom
Tender Buttons. Recommended by: Bloom NYPL
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. Recommended by: Hungry Mind ML Non
fiction Radcliffe
Steinbeck, John, American, 1902-1968. Nobel Laureate
The Grapes of Wrath. Recommended by: Bloom BOMC Boston PL Hungry Mind ML
Novels NYPL Radcliffe Time
Of Mice and Men. Recommended by: Radcliffe
Stendhal, French, 1783-1842.
The Red and the Black. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 G
ood Reading Meaningful Rex Smiley Ward
The Charterhouse of Parma. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Good Reading Ward
On Love. Recommended by: Adler Bloom
Stephenson, Neal, American, 1959- .
Snow Crash. Recommended by: Time
Stern, Fritz, American, 1926- .
The Politics of Cultural Despair. Recommended by: TLS
Sterne, Laurence, English, 1713-1768.
Tristram Shandy. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Good Re
ading Harvard Meaningful Rex Smiley Ward
Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. Recommended by: Adler Bloo
m
Stevens, Wallace, American, 1879-1955.
Poems. Recommended by: SJC Ward
Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
The Necessary Angel. Recommended by: Bloom
Opus Posthumous. Recommended by: Bloom
The Palm at the End of the Mind. Recommended by: Bloom
Stevenson, Robert Louis, Scottish, 1850-1894.
Essays. Recommended by: Bloom
Kidnapped. Recommended by: Bloom
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Recommended by: Bloom
Treasure Island. Recommended by: Bloom Telegraph
The New Arabian Nights. Recommended by: Bloom
The Master of Ballantrae. Recommended by: Bloom
Weir of Hermiston. Recommended by: Bloom
Stickney, Trumbull, American, 1874-1904.
Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Stifter, Adalbert, Austrian, 1805-1868.
Indian Summer. Recommended by: Bloom
Tales. Recommended by: Bloom

Stoker, Bram, Irish, 1847-1912.

Dracula. Recommended by: Bloom Harvard NYPL Smiley
Stone, Robert, American, 1937- .
Dog Soldiers. Recommended by: Bloom Time
A Flag for Sunrise. Recommended by: Bloom BOMC
Stoppard, Tom, English, 1937- .
Travesties. Recommended by: Bloom
Storm, Thedor, German, 1817-1868.
Immensee. Recommended by: Bloom
Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Stowe, Hariet Beecher, American, 1811-1896.
Uncle Tom's Cabin. Recommended by: Rexmo Smiley
Strachey, Lytton, English, 1880-1932.
Eminent Victorians. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction Telegraph
Strand, Mark, American, 1934- .
Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
The Continuous Life. Recommended by: Bloom
Dark Harbor. Recommended by: Bloom
Strauss, Leo, German-American writing in English, 1899-1973.
Natural Right and History. Recommended by: TLS
Strindberg, August, Swedish, 1849-1912.
Plays. Recommended by: Ward
To Damascus. Recommended by: Bloom
Miss Julie. Recommended by: Bloom
The Father. Recommended by: Bloom
The Dance of Death. Recommended by: Bloom
The Ghost Sonata. Recommended by: Bloom
A Dream Play. Recommended by: Bloom
Strunk, William and E. B. White, American, 1869-1946 and 1899-1985.
(See also White, E. B.)
The Elements of Style. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction National Review
Stumpf, Samuel, American, 1918-1998.
Socrates to Sartre: A History of Philosophy. Recommended by: Good Readin
g
Styron, William, American, 1925-2006.
The Long March. Recommended by: Bloom
Sophie's Choice. Recommended by: Burgess Hungry Mind ML Novels Radcliffe
Lie Down in Darkness. Recommended by: BOMC
Darkness Visible. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
The Confessions of Nat Turner. Recommended by: Time
Su Dongpo (Su Tung-p'o; also known as Su Shih), Chinese, 1036-1101.
Poems. Recommended by: Ward
Sudraka, See Shudraka
Suetonius, Roman, ca. 69-ca. 150 CE.
Twelve Caesars. Recommended by: Telegraph Ward
Sukhanov, N. N., Russian, 1882-1940.
The Russian Revolution, 1917. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
Various Authors, Indians writing in Sanskrit, 2nd C CE (Chinese translation)
.
Sukhavativyuha Sutra. Recommended by: Oriental
Sully Prudhomme, French, 1839-1907. Nobel Laureate
Works.
Sunset Books, American, First pub. 1933.
Sunset Western Garden Book (By the Editors of Sunset Books and Sunset Ma
gazine). Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
Sun-tzu (Sunzi), Chinese, ca. 450-380 BCE.
The Art of War. Recommended by: Fadiman 4
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, English, ca. 1517-1547 .
Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Sskind, Patrick, German, 1949- .

Perfume. Recommended by: Harvard

Suzuki, D. T., Japanese, 1870-1966.
Zen Buddhism. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
Svevo, Italo, Italian, 1861-1928.
Confessions of Zeno. Recommended by: Bloom Meaningful Smiley Ward
As a Man Grows Older. Recommended by: Bloom
Swenson, May, American, 1919-1989.
New & Selected Things Taking Place. Recommended by: Bloom
In Other Words. Recommended by: Bloom
Swift, Jonathan, Irish, 1667-1745.
Gulliver's Travels. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas Bloom Col37 Col61 Fadi
man 3 Fadiman 4 GBWW Good Reading Lubbock Meaningful Rexmo SJC Telegraph Ward
A Modest Proposal. Recommended by: Adler Fadiman 3
Meditations Upon a Broomstick. Recommended by: Fadiman 3
Resolutions When I Come to Be Old. Recommended by: Fadiman 3
A Tale of a Tub. Recommended by: Adler Bloom
Journal to Stella. Recommended by: Adler
Shorter Prose Works. Recommended by: Bloom
Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, English, 1837-1909.
Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Letters. Recommended by: Bloom
Synge, John Millington, Irish, 1871-1909.
Collected Plays. Recommended by: Bloom
Szasz, Thomas, American, 1920- .
The Myth of Mental Illness. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
Szymborska, Wislawa, Polish, 1923-2012. Nobel Laureate
Works.