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The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent A Year Trying To Sing In The Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, And Generally Have More Fun
Gretchen Rubin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

The Happy Ever After Playlist
Abby Jimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Happy Prince

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1888

The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America's Future
Jonathan Cahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Harbors of the Sun (The Books of the Raksura, #5)
Martha Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Hardest Fall
Ella Maise

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Hard Man of the Swings
Jeanne Willis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Hard Way
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Harlem Hellfighters
Max Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Harp in the South
Ruth Park

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1920

The Harpy
Megan Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Harvard Psychedelic Club
Don Lattin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine
Robert Conquest

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Hating Game
Sally Thorne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Haunted Air (Repairman Jack, #6)
F. Paul Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Haunted Bookshop (Parnassus, #2)
Christopher Morley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1919

The Haunted Bridge (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #15)
Carolyn Keene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1937

The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
Wilkie Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1879

The Haunted Mesa
Louis L'Amour

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Haunted (The Haunted, #1)
Danielle Vega

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Haunting
Margaret Mahy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Haunting of Alejandra
V. Castro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Haunting of Ashburn House
Darcy Coates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Haunting Of Hill House
Shirley Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Haunting of Maddy Clare
Simone St. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Haunting of Paynes Hollow
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)
P. Djèlí Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Haw Lantern
Seamus Heaney

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1978

The Hawthorne Legacy
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Hazel Wood
Melissa Albert

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Headless Cupid (Stanley Family, #1)
Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1971

The Head of Kay's
P.G. Wodehouse

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1905

The Healers
Ayi Kwei Armah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Healer's Apprentice
Melanie Dickerson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

The Healing (Celebrating Black Women Writers)
Gayl Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
T.R. Reid

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Healing Spell
Kimberley Griffiths Little

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Hearing Trumpet
Leonora Carrington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Heart
Maylis de Kerangal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Heart and the Fist
Eric Greitens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
David Treuer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Heart Forger
Rin Chupeco

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

The Heart Goes Last
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Heart in Winter
Kevin Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1940

The Heart-Led Leader: How Living and Leading from the Heart Will Change Your Organization and Your Life
Tommy Spaulding

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances
Andy Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Heart of a Chief
Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

The Heart of a Woman
Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1981

The Heart of Betrayal
Mary E. Pearson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations
John P. Kotter, Dan S. Cohen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Heart of Everything That Is
Bob Drury, Tom Clavin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

The Heart of Midlothian
Walter Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1818

The Heart Of Redness
Zakes Mda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Heart of the Matter
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Heart Principle
Helen Hoang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Heart's Invisible Furies
John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Hearts of Horses
Molly Gloss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Heathen School
John Putnam Demos

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Heather Blazing
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Heat of the Day
Elizabeth Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
Jeff Goodell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun
Paul Hathaway, Brother Yun

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

The Heavenly Tenants
William Maxwell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1946

The Heidi Chronicles
Wendy Wasserstein

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1988

The Heir
Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Heir Affair
Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Heiress
Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh
Molly Greeley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Heist
Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Hellbound Heart
Clive Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Helm of Midnight (The Five Penalties, #1)
Marina J. Lostetter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Help
Kathryn Stockett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Helpline
Katherine Collette

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Hemingses of Monticello
Annette Gordon-Reed

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

The Hemingway Hoax
Joe Haldeman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Henna Artist
Alka Joshi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Henna Wars
Adiba Jaigirdar

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
Sun-Mi Hwang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Herd
Andrea Bartz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Here and Now
Ann Brashares

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Heretic Queen
Michelle Moran

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Heretic's Daughter
Kathleen Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Hermit of Eyton Forest (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #14)
Ellis Peters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Hero and the Crown
Robin McKinley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived
Admiral William H. McRaven

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Heroes
Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Heroic Enthusiasts, Gli Eroici Furori: An Ethical Poem
Giordano Bruno, L. Williams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1585

The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
Nikki Sixx

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness
Maureen Murdock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Heron's Cry
Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (The League of Princes, #1)
Christopher Healy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Hero's Walk
Anita Rau Badami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949