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The House with Chicken Legs
Sophie Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The House Without Windows
Barbara Newhall Follett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1927

The House You Pass on the Way
Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want
Sonja Lyubomirsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Human Comedy
William Saroyan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

The Human Condition
Hannah Arendt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1958

The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars
Jo Marchant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Human Factor
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Humans
Matt Haig

Fiction | Novel | Adult

The Human Stain
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society
Norbert Wiener

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949

The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History
John Robert Mcneill, William H. Mcneill

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Hummingbird
Stephen P. Kiernan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Hummingbird's Daughter
Luis Alberto Urrea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1831

The Hundred Dresses
Eleanor Estes

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1944

The Hundred-Foot Journey
Richard C. Morais

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Hundred Penny Box
Sharon Bell Mathis

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

The Hundred Secret Senses
Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
N.K. Jemisin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Hundredth Queen (The Hundredth Queen, #1)
Emily R. King

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Hundred-Year House
Rebecca Makkai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
Rashid Khalidi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Hunger
Alma Katsu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Kate Egan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Hunger Games Tribute Guide
Emily Seife

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Hunger of the Gods
John Gwynne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Hungry Tide
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Hunted (The Living, #2)
Matt de la Peña

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Hunter
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Hunter (Parker, #1)
Richard Stark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Hunters
John Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Hunt for Red October
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Hunt for the Seventh
Christine Morton-Shaw

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Hunting of the Snark
Lewis Carroll

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1876

The Hunting Party
Lucy Foley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Hunting Wives
May Cobb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Huntress
Kate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Hurricane Wars
Thea Guanzon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Hurting Kind: Poems

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2022

The Husband
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Husband Hour
Jamie Brenner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Husbands
Holly Gramazio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Husbands: A Novel
Chandler Baker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Hustler (Eddie Felson, #1)
Walter Tevis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Hybrid Prince
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2026

The Hydrogen Sonata
Iain M. Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt
Sinan Aral

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Hypnotist
Ann Long, Lars Kepler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Hypnotists
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Hypnotist's Love Story
Liane Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Hypocrite
Jo Hamya

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024