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Hammered
Kevin Hearne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Hammer of the Gods
Stephen Davis

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1985

Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Ham on Rye
Charles Bukowski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 1
Hisaya Nakajo

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Hana's Suitcase
Karen Levine

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Handle With Care
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Hands Down
Mariana Zapata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field
Barbara Ann Brennan

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1987

Hands of My Father
Myron Uhlberg

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings
Han Fei

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 251

Hanging on to Max
Margaret Bechard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Hangsaman
Shirley Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

Hang the Moon
Jeannette Walls

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hannah Coulter
Wendell Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Hannibal
Thomas Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter, #4)
Thomas Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Hannibal's Ring
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1843

Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam (New Cold War History)
Lien-Hang T. Nguyen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
Mary Mapes Dodge

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1865

Hans Brinker Silver Skates
Mary Mapes Dodge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Hansel and Gretel
Rika Lesser

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1984

Happening
Annie Ernaux, Tanya Leslie

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
Tal Ben-Shahar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Happily Letter After
Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Happiness
Aminatta Forna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Happiness, as Such
Natalia Ginzburg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good
Tina Turner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Happiness Falls
Angie Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Happiness for Beginners
Katherine Center

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Happy are the Happy
Yasmina Reza

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1970

Happy Days
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1961

Happy Ever After
Nora Roberts, Angela Dawe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Happy Place
Emily Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Happy & You Know It
Laura Hankin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Harbart
Nabarun Bhattacharya

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark's Jews Escape the Nazis
Susan Hood

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2023

Harbor Me
Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Hard Bitten
Chloe Neill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Hard Boiled
Geof Darrow, Frank Miller, Claude Legris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Hardcore Twenty-Four
Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Harding's Luck (House of Arden, #2)
E. Nesbit

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1909

Hardline
Meredith Wild

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Hard Love
Ellen Wittlinger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Hard Luck
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Published in 2013

Hardly Knew Her
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2008

Hardpressed
Meredith Wild

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Hard Rain Falling
Don Carpenter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Hard Times
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1854

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Studs Terkel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1970

Hard to Be a God
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Hard to Love
Kendall Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Hardwired
Meredith Wild

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
Rick Hanson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Hark! the Herald Angels Scream
Christopher Golden

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

Harlem Duet
Djanet Sears

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1997

Harlem Shadows: Poems

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922

Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Harlem Summer
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Harlem: The Vision of Morgan and Marvin Smith
John Smith, Marvin Smith, Morgan Smith

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven
Bella Forrest

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

Harmonies of the World (On the Shoulders of Giants, Book 5)
Johannes Kepler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1619

Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
Harold Bloom

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

Harpist in the Wind (Riddle-Master, #3)
Patricia A. McKillip

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

Harriet
Elizabeth Jenkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Harriet Jacobs: A Life
Jean Fagan Yellin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

Harriet's Daughter
M. NourbeSe Philip

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1988

Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Ann Petry

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1955

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
Bob the Drag Queen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Harrow County, Vol. 1: Countless Haints
Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Harrow the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Harry Cat's Pet Puppy (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #3)
George Selden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

Harry Potter: A Journey Through A History of Magic
British Library, J.K. Rowling

Fiction | Reference/Text Book | YA | Published in 2017

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany

Fiction | Play | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Harry's Trees
Jon Cohen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
Matthew Algeo

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Harvest
Jim Crace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Harvesting the Heart
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
Juan Gonzalez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Harvey
Hervé Bouchard

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Harvey (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)
Mary Chase

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1944

Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh
Joyce A. Tyldesley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996

Hatchet
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

Hatch (The Overthrow, #2)
Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Hate
Tate James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Hate List
Jennifer Brown

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Hate Notes
Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018