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Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
Charles R. Cross

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Heavy
Kiese Laymon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Heavy Weather (Blandings Castle, #5)
P.G. Wodehouse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Hebrew Bible
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | BCE

He Chose the Nails: What God Did to Win Your Heart
Max Lucado

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Hector and the Search for Happiness
François Lelord

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Hecuba
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult

Hedda Gabler
Henrik Ibsen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1890

Heft
Liz Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Hegel: A Biography
Terry Pinkard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

Heidi
Johanna Spyri

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1881

Heir Apparent
Vivian Vande Velde

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Heir of Fire
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Heir to the Empire
Timothy Zahn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

Heir to the Shadows
Anne Bishop

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Heist Society
Ally Carter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

He Knew He Was Right
Anthony Trollope

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1869

Held
Anne Michaels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Heldenplatz
Thomas Bernhard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1988

Helen
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult

Helen in Egypt
H. D.

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1924

Helen Keller
Eileen Bigland

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1950

Helen of Troy
Margaret George

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
Carlo Rovelli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Hellbent
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Hell Bent
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hellbent (Orphan X, #3)
Gregg Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction
Mike Mignola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Hell Divers (Hell Divers, #1)
Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Hell Followed With Us
Andrew Joseph White

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Hellhound on His Trail
Hampton Sides

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Hell House
Richard Matheson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1)
Brian W. Aldiss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls
Jax Miller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hell of a Book
Jason Mott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Hello Lighthouse
Sophie Blackall

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2018

Hello Stranger: A Novel
Katherine Center

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hello Stranger (The Ravenels, #4)
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Hello, Sunshine
Laura Dave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Hello, Universe
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Hell's Angels
Hunter S. Thompson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1966

Hell's Corner (The Camel Club, #5)
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Hell Screen
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1918

Hell's Knights
Bella Jewel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Hell to Pay (Razing Hell #2)
Cate Corvin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
Robert Leckie

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1957

Heloise
Mandy Hager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Help for the Haunted
John Searles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
Anne Lamott

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Helter Skelter
Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

Hemingway
Kenneth S. Lynn

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1959

Hemlock Grove
Brian McGreevy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Hench
Natalie Zina Walschots

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Henderson the Rain King
Saul Bellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Henry And Beezus
Beverly Cleary, Illustr. Jacqueline Rogers

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

Henry and Ribsy (Henry Huggins, #3)

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1953

Henry and the Clubhouse (Henry Huggins, #5)
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1962

Henry and the Paper Route
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

Henry David Thoreau: A Life
Laura Dassow Walls

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

Henry Huggins
Beverly Cleary, Illustr. Tracy Dockray

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1950

Henry IV, Part 1
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1597

Henry IV, Part 2
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1600

Henry James: A Life
Leon Edel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1985

Henry Reed, Inc.
Keith Robertson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1958

Henry Reed's Babysitting Service
Keith Robertson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1966

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
Ellen Levine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Henry V
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1599

Henry VIII
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1613

Henry VI, Part 1
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult

Henry VI, Part 3
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1595

Heptameron
Marguerite De Navarre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1558

Her
Harriet Lane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Heracles
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | BCE

Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Her Daily Life
Toshiko Tamura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1917

Her Dark Lies
J.T. Ellison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Her Deadly Game
Robert Dugoni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Herding Cats
Sarah Andersen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Here
Richard McGuire

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Here Be Dragons
Sharon Kay Penman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Here Be Sexist Vampires
Suzanne Wright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Here, Bullet
Brian Turner

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2005

Here Comes the Sun
Nicole Dennis-Benn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays
R. Eric Thomas

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Here I Am
Jonathan Safran Foer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Here I Stand
Roland Bainton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1950

Here Is the Beehive

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2020

Here Is Where We Meet: A Story of Crossing Paths
John Berger

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2005

Here Lies Arthur
Philip Reeve

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Here on Earth
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Here's to Us
Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli, Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)
S.J. Parris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Heretics
G.K. Chesterton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1905

Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World
Thomas Cahill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Heretics Anonymous
Katie Henry

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Here Today (After Words)
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Here to Stay
Sara Farizan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Here To Stay
Mark Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Her Every Fear
Peter Swanson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017