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Her First American
Lore Segal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Her First Ball
Katherine Mansfield

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1921

Her Heart for a Compass (Buccleuch Family, #1)
Sarah Ferguson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Her Hidden Genius
Marie Benedict

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Herland
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

Her Last Goodbye
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Her Majesty's Royal Coven
Juno Dawson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Herman Melville
Hershel Parker

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

Her Mother's Hope (Marta's Legacy, #1)
Francine Rivers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Hero
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

HĂ©rodias: Gustave Flaubert (French Edition)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Herodotus
John Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1850

Heroes
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Heroes and Saints and Other Plays
CherrĂ­e L. Moraga

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1994

Heroes of the Frontier
Dave Eggers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Hero (Hero, #1)
Samantha Young

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Her One Mistake
Heidi Perks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Hero on a Bicycle
Shirley Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Her Perfect Family
Teresa Driscoll

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Her Royal Highness
Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

Her Royal Spyness
Rhys Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
James Tiptree Jr.

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1990

Her Soul for Revenge
Harley Laroux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Her Soul to Take
Harley Laroux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Herzog
Saul Bellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

He Said/She Said
Erin Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

He, She and It
Marge Piercy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
Liz Tuccillo, Greg Behrendt, Lauren Monchik

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

He's Not My Type
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

He Started It
Samantha Downing

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Hester
Laurie Lico Albanese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

He Who Fights with Monsters
Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Hex
Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Hexed
Kevin Hearne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)
Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
Jarrett Krosoczka

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Hhhh
Laurent Binet

Nonfiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Hickory Dickory Dock
Agatha Christie, Hugh Fraser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Hicksville
Dylan Horrocks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Hidden
Helen Frost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work
Jeanne Marie Laskas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Hidden Bodies
Caroline Kepnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Hidden Depths (Vera Stanhope, #3)
Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Hidden Figures: Young Readers Edition
Margot Lee Shetterly

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam M. Grant

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

Hidden Riches
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Hidden Talents
David Lubar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Robert Kolker

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

Hide
Kiersten White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Hide and Seek
James Patterson, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Hide and Seek (The Lying Game, #4)
Sara Shepard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Hideaway
Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Hideaway (Devil's Night, #2)
Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Hideout (Swindle, #5)
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
Sarah Kendzior

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life
Tiffany Jenkins, Tiffany Jenkins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

High Dive
Jonathan Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Highest Bidder
Sara Cate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

High Fidelity
Nick Hornby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

High Five
Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

High Hearts
Rita Mae Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

High Heat
Carl Deuker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Highland River (Canongate Classic)
Neil M. Gunn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Highly Illogical Behavior
John Corey Whaley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
Talia Hibbert

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

High Noon
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

High Plains Tango
Robert James Waller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

High Price
Carl Hart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

High-Rise
J. G. Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

High Rising (Barsetshire, #1)
Angela Thirkell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

High School Debut, Vol. 01
Beth Kawasaki, Kazune Kawahara

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Highwire Moon
Susan Straight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Hild
Nicola Griffith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon
Anthony Harkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture
J. D. Vance

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains
Cassie Chambers

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Him
Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Him (Him #1)
Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Hinds’ Feet on High Places
Hannah Hurnard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Hind Swaraj
Mahatma Gandhi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1909

Hippie
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Hippolytus
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 428

Hiring and Firing (Brian Tracy Success Library)
Brian Tracy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1769

Hiroshima
John Hersey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1946

Hiroshima mon amour
Marguerite Duras

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

His Bloody Project: A Historical Thriller
Graeme Macrae Burnet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

His Excellency: George Washington
Joseph J. Ellis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

His Family
Ernest Poole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1917

H Is For Hawk
Helen Macdonald

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

H is for Homicide (Kinsey Millhone, #8)
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

His & Hers
Alice Feeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

His Last Bow
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1917

His Last Bow & The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1927

His Majesty's Dragon
Naomi Novik

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage
Willard F. Harley Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

His Only Wife
Peace Adzo Medie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Hissy Fit
Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004