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I For Isobel
Amy Witting

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1990

I Found You
Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

If She Wakes
Michael Koryta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

If the Creek Don't Rise
Leah Weiss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

If the Oceans Were Ink
Carla Power

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

If There Be Thorns
V. C. Andrews

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

If the Shoe Fits
Julie Murphy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

If This Gets Out
Sophie Gonzales, Cale Dietrich

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

If This Is a Man
Primo Levi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1947

If Tomorrow Comes (Tracy Whitney, #1)
Sidney Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

I Funny: A Middle School Story
James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home
Lucy Worsley

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

If We Were Villains
M. L. Rio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

If You Ask Me
Betty White

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)
Betty White

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

If You Come Softly
Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

If You Could Be Mine
Sara Farizan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

If You Could See Me Now
Cecelia Ahern

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

If You Could See the Sun
Ann Liang

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2022

If You Find Me
Emily Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

If You Only Knew
Kristan Higgins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America
Vicki Sokolik

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

If You Stay
Courtney Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

If You Tell a Lie
Lucinda Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
Gregg Olsen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

If You Would Have Told Me
John Stamos

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us
Jean M. Twenge

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Iggie's House
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1970

Ignite (Defy, #2)
Sara B. Larson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Ignite Me
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
Hugh MacLeod

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Igraine the Brave
Cornelia Funke

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

I Hate Hamlet

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1991

I Hate Myselfie
Shane Dawson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

I Hate the Internet
Jarett Kobek

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

I Have a Dream (The Essential Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)
Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

I Have Lost My Way
Gayle Forman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (The Voice from the Edge #1)
Harlan Ellison

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2002

I Have No Secrets
Penny Joelson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

I Have Some Questions for You
Rebecca Makkai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

I Heard The Owl Call My Name
Margaret Craven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

I Heard You Paint Houses
Charles Brandt

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

I Heart New York
Lindsey Kelk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
Laura van den Berg

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2020

I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

I Hope This Doesn't Find You
Ann Liang

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2024

I is for Innocent (Kinsey Millhone, #9)
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

I'jaam
Sinan Antoon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

I, Juan de Pareja
Elizabeth Borton De Treviño

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1965

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
Marisa Crane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Ikenga
Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Héctor García, Francesc Miralles

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

I Kill Giants

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

I Kissed Dating Goodbye
Joshua Harris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Casey McQuiston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

I Know a Secret
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

I Know This Much Is True
Wally Lamb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

I Know Who You Are
Alice Feeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1969

I Let You Go
Clare Mackintosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Il giorno della civetta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

I Liked My Life
Abby Fabiaschi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Ilium (Ilium, #1)
Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

I Lived on Butterfly Hill
Marjorie Agosín

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

I'll Be Seeing You
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

I'll Be There
Holly Goldberg Sloan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Illegal
Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, Illustr. Giovanni Rigano

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

I'll Give You the Sun
Jandy Nelson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Illness as Metaphor
Susan Sontag

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

Illness As Metaphor
Susan Sontag

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

I'll Never Tell
Catherine McKenzie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Illuminae
Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Illusions
Aprilynne Pike

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Richard Bach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Ill Will
Dan Chaon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Illywhacker
Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

I Love Dick
Chris Kraus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

I Love Yous are For White People
Lac Su

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

Ilustrado
Miguel Syjuco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

I'm a Fan
Sheena Patel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

I'm Afraid of Men
Vivek Shraya

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Imaginary Friend
Stephen Chbosky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
Salman Rushdie

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1981

Imaginary Lands
Robin McKinley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

Imaginary Strangers (Dangerous Strangers, #1)
Minka Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Imagine
Juan Felipe Herrera

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

Imagined Communities: Reflections On The Origin And Spread Of Nationalism
Benedict Anderson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

Imagine: How Creativity Works
Jonah Lehrer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Imagine Me Gone
Adam Haslett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Imagine Me (Shatter Me, #6)
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Imagining Argentina
Lawrence Thornton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Imago
Octavia E. Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

Imajica
Clive Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Imani All Mine
Connie Rose Porter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

I Married a Communist (The American Trilogy, #2)
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

I, Me, Mine
George Harrison

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1980