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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

I'm Fine and Neither Are You
Camille Pagán

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

I, Michael Bennett
Michael Ledwidge, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
Abbi Jacobson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
Mary Laura Philpott

Nonfiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2019

Imitation
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2009

Imitation in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual
Luvvie Ajayi, Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics
Lisa Lowe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Immigrant, Montana
Amitava Kumar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Immortal in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Immortality
Milan Kundera, Peter Kussi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Immortality: A Love Story
Dana Schwartz

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2023

Immortal Longings
Chloe Gong

Fiction | Novel | Adult

I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
Kimberly Jones, Gilly Segal

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

I'm Not Scared
Jonathan Hunt, Niccolò Ammaniti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Imogen, Obviously
Becky Albertalli

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2023

I'm OK - You're OK
Thomas A. Harris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom
Suzan-Lori Parks

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1989

Imperial Earth
Arthur C. Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Vladimir Lenin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1916

Imperial Leather: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest
Anne McClintock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Imperial Reckoning
Caroline Elkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
Stephen R. Platt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Imperium
Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Imperium (Cicero, #1)
Robert Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Imperium in Imperio
Sutton E. Griggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1899

Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

Impossible (Impossible, #1)
Nancy Werlin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America
Mae M. Ngai

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Impossible to Forget
Imogen Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Impostors (Impostors, #1)
Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Improvement
Joan Silber

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Impulse
Ellen Hopkins

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2007

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
Austin Channing Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Iain Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

I Must Betray You
Ruta Sepetys

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
Pamela Des Barres, Dave Navarro

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

In 27 Days (In 27 Days, #1)
Alison Gervais

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

In A Dark Dark Wood
Ruth Ware

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development
Carol Gilligan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

In a Dry Season (Inspector Banks, #10)
Peter Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

In a Free State
V.S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

In A Glass Grimmly
Adam Gidwitz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

In a Jam
Kate Canterbary

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

In a Lonely Place
Dorothy B. Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
Ina May Gaskin

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

In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4)
Seanan McGuire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale
Amitav Ghosh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

In a New York Minute
Kate Spencer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

In an Instant
Suzanne Redfearn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer
Diane Wolkstein, Samuel Noah Kramer

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1983

In Another Life
C.C. Hunter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

In Another Time
Jillian Cantor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Inappropriate
Vi Keeland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

In Ascension
Martin MacInnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

In a Strange Room
Damon Galgut

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

In a Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

In at the Deep End
Kate Davies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

In Bed with a Highlander
Maya Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

In Big Trouble (Tess Monaghan, #4)
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

In Broad Daylight
Harry N. Maclean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Inca Gold
Clive Cussler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Incandescent
River Savage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Incantation
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World
Baz Dreisinger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Incarceron
Catherine Fisher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Incarnate
Jodi Meadows

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Incendiary
Chris Cleave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Inception: The Shooting Script

Fiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Incident at Hawk's Hill
Allan W. Eckert

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1971

Incident At Vichy
Arthur Miller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet Jacobs

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1861

Incognito
David Eagleman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
David Eagleman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

In Cold Blood
Truman Capote

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1965

In Conquest Born (In Conquest Born, #1)
C.S. Friedman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

In Consolation to His Wife
Plutarch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 100

In Country
Bobbie Ann Mason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd
Ana Menéndez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Incubus Dreams
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

In Custody
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Indebted
Amy A. Bartol

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Indecency
Justin Phillip Reed

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Indecent
Paula Vogel

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2015

In Deeper Waters
F.T. Lukens

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2021

In Defense of Elitism
William A. Henry III

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

In Defense of Globalization
Jagdish N. Bhagwati

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
Mona Chollet

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Indelible
Karin Slaughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Independence Day
Richard Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Independence Hall (I, Q, #1)
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Independence (Significance, #4)
Shelly Crane

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Independent People
Halldor K Laxness

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Independent Study
Joelle Charbonneau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014