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India: A Wounded Civilization
V.S. Naipaul

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond
Shashi Tharoor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
Lois Lenski

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1941

Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World
Jack Weatherford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Indian Horse
Richard Wagamese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Indian Killer
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
Alex von Tunzelmann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues in Canada
Chelsea Vowel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Indignation
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Indigo Ridge
Devney Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Indigo (Water Tales, #2)
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Indissoluble Matrimony
Rebecca West

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1929

Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
Nir Eyal, Julie Li

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

In Dubious Battle
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

Indulgence in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Industrial Magic
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Indwelling Sin In Believers (Puritan Paperbacks)
John Owen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1667

Inés of My Soul
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

I never saw another butterfly
Hana (Editor) Volavkova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times
Monica Guzmán

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

In Evil Hour
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

Inexcusable
Chris Lynch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin
Lindsey Hilsum

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Infamous
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Infants of the Spring
Wallace Thurman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

In Farleigh Field
Rhys Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Infected (Infected, #1)
Scott Sigler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

In Fed We Trust
David Wessel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Inferno
Dan Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Inferno (Inferno, #1)
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Infidel
Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Infinite Country
Patricia Engel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Infinite Home
Kathleen Alcott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Infinite (Infinite, #1)
Jeremy Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Infinity
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Infinity Son
Adam Silvera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
Grant Naylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

In Five Years
Rebecca Serle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

In Flight
R.K. Lilley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Influencer
Joseph Grenny

Nonfiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

Influence Without Authority
Allan R. Cohen, David L. Bradford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Infomocracy (The Centenal Cycle, #1)
Malka Ann Older

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Inglorious Empire
Shashi Tharoor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

In Harm's Way
Doug Stanton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

Inherent Vice
Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Inheritance
Christopher Paolini

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
Dani Shapiro

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Inherit the Bones (Detective Gemma Monroe, #1)
Emily Littlejohn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Inherit the Stars
James P. Hogan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

Inherit the Stars (Inherit the Stars, #1)
Tessa Elwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Inherit the Wind
Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955

In Her Shoes
Jennifer Weiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

In Her Wake
Nancy Rappaport

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

In His Stead: A Father's War
Judith Sanders

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

In His Steps
Charles Sheldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1896

Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
David Brion Davis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1)
Rachel Caine

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Emma Törzs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Inkdeath
Cornelia Funke

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Ink Exchange
Melissa Marr

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

Inkheart
Cornelia Funke

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Inkling
Kenneth Oppel

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Inkspell
Cornelia Funke

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Inland
Tea Obreht

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
Amy Bloom

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

In Matto's Realm (Sergeant Studer, #3)
Friedrich Glauser

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

In Memoriam
Alice Winn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

In My Craft or Sullen Art
Dylan Thomas

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1934

In My Dreams I Hold A Knife
Ashley Winstead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
Irene Gut Opdyke, Jennifer Armstrong

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1992

In My Next Life
Pam Houston

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2021

Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
Sadhguru

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Inner Harbor
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth
Robert A. Johnson

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Innocence
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Innocent Blood
P.D. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Innocent Erendira
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1972

Innocent in Death
J.D. Robb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #8)
Scott Turow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Innocent Traitor
Alison Weir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
John Allen Paulos

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

In One Person
John Irving

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom
Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

In Other Lands
Sarah Rees Brennan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Daniyal Mueenuddin

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

In Our Time
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1925

In Persuasion Nation
George Saunders

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2006

In Pieces
Sally Field

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

In Plain Sight
C.J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

In Real Life
Cory Doctorow, Jen Wang

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara, Brian VanDeMark

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

Insatiable (Insatiable, #1)
Meg Cabot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

In Search of April Raintree
Beatrice Culleton, Beatrice Culleton Mosionier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
Thomas J. Peters, Robert H. Waterman Jr., Tom Peters

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982

In Search of Lost Time
Stéphane Heuet

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1998

In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio
Philippe Bourgois

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality
John Gribbin

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1984

In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant (Captain Nemo, #1)
Jules Verne

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1867