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In the Mecca
Gwendolyn Brooks

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1968

In The Middle Of The Night
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

In the Midnight Rain
Barbara O'Neal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

In the Midst of Winter
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

In the Miso Soup
Ryu Murakami

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

In the Name of Salome
Julia Alvarez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Sarah Ruhl

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2009

In The Night Wood
Dale Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Steven Levy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

In the Presence of my Enemies
Gracia Burnham

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

In The Realm of a Dying Emperor
Norma Field

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Gabor Maté

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
G.A. Henty

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1887

In the Rogue Blood
James Carlos Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

In the Role of Brie Hutchens...
Nicole Melleby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

In The Sanctuary of Outcasts
Neil White

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

In the Sea There are Crocodiles
Fabio Geda

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle
Madeleine Blais

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1995

In the Shadow Garden
Liz Parker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

In The Shadow of 10,000 Hills
Jennifer Haupt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

In the Shadow of Blackbirds
Cat Winters

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

In the Shadow of Gotham (Simon Ziele, #1)
Stefanie Pintoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

In the Shadow of Liberty
Kenneth C. Davis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

In the Shadow of Man
Jane Goodall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

In the Shadow of No Towers
Art Spiegelman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

In The Shadow Of The Banyan
Vaddey Ratner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
Marcel Proust

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1919

In the Skin of a Lion
Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

In the South Seas
Robert Louis Stevenson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1896

In the Time of Our History
Susanne Pari

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

In the United States of Africa (French Voices)
Abdourahman A. Waberi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

In the Unlikely Event
L.J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

In The Unlikely Event
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

In the Waiting Room
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult

In the Wake: On Blackness and Being
Christina Sharpe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

In the Weeds
B.K. Borison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

In the Wild Light
Jeff Zentner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

In the Woods
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Bette Bao Lord

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

In This House of Brede
Rumer Godden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

In This Light
Melanie Rae Thon

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

In This Mountain
Jan Karon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Intimacies
Katie Kitamura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Intimacy
Hanif Kureishi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Intimate Apparel
Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2003

Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
John D'Emilio, Estelle B. Freedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Intimations: Stories
Zadie Smith

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2016

Into a Black Sun
Takeshi KaikĹŤ

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone
Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

In Too Deep
Jude Watson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29)
Lee Child, Andrew Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience
Gitta Sereny

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1974

Into the Abyss
Carol Shaben

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier
James H. Merrell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Into the Beautiful North
Luis Alberto Urrea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Into the Blue
Emma Brodie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Into the Darkest Corner
Elizabeth Haynes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Into the Deep
Samantha Young

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Into the Drowning Deep
Mira Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
Dakota Meyer, Bing West

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Into the Forest
Jean Hegland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love
Rebecca Frankel

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Into the Gauntlet
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Into the Heart of Borneo
Redmond O'Hanlon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1984

Into the Labyrinth
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Into the Land of the Unicorns (The Unicorn Chronicles, #1)
Bruce Coville

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Into the Lion's Mouth: The True Story of Dusko Popov: World War II Spy, Patriot, and the Real-Life Inspiration for James Bond
Larry Loftis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart
James R. Doty

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
Jill Heinerth

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro
Rachel Slade

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Into the Still Blue
Veronica Rossi

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Into the Water
Paula Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Into the Wild
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Into The Wild
Jon Krakauer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

Into the Wilderness (Wilderness, #1)
Sara Donati

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Into the Woods
Anna Krien

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Into the Yell
Sarah James

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Introduction to Positive Philosophy
Auguste Comte

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1842

Introduction to the Devout Life
Francis de Sales

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1609

Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength
Laurie A. Helgoe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Intruder In The Dust
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

Intuitive Thinking As a Spiritual Path: A Philosophy of Freedom (Classics in Anthroposophy)
Rudolf Steiner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1894

In Tune with the Infinite
Ralph Waldo Trine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1910

InuYasha, Vol. 1: Turning Back Time
Rumiko Takahashi

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1997

Invasion
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jack Finney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
Garry Wills

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

Inventing Elliot
Graham Gardner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Inventing Human Rights: A History
Lynn Hunt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
Jonathan Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

InvestiGators (InvestiGators, #1)
John Patrick Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Invincible
Florence Comite

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women (Newbery Medal Winner)
Cornelia Meigs

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1933

Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure
Jim Murphy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Invisible
Christina Diaz Gonzalez

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City
Andrea Elliott

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Invisible City (Rebekah Roberts, #1)
Julia Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014