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It's in His Kiss: The 2nd Epilogue (Bridgertons, #7.5)
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2006

It's Kind of a Funny Story
Ned Vizzini

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

It's Like This, Cat
Emily Cheney Neville

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1963

It's My Life
Stacie Ramey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

It's NOT About ME: Rescue From the Life We Thought Would Make Us Happy
Max Lucado

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

It's Not about the Bike
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

It's Not About the Burqa
Mariam Khan

Nonfiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

It's Not All Downhill From Here
Terry McMillan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

It's Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self
Hilary Jacobs Hendel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

It's Not Her
Mary Kubica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

It's Not Summer Without You
Jenny Han

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered
Lysa TerKeurst

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People
Ramani Durvasula

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

It's One of Us
J.T. Ellison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

It Sounded Better in My Head
Nina Kenwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

It Starts with the Egg: How the Science of Egg Quality Can Help You Get Pregnant Naturally, Prevent Miscarriage, and Improve Your Odds in IVF
Rebecca Fett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

It's What I Do
Lynsey Addario

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

It's Your Ship
Captain D. Michael Abrashoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

It was Only a Kiss
Joss Wood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Ivanhoe
Walter Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1819

I've Got My Eyes on You
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

I've Got Your Number
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

I've Got You Under My Skin
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Ivy and Bean and the Ghost That Had to Go (Ivy & Bean #2)
Annie Barrows

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter (Ivy & Bean #4)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki
Baek Sehee, Transl. Anton Hur

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Yoru Sumino

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

I Was Born for This
Alice Oseman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

I Was Here
Gayle Forman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
Malaka Gharib

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Iwein
Hartmann von Aue

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1203

I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

I Will Marry When I Want
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1982

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
Laura Hillman

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 1969

I Will Save You
Matt de la Peña

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

I Will Send Rain
Rae Meadows

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

I Wish You All the Best
Mason Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

I Write What I Like
Steve Biko

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1978

Izzy, Willy-Nilly
Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1986

The iCandidate
Mikael Carlson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Icarus Agenda
Robert Ludlum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Icarus Deception
Seth Godin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Icarus Girl
Helen Oyeyemi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Icebound Land
John Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
Susan Jane Gilman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Icecutter's Daughter (Land of Shining Water, #1)
Tracie Peterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Ice Harvest (The Ice Harvest #1)
Scott Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Ice House
Minette Walters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Iceman Cometh
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1946

The Ice Palace
Tarjei Vesaas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Ice People
Maggie Gee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Ice Princess (Fjällbacka, #1)
Camilla Läckberg, Steven T. Murray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Ice Queen
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Ice Storm
Rick Moody

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Ice Twins
S.K. Tremayne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Ickabog
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy
James Patterson, Vicky Ward

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Ideal Team Player
Patrick M. Lencioni

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Idea of a University
John Henry Newman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1873

The Idea of India
Sunil Khilnani

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Idea of Perfection
Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Idea of the Holy
Rudolf Otto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1917

The Idea of You
Robinne Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Identicals
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
Bernard Bailyn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

The Idiot
Elif Batuman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Iliad
Homer, Transl. Robert Fagles

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

The Illearth War
Stephen R. Donaldson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Illegal
Lawrence Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Illicit Happiness of Other People
Manu Joseph

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Ill-Made Knight (The Once and Future King, #3)
T.H. White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

The Illusion of Conscious Will
Daniel M. Wegner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Illusion of Separateness
Simon Van Booy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Image of the City
Kevin Lynch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

The Imaginary Invalid
Moliere

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1673

The Imitation of Christ
Thomas à Kempis, William Benham, Richard Challoner, D.D.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1427

The Immoralist
Andre Gide

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

The Immortal Circus: Act One (Cirque des Immortels, #1)
A.R. Kahler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Immortal Highlander
Karen Marie Moning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
Timothy Egan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Immortality Key: Uncovering the Secret History of the Religion with No Name
Brian C. Muraresku

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Immortal Rules
Julie Kagawa

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Immortals of Meluha
Amish Tripathi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Imperial Presidency
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1895

The Importance of Living
Lin Yutang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1937

The Impossible Knife of Memory
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure
Martin W. Sandler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Impossible Will Take a Little While
Paul Loeb

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Improbability of Love
Hannah Rothschild

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Inadequate Heir
Danielle L. Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
Hadley Vlahos

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

The Incendiaries
R. O. Kwon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
Thomas King

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Incorporation of America: Culture and Society in the Gilded Age
Alan Trachtenberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1982