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The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
Jeff Goodell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Heidi Chronicles
Wendy Wasserstein

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1988

The Heiress
Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Help
Kathryn Stockett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Henna Artist
Alka Joshi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
Sun-Mi Hwang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Heretic's Daughter
Kathleen Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Hero and the Crown
Robin McKinley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

The Heroic Slave
Frederick Douglass

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1853

The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Hero's Walk
Anita Rau Badami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949

The Hidden Globe
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World
Peter Wohlleben

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA

The Hiding Place
Corrie Ten Boom

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1971

The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
Elaine N. Aron

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

The Highwayman
Alfred Noyes

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1906

The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2021

The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Histories
Tacitus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 110

The History of Love
Nicole Krauss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave
Mary Prince

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1830

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
Samuel Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1759

The History of Sexuality: Volume 1
Michel Foucault

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

The History of Sound: Stories
Ben Shattuck

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2024

The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams
Henry Fielding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1742

The History of the Franks
Gregory of Tours

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 590

The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1136

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Henry Fielding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1749

The History Teacher
Billy Collins

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1991

The Hitchhiker
Lucille Fletcher

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1941

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1937

The Hollow Men
T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1925

The Hollow of the Three Hills
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2010

The Home and the World
Rabindranath Tagore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1916

The Homecoming
Harold Pinter

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

The Homework Machine
Dan Gutman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Honest Truth
Dan Gemeinhart

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Honey Bus
Meredith May

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Honey Witch
Sydney J. Shields

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Horse And His Boy
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1954

The Host
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
Richard Preston

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

The Hour of the Star
Clarice Lispector

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1977

The Hours
Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The House at the End of the World
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The House Behind the Cedars
Charles W. Chesnutt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1900

The House in the Cerulean Sea
T. J. Klune

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The House in the Pines
Ana Reyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The House Is on Fire
Rachel Beanland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Housekeeper and the Professor
Yoko Ogawa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Housemaid
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Housemaid is Watching
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Housemaid's Secret
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Housemaid's Wedding
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2024

The House of Broken Angels
Luis Alberto Urrea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The House of Doors
Tan Twan Eng

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The House of Eve
Sadeqa Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The House of God
Samuel Shem

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The House of Hades
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1905

The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
Shari Franke

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The House of the Scorpion
Nancy Farmer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1851

The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

The House of Wolves
James Patterson, Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1984

The House We Grew Up In
Lisa Jewell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want
Sonja Lyubomirsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Human Condition
Hannah Arendt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1958

The Humans
Matt Haig

Fiction | Novel | Adult

The Human Stain
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History
William H. Mcneill, John Robert Mcneill

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

The Hummingbird's Daughter
Luis Alberto Urrea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1831

The Hundred Dresses
Eleanor Estes

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 1944

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
Rashid Khalidi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Hungry Tide
Amitav Ghosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Hungry Woman
Cherríe Moraga

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2001

The Hunter
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Hunt for Red October
Tom Clancy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Hunting Party
Lucy Foley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Huntress
Kate Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Hurricane Wars
Thea Guanzon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Husbands
Holly Gramazio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Husbands: A Novel
Chandler Baker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Hypnotists
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015