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I Was Anastasia: A Novel
Ariel Lawhon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

I Was a Teenage Slasher
Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
Malaka Gharib

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

I Will Always Write Back
Liz Welch, Martin Ganda, Caitlin Alifirenka

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2015

I Will Fight No More Forever
Chief Joseph

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1877

I Will Find You
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

I Will Put Chaos Into Fourteen Lines
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1949

I Will Save You
Matt de la Peña

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

I Will Teach You To Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works
Ramit Sethi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

I Write What I Like
Steve Biko

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1978

The Icarus Girl
Helen Oyeyemi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Icebound Land
John Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Ickabog
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

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 You
Robinne Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
Bernard Bailyn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1869

The Idiot
Elif Batuman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Iliad
Homer, Transl. Robert Fagles

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

The Illegal
Lawrence Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Illiterate
William Meredith

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1958

The Illustrated Man
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1951

The Imaginary Iceberg
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1946

The Imaginary Invalid
Moliere

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1673

The Immigrant's Song
Tishani Doshi

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2012

The Immoralist
Andre Gide

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

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 Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Imp of the Perverse
Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1845

The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1895

The Impossible Knife of Memory
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

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

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Incredible Journey
Sheila Burnford

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1960

The Indian in the Cupboard
Lynne Reid Banks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
Daniel James Brown

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

The Indigo Girl
Natasha Boyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Infinite Game
Simon Sinek

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media
Brooke Gladstone, Josh Neufeld

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Inmate
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Innocence of Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1911

The Innocent Man
John Grisham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Innocents Abroad
Mark Twain

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1869

The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Clayton M. Christensen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Inquisitor’s Tale
Adam Gidwitz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Institute
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, the African
Olaudah Equiano

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1789

The Interlopers
Saki

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1919

The Interpretation of Cultures
Clifford Geertz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

The Interpretation of Dreams
Sigmund Freud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1899

The Intuitionist
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Invalid's Story
Mark Twain

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1874

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Invention of Morel
Adolfo Bioy Casares

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1940

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
Andrea Wulf

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance
Russell Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Invisible Hour
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
Meghan O'Rourke

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Invisible Man
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1897

The Iron Giant
Ted Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

The Iron Heel
Jack London

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1908

The Iron Trial
Cassandra Clare, Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Island
Natasha Preston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1896

The Island of Missing Trees
Elif Shafak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Island on Bird Street
Uri Orlev

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

The Island Within
Richard Blanco

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2012

The It Girl
Ruth Ware

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022