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Hanging Fire
Audre Lorde

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1978

Hangsaman
Shirley Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

Hang the Moon
Jeannette Walls

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hannah Coulter
Wendell Berry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Hannibal
Thomas Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Happiness Falls
Angie Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Happy Endings
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

Happy Land
Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Happy Place
Emily Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Happy Wife
Meredith Lavender, Kendall Shores

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Harbor Me
Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Hard Rain Falling
Don Carpenter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Hard Times
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1854

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Studs Terkel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1970

Harlem
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1951

Harlem Duet
Djanet Sears

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1997

Harlem Rhapsody
Victoria Christopher Murray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Ann Petry

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1955

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
Bob the Drag Queen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Harrison Bergeron
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1960

Harrow the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany

Fiction | Play | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
Juan Gonzalez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Harvest Season
Brynne Weaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Hatchet
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

Hate List
Jennifer Brown

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Hate Poem
Julie Sheehan

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2006

Hate That Cat
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Hattie Big Sky
Kirby Larson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Haunting Adeline
H. D. Carlton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Have a Little Faith: A True Story
Mitch Albom

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Have You Seen Luis Velez?
Catherine Ryan Hyde

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Having It Out with Melancholy
Jane Kenyon

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1992

Hawaii
James A. Michener

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: A Philosophical Tale
Ibn Tufayl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1177

Headshot
Rita Bullwinkel

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2024

Healer of the Water Monster
Brian Young

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Heartbeat
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Heart Berries
Terese Marie Mailhot

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Heart Bones
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: A Celebration of Taylor Swift's Musical Journey, Cultural Impact, and Reinvention of Pop Music for Swifties by a Swiftie
Rob Sheffield

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Heartburn
Nora Ephron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
Banu Mushtaq, Transl. Deepa Bhasthi

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2025

Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
Sarah Smarsh

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Heartless
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Heartless
Elsie Silver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Heartless Hunter
Kristen Ciccarelli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Heartless Sky
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Heart of a Champion
Carl Deuker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Heart of a Dog
Mikhail Bulgakov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1925

Heart of a Samurai
Margi Preus

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi's Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging
Angela Buchdahl

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1899

Heart of the Sun Warrior
Sue Lynn Tan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Heart-Shaped Box
Joe Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Heartstopper: Volume One
Alice Oseman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2018

Heartstopper: Volume Two
Alice Oseman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2019

Hearts Unbroken
Cynthia Leitich Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Heart the Lover
Lily King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Heart to Heart
Rita Dove

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2004

Heartwood
Amity Gaige

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Heat
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Heat of the Everflame
Penn Cole

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Heaven
Angela Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Heaven: A Novel
Mieko Kawakami, Transl. Sam Bett, Transl. David Boyd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Heavenly Bodies
Imani Erriu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Heaven Official's Blessing: Vol. 1
Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Heavy
Kiese Laymon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Hebrew Bible
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | BCE

Hecuba
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult

Hedda Gabler
Henrik Ibsen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1890

Heft
Liz Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Heidi
Johanna Spyri

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1881

Heir
Sabaa Tahir

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

Heir of Fire
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Heir to the Empire
Timothy Zahn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

Held
Anne Michaels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Helen
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult

Helen Keller
Margaret Davidson

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1969

Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

Hell Bent
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hell Followed With Us
Andrew Joseph White

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hell of a Book
Jason Mott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Hello Stranger: A Novel
Katherine Center

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hello, Universe
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
Robert Leckie

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1957