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Heritage
Countee Cullen

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922

Herland
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

Hero
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Hero and Leander
Christopher Marlowe

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1598

Heroes
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths
Bernard Evslin

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 1966

Her Soul for Revenge
Harley Laroux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Her Soul to Take
Harley Laroux

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

He, She and It
Marge Piercy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Hester
Laurie Lico Albanese

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Hex
Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Hexed
Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
Jarrett Krosoczka

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work
Jeanne Marie Laskas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Hidden Bodies
Caroline Kepnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Hidden Figures: Young Readers Edition
Margot Lee Shetterly

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Hidden Nature
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam Grant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Hidden Talents
David Lubar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Robert Kolker

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

Hide
Kiersten White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Hide and Seeker
Daka Hermon

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Hideaway
Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

High Fidelity
Nick Hornby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

High Flight
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1942

Highland Mary
Robert Burns

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1792

Highly Illogical Behavior
John Corey Whaley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
Talia Hibbert

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

High-Rise
J. G. Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

High Tide in Tucson
Barbara Kingsolver

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1995

High to Low
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

High Windows
Philip Larkin

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1974

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir
Lamya H

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture
J. D. Vance

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Hills Like White Elephants
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1927

Hinds’ Feet on High Places
Hannah Hurnard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Hind Swaraj
Mahatma Gandhi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1909

Hippolytus
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 428

Hiroshima
John Hersey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1946

His Bloody Project: A Historical Thriller
Graeme Macrae Burnet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

His Excellency: George Washington
Joseph J. Ellis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

H Is For Hawk
Helen Macdonald

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

His & Hers
Alice Feeney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

His Only Wife
Peace Adzo Medie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Histories
Herodotus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

History is All You Left Me
Adam Silvera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

History Lesson
Natasha Trethewey

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2000

History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides

Nonfiction | Book | Adult

History of Wolves
Emily Fridlund

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
Jon Meacham

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

Hitler's Daughter
Jackie French

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Hōjōki: Visions of a Torn World
Kamo no Chōmei

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1212

Holding Up The Universe
Jennifer Niven

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Dr. Sue Johnson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Hole In My Life
Jack Gantos

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Holes
Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Holiday Romance
Catherine Walsh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Hollow
Celina Myers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Hollow Fires
Samira Ahmed

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Holly
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Holmes, Marple & Poe: The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century
James Patterson, Brian Sitts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Holy the Firm
Annie Dillard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

Home
Toni Morrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Home
Marilynne Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Home
Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Home
Nnedi Okorafor

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2017

Home After Three Months Away
Robert Lowell

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1959

Home Again
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Home Before Dark
Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Home Burial
Robert Frost

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1914

Homecoming
Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

Homecoming
Kate Morton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Homecoming
Julia Alvarez

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1984

Home Fire
Kamila Shamsie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Home Front
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Home Is Not a Country
Safia Elhillo

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2021

Home Is Where the Bodies Are
Jeneva Rose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Homeland Elegies: A Novel
Ayad Akhtar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Homeless Bird
Gloria Whelan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Home of the American Circus
Allison Larkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Home of the Brave
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Homeric Hymns
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

Homeschooled
Stefan Merrill Block

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Homeseeking
Karissa Chen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Homesick for Another World
Ottessa Moshfegh

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Home To Harlem
Claude McKay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Honestly Elliott
Gillian McDunn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Honey
Sarah Weeks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

Honey & Spice
Bolu Babalola

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Honor
Thrity Umrigar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Honus and Me
Dan Gutman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Hooked: A Dark, Contemporary Romance
Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Nir Eyal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Hook, Line, and Sinker
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Hoops
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1981