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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Guest

Albert Camus

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1957

The Guest

Emma Cline

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Guest List

Lucy Foley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Guitar

Federico García Lorca

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2002

The Gulag Archipelago

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

The Guncle

Steven Rowley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Guncle Abroad

Steven Rowley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

The Hacienda

Isabel Cañas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

Edward E. Baptist

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Halloween Tree

Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

The Hamlet

William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

The Hammer of Thor

Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Hand

Mary Ruefle

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1996

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World

Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1968

The Hand That First Held Mine

Maggie O'Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor

Eddie Jaku

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Happiest Refugee

Anh Do

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living

Russ Harris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Happy Ever After Playlist

Abby Jimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America's Future

Jonathan Cahn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

Ben Horowitz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Harlem Dancer

Claude McKay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1917

The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1936

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Hating Game

Sally Thorne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Haunted Palace

Edgar Allan Poe

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1839

The Haunting Of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Hawthorne Legacy

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

Helen Simonson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Hazel Wood

Melissa Albert

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Headstrong Historian

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2008

The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

T.R. Reid

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

David Treuer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Heart Goes Last

Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1940

The Heart of a Woman

Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1981

The Heart Of Redness

Zakes Mda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Heart of the Matter

Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Heart's Invisible Furies

John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Heat of the Day

Elizabeth Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

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