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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

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
Transl. Robert Fagles, Homer

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
Josh Neufeld, Brooke Gladstone

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

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Their Finest Hour
Winston Churchill

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1949

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