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The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Great Bear
David A. Robertson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History
Robert Darnton

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1984

The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
Amitav Ghosh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Great Divide
Cristina Henríquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Great Divorce
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

The Greatest: Muhammad Ali
Walter Dean Myers

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2001

The Greatest Salesman in the World
Og Mandino

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Great Fire
Jim Murphy

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1925

The Great Gilly Hopkins
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1978

The Great Greene Heist
Varian Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Great Hunt
Robert Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

The Great Influenza
John M. Barry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Great Lawsuit
Margaret Fuller

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1843

The Great Pet Heist
Emily Ecton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Great Santini
Pat Conroy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Great Train Robbery
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Great Transformation
Karl Polanyi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1944

The Great Treehouse War
Lisa Graff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Great Trouble
Deborah Hopkinson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Great Turkey Walk
Kathleen Karr

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

The Great Unexpected
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

The Green Glass Sea
Ellen Klages

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Green Mile
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Guardians
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Guardians
Ana Castillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

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 Hallmarked Man
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

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 Heartbreak Hotel
Ellen O'Clover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
Thich Nhat Hanh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

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 Heir Apparent
Rebecca Armitage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work
Joseph Campbell

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1990

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 Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet
Tony Abbott

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

The Hiding Place
Corrie Ten Boom

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1971

The High 5 Habit: Take Control of Your Life with One Simple Habit
Mel Robbins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

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