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Helen Keller
Eileen Bigland

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1950

Helen of Troy
Margaret George

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Hellhound on His Trail
Hampton Sides

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Hell House
Richard Matheson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

Hello Lighthouse
Sophie Blackall

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2018

Hello, Molly!
Molly Shannon, Sean Wilsey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Hello, Sunshine
Laura Dave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Hell's Angels
Hunter S. Thompson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1966

Heloise
Mandy Hager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Help Wanted
Adelle Waldman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Hemingway
Kenneth S. Lynn

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1959

Hemlock
Kiersten Modglin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hench
Natalie Zina Walschots

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Henderson the Rain King
Saul Bellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Henry And Ribsy
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1953

Henry and the Clubhouse
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1962

Henry and the Paper Route
Beverly Cleary

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

Henry David Thoreau: A Life
Laura Dassow Walls

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

Henry James: A Life
Leon Edel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1985

Henry V
Dan Jones

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

Henry VIII
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1613

Henry VI, Part 1
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult

Henry VI, Part 3
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1595

Here, Bullet
Brian Turner

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2005

Here Comes Everybody
Clay Shirky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Here Comes the Sun
Nicole Dennis-Benn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Here I Am
Jonathan Safran Foer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Here I Stand
Roland Bainton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1950

Here Lies Arthur
Philip Reeve

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Here's to Us
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Here's to You, Rachel Robinson
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Here to Stay
Mark Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Her Fearful Symmetry
Audrey Niffenegger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Her First Ball
Katherine Mansfield

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1921

Her Last Breath
Taylor Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Her Majesty's Royal Coven
Juno Dawson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Herman Melville
Hershel Parker

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

Hero
S.L. Rottman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Hero
Jennifer Li Shotz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Herodotus
John Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1850

Heroes
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Heroes
Stephen Fry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Heroes of the Frontier
Dave Eggers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Her One Regret
Donna Freitas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Hero of the Empire
Candice Millard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
Mike Duncan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Hero on a Bicycle
Shirley Hughes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Herzog
Saul Bellow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

He Sees You When You're Sleeping
Alta Hensley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

He's Just Not That Into You
Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

He's Not My Type
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

He Who Drowned the World
Shelley Parker-Chan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Hex Hall
Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Hey Whipple, Squeeze This!
Luke Sullivan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Hickory Dickory Dock
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Hidden Roots
Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Hideaway
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Hideout
Watt Key

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Hideout
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

High Achiever
Tiffany Jenkins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Highest Bidder
Sara Cate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

High Five
Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

High Hearts
Rita Mae Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

High Heat
Carl Deuker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

High Noon
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

High Performance Habits
Brendon Burchard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

High Price
Carl Hart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

High Tide in Hawaii
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2003

High Time for Heroes
Mary Pope Osborne

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Highwire Moon
Susan Straight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Hild
Nicola Griffith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Him
Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

His Last Bow
Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1917

His Majesty's Dragon
Naomi Novik

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Historias del Kronen
José Ángel Mañas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Histories of the Transgender Child
Julian Gill-Peterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

History in Three Keys
Paul A. Cohen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

History of Animals
Aristotle

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 301

Hit and Run
Norah Mcclintock

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Hitch-22
Christopher Hitchens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Hitler
Volker Ullrich

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Hitler's Furies
Wendy Lower

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Hitler's Willing Executioners
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Hit Refresh
Satya Nadella, Jill Tracie Nichols, Greg Shaw

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
Zora Neale Hurston

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1934

Hitty: Her First Hundred Years
Rachel Field

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1929

Hobby
Jane Yolen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Hocus Pocus
Teresa Roblin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Hocus Pocus & the All New Sequel
A.W. Jantha

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Hokey Pokey
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

Hold Fast
Kevin Major

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1978

Hold Fast
Blue Balliett

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2013

Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
Sally Mann

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Holiday Ever After
Hannah Grace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Holier Than Thou
Jackie Hill Perry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Hollow City
Ransom Riggs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Hollow Kingdom
Kira Jane Buxton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow
Jessica Townsend

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Holly
Adalyn Grace

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2025