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In Broad Daylight
Harry N. Maclean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Incendiary
Chris Cleave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Incident At Vichy
Arthur Miller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

In Custody
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Indecency
Justin Phillip Reed

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

In Defense of Elitism
William A. Henry III

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Independence
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Independent Study
Joelle Charbonneau

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

India After Gandhi
Ramachandra Guha

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Indians on Vacation: A Novel
Thomas King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Indignation
Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Indissoluble Matrimony
Rebecca West

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1929

In Dubious Battle
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

In Evil Hour
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

"I": New and Selected Poems
Toi Derricotte

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Inexcusable
Chris Lynch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Infants of the Spring
Wallace Thurman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
Paul Farmer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

In Fed We Trust
David Wessel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Infidel
Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Infinity Son
Adam Silvera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

In Harm's Way
Doug Stanton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

In Her Shoes
Jennifer Weiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

In Her Wake
Nancy Rappaport

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

In His Stead: A Father's War
Judith Sanders

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Inkspell
Cornelia Funke

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Inland
Tea Obreht

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

In My Next Life
Pam Houston

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2021

Innocent Erendira
Gabriel García Márquez

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1972

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Daniyal Mueenuddin

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

In Other Words
Jhumpa Lahiri

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

In Our Time
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1925

In Patagonia
Bruce Chatwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

In Persuasion Nation
George Saunders

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2006

In Search of Lost Time
Stéphane Heuet

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 1998

In Search of the Promised Land
John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

Inside Out
Demi Moore

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Inside the Black Horse
Ray Berard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Inside the Crocodile
Trish Nicholson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Inside the Third Reich
Albert Speer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1969

Integrity
Henry Cloud

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Interstellar Pig
William Sleator

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

In the American Grain
William Carlos Williams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1925

In The Belly Of The Beast
Jack Abbott

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult | Published in 1981

In the Company of the Courtesan
Sarah Dunant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

In the Country of Men
Hisham Matar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

In the Field of Fire
Jeanne Van Buren Dann, ed., Jack Dann, ed.

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1997

In the Heart of the Country
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

In the Kingdom of Ice
Hampton Sides

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

In the Light of What We Know
Zia Haider Rahman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

In the Presence of my Enemies
Gracia Burnham

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

In The Realm of a Dying Emperor
Norma Field

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

In The Sanctuary of Outcasts
Neil White

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

In the Sea There are Crocodiles
Fabio Geda

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle
Madeleine Blais

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1995

In the Shadow of Blackbirds
Cat Winters

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

In the Shadow of Liberty
Kenneth C. Davis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

In The Unlikely Event
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Bette Bao Lord

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

In This Economy?
Kyla Scanlon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

In This Light
Melanie Rae Thon

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

Into the Abyss
Carol Shaben

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Into the Forest
Jean Hegland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Into the Woods
Anna Krien

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Into the Yell
Sarah James

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
Jonah Berger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Iola Leroy, or, Shadows Uplifted
Frances Harper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1892

Irena's Children
Tilar J. Mazzeo

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Rigoberta Menchu

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1983

I Saw Ramallah
Mourid Barghouti

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

I See You
Clare Mackintosh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

I Shall Not Hate
Izzeldin Abuelaish

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Ishi in Two Worlds
Theodora Kroeber

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1961

Ishi, Last of His Tribe
Theodora Kroeber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1961

Island
Him Mark Lai

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1973

Island: The Complete Stories
Alistair MacLeod

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

Isles of the Emberdark
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Israel on the Appomattox
Melvin Patrick Ely

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

I, Tina
Tina Turner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1986

I, Too, Sing America
Catherine Clinton

Nonfiction | Poetry Collection | YA | Published in 2022

It's an Aardvark-Eat-Turtle World
Paula Danziger

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1986

It's in His Kiss
Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

It's Not about the Bike
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

It's What I Do
Lynsey Addario

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

It was Only a Kiss
Joss Wood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

I Was Here
Gayle Forman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

I Will Marry When I Want
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1982

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
Laura Hillman

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 1969

Jack and Rochelle
Jack Sutin, Rochelle Sutin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

Jack London: An American Life
Earle G. Labor

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Jack Maggs
Peter Carey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Jacob's Rescue
Malka Drucker, Michael Halperin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Jacques the Fatalist and His Master
Denis Diderot

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1796

Jaguar
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Jake and Lily
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

James Bond
Ian Fleming

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

James Joyce: A New Biography
Gordon Bowker

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2011

Jam on the Vine
Lashonda Katrice Barnett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015