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The Great Bridge
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

The Great Depression
Pierre Berton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Great Divergence
Kenneth Pomeranz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Great Escape
Angus Deaton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Greatest Generation
Tom Brokaw

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

The Greatest Show on Earth
Richard Dawkins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Great God Brown
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1926

The Great Indian Novel
Shashi Tharoor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Great Mortality
John Kelly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Great Santini
Pat Conroy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Great War and Modern Memory
Paul Fussell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

The Great Wide Sea
M. H. Herlong

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

The Greek Way
Edith Hamilton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1930

The Green Road
Anne Enright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Grim Grotto
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The Grimm Legacy
Polly Shulman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Guardian
Dee Henderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Guest Book
Sarah Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Guide
R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Hairy Ape
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1922

The Haj
Leon Uris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Hamilton Affair
Elizabeth Cobbs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Hammer of Eden
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Happiness Hypothesis
Jonathan Haidt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent A Year Trying To Sing In The Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, And Generally Have More Fun
Gretchen Rubin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

The Hard Man of the Swings
Jeanne Willis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Harp in the South
Ruth Park

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Harvard Psychedelic Club
Don Lattin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Healers
Ayi Kwei Armah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Heart and the Fist
Eric Greitens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Heart of a Chief
Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

The Heart of Betrayal
Mary E. Pearson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Heart of Everything That Is
Tom Clavin, Bob Drury

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

The Heart of Midlothian
Walter Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1818

The Heathen School
John Putnam Demos

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Heather Blazing
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Hemingses of Monticello
Annette Gordon-Reed

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

The Higher Power of Lucky
Susan Patron

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Highest Tide
Jim Lynch

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The High King
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

The High Mountains of Portugal
Yann Martel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The High Road to China
Kate Teltscher

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

The Hill of Evil Counsel
Amos Oz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Hindus: An Alternative History
Transl. Wendy Doniger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Hired Girl
Laura Amy Schlitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The History Boys
Alan Bennett

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2004

The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse
Robert Rankin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Hollow Hills
Mary Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

The Hollow Men
Rob Mccarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Homecoming
Earl Hamner Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

The Honk and Holler Opening Soon
Billie Letts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Hoopster
Alan Lawrence Sitomer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Horse Dealer's Daughter
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

The Horse Soldier
Merline Lovelace

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Horse Whisperer
Nicholas Evans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Hostage
Carolyn Wren

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Hotel New Hampshire
John Irving

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

The Hound of Rowan
Henry H. Neff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Hour of Peril
Daniel Stashower

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

The House at Sugar Beach
Helene Cooper

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The House Girl
Tara Conklin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Houseguest
Thomas Berger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

The House of Blue Leaves
John Guare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1971

The House of Dies Drear
Virginia Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

The House Of Silk
Anthony Horowitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The House on the Strand
Daphne du Maurier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The House That Lou Built
Mae Respicio

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The House With a Clock in Its Walls
John Bellairs

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1973

The House You Pass on the Way
Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

The Human Comedy
William Saroyan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1943

The Hummingbird
Stephen P. Kiernan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Hundred Penny Box
Sharon Bell Mathis

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

The Hundred Secret Senses
Amy Tan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Hunt for the Seventh
Christine Morton-Shaw

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Huntress
Pascale Petit

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The iCandidate
Mikael Carlson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Iceman Cometh
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1946

The Ice Palace
Tarjei Vesaas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Ice Twins
S.K. Tremayne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Impossible Will Take a Little While
Paul Loeb

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Incendiaries
R. O. Kwon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Industries of the Future
Alec Ross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Industry of Souls
Martin Booth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
Benjamin Saenz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Infatuations
Javier Marías

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Infinite Sea
Rick Yancey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Inhabited Woman
Gioconda Belli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Innovators
Walter Isaacson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The International Bank of Bob
Bob Harris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf
Ambelin Kwaymullina

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Invisible Bridge
Julie Orringer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Invisible Woman
Claire Tomalin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1990

The Iron Ring
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

The Island at the Center of the World
Russell Shorto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Island of the Day Before
Umberto Eco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994