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The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump

Clay Cane

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

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 Group

Mary Mccarthy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Guardian

Dee Henderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Guardian

Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

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 Handbook of Epictetus

Epictetus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 125

The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

Shawn Achor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Happiness Hypothesis

Jonathan Haidt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Happiness of Pursuit

Chris Guillebeau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

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 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

Bob Drury, Tom Clavin

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 Heir

Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Hemingses of Monticello

Annette Gordon-Reed

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

The Hidden Dimension

Edward T. Hall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1966

The Hidden Habits of Genius

Craig Wright

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Hidden Reality

Brian Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

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 Holocaust by Bullets

Patrick Desbois

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Homecoming

Earl Hamner Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves

Dan Ariely

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

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 Dancer

Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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 Housemaid

Sarah A. Denzil

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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 Gucci

Sara Gay Forden

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2000

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 Hunger

Alma Katsu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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 Icarus Deception

Seth Godin

Nonfiction | Book | 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 Incredibly Human Henson Blayze

Derrick Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2025

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 Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

James Gleick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Inhabited Woman

Gioconda Belli

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

Zoraida Córdova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Ink Black Heart

Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Innocent

Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Innocent

David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

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