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The Gospel of Judas
Simon Mawer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Graduate
Charles Webb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Graduation of Jake Moon
Barbara Park

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Grand Design
Donald Stoker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life
George Washington Cable

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1880

The Grasmere Journal
Dorothy Wordsworth

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

The Grass Harp
Truman Capote

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Grave
James Heneghan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The Gravedigger's Daughter
Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Gray Man
Mark Greaney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction
Linda Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Great Brain
John D. Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1967

The Great Bridge
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease-And the Statin-Free Plan That Will
Jonny Bowden, Stephen Sinatra

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Great Crash 1929
John Kenneth Galbraith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1954

The Great Depression
Pierre Berton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Great Depression
Robert S. Mcelvaine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration
Jake Bittle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

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 Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War
John “Chick” Donohue, J. T. Molloy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

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 Greatest Story Ever Told
Bear Grylls

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Leveler
Walter Scheidel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Great Mann
Kyra Davis Lurie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Great Mortality
John Kelly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
Paul Theroux

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

The Great Reset
Alex Jones

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Great Reset
Glenn Beck, Justin Trask Haskins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Great War and Modern Memory
Paul Fussell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

The Great Wherever
Shannon Sanders

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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 Grey King
Susan Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits
Jennifer Weiner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Guardians
John Christopher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1970

The Guest
B.A. Paris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Guest Book
Sarah Blake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Guide
R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Guide
Peter Heller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Guy You Loved to Hate
Spencer Pratt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

The Hairy Ape
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1922

The Haj
Leon Uris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Half Life
Rachel Beanland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Half Moon
Mary Beth Keane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Hamilton Affair
Elizabeth Cobbs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Hammer of Eden
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Hamptons Lawyer
James Patterson, Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Handbook of Epictetus
Epictetus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 125

The Hand on the Wall
Maureen Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Hangman
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2010

The Hangmans Daughter
Oliver Pötzsch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
Harvey Karp

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2002

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 Files
Arthur C. Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

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 | YA | Published in 2000

The Harp in the South
Ruth Park

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Harvard Psychedelic Club
Don Lattin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Haunting
Natasha Preston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Haunting of Alejandra
V. Castro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Haunting of Ashburn House
Darcy Coates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Haunting of Maddy Clare
Simone St. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Haunting of Paynes Hollow
Kelley Armstrong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Haymeadow
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

The Headless Cupid
Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1971

The Healers
Ayi Kwei Armah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Healing Power of Resilience
Tara Narula

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Hearing Trumpet
Leonora Carrington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

The Heart and the Fist
Eric Greitens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Heart in Winter
Kevin Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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 Heart Principle
Helen Hoang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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 Heirs
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

The Hemingses of Monticello
Annette Gordon-Reed

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

The Hero Code
William H. Mcraven

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Heroes
Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
Nikki Sixx

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Hero Next Door
Martha Raddatz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026