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Hunting the Snark
Mike Resnick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Huntress
Malinda Lo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Hurricane Child
Kheryn Callender

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Hurricane Season
Fernanda Melchor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Hurry Home, Candy
Meindert DeJong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Hurt Go Happy
Ginny Rorby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Husband and Wife
K. L. Slater

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Husband Material
Emily Belden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Hush
Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Hush Hush
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Hush, Hush
Becca Fitzpatrick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Hyperion
Dan Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Hacienda
Isabel Cañas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Hairdresser of Harare
Tendai Huchu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Hairy Ape
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1922

The Haj
Leon Uris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Half-a-Moon Inn
Paul Fleischman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Halfling's Gem
R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Half Moon
Mary Beth Keane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Half-Skinned Steer
Annie Proulx

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1997

The Halloween Tree
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

The Hamilton Affair
Elizabeth Cobbs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Hamlet
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

The Hammer of Eden
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Hammer of Thor
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel
Margaret Atwood, Renée Nault

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3)
Maureen Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

The Hand That First Held Mine
Maggie O'Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien (Maigret, #4)
Georges Simenon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Hanging Tree
Ben Aaronovitch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Hangman's Daughter
Oliver Potzsch, Transl. Lee Chadeayne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor
Eddie Jaku

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

The Happiest Refugee
Anh Do

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50
Jonathan Rauch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Happiness Hypothesis
Jonathan Haidt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Happy Ever After Playlist
Abby Jimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Hardest Fall
Ella Maise

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Hard Man of the Swings
Jeanne Willis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Hard Way
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Harlem Hellfighters
Max Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Harp in the South
Ruth Park

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2004

The Harpy
Megan Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Harvard Psychedelic Club
Don Lattin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Hating Game
Sally Thorne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Haunted Air (Repairman Jack, #6)
F. Paul Wilson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Haunted Bookshop (Parnassus, #2)
Christopher Morley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
Wilkie Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Haunted Mesa
Louis L'Amour

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1988

The Haunted (The Haunted, #1)
Danielle Vega

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Haunting
Natasha Preston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Haunting of Ashburn House
Darcy Coates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Haunting Of Hill House
Shirley Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

The Haunting of Maddy Clare
Simone St. James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Haw Lantern
Seamus Heaney

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1987

The Hawthorne Legacy
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
Helen Simonson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Hazel Wood
Melissa Albert

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Headless Cupid (Stanley Family, #1)
Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

The Head of Kay's
P.G. Wodehouse

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Healers
Ayi Kwei Armah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

The Healer's Apprentice
Melanie Dickerson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

The Healing (Celebrating Black Women Writers)
Gayl Jones

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Healing Spell
Kimberley Griffiths Little

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Hearing Trumpet
Leonora Carrington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Heart
Maylis de Kerangal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Heart and the Fist
Eric Greitens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
David Treuer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Heart Forger
Rin Chupeco

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

The Heart Goes Last
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Heart in Winter
Kevin Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1940

The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances
Andy Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Heart of a Chief
Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

The Heart of a Woman
Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1981

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 Of Redness
Zakes Mda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000