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A Happy Death
Albert Camus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

A Heart in a Body in the World
Deb Caletti

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

A Hero Of Our Time
Mikhail Lermontov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1838

A History of the World in 6 Glasses
Tom Standage

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

A History of Western Philosophy
Bertrand Russell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1945

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea
Melissa Fleming

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017

A Horseman in the Sky
Ambrose Bierce

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1898

A House for Mr. Biswas
V. S. Naipaul

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Hag-Seed: William Shakespeare's The Tempest Retold
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Half a Day
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1991

Half Bad
Sally Green

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Half-Blood Blues
Esi Edugyan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Nicholas D. Kristof , Sheryl WuDunn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2015

Hamlet
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1609

Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Happy Endings
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

Harbor Me
Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

Hard Times
Charles Dickens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1854

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Studs Terkel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1970

Harlem
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1951

Harlem Duet
Djanet Sears

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1997

Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Salman Rushdie

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Ann Petry

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1955

Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Harrison Bergeron
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1960

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany

Fiction | Play | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1997

Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
Juan Gonzalez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Hatchet
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

Hate List
Jennifer Brown

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Hate Poem
Julie Sheehan

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2006

Have You Seen Luis Velez?
Catherine Ryan Hyde

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Having It Out with Melancholy
Jane Kenyon

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1992

Healer of the Water Monster
Brian Young

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Heartbeat
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Heart Berries
Terese Marie Mailhot

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
Sarah Smarsh

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Heartless
Marissa Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Heart of a Champion
Carl Deuker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1899

Heartstopper: Volume One
Alice Oseman

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2018

Hearts Unbroken
Cynthia Leitich Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Heart to Heart
Rita Dove

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2004

Heat
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Heavy
Kiese Laymon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Hecuba
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | BCE

Heidi
Johanna Spyri

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1881

Helen
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | BCE

Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

Hell of a Book
Jason Mott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Hello, Universe
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Helter Skelter
Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

Heptameron
Marguerite De Navarre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1558

Heracles
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | BCE

Her Body and Other Parties
Carmen Maria Machado

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

Heritage
Countee Cullen

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922

Hero
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths
Bernard Evslin

Fiction | Short Story Collection | YA | Published in 1966

He, She and It
Marge Piercy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
Jarrett Krosoczka

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work
Jeanne Marie Laskas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Hidden Bodies
Caroline Kepnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Hidden Talents
David Lubar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Robert Kolker

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

High Fidelity
Nick Hornby

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Highland Mary
Robert Burns

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1792

Highly Illogical Behavior
John Corey Whaley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

High Tide in Tucson
Barbara Kingsolver

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1995

High Windows
Philip Larkin

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1974

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture
J. D. Vance

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Hills Like White Elephants
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1927

Hinds’ Feet on High Places
Hannah Hurnard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1955

Hind Swaraj
Mahatma Gandhi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1909

Hiroshima
John Hersey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1946

His Bloody Project: A Historical Thriller
Graeme Macrae Burnet

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

His Excellency: George Washington
Joseph J. Ellis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

H Is For Hawk
Helen Macdonald

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Histories
Herodotus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | BCE

History Lesson
Natasha Trethewey

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2000

History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | BCE

History of Wolves
Emily Fridlund

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
Jon Meacham

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2020

Holding Up The Universe
Jennifer Niven

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Hole In My Life
Jack Gantos

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Holes
Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Holy the Firm
Annie Dillard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977