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The Heart of the Matter
Graham Greene

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Heart Principle
Helen Hoang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Heart's Invisible Furies
John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Hearts of Horses
Molly Gloss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Heathen School
John Putnam Demos

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Heather Blazing
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Heat of the Day
Elizabeth Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
Jeff Goodell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun
Paul Hathaway, Brother Yun

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

The Heavenly Tenants
William Maxwell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

The Heidi Chronicles
Wendy Wasserstein

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1988

The Heir
Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Heir Affair
Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Heiress
Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh
Molly Greeley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Heir (The Selection, #4)
Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Heist
Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Hellbound Heart
Clive Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Helm of Midnight (The Five Penalties, #1)
Marina J. Lostetter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Help
Kathryn Stockett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Helpline
Katherine Collette

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Hemingses of Monticello
Annette Gordon-Reed

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

The Hemingway Hoax
Joe Haldeman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Henna Artist
Alka Joshi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Henna Wars
Adiba Jaigirdar

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
Sun-Mi Hwang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Herd
Andrea Bartz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Here and Now
Ann Brashares

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Heretic Queen
Michelle Moran

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Heretic's Daughter
Kathleen Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Hermit of Eyton Forest (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #14)
Ellis Peters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Hero and the Crown
Robin McKinley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1984

The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived
Admiral William H. McRaven

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Heroes
Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Heroic Enthusiasts, Gli Eroici Furori: An Ethical Poem
Giordano Bruno, L. Williams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

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

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness
Maureen Murdock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Heron's Cry
Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (The League of Princes, #1)
Christopher Healy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work (Works)
Joseph Campbell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Hero's Walk
Anita Rau Badami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949

The Hidden Child (Patrik Hedström, #5)
Anna Ragnhildur Ingólfsdóttir, Camilla Läckberg, Tiina Nunnally

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Hidden City
David Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Hidden Kingdom
Tui T. Sutherland

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson
Ellen Baker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World
Peter Wohlleben

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Hidden Messages in Water
Masaru Emoto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA

The Hidden Palace (The Golem and the Jinni, #2)
Helene Wecker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Hidden Persuaders
Vance Packard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
Brian Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #2)
Carolyn Keene

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

The Hidden Treasure of Glaston (Living History Library)
Eleanore Myers Jewett

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Hidden Words Of Bahá'u'lláh
Bahá'u'lláh

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Hideaway
Lauren Denton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Hiding Place
C.J. Tudor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The High 5 Habit: Take Control of Your Life with One Simple Habit
Mel Robbins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The High Crusade
Poul Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

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 House (Evenmere Chronicles #1)
James Stoddard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The High King
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

The Highlander's Touch
Karen Marie Moning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Highland Fling
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The High Lord
Trudi Canavan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
Elaine N. Aron

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The High Mountain Court
A.K. Mulford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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 High Tide Club
Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Highway (Highway Quartet, #2)
C.J. Box

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
Raymond Chandler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Hike
Lucy Clarke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Hill of Evil Counsel
Amos Oz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

The Hilltop
Assaf Gavron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

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 Historian
Elizabeth Kostova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The History Boys
Alan Bennett

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2004

The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1)
Diane Oatley, Maja Lunde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The History of Development
Gilbert Bist

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The History of Emily Montague (New Canadian Library)
Frances Brooke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The History of Love
Nicole Krauss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave
Mary Prince

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1830

The History of Mr. Polly
H.G. Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
Samuel Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1759

THE HISTORY OF ROME (Complete Edition in 4 Volumes)
Livy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The History of Sexuality: Volume 1
Michel Foucault

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams
Henry Fielding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1742

The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
Susan Wise Bauer

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vols. 1-4
Edward Gibbon

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The History of the Franks
Gregory of Tours

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 590

The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins
J.R.R. Tolkien, John D. Rateliff

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1136

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Henry Fielding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1749

The History of White People
Nell Irvin Painter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010