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Home Body
Rupi Kaur

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2020

Homeboyz
Alan Sitomer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Homecoming
Cynthia Voight

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

Home Fire
Kamila Shamsie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Home Fires
Gene Wolfe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Home Front
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Home Game
Odette Stone

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Home Is Not a Country
Safia Elhillo

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2021

Homeland
R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Homeland Elegies: A Novel
Ayad Akhtar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Homeless Bird
Gloria Whelan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Home of the Brave
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Homeric Hymns
Anonymous

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

Homer & Langley
E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Home To Harlem
Claude McKay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Homo Faber
Max Frisch, Michael Bullock

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Hondo
Louis L'Amour

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1953

Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
Deb Caletti

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Honeybee
Craig Silvey

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

Honeydew
Edith Pearlman

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1977

Honey Girl
Morgan Rogers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Honeymoon
James Patterson, Howard Roughan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Honeysuckle Season
Mary Ellen Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Honolulu
Alan Brennert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Honor
Elif Shafak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Honor Girl
Maggie Thrash

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2015

Honor's Splendour
Julie Garwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Hoodwink
Bill Pronzini

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Hooked: A Dark, Contemporary Romance
Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Nir Eyal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Hook, Line, and Sinker
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Hook Shot
Kennedy Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Hoops
Patricia Mclinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Hoot
Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Hope And Other Dangerous Pursuits
Laila Lalami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
Christopher Cokinos

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Hope Leslie, or Early Times in the Massachusetts
Catharine Maria Sedgwick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1827

Hopeless
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Hope Springs
Lynne Hinton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Hope Was Here
Joan Bauer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Hopscotch
Julio Cortázar, Gregory Rabassa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Horde
Ann Aguirre

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Hornet Flight
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Horns
Joe Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Horror Movie
Paul Tremblay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Horrorstör
Grady Hendrix

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Horse
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Horseman, Pass By
Larry Mcmurtry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

Horses of God
Mahi Binebine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Horse Soldiers
Doug Stanton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Horus Rising
Dan Abnett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Hostage
Guy Delisle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Hostage Three
Nick Lake

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Hotel du Lac
Anita Brookner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Hotel Florida
Amanda Vaill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Hotel Magnifique
Emily J. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Hotel World
Ali Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution
Thomas L. Friedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Hothouse Flower
Becca Ritchie, Krista Ritchie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Hot Milk
Deborah Levy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Hotshot Doc
R.S. Grey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Hot Six
Janet Evanovich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Hot Ticket
Olivia Cunning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Hounded
Kevin Hearne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Hour Game
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Hourglass
Claudia Gray

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Hour of the Bees
Lindsay Eagar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Hour of the Witch
Chris Bohjalian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

House
Tracy Kidder

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

House Arrest
K.A. Holt

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2015

Houseboy
Ferdinand Oyono

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

House Fires
Nancy Reisman

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2001

Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

House Made of Dawn
N. Scott Momaday

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1968

House of Chains
Steven Erikson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

House of Flame and Shadow
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

House of Hunger
Alexis Henderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

House Of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

House of Many Ways
Diana Wynne Jones

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2008

House of Names
Colm Tóibín

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

House of Salt and Sorrows
Erin A. Craig

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

House of Sand and Fog
Andre Dubus III

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

House of Spies
Daniel Silva

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

House of Stairs
William Warner Sleator III

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

House of Stone
Anthony Shadid

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

House of Suns
Alastair Reynolds

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

House of the Red Fish
Graham Salisbury

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

House Rules
Rachel Sontag

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

How Angel Peterson Got His Name
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Howards End
E. M. Forster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1910

How Beautiful We Were
Imbolo Mbue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Paul Tough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them
Barbara F. Walter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate
Andrew J. Hoffman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015