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In The Shadow Of The Banyan
Vaddey Ratner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
Marcel Proust

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

In the Skin of a Lion
Michael Ondaatje

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

In the South Seas
Robert Louis Stevenson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

In the Time of Our History
Susanne Pari

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

In the United States of Africa (French Voices)
Abdourahman A. Waberi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

In the Unlikely Event
L.J. Shen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

In The Unlikely Event
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

In the Waiting Room
Elizabeth Bishop

Fiction | Poem | Adult

In the Wake: On Blackness and Being
Christina Sharpe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

In the Weeds
B.K. Borison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

In the Wild Light
Jeff Zentner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

In the Woods
Tana French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Bette Bao Lord

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

In This House of Brede
Rumer Godden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

In This Light
Melanie Rae Thon

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

Intimacies
Katie Kitamura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Intimacy
Hanif Kureishi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Intimate Apparel
Lynn Nottage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2003

Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
John D'Emilio, Estelle B. Freedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Intimations: Stories
Zadie Smith

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2016

Into a Black Sun
Takeshi Kaikō

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone
Martin Dugard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

In Too Deep
Jude Watson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29)
Lee Child, Andrew Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience
Gitta Sereny

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1974

Into the Abyss
Carol Shaben

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier
James H. Merrell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Into the Beautiful North
Luis Alberto Urrea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Into the Darkest Corner
Elizabeth Haynes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Into the Deep
Samantha Young

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1)
Mira Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
Dakota Meyer, Bing West

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Into the Forest
Jean Hegland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love
Rebecca Frankel

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Into the Gauntlet
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Into the Heart of Borneo
Redmond O'Hanlon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987

Into the Labyrinth
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Into the Land of the Unicorns (The Unicorn Chronicles, #1)
Bruce Coville

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Into the Lion's Mouth: The True Story of Dusko Popov: World War II Spy, Patriot, and the Real-Life Inspiration for James Bond
Larry Loftis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart
James R. Doty

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
Jill Heinerth

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro
Rachel Slade

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Into the Still Blue
Veronica Rossi

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Into the Water
Paula Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Into the Wild
Erin Hunter

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

Into The Wild
Jon Krakauer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1996

Into the Wilderness (Wilderness, #1)
Sara Donati

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Into the Woods
Anna Krien

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Into the Yell
Sarah James

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Introduction to Positive Philosophy
Auguste Comte

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Introduction to the Devout Life
Francis de Sales

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength
Laurie A. Helgoe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Intruder In The Dust
William Faulkner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked
Jonna Méndez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Intuitive Thinking As a Spiritual Path: A Philosophy of Freedom (Classics in Anthroposophy)
Rudolf Steiner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

In Tune with the Infinite
Ralph Waldo Trine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

InuYasha, Vol. 1: Turning Back Time
Rumiko Takahashi

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2003

Invasion
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jack Finney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
Garry Wills

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Inventing Elliot
Graham Gardner

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
Jonathan Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

InvestiGators (InvestiGators, #1)
John Patrick Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Invincible
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women (Newbery Medal Winner)
Cornelia Meigs

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure
Jim Murphy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Invisible
Christina Diaz Gonzalez

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City
Andrea Elliott

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Invisible City (Rebekah Roberts, #1)
Julia Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Invisible Emmie
Terri Libenson

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Invisible Ink
Patrick Modiano

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Invisible (Invisible, #1)
James Patterson, David Ellis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Invisible Life
E. Lynn Harris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education
Mychal Denzel Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Invisible Monsters
Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Invisible Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Invisible (Rough Cut)
Paul Auster

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Caroline Criado Perez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Invitation to a Beheading
Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

Invitation To The Game
Monica Hughes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

In Watermelon Sugar
Richard Brautigan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

In West Mills
De'Shawn Charles Winslow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Iola Leroy, or, Shadows Uplifted
Frances Harper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1892

Ion
Ed. John C. Gilbert, Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult

Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
Clare Pooley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Iphigenia in Aulis
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 410

I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone
Nina Simone, Stephen Cleary

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

IQ
Joe Ide

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Iqbal
Francesco D'Adamo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2001

Iracema
José de Alencar

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
Shirin Ebadi, Azadeh Moaveni

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Ireland
Frank Delaney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections
Nora Ephron

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Irena's Children
Tilar J. Mazzeo

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016