Here you’ll find 97 Books that start with H, organized from “A Head Full of Ghosts” to “The Husband’s Secret”. The list includes classics, bestsellers, and award winners across genres, useful for discovery, reading lists, library shelving, and SEO-driven content.

Books that start with H are titles whose first significant word begins with the letter H. They cross genres and eras, from children’s series to literary classics, and include global phenomena like “Harry Potter”.

Below you’ll find the table with Title, Author, Year, Genre, and Notes.

Title: The full title of the book as it commonly appears; use this to scan or locate specific entries.

Author: The credited author or authors; use this to find works by the same writer or confirm edition.

Year: Original publication year or first edition year; this helps you place the book in historical and literary context.

Genre: Primary genre or category; this helps you filter for mood, readership, or curriculum needs.

Notes: Brief notable facts, awards, or thematic tags; you can use these to spot notable or recommended titles quickly.

Books that start with H

TitleAuthorYearGenre
The HobbitTolkien, J.R.R.1937Fiction — Fantasy
The Handmaid’s TaleAtwood, Margaret1985Fiction — Dystopian
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s StoneRowling, J.K.1997Fiction — Fantasy
The Hunger GamesCollins, Suzanne2008Fiction — Young Adult Dystopian
The HelpStockett, Kathryn2009Fiction — Historical
HolesSachar, Louis1998Fiction — Young Adult
How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleCarnegie, Dale1936Nonfiction — Self-Help
Heart of DarknessConrad, Joseph1899Fiction — Novella
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GalaxyAdams, Douglas1979Fiction — Science Fiction Comedy
The Haunting of Hill HouseJackson, Shirley1959Fiction — Gothic Horror
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisVance, J.D.2016Nonfiction — Memoir
Hidden FiguresShetterly, Margot Lee2016Nonfiction — History
HomegoingGyasi, Yaa2016Fiction — Historical
HamnetO’Farrell, Maggie2020Fiction — Historical
HeidiSpyri, Johanna1881Fiction — Children’s
Hard TimesDickens, Charles1854Fiction — Social Novel
The House of the Seven GablesHawthorne, Nathaniel1851Fiction — Gothic
Howards EndForster, E. M.1910Fiction — Classic
The House of MirthWharton, Edith1905Fiction — Classic
The Hound of the BaskervillesDoyle, Arthur Conan1902Fiction — Mystery
HyperionSimmons, Dan1989Fiction — Science Fiction
House of LeavesDanielewski, Mark Z.2000Fiction — Experimental Horror
Homo Deus: A Brief History of TomorrowHarari, Yuval Noah2015Nonfiction — Futurology
HiroshimaHersey, John1946Nonfiction — Journalism
Helter SkelterBugliosi, Vincent with Gentry, Curt1974Nonfiction — True Crime
HatchetPaulsen, Gary1986Fiction — Young Adult Adventure
The House on Mango StreetCisneros, Sandra1984Fiction — Coming-of-Age
Howl’s Moving CastleJones, Diana Wynne1986Fiction — Fantasy
The Hunchback of Notre-DameHugo, Victor1831Fiction — Gothic
The Hunt for Red OctoberClancy, Tom1984Fiction — Thriller
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering GeniusEggers, Dave2000Nonfiction — Memoir
High FidelityHornby, Nick1995Fiction — Contemporary
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and DisappearedJonasson, Jonas2009Fiction — Humorous
The House of the SpiritsAllende, Isabel1982Fiction — Magical Realism
Horton Hears a Who!Seuss, Dr.1954Fiction — Children’s
Harold and the Purple CrayonJohnson, Crockett1955Fiction — Children’s
HamletShakespeare, Williamc. 1603Drama — Tragedy
A History of the World in 10½ ChaptersBarnes, Julian1989Fiction — Postmodern
The Hating GameThorne, Sally2016Fiction — Romance
High-RiseBallard, J. G.1975Fiction — Dystopian
The Hero of AgesSanderson, Brandon2008Fiction — Fantasy
HoundedHearne, Kevin2011Fiction — Urban Fantasy
How to Be an AntiracistKendi, Ibram X.2019Nonfiction — Social Science
The Henna ArtistJoshi, Alka2020Fiction — Historical
A History of GodArmstrong, Karen1993Nonfiction — Religion
Have a Little FaithAlbom, Mitch2009Nonfiction — Memoir
Hamilton: The RevolutionMiranda, Lin-Manuel & McCarter, Jeremy2016Nonfiction — Performing Arts
H Is for HawkMacdonald, Helen2014Nonfiction — Memoir
The HollowChristie, Agatha1946Fiction — Mystery
Here’s to You, Rachel RobinsonBlume, Judy1993Fiction — Young Adult
The Hotel New HampshireIrving, John1981Fiction — Contemporary
Half of a Yellow SunAdichie, Chimamanda Ngozi2006Fiction — Historical
The House on the Stranddu Maurier, Daphne1969Fiction — Science Fiction
The History of LoveKrauss, Nicole2005Fiction — Contemporary
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the WorldMurakami, Haruki1985Fiction — Surrealist
The Heart Is a Lonely HunterMcCullers, Carson1940Fiction — Southern Gothic
Harriet the SpyFitzhugh, Louise1964Fiction — Children’s
Her Fearful SymmetryNiffenegger, Audrey2009Fiction — Gothic
The Happiness ProjectRubin, Gretchen2009Nonfiction — Memoir
Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of CultsFfrench, Gordon1997Nonfiction — History
Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola VirusPreston, Richard1994Nonfiction — Science
Holding Up the UniverseNiven, Jennifer2016Fiction — Young Adult
His Majesty’s DragonNovik, Naomi2006Fiction — Fantasy
HootHiaasen, Carl2002Fiction — Young Adult Comedy
The Heart of the MatterGreene, Graham1948Fiction — Psychological
High Treason at the Grand HotelElmaleh, J.S.2019Fiction — Historical Mystery
The House of GodShem, Samuel1978Fiction — Satire
HornsHill, Joe2010Fiction — Dark Fantasy
The HoursCunningham, Michael1998Fiction — Contemporary
How Green Was My ValleyLlewellyn, Richard1939Fiction — Historical
Harvest HomeTryon, Thomas1973Fiction — Horror
The High KingAlexander, Lloyd1968Fiction — Fantasy
House of Salt and SorrowsCraig, Erin A.2019Fiction — Young Adult Fantasy
The High WindowChandler, Raymond1942Fiction — Hardboiled Mystery
A Head Full of GhostsTremblay, Paul2015Fiction — Horror
How to Be a WomanMoran, Caitlin2011Nonfiction — Memoir
Hate, Inc.Taibbi, Matt2019Nonfiction — Media Criticism
Hope and Other Dangerous PursuitsLalami, Laila2005Fiction — Contemporary
A History of ReadingManguel, Alberto1996Nonfiction — History
The History of the Kings of BritainGeoffrey of Monmouthc. 1136Nonfiction — Chronicle
The House in the Cerulean SeaKlune, T.J.2020Fiction — Fantasy
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could FlySun-mi, Hwang2000Fiction — Fable
Her Body and Other PartiesMachado, Carmen Maria2017Fiction — Short Story Collection
A High Wind in JamaicaHughes, Richard1929Fiction — Adventure
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!Seuss, Dr.1957Fiction — Children’s
The Husband’s SecretMoriarty, Liane2013Fiction — Contemporary
The Hazel WoodAlbert, Melissa2018Fiction — Young Adult Fantasy
The Hearing TrumpetCarrington, Leonora1974Fiction — Surrealist
Here Lies Daniel TateCrist, Cristin2017Fiction — Young Adult Thriller
The Human StainRoth, Philip2000Fiction — Contemporary
The Hiding Placeten Boom, Corrie1971Nonfiction — Memoir
Half Broke HorsesWalls, Jeannette2009Fiction — Biographical Novel
The HistorianKostova, Elizabeth2005Fiction — Gothic
The Heretic’s DaughterKent, Kathleen2008Fiction — Historical
Head OnScalzi, John2018Fiction — Science Fiction
The Hexslinger SeriesBlackmoore, Stephen2013Fiction — Urban Fantasy
The Hate U GiveThomas, Angie2017Fiction — Young Adult

Descriptions

The Hobbit
The classic prequel to *The Lord of the Rings*, following Bilbo Baggins on an epic quest to reclaim treasure from a dragon. A beloved adventure for all ages.
The Handmaid’s Tale
A speculative novel set in a totalitarian society where fertile women are forced into child-bearing servitude. A modern classic and a powerful feminist text.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The first book in the iconic series about a young wizard discovering his magical heritage at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A global cultural phenomenon.
The Hunger Games
In a dystopian future, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister’s place in a televised fight to the death. A massively successful and influential YA novel.
The Help
Set in 1960s Mississippi, this novel tells the story of African American maids and the white woman who records their stories, challenging racial and social boundaries.
Holes
A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal juvenile detention camp where he must dig holes daily, uncovering a mysterious local legend. Winner of the Newbery Medal.
How to Win Friends and Influence People
A timeless and massively influential guide to improving social and professional interactions. One of the best-selling self-help books ever written.
Heart of Darkness
A haunting journey up the Congo River that explores the darkness of European colonialism and the human psyche. It was a major influence on modernist literature.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The hilarious story of an ordinary man, Arthur Dent, who is whisked off Earth moments before its demolition. A cult classic that began as a BBC radio series.
The Haunting of Hill House
A paranormal investigator and three others stay in a notoriously haunted mansion, leading to terrifying psychological consequences. A masterpiece of subtle horror.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
A powerful memoir about the social problems of the white working-class in Appalachia, exploring the author’s family history and his own upward mobility.
Hidden Figures
The true story of the African-American female mathematicians at NASA who were the brilliant minds behind some of America’s greatest space achievements.
Homegoing
This acclaimed debut novel follows the parallel paths of two half-sisters and their descendants through 300 years of history, from Ghana to the United States.
Hamnet
A moving, fictionalized account of Shakespeare’s family, focusing on his wife, Agnes, and the tragic death of their eleven-year-old son, Hamnet.
Heidi
The classic Swiss story of a cheerful, orphaned girl who is taken to live with her grandfather in the Alps, charming everyone she meets with her kindness.
Hard Times
A satirical novel that critiques the social and economic problems of Victorian England, particularly the soulless pursuit of facts over imagination and compassion.
The House of the Seven Gables
A Gothic novel about a New England family and their ancestral home, exploring themes of guilt, retribution, and the lingering effects of the past.
Howards End
A novel about social conventions, codes of conduct, and personal relationships in turn-of-the-century England, famously summarized by the motto “Only connect.”
The House of Mirth
A brilliant and tragic novel of manners chronicling the life of Lily Bart, a beautiful socialite in New York high society who struggles to secure her position.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
One of the most famous Sherlock Holmes stories, involving a seemingly supernatural hound that haunts a family on the desolate English moors.
Hyperion
On the world of Hyperion, seven pilgrims share their tales as they journey to confront a fearsome creature known as the Shrike. A Hugo Award-winning space opera.
House of Leaves
An unconventional and terrifying novel about a family in a house that is impossibly larger on the inside than the out, told through footnotes and complex typography.
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
From the author of *Sapiens*, this book explores the future of humanity and our quest to overcome death, create artificial life, and elevate humans to the status of gods.
Hiroshima
A landmark work of journalism that tells the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. A powerful and sobering account.
Helter Skelter
The definitive, best-selling account of the Manson Family murders, written by the prosecutor in the trial. A chilling and exhaustive look at the case.
Hatchet
A 13-year-old boy must survive alone in the Canadian wilderness with only a hatchet after his single-engine plane crashes. A Newbery Honor-winning survival story.
The House on Mango Street
Told in a series of vignettes, this novel follows a young Latina girl, Esperanza Cordero, growing up in a Chicago barrio and her dream of one day leaving it behind.
Howl’s Moving Castle
A young woman named Sophie is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch and seeks her fortune in a magical, moving castle. Famously adapted into an animated film.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
A classic French Gothic novel set in 15th-century Paris, focusing on the tragic story of Quasimodo, the bell-ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, and the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda.
The Hunt for Red October
CIA analyst Jack Ryan races against time to determine the intentions of a defecting Soviet submarine commander. A bestselling techno-thriller that launched a new genre.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
A postmodern memoir about the author’s experience raising his younger brother after their parents die of cancer. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
High Fidelity
The story of a pop music-obsessed record store owner in London who recounts his top five most memorable breakups after his current girlfriend leaves him.
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
On his 100th birthday, a man escapes his nursing home and embarks on a hilarious and unexpected journey, while flashbacks reveal his incredible past.
The House of the Spirits
A sweeping family saga that chronicles the lives of the Trueba family in an unnamed Latin American country, blending the personal and the political with magical elements.
Horton Hears a Who!
A classic children’s book about an elephant who discovers a tiny community of “Whos” on a speck of dust and protects them, championing the idea that “a person’s a person, no matter how small.”
Harold and the Purple Crayon
A delightful picture book about a little boy named Harold who, with his magical purple crayon, creates his own world and adventures simply by drawing them.
Hamlet
One of the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, telling the story of the Prince of Denmark’s quest for revenge against his uncle.
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
A collection of stories that playfully reinterprets biblical and historical events, from a woodworm’s perspective on Noah’s Ark to a modern astronaut’s journey.
The Hating Game
A popular and witty enemies-to-lovers romance novel about two executive assistants, Lucy and Joshua, whose workplace rivalry turns into a passionate connection.
High-Rise
A chilling novel about the residents of a luxury high-rise building who descend into tribal warfare and savagery as the building’s infrastructure begins to fail.
The Hero of Ages
The climactic final book in the original *Mistborn* trilogy, where Vin and Elend Venture must save their world from the encroaching, all-consuming Ruin.
Hounded
The first book in *The Iron Druid Chronicles*, following Atticus O’Sullivan, a 2,000-year-old Druid living in Arizona who must battle a Celtic god.
How to Be an Antiracist
A groundbreaking book that combines ethics, history, law, and science with a personal narrative to reframe the conversation around racism and our roles in it.
The Henna Artist
Set in 1950s post-independence India, this novel follows a 17-year-old girl who escapes an abusive marriage to become a renowned henna artist in Jaipur.
A History of God
A scholarly yet accessible book that traces the history of how humanity has perceived and experienced God through the three dominant monotheistic religions.
Have a Little Faith
The author of *Tuesdays with Morrie* recounts his eight-year journey between two men of different faiths: a hometown rabbi and a Detroit pastor for the homeless.
Hamilton: The Revolution
A behind-the-scenes look at the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, featuring the full libretto, anecdotes, and interviews with the cast and creative team.
H Is for Hawk
A beautiful and raw memoir about the author’s experience training a goshawk as a way to cope with the grief of her father’s sudden death.
The Hollow
Hercule Poirot investigates a murder at a weekend gathering at a country house, where the victim is found dying by the swimming pool surrounded by his family.
Here’s to You, Rachel Robinson
A companion to *Just as Long as We’re Together*, this book focuses on the brilliant but socially awkward Rachel as she navigates family drama and high school pressures.
The Hotel New Hampshire
A bizarre and heartfelt novel about the eccentric Berry family and their misadventures as they operate hotels in New Hampshire, Vienna, and Maine.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Set during the Nigerian-Biafran War, this powerful novel follows the intertwined lives of five characters—a professor, his lover, a houseboy, and twin sisters.
The House on the Strand
A man experiments with a drug that allows him to travel back in time to 14th-century Cornwall, becoming dangerously obsessed with the lives of people he witnesses.
The History of Love
A complex and moving novel about a long-lost book, an old man who wrote it, and a young girl searching for a cure for her mother’s loneliness.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
A mind-bending novel that alternates between two bizarre narratives: a “Hard-Boiled Wonderland” in contemporary Tokyo and “The End of the World” in a strange, enclosed town.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Set in a small Georgia town, this debut novel centers on a deaf man named John Singer and the various troubled townspeople who confide in him.
Harriet the Spy
An 11-year-old girl with a passion for spying on her friends and neighbors finds her life turned upside down when her secret notebook is discovered.
Her Fearful Symmetry
Following the death of their aunt, American twin sisters inherit her London apartment, which overlooks the famous Highgate Cemetery, and uncover dark family secrets.
The Happiness Project
The author’s account of the year she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier.
Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults
A comprehensive account of the Heaven’s Gate religious group, exploring its beliefs, history, and the events that led to the 1997 mass suicide. This is one of the definitive works.
Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
A terrifying, non-fiction thriller that details the origins and incidents involving hemorrhagic fevers, particularly ebolaviruses and marburgviruses.
Holding Up the Universe
A story about a girl who is navigating high school after a period of obesity and a boy with prosopagnosia (face blindness) who find acceptance in each other.
His Majesty’s Dragon
The first book in the *Temeraire* series, set in an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars where intelligent dragons are used as aerial combat forces.
Hoot
A young boy moves to Florida and gets involved with a group of eco-warriors trying to stop the construction of a pancake house over a colony of burrowing owls.
The Heart of the Matter
Set in West Africa during World War II, the novel follows a conflicted Catholic police officer whose pity and sense of responsibility lead to his moral downfall.
High Treason at the Grand Hotel
Set in 1930s Shanghai, this mystery follows Inspector-General Pan as he investigates the murder of a Soviet official, uncovering a web of international espionage.
The House of God
A darkly humorous and satirical novel about the grueling and often dehumanizing internship year of a group of medical students at a hospital. A cult classic among doctors.
Horns
After his girlfriend’s mysterious death, a young man named Ig wakes up with horns growing from his head that compel people to confess their darkest secrets.
The Hours
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this novel connects three women from different eras—Virginia Woolf, a 1950s housewife, and a modern New Yorker—through the novel *Mrs Dalloway*.
How Green Was My Valley
A classic novel chronicling the life of the Morgan family in a small mining village in South Wales, celebrating their community while lamenting its eventual decline.
Harvest Home
A family moves to a bucolic New England village with strange, pagan-like traditions, only to discover a terrifying secret behind the town’s annual harvest festival.
The High King
The final book in *The Chronicles of Prydain*, in which Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper, must lead the forces of good against the dark lord Arawn. A Newbery Medal winner.
House of Salt and Sorrows
A dark, gothic fantasy retelling of “The Twelve Dancing Princesses,” where Annaleigh tries to uncover the truth behind the supposed curses that have killed four of her sisters.
The High Window
The third novel featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe, who is hired to find a rare coin and ends up entangled in a web of blackmail, murder, and family secrets.
A Head Full of Ghosts
A chilling novel that explores the possession of a 14-year-old girl through the lens of a reality TV show, blurring the lines between mental illness and the supernatural.
How to Be a Woman
A hilarious and honest memoir-cum-manifesto about modern feminism, tackling everything from body image and work to love and motherhood with wit and intelligence.
Hate, Inc.
A sharp critique of modern journalism, arguing that the news media has become a business model that profits from dividing its audience and stoking outrage.
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
The story of four Moroccans who risk their lives to cross the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain in a flimsy boat, and what happens to them after they land.
A History of Reading
A passionate and erudite exploration of the 6,000-year history of the written word and the deeply personal act of reading, from ancient Rome to the digital age.
The History of the Kings of Britain
A pseudohistorical account of British history that was one of the most popular books of the Middle Ages, notable for introducing the legend of King Arthur.
The House in the Cerulean Sea
A heartwarming and gentle fantasy about a caseworker for magical youth who is sent to a mysterious orphanage for extraordinary children run by a charming man.
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
A beloved Korean fable about a hen named Sprout who escapes her coop to hatch an egg of her own. A touching story about freedom, motherhood, and individuality.
Her Body and Other Parties
A critically acclaimed collection of stories that blends psychological realism with science fiction, comedy, and horror to explore the realities of women’s lives.
A High Wind in Jamaica
A classic novel that subverts adventure tropes by telling the story of a group of English children who are captured by pirates and reveal their own amoral nature.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
The timeless story of a grumpy, solitary creature who tries to cancel Christmas by stealing all the presents and decorations from the nearby town of Whoville.
The Husband’s Secret
A woman discovers a letter from her husband to be opened only in the event of his death, which contains a secret that could shatter their family and community.
The Hazel Wood
Seventeen-year-old Alice’s grandmother was a reclusive author of a dark book of fairy tales. When her mother is kidnapped, Alice must venture into her grandmother’s world.
The Hearing Trumpet
A wonderfully bizarre novel about a 92-year-old woman who is sent to a strange retirement home where she uncovers a mysterious and magical conspiracy.
Here Lies Daniel Tate
A con artist poses as a boy who went missing years ago, successfully fooling the family until he realizes the real Daniel was running from a dangerous secret.
The Human Stain
A classics professor’s life is shattered by accusations of racism, but he has a secret that is far deeper and more consequential than anyone imagines.
The Hiding Place
The autobiographical account of a Dutch Christian family who helped Jews escape the Nazis during World War II and their subsequent imprisonment in concentration camps.
Half Broke Horses
A “true-life novel” from the author of *The Glass Castle*, telling the story of her resourceful and resilient grandmother, Lily Casey Smith, in the American West.
The Historian
A young woman’s discovery of an ancient book and a collection of letters leads her on a dangerous quest to uncover the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula.
The Heretic’s Daughter
A novel based on the author’s own family history, telling the story of the Salem witch trials from the perspective of a young girl whose mother is accused.
Head On
The sequel to *Lock In*, this sci-fi thriller follows FBI agents who investigate a murder that occurs during a violent, high-tech sport played by people with Haden’s Syndrome.
The Hexslinger Series
Starting with *Dead Things*, this series follows a necromancer and magical contract killer who gets resurrected to hunt down the person who murdered him.
The Hate U Give
Starr Carter’s world is shattered when she witnesses the fatal police shooting of her childhood best friend. A powerful and timely novel about race and activism.
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