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It's One of Us
J.T. Ellison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

It Sounded Better in My Head
Nina Kenwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

It's What I Do
Lynsey Addario

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

It's Your Ship
Captain D. Michael Abrashoff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

It was Only a Kiss
Joss Wood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Ivanhoe
Walter Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1819

I've Got My Eyes on You
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

I've Got Your Number
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

I've Got You Under My Skin
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Yoru Sumino

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

I Was a Teenage Slasher
Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

I Was Born for This
Alice Oseman

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2018

I Was Here
Gayle Forman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
Malaka Gharib

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Iwein
Hartmann von Aue

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2001

I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

I Will Marry When I Want
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1982

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
Laura Hillman

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 1969

I Will Save You
Matt de la Peña

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

I Will Send Rain
Rae Meadows

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

I Wish You All the Best
Mason Deaver

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2019

I Write What I Like
Steve Biko

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1978

Izzy, Willy-Nilly
Cynthia Voigt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The iCandidate
Mikael Carlson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Icarus Agenda
Robert Ludlum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Icarus Girl
Helen Oyeyemi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Icebound Land
John A. Flanagan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
Susan Jane Gilman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Ice Harvest (The Ice Harvest #1)
Scott Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Ice House
Minette Walters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Iceman Cometh
Eugene O'Neill

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1946

The Ice Palace
Tarjei Vesaas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

The Ice People
Maggie Gee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Ice Princess (Fjällbacka, #1)
Camilla Läckberg, Steven T. Murray

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Ice Queen
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Ice Storm
Rick Moody

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Ice Twins
S.K. Tremayne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Ickabog
J. K. Rowling

Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Ideal Team Player
Patrick M. Lencioni

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Idea of a University
John Henry Newman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1873

The Idea of India
Sunil Khilnani

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Idea of Perfection
Kate Grenville

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Idea of the Holy
Rudolf Otto

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1958

The Idea of You
Robinne Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Identicals
Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
Bernard Bailyn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

The Idiot
Elif Batuman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Iliad
Homer, Transl. Robert Fagles

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

The Illearth War
Stephen R. Donaldson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Illegal
Lawrence Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Illicit Happiness of Other People
Manu Joseph

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Ill-Made Knight (The Once and Future King, #3)
T.H. White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

The Illusion of Conscious Will
Daniel M. Wegner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Illusion of Separateness
Simon Van Booy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Image of the City
Kevin Lynch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

The Imaginary Invalid
Moliere

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1673

The Immoralist
Andre Gide

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

The Immortal Highlander
Karen Marie Moning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

The Immortal Rules
Julie Kagawa

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Immortals of Meluha
Amish Tripathi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Imperial Presidency
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1895

The Importance of Living
Lin Yutang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Impossible Knife of Memory
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Impossible Will Take a Little While
Paul Loeb

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Improbability of Love
Hannah Rothschild

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Inadequate Heir
Danielle L. Jensen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
Hadley Vlahos

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

The Incendiaries
R. O. Kwon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Incredible Journey
Sheila Burnford

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1960

The Incredible Winston Browne
Sean Dietrich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Indian Bride (Konrad Sejer, #5)
Karin Fossum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Indian in the Cupboard
Lynne Reid Banks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

The Indigo Girl
Natasha Boyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Indigo Spell
Richelle Mead

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

The Industries of the Future
Alec Ross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Industry of Souls
Martin Booth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Indwelling
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
Benjamin Saenz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Infamous Ratsos (The Infamous Ratsos, #1)
Kara LaReau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Infatuations
Javier Marías

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Infernal Machine and Other Plays
Jean Cocteau

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964