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Gone (novel series)

Gone is Michael Grant's YA dystopian science fiction series set in Perdido Beach, California, where everyone 15 and older vanishes inside the FAYZ barrier; six core books (2008-2013) plus the Monster, Villain, Hero sequel trilogy.

Goosebumps

Goosebumps is a children's horror fiction series by R.L. Stine, launched by Scholastic in 1992; with over 400 million copies in print, it was named the world's bestselling book series in 2003.

Gormenghast (series)

Gormenghast series, also called the Gormenghast Trilogy or Titus Books: Mervyn Peake's three dark-fantasy novels Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950), Titus Alone (1959), set in a ritual-bound crumbling castle, plus the unfinished fourth book Titus Awakes.

Guardians of Ga'Hoole

Guardians of Ga'Hoole, also known as The Owls of Ga'Hoole, is Kathryn Lasky's 15-book Scholastic fantasy series (2003-2008) about the owl Soren and the Guardians of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, adapted by Zack Snyder as the 2010 film Legend of the Guardians.

Guiron le Courtois

Guiron le Courtois is a cycle of Old French Arthurian prose romances from the first half of the 13th century, also called the Roman de Palamède.

Haibara's Teenage New Game+

Haibara's Teenage New Game+ (灰原くんの強くて青春ニューゲーム) is a Japanese light novel series by Kazuki Amamiya and Gin about college senior Natsuki Haibara redoing high school after a seven-year time leap; adapted into manga and a 2026 Studio Comet anime.

Hannibal (Harris novel)

Hannibal is Thomas Harris's 1999 Delacorte novel, the third Hannibal Lecter book and direct sequel to The Silence of the Lambs, in which Mason Verger uses Clarice Starling to lure Lecter from Florence; its 1.3-million first printing and controversial lovers' ending made it a publishing event.

Hannibal Rising

Hannibal Rising: 2006 Thomas Harris prequel novel, fourth Hannibal Lecter book, covering Lecter's WWII childhood, sister Mischa, and revenge; filmed 2007 by Peter Webber with Gaspard Ulliel.

Harry Bosch

Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch is the LAPD homicide detective created by Michael Connelly in The Black Echo (1992), now spanning 25 novels, crossovers with Mickey Haller and Renée Ballard, and Prime Video series starring Titus Welliver.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth Harry Potter novel by J.K. Rowling, published July 8, 2000, centers on the Triwizard Tournament, Harry's unprecedented fourth-champion selection, Barty Crouch Jr.'s deception, and Voldemort's return; adapted in 2005 by Mike Newell.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling's fifth Harry Potter novel (2003), 870 pages, 255,000 words, 8.5-million first printing; Ministry denies Voldemort's return, Umbridge takes over Hogwarts, 2007 film adaptation.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is J.K. Rowling's 1999 third Harry Potter novel, published by Bloomsbury and Scholastic, in which escaped prisoner Sirius Black, Dementors, Remus Lupin, and the Time-Turner drive Harry's third Hogwarts year.

Hatchet (novel)

Hatchet (1987) by Gary Paulsen, first of the Brian Robeson books, is a survival novel in which a 13-year-old crash survivor lives 54 days in the Canadian wilderness; 1988 Newbery Honor book.

He Who Fights With Monsters

He Who Fights With Monsters is an Australian LitRPG and progression fantasy series by Travis Deverell. It follows Jason Asano, an office worker transported to a magical world.

Hell Mode

Hell Mode (ヘルモード) is a Japanese isekai light novel series by Hamuo, illustrated by Mo, serialized on Shōsetsuka ni Narō from November 2019; a hardcore gamer reincarnates as the serf summoner Allen after picking Hell Mode difficulty, with manga, anime, and J-Novel Club English release.

Hello, I am a Witch, and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion! (どうも、好きな人に惚れ薬を依頼された魔女です。)

Doumo, Suki na Hito ni Horegusuri wo Irai sareta Majo desu. (Hello, I am a Witch, and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion!) is a Japanese fantasy romance series by Eiko Mutsuhana about witch Rose and knight Harij; web novel 2019, manga by Kamada from 2020, TV anime by Diomedea October 2026.

Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (and Proud of It)!

Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (and Proud of It)! (ヒロイン?聖女?いいえ、オールワークスメイドです(誇)!) is a Japanese light novel by Atekichi and Yukiko, published by TO Books since 2020, about a reincarnated saint who uses her magic only for maid work; adapted into a Keiko manga and a 2026 EMT Squared anime.

His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials is an epic fantasy trilogy by Philip Pullman, consisting of Northern Lights (1995), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000).

HMS Surprise (novel)

H.M.S. Surprise (HMS Surprise) is Patrick O'Brian's 1973 novel, third in the Aubrey-Maturin series, following Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin as the frigate Surprise carries an envoy to India and fights Admiral Linois, based on the real 1804 China Fleet action.

Hollow City (novel)

Hollow City is a 2014 young-adult fantasy novel by Ransom Riggs. It is the second novel in the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series, published by Quirk Books.

Horrid Henry

Horrid Henry: British children's book series by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross, first published 1994; over 21 million copies sold, CITV animated series from 2006, and a 2011 film.

House of Night

House of Night: YA vampire fantasy series by P.C. and Kristin Cast, 12 novels 2007-2014 plus Other World spinoff, following Zoey Redbird at a Tulsa vampyre boarding school under Goddess Nyx; over 7 million copies sold by 2010.

How to Train Your Dragon (novel series)

How to Train Your Dragon is Cressida Cowell's 12-book children's fantasy series (2003-2015) about Viking heir Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III and his dragon Toothless, published by Hodder and Little, Brown and the basis of the DreamWorks films.

Hyouka (氷菓)

Hyouka (氷菓) is Honobu Yonezawa's 2001 debut novel, first of the Classic Literature Club series, a Japanese everyday-mystery in which energy-saving Houtarou Oreki and curious Eru Chitanda investigate a 33-year-old incident behind a Classics Club anthology, adapted into a 2012 Kyoto Animation anime.

I Am Number Four

I Am Number Four, also known as I Am Number 4, is a 2010 young adult science fiction novel by Pittacus Lore, first in the Lorien Legacies series.

I Parry Everything

I Parry Everything (俺は全てを〖パリイ〗する) is a Japanese light novel series by Nabeshiki about Noor, an oblivious adventurer whose only skill, Parry, makes him world's-strongest; adapted into manga and a 2024 OLM anime with a second season announced.

I'm a Behemoth

I'm a Behemoth, also known as Beheneko, is a Japanese web novel series in which a knight is reborn as an S-ranked monster and taken in by an elf adventurer.

I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic (没落予定の貴族だけど、暇だったから魔法を極めてみた)

I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic (没落予定の貴族だけど、暇だったから魔法を極めてみた) is a Nazuna Miki isekai light novel from TO Books about Liam Hamilton, adapted into a 2025 Studio Deen TV anime.

Iceland's Bell

Iceland's Bell (Íslandsklukkan) is a three-part historical novel by the Icelandic writer Halldór Laxness, published in Reykjavík between 1943 and 1946 and set in the late seventeenth century, when Iceland was effectively a Danish colony.

If There Be Thorns

If There Be Thorns, also published as Si Hubiera Espinas, is V.C. Andrews' 1981 third Dollanganger novel, in which Cathy and Chris live as married siblings until their disguised mother Corrine moves next door and corrupts son Bart; adapted as a 2015 Lifetime TV movie.