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Heavy Object
Heavy Object (ヘヴィーオブジェクト) is a 20-volume military science fiction light novel series by Kazuma Kamachi, illustrated by Ryou Nagi, published under Dengeki Bunko 2009 to 2021, about soldiers Quenser and Heivia toppling giant war machines called Objects; adapted into a 24-episode 2015–2016 J.C. Staff anime.
Heavy Wings
Heavy Wings, a 1981 novel by the Chinese writer Zhang Jie, is set in the heavy industry sector at the start of reform and won the Mao Dun Literature Prize.
Hebrew essay
The Hebrew essay (Hebrew: מַסָּה) is a short reflective work of nonfiction that became a distinct genre of modern Hebrew literature in the late nineteenth century.
Hebrew fable
A Hebrew fable (משל, mashal) is a short fictional Hebrew tale, usually with talking animals and a moral lesson, running from the Hebrew Bible through rabbinic literature to the medieval collections.
Hebrew lyric poetry
Hebrew lyric poetry is first-person poetry in Hebrew expressing love, nature, mourning, or reflection, spanning biblical psalms, medieval verse in Spain, and modern Israeli poetry.
Hebrew novel
The Hebrew novel (רומן) is the tradition of extended prose fiction in Hebrew, conventionally dated from Abraham Mapu's Ahavat Ziyyon, published in Vilna in 1853.
Hebrew parody
Hebrew parody is the imitation of biblical or Talmudic Hebrew style for comic or satiric effect, an ancient genre whose most developed branch is written for Purim.
Hebrew satire
Hebrew satire (סאטירה עברית) is satirical writing composed in Hebrew, mocking people and ideas in comic form; it has been a significant Jewish literary genre since the late eighteenth century.
Hebrew short story
The Hebrew short story (הסיפור העברי הקצר) is short prose fiction in Hebrew, central to modern Hebrew literature from the late nineteenth century onward, written by writers like Agnon and Amos Oz.
Hecale
Hecale (Ἑκάλη) was in Attic legend a poor old woman who gave hospitality to Theseus on his way to fight the bull of Marathon, dying before he returned.
Heer Ranjha (ہیر رانجھا)
Heer Ranjha (ہیر رانجھا), the classic Punjabi tragic romance of Heer of the Sial family of Jhang and the herdsman Ranjha, first versified by Damodar Gulati and made immortal by Waris Shah's 1766 epic Heer.
Heftroman
Heftroman, also called Groschenroman or Groschenheft, is a German-language cheap serial fiction form published in 64-page booklets sold at kiosks since 1905, the German counterpart of the dime novel.
Heidenröslein
Heidenröslein is a folk-style poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written in 1771 in Strasbourg, about a boy who plucks a wild rose despite her warning; Schubert famously set it to music in 1815.
Heidi
Heidi (Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre, 1880; Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat, 1881) is Johanna Spyri's two-volume Swiss children's novel about an orphan girl in the Alps, translated into about 70 languages with over 50 million copies sold.
Heiji Monogatari
Heiji Monogatari (平治物語) is a Japanese war tale depicting the 1159 Heiji Rebellion, written in mixed Japanese-Chinese prose and preceding the Tale of the Heike.
Heimkunft
Heimkunft ("Homecoming") is an elegy by the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin, composed in 1801 and first printed in 1802 as the last of his eight elegies, addressed to his kinsfolk.
Heimskringla
Heimskringla, also called Snorri's kings' sagas, is a thirteenth-century Old Norse collection of sixteen sagas on the kings of Norway from legendary times to 1177, attributed to Snorri Sturluson; its title comes from the opening words kringla heimsins.
Helian
Helian is a long lyric poem by the Austrian Expressionist poet Georg Trakl, written in the winter of 1912 and 1913 and first published in 1913 in his collection Gedichte.
Heliand
The Heliand is an epic Old Saxon poem of about 6,000 lines that retells the life of Jesus in Germanic alliterative verse, written around 830 to 840.
Helkavirsiä
Helkavirsiä ("Songs of Helka") is a two-part collection of poems by the Finnish poet Eino Leino, written in the Kalevala meter; the series appeared in 1903 and 1916.
Hell Followed with Us
Hell Followed with Us is Andrew Joseph White's 2022 YA post-apocalyptic horror debut (Peachtree Teen) about trans boy Benji, infected with the bioweapon Seraph by the cult that raised him, joining the Acheson LGBTQ+ Center; a New York Times bestseller, Morris Award finalist, and planned animated film.
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.
Hell Screen
Hell Screen (Jigokuhen) is a 1918 short story by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke in which the painter Yoshihide paints the Buddhist hells after watching his daughter burn.
Hellblazer
Hellblazer: DC Comics/Vertigo supernatural horror series (January 1988–April 2013, 300 issues) starring Liverpudlian occult detective John Constantine, spun off from Swamp Thing, written by Jamie Delano, Garth Ennis, and others.
Hellboy
Hellboy, the red-skinned demon with a stone right hand, is a creator-owned Dark Horse Comics character created by Mike Mignola in 1993, first appearing in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, with Seed of Destruction (1994) founding the series and del Toro's 2004 film adapting it.
Hellfire Club (comics)
Hellfire Club (comics): Marvel Comics secret society of wealthy elites created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, debuting in Uncanny X-Men #129 (1980) during the Dark Phoenix Saga; led by the Inner Circle with chess-piece ranks, counting Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw among its leaders.
Hello Beautiful (novel)
Hello Beautiful is Ann Napolitano's 2023 Dial Press novel, an Oprah's Book Club 100th pick and New York Times bestseller homage to Little Women about William Waters and the four Padavano sisters of Chicago, spanning 1960 to 2008.
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.
Hellverine (comic book)
Hellverine: Marvel Comics character and series fusing Wolverine and Ghost Rider; demon Bagra-ghul possessed Logan in Weapons of Vengeance (2023), then Daken/Akihiro in the 2024 miniseries and ongoing Percy series.
Hemlock & Silver
Hemlock & Silver is a 2025 dark Snow White reimagining by T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon), published by Tor. Healer Anja, who drinks poisons to make antidotes, investigates Princess Snow's illness into a mirror world; NPR Best Book, Locus finalist.