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Hen (変) (manga)
Hen (変) is Hiroya Oku's first serial manga, published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump in 13 volumes, later followed by a second series HEN; both adapted as 1996 TV Asahi dramas.
Henderson the Rain King
Henderson the Rain King, Saul Bellow's 1959 fifth novel (Viking Press), follows Eugene Henderson, a 55-year-old American millionaire, to imaginary African tribes, the Arnewi and Wariri, driven by an inner cry of "I want, I want."
Henry IV, Part 2
Henry IV, Part 2 (Second Part of Henrie the Fourth) is Shakespeare's sequel history play to Henry IV, Part 1: rebellion crushed by deceit, King Henry's death, Hal's coronation as Henry V, and Falstaff's repudiation; first printed in quarto in 1600.
Henry V (play)
Henry V is Shakespeare's 1599 history play on the king's French campaign and Agincourt, closing the Henriad tetralogy; sourced chiefly from Holinshed, first printed as a 1600 bad quarto, with a contested authorship question.
Heorot
Heorot ("Hart") is the legendary mead-hall of King Hrothgar in the Old English epic Beowulf, where Grendel terrorizes the Danes and Beowulf fights him; built for gift-giving, fated to burn, and possibly linked to Lejre, Zealand.
Heosaengjeon
Heosaengjeon (허생전, "Tale of Heo Saeng") is a classical Chinese short story by the late Joseon scholar Park Ji-won, about a scholar who turns a 10,000-nyang loan into a fortune.
Her Body and Other Parties
Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado's 2017 Graywolf Press debut story collection of eight queer feminist horror and fabulist tales, was a 2017 National Book Award fiction finalist and Kirkus Prize shortlistee.
Heracles
Heracles, also called Herakles Mainomenos or Hercules Furens, is a Greek tragedy by Euripides in which the hero is driven mad by Hera and kills his wife and children.
Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's fictional Belgian private detective, debuted in The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) and died in Curtain (1975); 33 novels, 50+ short stories, 'little grey cells', Hastings, Suchet and Branagh adaptations.
Hercules Oetaeus
Hercules Oetaeus is a Latin tragedy transmitted among Seneca's plays that dramatizes Hercules' death on Mount Oeta and his apotheosis; its Senecan authorship is disputed.
Here One Moment
Here One Moment (2024) is Liane Moriarty's tenth novel, published by Crown, in which Cherry, the "Death Lady", predicts fellow passengers' deaths on a delayed Hobart–Sydney flight; a #1 New York Times bestseller being adapted for TV by Nicole Kidman and Bruna Papandrea.
Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History
Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History (Kacířské eseje o filosofii dějin) is the final work of Czech phenomenological philosopher Jan Patočka, a set of six essays published in 1975.
Hermann and Dorothea
Hermann and Dorothea (Hermann und Dorothea) is an epic poem in hexameters by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, telling of a German innkeeper's son and a refugee girl.
Hermione Granger
Hermione Jean Granger, fictional Muggle-born witch in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels; Gryffindor friend of Harry and Ron, played by Emma Watson and later Arabella Stanton, vital to Voldemort's defeat.
Hero Organization
Hero Organization (英雄機関, Eiyū Kikan) is an ongoing Shueisha Shōnen Jump+ mecha-sci-fi manga by Kei Saikawa and Akira Takahashi since 2024, about armor pilots fighting star beasts; volume 1 February 2025.
Herod and Herodias
Herod and Herodias (Herodes a Herodias) is a 1909 verse tragedy by Slovak writer Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav dramatizing the biblical story of Herod, Herodias, and John the Baptist.
Heroes for Hire
Heroes for Hire is a Marvel Comics superhero business and team founded by Luke Cage and Iron Fist in Power Man and Iron Fist #54 (1978), later revived as team series in 1997, 2006, and 2010, distinct from the Avengers or Defenders.
Herogasm
Herogasm is a six-issue 2009 Dynamite Entertainment comic miniseries, the first spin-off of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys, drawn by John McCrea, depicting superheroes' secret sex-and-drugs retreat, adapted as The Boys season 3 episode 6 in 2022.
Heroides
The Heroides is a collection of twenty-one fictional verse letters by Ovid, in which mythological women such as Penelope, Dido, and Medea write to the men who wronged them.
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.
Herostrates
Herostrates is a 1920 programmatic poem by the Polish poet Jan Lechoń that opens his debut collection Karmazynowy poemat, calling for the destruction of monuments to Poland's national myths.
Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks
Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (Heidreks saga, Saga of King Heidrek the Wise) is a thirteenth-century Icelandic fornaldarsaga unified by the cursed sword Tyrfingr, surviving in H, R, and U redactions with over a hundred embedded verses.
Herzog (novel)
Herzog, Saul Bellow's sixth novel (Viking, 1964), follows Moses Herzog, an academic writing unsent letters to the living and dead after his wife's affair; it won the 1965 National Book Award.
Herzog Ernst
Herzog Ernst (Duke Ernest) is a Middle High German verse epic, composed around 1180, about a Bavarian duke who rebels against his emperor and adventures in the Orient.
Hesiodic poetry
Hesiodic poetry is the early Greek epic verse attributed to Hesiod, a Boeotian poet of the eighth or early seventh century BCE, including the Theogony and Works and Days.
Hester Prynne
Hester Prynne, heroine of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1850), a Puritan Boston woman punished for adultery with a scarlet A; mother of Pearl, lover of Dimmesdale, wife of Chillingworth, later a feminist icon.
Het uur U
Het uur U is a 1937 narrative poem by the Dutch poet Martinus Nijhoff about a stranger whose passing stirs panic in a quiet street.
Heungbuga
Heungbuga (흥보가) is one of the five surviving madang of pansori, the Korean sung narrative tradition. It tells of the kind, poor Heungbu and his wealthy, greedy older brother Nolbo.
HHhH
HHhH is Laurent Binet's 2010 French debut novel (Grasset), titled after the SS acronym 'Himmlers Hirn heißt Heydrich'. It reconstructs Operation Anthropoid, the 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague by parachutists Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, interwoven with the narrator's account of writing it; Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman winner, translated by Sam Taylor in 2012.
Hidden Bodies
Hidden Bodies is Caroline Kepnes's 2016 thriller, second in the You series, following serial killer Joe Goldberg from New York to Los Angeles in pursuit of Amy Adam; it inspired season two of Netflix's You.