List of Novelists From The United States - H

H

• Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Dogeaters
• Jennifer Haigh (born 1968), Mrs. Kimble
• Joe Haldeman (born 1943), The Forever War
• Alex Haley (1921–1992), Roots
• James Norman Hall (1887–1951), Mutiny on the Bounty (with Charles Nordhoff)
• Oakley Hall (born 1920), Warlock
• Brett Halliday (1904–1977), Dividend on Death
• Hilary Thayer Hamann (born 1962), Anthropology of an American Girl
• Jane Hamilton (born 1957), The Book of Ruth
• Laurell K. Hamilton (born 1963), Guilty Pleasures
• Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), The Maltese Falcon
• Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) (born 1970), Watch Your Mouth
• Barry Hannah (born 1942), Geromino Rex
• Joseph Hansen (1923–2004), Fadeout
• Ron Hansen (born 1947), Mariette in Ecstasy
• Paul Harding (born 1967), Tinkers
• Elizabeth Hardwick (born 1916), Sleepless Nights
• Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847–1930), The Wind of Destiny
• Donald Harington (1935–2009), The Cockroaches of Stay More
• Henry Harland (1861–1905), The Cardinal's Snuff-box
• Charles L. Harness (1915–2005), The Paradox Men
• Bertha Harris (1937–2005), Lover
• E. Lynn Harris (1955–2009), Invisible Life
• MacDonald Harris (1921–1993), The Balloonist
• Mark Harris (1922–2007), Bang the Drum Slowly
• Thomas Harris (born 1940), The Silence of the Lambs
• Harry Harrison (born 1925), Make Room! Make Room!
• Jim Harrison (born 1937), Legends of the Fall
• Kent Haruf (born 1943), Plainsong
• Jon Hassler (1933–2008), Staggerford
• John Hawkes (1925–1998), The Lime Twig
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), The Scarlet Letter
• Ernest Haycox (1899–1950), Bugles in the Afternoon
• Shirley Hazzard (born 1931), The Great Fire
• Shelby Hearon (born 1931), Owning Jolene
• Peter Hedges (born 1962), What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• Ursula Hegi (born 1946), Stones from the River
• Scott Heim (born 1966), Mysterious Skin
• Larry Heinemann (born 1944), Paco's Story
• Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988), Stranger in a Strange Land
• Joseph Heller (1923–1999), Catch-22
• Mark Helprin (born 1947), Winter's Tale
• Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), A Farewell to Arms
• Aleksandar Hemon (born 1964), Nowhere Man
• Frank Herbert (1920–1986), Dune
• Joseph Hergesheimer (1880–1954), Linda Condon
• Robert Herrick (1868–1938), Web of Life
• John Hersey (1914–1993), A Bell for Adano
• DuBose Heyward (1885–1940), Porgy
• Carl Hiaasen (born 1953), Sick Puppy
• George V. Higgins (1939–1999), The Friends of Eddie Coyle
• Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Oscar Hijuelos (born 1951), The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
• Tony Hillerman (1925–2008), The Blessing Way
• Chester Himes (1909–1984), If He Hollers Let Him Go
• S. E. Hinton (born 1948), The Outsiders
• Russell Hoban (born 1925), Riddley Walker
• Laura Z. Hobson (1900–1986), Gentleman's Agreement
• Alice Hoffman (born 1952), Practical Magic
• Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881), The Bay-Path
• Sheri Holman (born 1966), The Mammoth Cheese
• Mary Jane Holmes (1825–1907), Lena Rivers
• Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894), Elsie Venner
• A. M. Homes (born 1961), The End of Alice
• Ann Hood (born 1956), Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine
• Khaled Hosseini (born 1965), The Kite Runner
• Silas House (born 1971), A Parchment of Leaves
• Blanche Willis Howard (1847–1898), Guenn: A Wave on the Breton Coast
• Maureen Howard (born 1930), Natural History
• E. W. Howe (1853–1937), The Story of a Country Town
• William Dean Howells (1837–1920), The Rise of Silas Lapham
• David Huddle (born 1942), La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl
• Barry Hughart (born 1934), Bridge of Birds
• Langston Hughes (1902–1967), Not Without Laughter
• William Humphrey (1924–1997), Farther Off from Heaven
• Josephine Humphreys (born 1945), Rich in Love
• Evan Hunter (1926–2005), Blackboard Jungle
• Stephen Hunter (born 1946), Point of Impact
• Fannie Hurst (1885–1968), Imitation of Life
• Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), Their Eyes Were Watching God
• Siri Hustvedt (born 1955), The Sorrows of an American
• James Hynes (born 1955), The Lecturer's Tale