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Wolf Willow
Wallace Stegner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1962

Wolf Winter
Cecilia Ekbäck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Wolf Worm
T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Wolverine: Old Man Logan
Mark Millar, Steve McNiven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her
Susan Griffin

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1978

Woman at Point Zero
Nawal El Saadawi

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1975

Woman, Eating
Claire Kohda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Woman Evolve
Sarah Jakes Roberts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Woman in the Dark
Dashiell Hammett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Woman of Light
Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Woman on Fire
Lisa Barr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Woman on the Edge of Time
Marge Piercy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Woman Walking Ahead
Eileen Pollack

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Womb City
Tlotlo Tsamaase

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Women and Economics
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1898

Women Beware Women (Drama Classics)
Thomas Middleton

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1657

Women Don't Owe You Pretty
Florence Given

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Women In Love
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

Women of the Silk
Gail Tsukiyama

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Women of Trachis
Sophocles

Fiction | Play | Adult

Women & Power: A Manifesto
Mary Beard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Women, Race & Class
Angela Y. Davis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

Women Rowing North: Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing As We Age
Mary Pipher

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Women's Hotel
Daniel M. Lavery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Women Talking
Miriam Toews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change
Robin Norwood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Women Who Run with the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Women Without Men
Shahrnūsh Pārsīʹpūr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Wonder
R. J. Palacio

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
Jeff VanderMeer

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (The ^ASchomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers)
Mary Seacole

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1857

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Stephen Jay Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Wonderland
Tommy Kovac, Sonny Liew (Illustrator)

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2008

Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World
Steven Johnson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Wonders of the Invisible World
Patricia A. McKillip

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2012

Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2011

Wonder When You'll Miss Me
Amanda Davis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Wonder Woman: Warbringer
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1972

Wondrous Strange (Wondrous Strange, #1)
Lesley Livingston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Woodcutters
Thomas Bernhard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
John Wooden, Steve Jamison

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Wooden On Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization
John Wooden

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Woodrow Wilson: Revolution, War, and Peace
Arthur S. Link

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1954

Woodsong
Gary Paulsen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

Woods Runner
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Wool
Hugh Howey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Word Nerd
Susin Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Word Power Made Easy
Norman Lewis

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1949

Words By Heart
Ouida Sebestyen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

Words Can Change Your Brain: 12 Conversation Strategies to Build Trust, Resolve Conflict, and Increase Intimacy
Andrew B. Newberg, Mark Robert Waldman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Words in Deep Blue
Cath Crowley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Words in the Dust
Trent Reedy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
Amanda Montell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Words on Bathroom Walls
Julia Walton

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Words on Fire
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Words That Bind
Ash Krafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Words That Change Minds: The 14 Patterns for Mastering the Language of Influence
Shelle Rose Charvet

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Workhorse
Caroline Palmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras
Adrienne Pine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
Judy Melinek, T.J. Mitchell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Working with Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination
Adom Getachew

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

World of Trouble (The Last Policeman, #3)
Ben H. Winters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History
Henry Kissinger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Worlds Collide (The Land of Stories, #6)
Chris Colfer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Worldshaker (Worldshaker, #1)
Richard Harland

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Max Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

World Without End
Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

World Without Fish
Mark Kurlansky

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Worst Case
Michael Ledwidge, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Worth
A. LaFaye

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

Worth Any Price (Bow Street Runners, #3)
Lisa Kleypas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Worth Dying For
Tim Marshall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Worth the Fight
Vi Keeland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Worthy Opponents
Danielle Steel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Would Like to Meet
Rachel Winters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Maya Angelou

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1993

Wounded
Percival Everett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Woven by Gold
Elizabeth Helen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Woven in Moonlight
Isabel Ibañez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Woyzeck
Georg Büchner

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1837

Wrapped in Rain
Charles Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Wrath
John Gwynne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Wreck
Catherine Newman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Wrecked
Maria Padian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Wrecker
Carl Hiaasen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

Wrecking Ball
Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Published in 2019

Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex
Owen Chase, Thomas Nickerson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1821

Wreck the Halls: A Novel
Tessa Bailey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Wretched:
Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Wringer
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Wrinkles
Charles Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Writers and Lovers
Lily King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Writing Down the Bones
Natalie Goldberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Writing My Wrongs
Shaka Senghor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Writing New York
Phillip Lopate

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1974

Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years
Tom Standage

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Writing to Save a Life
John Edgar Wideman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016