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The World's Religions
Huston Smith

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1991

The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
Josh Hanagarne

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The World's Wife
Carol Ann Duffy

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1999

The World's Worst Children 3
David Walliams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The World That We Knew
Alice Hoffman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The World, the Flesh & the Devil: An Enquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul
J.D. Bernal

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1929

The World to Come
Dara Horn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The World Turned Upside Down
Richard Ferrie

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2021

The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution
Christopher Hill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1972

The World Until Yesterday
Jared Diamond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The World We Make
N. K. Jemisin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The World Without Us
Alan Weisman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Worm Ouroboros
E.R. Eddison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1922

The Worst Best Man
Mia Sosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Worst Class Trip Ever
Dave Barry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Worst Hard Time
Timothy Egan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Worst Journey in the World

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1922

The Worst Wedding Date
Pippa Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Worst Witch All at Sea (Worst Witch, #4)
Jill Murphy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Worst Witch (Worst Witch, #1)
Jill Murphy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

The Worst Years of My Life
Laura Park, Chris Tebbetts, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

The Wounded Healer
Henri J.M. Nouwen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

The Wounded Land
Stephen R. Donaldson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War
Chad L. Williams

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Wrath and the Dawn
Renee Ahdieh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Wrath of Mulgarath
Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2004

The Wreath: Kristin Lavransdatter #1
Sigrid Undset

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

The Wrecker (Isaac Bell, #2)
Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Wreckers
Iain Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Wren, the Wren
Anne Enright

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Wretched of Muirwood
Jeff Wheeler

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz Fanon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

The Wright 3
Blue Balliett

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Wright Brothers
David McCullough

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane
Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition
Christopher Vogler

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Writing Life
Annie Dillard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1989

The Writing Retreat
Julia Bartz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Wrong Bride
Catharina Maura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Wrong Daughter
Dandy Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Wrong Family
Tarryn Fisher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2)
Mark Billingham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Wrong Mother
Sophie Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Wrong Side of Goodbye
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Wyvern Mystery (Pocket Classics)
J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1869

Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life
Beth Kempton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Wage Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit
Karl Marx

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1848

Wages, Price and Profit
Karl Marx

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1898

Wahala
Nikki May

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Waistcoats & Weaponry
Gail Carriger

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Wait for It
Mariana Zapata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Wait for You
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Waiting
Kevin Henkes

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

Waiting for an Angel
Helon Habila

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1952

Waiting For Lefty
Clifford Odets

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1935

Waiting for Normal
Leslie Connor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Waiting for Snow in Havana
Carlos Eire

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2003

Waiting for Sunrise
William Boyd

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Waiting for the Barbarians
J. M. Coetzee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Waiting for the Rain
Sheila Gordon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1974

Waiting for Tom Hanks
Kerry Winfrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Waiting for You
Susane Colasanti

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America
Peniel E. Joseph

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Waiting to Exhale
Terry McMillan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Wait: The Art and Science of Delay
Frank Partnoy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Wait Till Helen Comes
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

Wait Till Next Year
Doris Kearns Goodwin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1)
John Fante

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1938

Wait With Me
Amy Daws

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Wakenhyrst
Michelle Paver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Wake of Vultures (The Shadow, #1)
Lila Bowen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
Rebecca Hall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Wake (Wake, #1)
Lisa McMann

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Waking Gods
Sylvain Neuvel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Waking Lions
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
Peter A. Levine, Ann Frederick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Sam Harris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Waking Up Married
Mira Lyn Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Waking Up White
Debby Irving

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

Walden
Henry David Thoreau

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1854

Walden On Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom
Ken Ilgunas

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Walden Two
B. F. Skinner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

Walking
Henry David Thoreau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1861

Walking Disaster (Beautiful, #2)
Jamie McGuire

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Walking in Two Worlds (The Floraverse)
Wab Kinew

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Walking Since Daybreak
Modris Eksteins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Walking the Nile
Levison Wood

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Walking with the Wind
John Lewis, Mike D'Orso

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Walkin' the Dog
Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Walk in Their Shoes
Jim Ziolkowski

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Walk On Earth A Stranger
Rae Carson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Walk the Wire (Amos Decker, #6)
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Walk Through Fire
Kristen Ashley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Walk Two Moons
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Wall and Piece
Banksy

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

Wallbanger
Alice Clayton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Walls Within Walls
Maureen Sherry, Adam Stower

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Walpurgisnacht
Gustav Meyrink

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1917

Walt Whitman: The Measure of His Song
Jim Perlman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981