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A Wagner Matinee
Willa Cather

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1904

A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

A Walk to Remember
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

A Week in the Woods
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

A Week in Winter
Maeve Binchy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

A Whale of the Wild
Illustr. Lindsay Moore, Rosanne Parry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

A White Heron
Sarah Orne Jewett

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1886

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
Daniel H. Pink

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

A Wicker Basket
Robert Creeley

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1991

A Wild Sheep Chase
Haruki Murakami

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1982

A Wind In The Door
Madeleine L'Engle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1973

A Wish in the Dark
Christina Soontornvat

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1968

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
T. Kingfisher

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

A Wolf Called Wander
Illustr. Mónica Armiño, Rosanne Parry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

A Woman in Berlin
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1953

A Woman Is No Man
Etaf Rum

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

A Woman Killed With Kindness
Thomas Heywood

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1606

A Woman of No Importance
Oscar Wilde

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1893

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII’s Most Dangerous Spy
Sonia Purnell

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2019

A Woman on a Roof
Doris Lessing

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1963

A Work in Progress
Jarrett Lerner

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

A Work Of Artifice
Marge Piercy

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1970

A World In Disarray
Richard Haass

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance
William Manchester

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

A World of Curiosities
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A World Without Princes
Soman Chainani

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

A Worn Path
Eudora Welty

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1941

A Wrinkle In Time
Madeleine L'Engle

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1962

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Waiter’s Wife
Zadie Smith

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1999

The Wall
John Lanchester

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How It's Transforming the American Economy
Charles Fishman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Walrus and the Carpenter
Lewis Carroll

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1871

The Wanderer
Anonymous

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 950

The Wanderings of Odysseus
Rosemary Sutcliff

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1995

The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
Jamil Zaki

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The War I Finally Won
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Warm Hands of Ghosts
Katherine Arden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Warmth Of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle
Steven Pressfield

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The War of the End of the World
Mario Vargas Llosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1898

The War of Two Queens
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free
Pete Hegseth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

The War Prayer
Mark Twain

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1905

The Wars
Timothy Findley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters
James M. Mcpherson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The War That Saved My Life
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The War With Grandpa
Robert Kimmel Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1984

The War Works Hard
Dunya Mikhail

Nonfiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2005

The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Waste Land
T. S. Eliot

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1922

The Watchers
A. M. Shine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Water Is Wide: A Memoir
Pat Conroy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1972

The Water Keeper
Charles Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Water Knife
Paolo Bacigalupi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Waters
Bonnie Jo Campbell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

The Wave
Todd Strasser

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

The Waves
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1931

The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
Wade Davis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Way I Used to Be
Amber Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Way of All Flesh
Samuel Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1903

The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
Martha Beck

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Way of the World
William Congreve

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1700

The Ways of White Folks
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1934

The Way to Rainy Mountain
N. Scott Momaday

Nonfiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1969

The Way To Wealth
Benjamin Franklin

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1758

The Way Up To Heaven
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1954

The Wayward Bus
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1947

The Way We Live Now
Susan Sontag

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1986

The Wealth of Nations. The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1776

The Weary Blues
Langston Hughes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1926

The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle: A Novel
Jennifer Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Wedding People
Alison Espach

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Wednesday Wars
Gary D. Schmidt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Weight of All Things
Sandra Benitez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Weight of Blood
Tiffany D. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Weight of Ink
Rachel Kadish

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Weight of Our Sky
Hanna Alkaf

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Well of Loneliness
Radclyffe Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

The Westing Game
Ellen Raskin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1978

The Whalebone Theatre
Joanna Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

The Whipping Boy
Sid Fleischman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

The Whisper Man
Alex North

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Whispers
Ashley Audrain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Whistler
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Whistling Season
Ivan Doig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The White Album
Joan Didion

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1979

The White Devil
John Webster

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1612

The White Giraffe
Lauren St. John

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The White Goddess
Robert Graves

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1948

The White House
Claude McKay

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1919

The White Man's Burden
Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1899