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Wishtree
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Wish You Well
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Wish You Were Here
Jodi Picoult

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Wit
Margaret Edson

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

Without Merit
Colleen Hoover

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

With the Fire on High
Elizabeth Acevedo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

With the Old Breed
Eugene Sledge

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1981

Witness
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Witness: Cold War Classics
Whittaker Chambers

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1952

Witness for the Prosecution
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1995

Woke Up Like This
Amy Lea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Wolf by Wolf
Ryan Graudin

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Wolf Hollow
Lauren Wolk

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Woman at Point Zero
Nawal El Saadawi

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1975

Woman Hollering Creek
Sandra Cisneros

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1991

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

Women
Alice Walker

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1973

Women In Love
D. H. Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920

Women of Trachis
Sophocles

Fiction | Play | Adult | BCE

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 Talking
Miriam Toews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Women Who Run with the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Wonder
R. J. Palacio

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick

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

Woodchucks
Maxine Kumin

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1972

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

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

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 Processor of the Gods
Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1983

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

Works and Days
Hesiod

Fiction | Poem | Adult | BCE

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

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

Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
Samantha Irby

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

Wrecked
Maria Padian

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Wringer
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996

Writers and Lovers
Lily King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing
John Trimble

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1975

Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Diana Gabaldon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Written On The Body
Jeanette Winterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1847

Wuthering Heights
Sylvia Plath

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1961

Xala
Ousmane Sembène

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Xenocide
Orson Scott Card

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

Yanomamo: The Fierce People
Napoleon Chagnon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1968

Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Yellowface
R. F. Kuang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Yellow Face
David Henry Hwang

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2007

Yellow Star
Jennifer Roy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Yellow Wife
Sadeqa Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Yellow Woman
Leslie Marmon Silko

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1974

Yellow Woman and a Beauty of Spirit
Leslie Marmon Silko

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1993

You
Caroline Kepnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

You Are Jeff
Richard Siken

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2019

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Brené Brown, Tarana Burke

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

You Bring the Distant Near
Mitali Perkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

You Can Have It
Philip Levine

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1991

You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

You'd Be Home Now
Kathleen Glasgow

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

[you fit into me]
Margaret Atwood

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1971

You Go First
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

You'll Be the Death of Me
Karen M. McManus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Akwaeke Emezi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Young
Anne Sexton

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1962

Young Goodman Brown
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1835

Young Mungo
Douglas Stuart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Your House Will Pay
Steph Cha

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Neil Shubin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Yours Truly
Abby Jimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

You Shouldn't Have Come Here
Jeneva Rose

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

You Should See Me in a Crown
Leah Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

You've Reached Sam
Dustin Thao

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Yvain, or the Knight With the Lion
Chrétien De Troyes

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1176

Zaabalawi
Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1961

Zach's Lie
Roland Smith

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade

Zadig
Voltaire

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1747

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Audre Lorde

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

Zane and the Hurricane
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Zeitoun
Dave Eggers

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

Zero Day
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Zero Days
Ruth Ware

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Zero Hour
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1947

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Charles Seife

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Zlata's Diary
Zlata Filipović

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 1993

Zlateh the Goat
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Fiction | Short Story | Middle Grade | Published in 1966

Zone One
Colson Whitehead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Zoobreak
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Zoo City
Lauren Beukes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Zoot Suit
Luis Valdez

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1992