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The Victims

Sharon Olds

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1984

The View From Lake Como

Adriana Trigiani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The View From Saturday

E. L. Konigsburg

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Villa

Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Violent Bear It Away

Flannery O'Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

The Violin Conspiracy

Brendan Slocumb

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Virginian

Owen Wister

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1902

The Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Virus

Jericho Brown

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2019

The Viscount Who Loved Me

Julia Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Vision of Sir Launfal

James Russell Lowell

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1848

The Visit

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1956

The Voyage of the Beagle

Charles Darwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1839

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1952

The Voyage of the Frog

Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1989

The Voyage Out

Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1915

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

Marlen Haushofer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

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 Warsaw Orphan

Kelly Rimmer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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

The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good

William Easterly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The White Mountains

John Christopher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The White Tiger

Aravind Adiga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Wicked King

Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

The Wide Window

Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie

Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2024

The Widows of Malabar Hill

Sujata Massey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Wife Between Us

Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Wife Of His Youth

Charles W. Chesnutt

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1898

The Wife Upstairs

Rachel Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021