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The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden
Karina Yan Glaser

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Karina Yan Glaser

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Van Gogh Deception
Deron R. Hicks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Maggie O'Farrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Vanishing Half: A Novel
Brit Bennett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature
William James

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1902

The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Vegetarian
Han Kang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Veiled Kingdom
Holly Renee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

The Veldt
Ray Bradbury

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1950

The Vendor of Sweets
R. K. Narayan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

The Venice Sketchbook
Rhys Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Venus Hottentot
Elizabeth Alexander

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1989

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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 Violin Maker's Secret
Evie Woods

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

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 Wasp Trap
Mark Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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 Glory and Other Addresses
C. S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1949

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 Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
Harold Bloom

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

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