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Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: A Guide to Stress, Stress Related Diseases, and Coping
Robert M. Sapolsky

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Gregory Maguire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Wieland
Charles Brockden Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1798

Wild Bees
James K. Baxter

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1949

Wild Bird
Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Wilderness and the American Mind
Roderick Nash

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

Wildfire
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Cheryl Strayed

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Wild Geese
Mary Oliver

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2004

Wild Nights Wild Nights
Emily Dickinson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1891

Wild Seed
Octavia E. Butler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Jung Chang

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1991

Wildwood
Colin Meloy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Wildwood
Junot Díaz

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2007

Will
Will Smith, Mark Manson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Willodeen
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Wind
Ted Hughes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1957

Wind, Water, Stone
Octavio Paz

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1979

Winger
Andrew Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Wingfoot Lake
Rita Dove

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1986

Wink
Rob Harrell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Anand Giridharadas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Winnie-the-Pooh
A. A. Milne

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1926

Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
Craig Groeschel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
Gary Paulsen

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1994

Winter Dreams
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1922

Winter Garden
Kristin Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Wintergirls
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Winter In The Blood
James Welch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Winter's Bone
Daniel Woodrell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Wirers
Siegfried Sassoon

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1918

Wisdom Sits in Places
Keith H. Basso

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Wise Blood
Flannery O'Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

Wish
Barbara O'Connor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

wishes for sons
Lucille Clifton

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1987

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