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Wall and Piece
Banksy

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2005

Walt Whitman: The Measure of His Song
Jim Perlman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Rebecca Solnit

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

War and Turpentine
Stefan Hertmans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

War Comes to Willy Freeman
James Lincoln Collier

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1983

War Dances
Sherman Alexie

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

Ward No. 6 and Other Stories
Anton Chekhov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1892

War for the Oaks
Emma Bull

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
Chris Hedges

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Warm Bodies
Isaac Marion

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Warning Signs
Tracy Sierra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

War of a Thousand Deserts
Brian Delay

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Warrior of the Light
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Warrior Princess Assassin
Brigid Kemmerer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Warrior's Heart
Jackie Kramer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Warriors of the Storm
Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

War Storm
Victoria Aveyard

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

War's Unwomanly Face
Svetlana Alexievich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Wartime Lies
Louis Begley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

War Trash
Ha Jin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Wasted
Marya Hornbacher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Watchers
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

Watching Over Her
Jean-Baptiste Andrea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Watching TV with the Red Chinese
Luke Whisnant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Watch Me Disappear
Janelle Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Watch on the Rhine
Lillian Hellman

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1941

Watch Your Back
Tate James

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Waterfall
Lauren Kate

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Wave
Sonali Deraniyagala

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom
Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
Louis Sachar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1995

Ways of Dying
Zakes Mda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

Ways to Live Forever
Sally Nicholls

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

Wayward
Blake Crouch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Wayward Son
Rainbow Rowell

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

We All Fall Down
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

We All Fall Down
Eric Walters

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Weaponized Lies
Daniel J. Levitin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
Samantha Irby

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2017

We Are Not Ourselves
Matthew Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

We Are the Light
Matthew Quick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Weather
Jenny Offill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Weathering
Arline T. Geronimus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Weavingshaw
Heba Al-Wasity

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Weaving the Web
Tim Berners-Lee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

We Band of Angels
Elizabeth M. Norman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

We Carry Their Bones
Erin Kimmerle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

We Could Be so Good
Cat Sebastian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Weeping Under This Same Moon
Jana Laiz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Weep Not, Child
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1964

Weetzie Bat
Francesca Lia Block

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

We Gon' Be Alright
Jeff Chang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

We Have Never Been Modern
Bruno Latour

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

We Hope for Better Things
Erin Bartels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Welcome Home
Najwa Zebian

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Welcome to Braggsville
T. Geronimo Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Welcome to My Country
Laklak Burarrwanga

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2021

Welcome to Night Vale
Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Welcome to the World, Baby Girl
Fannie Flagg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Well, Actually
Mazey Eddings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Well Met
Jen DeLuca

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

We'll Prescribe You Another Cat
Syou Ishida, Transl. E. Madison Shimoda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

We Love You, Charlie Freeman
Kaitlyn Greenidge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Wench
Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

We Play a Game
Duy Doan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

We're a Bad Idea, Right?
K. L. Walther

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2026

We're Going to Need More Wine
Gabrielle Union

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

We Ride Upon Sticks
Quan Barry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

We Shall Overcome
Debbie Levy

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

We Should All Be Millionaires
Rachel Rodgers

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Wesley the Owl
Stacey O'Brien

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

We Sold Our Souls
Grady Hendrix

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Westfallen
Ann Brashares, Ben Brashares

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

Westmark
Lloyd Alexander

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

West of Kabul, East of New York
Tamim Ansary

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

West of the Revolution
Claudio Saunt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

West of Wicked
Nikki St. Crowe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

We the Living
Ayn Rand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1936

We the Women
Norah O'Donnell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
Simu Liu

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Whale Fall
Elizabeth O'Connor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

What Are People For?
Wendell Berry

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1990

What Belongs to You
Garth Greenwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

What Came From the Stars
Gary D. Schmidt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

What Color Is Your Parachute
Richard Nelson Bolles

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1970

What Does It Feel Like?
Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

What Does It Mean to Be White?
Robin DiAngelo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

What Dreams May Come
Richard Matheson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?
Kathleen Collins

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2016

Whatever Happened to Janie
Caroline B. Cooney

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

What Every Body Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

What Fury Brings
Tricia Levenseller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Marshall Goldsmith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

What Happened
Hillary Rodham Clinton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

What Happened Next
Edwin Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

What Happened to Goodbye
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

What Happened to Lani Garver
Carol Plum-Ucci

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
Claire Jimenez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

What Happens After Midnight
K.L. Walther

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

What Happens at Night
Peter Cameron

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020