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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
David S. Landes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Weather Makers
Tim Flannery

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Wedding
Nicholas Sparks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Wedding Date
Jasmine Guillory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Wedding Gift
Marlen Suyapa Bodden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Wee Free Men
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2003

The Weight of Silence
Heather Gudenkauf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Weirdo
Theodore Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

The Well and the Mine
Gin Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Whiskey Rebels
David Liss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Whispering Room
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The White Bone
Barbara Gowdy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The White Book
Han Kang, Transl. Deborah Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The White Boy Shuffle
Paul Beatty

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The White Castle
Orhan Pamuk

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The White Darkness
Geraldine Mccaughrean

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

The White Hot
Quiara Alegría Hudes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The White Hotel
D.M. Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The White King
György Dragomán

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The White Lie
Andrea Gillies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The White Raven
Diana L. Paxson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Widow
Fiona Barton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Wife
Meg Wolitzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Wife of Martin Guerre
Janet Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Wild Boy of Aveyron
Harlan Lane

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1976

The Wild Card
Stephanie Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Wild Duck
Henrik Ibsen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1884

The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
Richard Preston

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Wind Singer
William Nicholson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Windsor Legacy
Robert Jobson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Wingman
Stephanie Archer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Winner
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

The Winner Stands Alone
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Winslow Boy
Terence Rattigan

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1946

The Winter of the Witch
Katherine Arden

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Winter People
John Ehle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Winter Vault
Anne Michaels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Winter Warriors
Olivier Norek

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Witches of Worm
Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

The Witches: Salem, 1692
Stacy Schiff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Withered Arm and Other Stories
Thomas Hardy

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1888

The Wizards of Once
Cressida Cowell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Wolf Den
Elodie Harper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Woman Behind the New Deal
Kirstin Downey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
Bob Shacochis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
Roddy Doyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Women
T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Women in the Castle
Jessica Shattuck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Women of Arlington Hall
Jane Healey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Women of the Copper Country
Mary Doria Russell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Women on Platform Two
Laura Anthony

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Women's Room
Marilyn French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Selma Lagerlöf

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1906

The Wonders of the Invisible World
David Gates

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

The Words
Jean-Paul Sartre

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1964

The Words to Say It
Marie Cardinal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

The Work
Wes Moore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Work of Wolves
Kent Meyers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The World as I See It
Albert Einstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1934

The World Made Straight
Ron Rash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The World Turned Upside Down
Richard Ferrie

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2021

The World Until Yesterday
Jared Diamond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Wrath and the Dawn
Renee Ahdieh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Wreckers
Iain Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Wright 3
Blue Balliett

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane
Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

The Writer
James Patterson, J. D. Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Wrong Bride
Catharina Maura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Wrong Mother
Sophie Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

They All Ran After the President's Wife
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1992

The Yankee Years
Joe Torre

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2009

They Called Themselves the KKK
Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2010

They Call Me Coach
John Wooden

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1972

They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems
David Bowles

Nonfiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 2018

They Can't Kill Us All
Wesley Lowery

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Year of Billy Miller
Kevin Henkes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Year of Living Biblically
A.J. Jacobs

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
José Saramago

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

The Year Of The Hangman
Gary L. Blackwood

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

The Year Of The Rat
Grace Lin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2008

The Year of the Runaways
Sunjeev Sahota

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Years
Annie Ernaux

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Years
Virginia Woolf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

The Year We Fell From Space
A.S. King

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

They Marched into Sunlight
David Maraniss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Young Lions
Irwin Shaw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1948

The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

The Zero
Jess Walter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Zigzag Way
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Zodiac Legacy Convergence
Stan Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Zoo Story
Edward Albee

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1959

Thief of Night
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Thief of Time
Terry Pratchett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Things Hoped For
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Things I Don't Want to Know
Deborah Levy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Think Like a Dinosaur
James Patrick Kelly

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1995

Thinner
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

Third and Indiana
Steve Lopez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994