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Winter in Wartime

Jan Terlouw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1972

Winter of the World

Ken Follett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Winter Prey

John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

Winter Storms

Elin Hilderbrand

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

Lisa Cron

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Wise Children

Angela Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

W Is for Wasted

Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Witch and Wizard

James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Witch Child

Celia Rees

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses

Barbara Ehrenreich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1973

Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights

Keisha N. Blain

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Without You, There Is No Us

Suki Kim

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

With You and Without You

Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Gaskell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1865

Wizard and Glass

Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Wizard of the Crow

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Wolf at the Table

Adam Rapp

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Wolf Brother

Michelle Paver

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Wolf by the Ears

Ann Rinaldi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Wolf Hour

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Wolf in White Van

John Darnielle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Wolf Totem

Rong Jiang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Wolf Winter

Cecilia Ekbäck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Woman Evolve

Sarah Jakes Roberts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Woman Walking Ahead

Eileen Pollack

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine

Olivia Campbell

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Women of the Silk

Gail Tsukiyama

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds

Jen Wilkin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Wonders of the Invisible World

Christopher Barzak

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Woom

Duncan Ralston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Words in Deep Blue

Cath Crowley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Words in the Dust

Trent Reedy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Words That Bind

Ash Krafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear

Frank Luntz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Working with Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Goleman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less

Sam Carpenter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Worth Fighting For

Jesse Q. Sutanto

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and Transform Your Life

Jamie Kern Lima

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Woven in Moonlight

Isabel Ibañez

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Woyzeck

Georg Büchner

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1837

Wretched

Emily McIntire

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Wrinkles

Charles Simmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

Writing My Wrongs

Shaka Senghor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Writing New York

Phillip Lopate

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1974

Writing to Save a Life

John Edgar Wideman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow

Jessica Townsend

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

WWW: Wake

Robert J. Sawyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Year of Impossible Goodbyes

Sook Nyul Choi

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Yellow Crocus

Laila Ibrahim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Yes Please

Amy Poehler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Yonnondio

Tillie Olsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

York Mystery Plays

York Mystery Plays

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

You Are a Badass

Jen Sincero

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

You Are A Badass At Making Money

Jen Sincero

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

You Are Not So Smart

David Mcraney

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

You Can Heal Your Life

Louise Hay

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

You Can Negotiate Anything: The World's Best Negotiator Tells You How To Get What You Want

Herb Cohen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1980

You Can't Stop Me

Max Allan Collins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

You Exist Too Much: A Novel

Zaina Arafat

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

You Had Me at Hola

Alexis Daria

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

You Know Me Al

Ring Lardner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1914

You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone

Rachel Lynn Solomon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

You Never Can Tell

Kathleen Eagle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Youngblood

Matt Gallagher

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1932

Young Jane Young

Gabrielle Zevin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Young Men and Fire

Norman Maclean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Your Blues Ain't Like Mine

Bebe Moore Campbell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1992

Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

David Rock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Your Duck is My Duck

Deborah Eisenberg

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2018

Your Erroneous Zones

Wayne Dyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1976

Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist

Sunil Yapa

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money & Achieving Financial Independence

Joe Dominguez, Vicki Robin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Your Story Has a Villain: Identify Spiritual Warfare and Learn How to Defeat the Enemy

Jonathan Pokluda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

You Were Wrong

Matthew Sharpe

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

You Will Know Me

Megan Abbott

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Zac and Mia

A.J. Betts

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Zealot

Reza Aslan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Zen and the Art of Faking It

Jordan Sonnenblick

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Zeroboxer

Fonda Lee

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Zero K

Don DeLillo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Zodiac

Robert Graysmith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Zomromcom

Olivia Dade

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Zone to Win

Geoffrey A. Moore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography

Robert E. Hemenway

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1977

Zuckerman Unbound

Philip Roth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

Zuleika Dobson

Max Beerbohm

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1911