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The Vampire Armand
Anne Rice

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and the Struggle
L. J. Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1991

The Van Alen Legacy
Melissa de la Cruz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop
Takuya Asakura, Transl. Yuka Maeno

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Vanishing Stair
Maureen Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Vast Fields of Ordinary
Nick Burd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1922

The Vengeance of Mothers
Jim Fergus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Verifiers
Jane Pek

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Very, Very Far North
Dan Bar-el

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Vibrant Years
Sonali Dev

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Vicar of Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1766

The Victorian Internet
Tom Standage

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

The Victory Garden
Rhys Bowen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The View from Castle Rock
Alice Munro

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2006

The Vile Village
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

The Village
Nikita Lalwani

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Village by the Sea
Anita Desai

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1982

The Viper
Brad Meltzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
Ayn Rand

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

The Vision of the Anointed
Thomas Sowell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Visitor
Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

The Visitor
Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Vivisectors
Missouri Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1922

The Waiting
Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Waiting Years
Fumiko Enchi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The Wallcreeper
Nell Zink

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Mariana Zapata

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Walls Around Us
Nova Ren Suma

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Wanderer
Sharon Creech

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Wanderers
Meg Howrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Wandering Falcon
Jamil Ahmad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Wangs vs. the World
Jade Chang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Wanting Seed
Anthony Burgess

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Wapshot Chronicle
John Cheever

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

The War Between the Classes
Gloria D. Miklowitz

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1985

The Warded Man
Peter V Brett

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Warden
Anthony Trollope

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1855

The Warehouse
Rob Hart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Warlock
Michael Scott

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future
Andrew Yang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Warrior Heir
Cinda Williams Chima

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

The War That Ended Peace
Margaret MacMillan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The War to End All Wars: World War I
Russell Freedman

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

The Washwoman at the River's End
Megan Shade

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Wasted Vigil
Nadeem Aslam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Waste Lands
Stephen King

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Natasha Pulley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
Charles Kingsley

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1863

The Water Cure
Sophie Mackintosh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Water Margin
Shi Nai'an, Transl. J. H. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1369

The Water Will Come
Jeff Goodell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Waterworks
E. L. Doctorow

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Wayfinder
Adam Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart
Alice Walker

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2000

The Way I Am Now
Amber Smith

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

The Way I Hate Him
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Way of Excellence
Brad Stulberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Way of the Bear
Anne Hillerman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Way of the Wildflower
Ruth Chou Simons

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Way of the World
Nicolas Bouvier

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

The Way of the World
Franco Moretti

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The Way of Zen
Alan W. Watts

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Ways We Hide
Kristina McMorris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Way We Live Now
Elizabeth Osborn

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2022

The Way We Live Now
Anthony Trollope

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1875

The Way We're Working Isn't Working
Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes, Catherine Mccarthy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

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 Crasher
Mia Sosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Wedding Date
Jasmine Guillory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Wedding Game
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

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 Weekend
Charlotte Wood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Weekend Away
Sarah Alderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Weight of Angels
John Boyne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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 Darkness
David Grann

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

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 Lady
Jacqueline Winspear

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The White Lie
Andrea Gillies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The White Queen
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The White Raven
Diana L. Paxson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Why Café
John P. Strelecky

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Wicked Deep
Shea Ernshaw

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Wicked Will Rise
Danielle Paige

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015