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The Widow

Fiona Barton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Wife

Meg Wolitzer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Wife

Alafair Burke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Wife

Sigrid Undset

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1921

The Wife of Martin Guerre

Janet Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Wife Stalker

Liv Constantine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Wild Beneath

Kelly Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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 Wilder Way

Eva Zu Beck

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring

Richard Preston

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Willoughbys Return

Lois Lowry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

The Wim Hof Method

Wim Hof

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Wind Singer

William Nicholson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

The Windsor Legacy

Robert Jobson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | Adult | Published in 1975

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 Sea

Susanna Kearsley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Winter Vault

Anne Michaels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Winter Warriors

Olivier Norek

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Wisdom of Crowds

Joe Abercrombie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Wisdom of Psychopaths

Kevin Dutton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Wish

Heather Morris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Witch

Marie Ndiaye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Witches of Eastwick

John Updike

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

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 Witch of Portobello

Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Witch's Daughter

Paula Brackston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

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 Woman Behind the New Deal

Kirstin Downey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

Ana Johns

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

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 Woman Who Would Be King

Kara Cooney

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

The Woman With the Blue Star

Pam Jenoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Women

T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Women Could Fly

Megan Giddings

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Women in Black

Madeleine St John

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Women in the Castle

Jessica Shattuck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Women in White

Sarah Pekkanen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

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 of Wild Hill

Kirsten Miller

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Women's Room

Marilyn French

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

Fannie Flagg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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

Ashley Jade

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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: A Brief Introduction

Richard N. Haass

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The World as I See It

Albert Einstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1934

The World as Will and Representation

Arthur Schopenhauer

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1818

The World Made Straight

Ron Rash

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin, Linda Antonsson, Elio M. García Jr.

Fiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The World's Religions

Huston Smith

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1991

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 Worst Best Man

Mia Sosa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Worst Journey in the World

Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1922

The Wounded Healer

Henri J.M. Nouwen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1971

The Wrath and the Dawn

Renee Ahdieh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

The Wreckers

Iain Lawrence

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998

The Wreck of the Mentor

Eric Jay Dolin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Wren in the Holly Library

K. A. Linde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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 Writer's Journey

Christopher Vogler

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1992

The Wrong Bride

Catharina Maura

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Wrong Mother

Sophie Hannah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Wrong Side of Goodbye

Michael Connelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Wrong Sister

Claire Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Wrong Way Home

Kate O'Shaughnessy

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2024

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 Came to Baghdad

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

They Can't Kill Us All

Wesley Lowery

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Year I Flew Away

Marie Arnold

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

The Year of Billy Miller

Kevin Henkes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

Cait Flanders

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Year of Living Biblically

A.J. Jacobs

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country

Helen Russell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

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