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What the Night Sings
Vesper Stamper

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

What the Wife Knew
Darby Kane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

What This Cruel War Was Over
Chandra Manning

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult | Published in 2007

What to Expect When You're Expecting
Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee Hathaway

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1984

What to Listen for in Music
Aaron Copland

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1939

What to Say When You Talk to Yourself
Shad Helmstetter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

What Was Promised
Tobias Hill

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

What We Lose
Zinzi Clemmons

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

What We Lost
Dale Peck

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

What We Owe the Future
William MacAskill

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

What We Saw
Aaron Hartzler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Nathan Englander

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2012

What Will People Say?
Rehana Rossouw

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

What You Have Heard Is True
Carolyn Forché

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

What You Wish For
Katherine Center

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
Peter Godwin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

When and Where I Enter
Paula Giddings

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

When Books Went To War
Molly Guptill Manning

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

When China Rules the World
Martin Jacques

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

When Death Takes Something from You Give it Back
Naja Marie Aidt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...
Steven Pinker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

When Everything Changed
Gail Collins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

When Friendship Followed Me Home
Paul Griffin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
Roger Lowenstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

When God was a Rabbit
Sarah Winman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

When God Whispers Your Name
Max Lucado

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

When Harlem Was in Vogue
David Levering Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

When I Found You
Catherine Ryan Hyde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

When I Kill You
B. A. Paris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

When I'm Gone
Emily Bleeker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

When It Happens
Susane Colasanti

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

When I Was a Soldier
Valérie Zenatti

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

When I Was You
Minka Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

When Jesus Came, The Corn Mothers Went Away
Rámon A. Gutiérrez

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

When Mckinsey Comes to Town
Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

When Never Comes
Barbara Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

When No One Else Will
Amanda Skenandore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, Aids
James Cross Giblin

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 1995

When Pride Still Mattered
David Maraniss

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

When She Was Me
Marlee Bush

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

When She Woke
Hillary Jordan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

When Smoke Ran Like Water
Devra Davis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

When the Bones Sing
Ginny Myers Sain

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2025

When the Day Comes
Gabrielle Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

When the Forest Breathes
Suzanne Simard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

When the Heart Waits
Sue Monk Kidd

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1990

When the Killing's Done
T.C. Boyle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

When the Legends Die
Hal Borland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

When the Moon is Low
Nadia Hashimi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

When There Are No More Stars Left to Count
María Martínez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

When the Reckoning Comes
LaTanya McQueen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

When the Rivers Run Dry
Fred Pearce

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

When the Sleeper Wakes
H. G. Wells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1899

When the Stones Speak
Doron Spielman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

When the Tides Held the Moon
Venessa Vida Kelley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

When Trees Testify
Beronda L. Montgomery

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

When Truth Is All You Have
Jim McCloskey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

When We Dead Awaken
Henrik Ibsen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1899

When We Meet Again
Kristin Harmel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

When We Ride
Rex Ogle

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2025

When We See You Again
Rachel Goldberg-Polin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

When We Were Birds
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

When We Were Bright and Beautiful
Jillian Medoff

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

When We Were the Kennedys
Monica Wood

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

When We Were Vikings
Andrew David MacDonald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

When Will There Be Good News?
Kate Atkinson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

When Women Were Birds
Terry Tempest Williams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

When Work Disappears
William Julius Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2008

When You Disappeared
John Marrs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

When You Loved Me
Beatriz Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

When Zachary Beaver Came To Town
Kimberly Willis Holt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2018

Where Are the Children?
Mary Higgins Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1975

Where Did You Go?
Jeneane O'Riley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Where Eagles Dare
Alistair MacLean

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

Where I Found You
Heidi R. Kling

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Where is the Mango Princess?
Cathy Crimmins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Kate Wilhelm

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Where the Air Is Clear
Carlos Fuentes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

Where the Birds Never Sing
Jack Sacco

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

Where the Blame Lies
Mia Sheridan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Where the Broken Heart Still Beats
Carolyn Meyer

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty
Lauren Weisberger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Where the Jackals Howl
Amos Klausner

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1965

Where the Line Bleeds
Jesmyn Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak

Fiction | Picture Book | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 1963

Where They Found Her
Kimberly McCreight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Where They Last Saw Her
Marcie R. Rendon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Where Things Come Back
John Corey Whaley

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Where We Belong
Emily Giffin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Where We Come From
Oscar Cásares

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Where We Keep the Light
Josh Shapiro

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Where We Once Belonged
Sia Figiel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Where Wild Peaches Grow
Cade Bentley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

While the Locust Slept
Peter Razor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1997

While We Were Dating
Jasmine Guillory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Whispering Winds of Appalachia
John Ellington

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Whispers from the Dead
Joan Lowery Nixon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1996