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The Weight of Glory
C.S. Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Weight of Ink
Rachel Kadish

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Weight of Our Sky
Hanna Alkaf

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Weight of Silence
Heather Gudenkauf

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Weight of the Stars
K. Ancrum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Weight of Water
Sarah Crossan

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 2012

The Weirdo
Theodore Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1989

The Weird Sisters
Eleanor Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Welcome Table
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult

The Well
Elizabeth Jolley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1987

The Well and the Mine
Gin Phillips

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
Susan Wise Bauer

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2003

The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

The Well of Loneliness
Radclyffe Hall

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

The Well of Lost Plots
Jasper Fforde

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Wendigo
Algernon Blackwood

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2006

The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
Harold Bloom

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1995

The Western Star (Walt Longmire, #13)
Craig Johnson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob
T.J. English

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Westing Game
Ellen Raskin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1978

The Whalebone Theatre
Joanna Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

The Wheel of Darkness
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Wheel on the School
Meindert DeJong

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1972

The Whip
Karen Kondazian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Whipping Boy
Sid Fleischman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

The Whiskey Rebels
David Liss

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Whisperer
Donato Carrisi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Whispering House
Elizabeth Brooks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Whispering Room
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co., #2)
Jonathan Stroud

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Whisper Man
Alex North

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Whispers
Ashley Audrain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Whisper Sister
Jennifer S. Brown

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Whispers of War
Julia Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Whistler
John Grisham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Whistling Season
Ivan Doig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The White Bone
Barbara Gowdy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

The White Book
Han Kang, Transl. Deborah Smith

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2019

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 Devil
John Webster

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1612

The White Dragon
Anne McCaffrey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

The White Earth
Andrew McGahan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The White Feather
P.G. Wodehouse

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The White Giraffe
Lauren St. John

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

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 Lioness (Kurt Wallander, #3)
Henning Mankell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The White Mountains
John Christopher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1967

The White Princess
Philippa Gregory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The White Raven
Diana L. Paxson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The White Rose
Glen Cook

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1985

The Whites
Richard Price

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The White Ship
H.P. Lovecraft

Fiction | Short Story | Adult

The White Stag
Kate Seredy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Whitsun Weddings
Philip Larkin

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2001

The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull
Barry Jonsberg

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

The Whole Story of Half a Girl
Veera Hiranandani

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Whole Town's Talking
Fannie Flagg

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Whole Truth
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Wicked City (The Wicked City, #1)
Beatriz Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Wicked Deep
Shea Ernshaw

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Wicked Girls
Alex Marwood

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Wicked King
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
Kieron Gillen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3: Commercial Suicide
Kieron Gillen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Wicked Will Rise
Danielle Paige

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2015

The Wide-Awake Princess (Wide-Awake Princess, #1)
E.D. Baker

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

The Wide Circumference of Love
Marita Golden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Wide Window
Lemony Snicket

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Widow
Fiona Barton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It
Tilar J. Mazzeo

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Widow (Kate Waters, #1)
Fiona Barton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Widow of the South
Robert Hicks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Widows of Malabar Hill
Sujata Massey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Widow's Strike (Pike Logan, #4)
Brad Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Widow's War (Satucket, #1)
Sally Cabot Gunning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Wife
Alafair Burke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Wife and the Widow
Christian White

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Wife Before
Shanora Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Wife Between Us
Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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 Wife Upstairs
Freida McFadden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Wild Ass's Skin
Honoré de Balzac

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

The Wild Boy of Aveyron
Harlan Lane

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1976

The Wild Duck
Henrik Ibsen

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1884