Inventory: W

Wakefield Poet – Middle English Poet

• Cain and Able, Drama, 1969
• The Second Shephard’s Play, Drama, 1969

Alice Walker — 20th Century American Author

• The Color Purple, Novel, 2012

Robert Wallace — 20th Century American Poet

• Ungainly Things, Poetry Collection, 1972
• Views From a Ferris Wheel, Poetry Collection, 1972

David Foster Wallace — 20th Century American Author

• Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Short Fiction Collection, 2000
• Infinite Jest, Novel, 2019
• Girl with Curious Hair, Short Fiction Collection, 2023

Irving Wallace — 20th Century American Novelist

• The Prize, 1964, Novel Popular Fiction (Novel)
• The Seven Minutes, 1969, Popular Fiction (Novel)
• The Plot, 1969, Popular Fiction (Novel)
• The Chapman Report, 1971, Popular Fiction (Novel)

Horace Walpole

• The Castle of Otranto, Novel, 2007

Robert Walser — 20th Century Swiss Author

• The Assistant, Novel, 2008
• The Tanners, Novel, 2010
• Jakob Von Gunten, Novel, 2011

David Walton

• Ride, Novel, 2003

Anyi Wang — 21st Century Chinese Author

• Fu Ping: A Novel, Novel, 2021

Glen Ward

• Postmodernism (Teach Yourself), Non-Fiction, 2004

Robert Penn Warren — 20th Century American Novelist

• All the King’s Men, 1992, Novel

Sarah Waters — 21st Century Welsh Author

• Fingersmith, Novel, 2021
• Tipping the Velvet, Novel, 2023

Robert Watson — 20th Century American Poet

• Advantages of Dark, 1972, Poetry Collection
• Christmas in Las Vegas, 1972, Poetry Collection
• A Paper Horse, 1972, Poetry Collection

Watson

• The Play of the Hand, 1970, Non-Fiction (Games)

Larry Watson – 20th Century American Author

• Montana 1948, Novel, 1998

Evelyn Waugh – 20th Century English Novelist & Satirist

• A Handful of Dust, Novel, 1968
• The Loved One, Novel, 1968
• Vile Bodies, Novel, 1968
• Brideshead Revisited, Novel, 1994
• Decline and Fall, Novel, 1998
• The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Novel, 2000
• Unconditional Surrender, Novel, 2000
• Scoop, Novel, 2001

Joseph Waumbaugh – 20th Century American Author of Crime Novels

• The Black Marble, 1987, Popular Fiction (Novel)
• The Choirboys, 1987, Popular Fiction (Novel)
• The Glitter Dome, 1987, Popular Fiction (Novel)
• The Delta Star, 1987, Popular Fiction (Novel)
• The Golden Orange, 1993, Popular Fiction (Novel)

Daniel Evan Weiss – 20th Century English Author

• Roaches Have No King, The, Novel, 2000
• Honk If You Love Aphrodite, Novel, 2000

H. G. Wells — 19th Century English Author of Speculaive Fiction

• The Invisible Man, 1959, Science Fiction Novel
• War of the Worlds, 1960, Science Fiction Novel
• The Time Machine, 1960, Science Fiction Novel
• First Men in the Moon, 1961, Science Fiction Novel
• Island of Dr. Moreau, 1965, Science Fiction Novel

Rebecca Wells — 20th Century American Author

• Little Altars Everywhere, Novel, 2000
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Novel, 2001

Spencer Wells – 21st Century American Geneticist and Author

• The Journey of Man, Non-Fiction, 2010

Irvine Welsh

• Trainspotting, Novel, 2011
• Filth, Novel, 2014
• Glue, Novel. 2023

Eudora Welty — 20th Century American Novelist

• The Optimist’s Daughter, Novel, 1974

Murielle Wenger — 20th Century French Author

• Maigret and the Murder in a Minor Key, Novel, 2019

 Franz Werfel — 20th Century German Author

• The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, Historical Novel, 2020

Nathanael West — 20th Century American Author

• The Dream Life of Balso Snell, Short Novel, 1998
• Miss Lonelyhearts, Novel, 1998
• A Cool Million, Novel, 1998
• The Day of the Locust, Novel, 1972

Paul West — 20th Century American Author

• Sporting with Amaryllis, Novel, 2000

Wevill — 20th Century American Poet

• Firebreak, Poetry Collection, 1973

Thomas Wharton

• Salamander, Novel, 2015

Edith Wharton — 20th Century American Author

• Ethan Frome, Novel, 1994
• The Age of Innocence, Novel, 1999
• False Dawn, Short Novel, 2000
• The Old Maid, Short Novel, 2000
• The Spark, Short Novel, 2000
• The House of Mirth, Novel, 2000
• New Year’s Eve, Short Novel, 2000
• The Custom of the Country, Novel, 2004
• The Reef, Novel, 2004

Kate Wilhelm — 20th Century American Author

• Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang: A Novel, Novel, 2018

White — 20th Century American Author

• Breach of Faith, Non-Fiction (Politics)

E. B. White — 20th Century American Author

• Charlotte’s Web, Juvenile Novel, 1980
• Stuart Little, Juvenile Novel, 1980

Edmund White

• The Beautiful Room Is Empty, Novel, 2010
• A Boy’s Own Story, Novel, 2010

T. H. White — 20th Century British Author

• The Once and Future King, Novel, 2020

Colson Whitehead — 21st Century American Author

• The Underground Railroad, Novel, 2018
• The Nickel Boys, Novel, 2019
• Harlem Shuffle, Novel, 2021

Harry Whittington — 20th Century American Author

• The Naked Jungle, Novel, 2023

Leonard Wibberley — 20th Century British Author

• The Mouse That Roared, Novel, 1960
• Meeting With a Great Beast, Novel, 1975

Elie Wiesel

• Night, Memoir, 2007

Richard Wilbur

• Advice To a Prophet and Other Poems, Poetry Collection, 1973

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde — 19th Century Irish Author and Wit

• The Picture of Dorian Gray, Novel, 1962
• The Importance of Being Ernest, Drama, 1968/2002
• Lady Windermere’s Fan, Drama, 2002
• Ballad of Reading Gaol, Poem, 1970
• The Canterville Ghost, Short Novel, 2010
• De Profundis, Essay (Letter), 2014
• An Ideal Husband, Drama, 2014
• The Young King, Story, 2014
• The Fisherman and His Soul, Story, 2014
• The Selfish Giant, Story, 2020

Thorton Wilder — 20th Century American Playwright & Author

• The Skin of Our Teeth, Drama, 1963
• Bridge of San Louis Rey, Novel, 1997

Gordon Williams

• The Micronauts, 1977, Science Fiction Novel

John Williams — 20th Century American Educator and Writer

• Stoner, Novel, 2014

Missouri Williams — 21st Century British Author

• The Doloriad, Novel, 2022

William Carlos Williams

• I AM the Bitter Name, 1973, Poetry Collection
• Lies, 1973, Poetry Collection
• The Desert Music, Poetry Collection, 2000
• Journey To Love, Poetry Collection, 2000
• Pictures from Brueghel, Poetry Collection, 2000

Tennessee Williams — 20th Century American Playwright

• Glass Menagerie, 1964, Drama
• Night of the Iguana, 1964, Drama
• Suddenly Last Summer, 1965, Drama
• Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, 1966, Drama

Simon Winchester — 21st Century British Writer

• The Professor and the Madman, Essay, 1998

Jacqueline Winspear — 21st Century British Author

• Maisie Dobbs, Novel, 2023

Jeanette Winterson – 21st Century British Author

• Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Novel, 2010

Tim Winton — 20th Century Australian Novelist

• Dirt Music, Novel, 2004

Owen Wister— 20th Century American Author

• The Virginian, Novel, 1996

Thomas Wolfe — 20th Century American Author

• Look Homeward Angel, Novel, 1996
• Of Time and the River, Novel, 2020
• The Web and the Rock, Novel, 2021

Tom Wolfe — 20th Century American Essayist & Author

• Mau-Mauing the Flak Catcher, Essay
• The Pump House Gang, Essay
• Radical Chic, Essay
• Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, Essay Collection, 1966
• Bonfire of the Vanities, Novel
• A Man In Full, Novel, 1999
• Hooking Up, Essay Collection, 2001
• I Am Charlotte Simmons, Novel, 2020

Tobias Wolff

• Old School, Novel, 2004

Stuart Woods — 21st Century American Author

• New York Dead, Novel (Detective), 2019 (Stone Barrington #1)

Woodward & Bernstein — 20th Century American Investigative Reporters

• The Final Days, Non-Fiction History, 1972

Bob Woodward — 21st century Political Writer

• Fear: Trump In the White House

Douglas Woolf – 20th Century American Author

• Ya!, Novel, 2011
• John-Juan, Short Novel, 2011

Virginia Woolf

• Mrs. Dalloway, Novel, 1967
• Orlando, Novel, 1994
• To the Lighthouse, Novel, 1999/2005
• A Room of One’s Own, Essay, 2002
• The Waves, Novel, 2006
• The Voyage Out, Novel, 2006/2010
• Between the Acts, Novel, 2012
• Jacob’s Room, Novel, 2023

William Wordsworth

• The Prelude, Poem, 1966

Herman Wouk

• The Caine Mutiny, Novel, 1964

Richard Wright — 20th Century American Author

• Native Son, Novel, 2013
• Black Boy, Novel, 2015

Stephen Wright — 20/21st Century American Author

• Going Native, Novel, 2104

Writer’s Digest

• The Writer’s Digest Handbook of Short Story Writing, Essay Collection, 2002

William Wycherley

• The Country Wife, Drama, 1967
• The Gentleman Dancing Master, Drama, 1964
• Love In a Wood, Drama, 1967
• The Plain Dealer Drama, 1967

Kamilla Gary Wyatt — 21st Century American Author

• P. I., Novel (Mystery), 2017

John Wyndham

• Day of the Triffids, Science Fiction Novel, 1977
• Trouble with Lichen, Science Fiction Novel, 1977
• The Midwich Cuckoos, Science Fiction Novel, 2017
• Chocky, Novel, 2017
• The Kraken Wakes, Novel, 2021
• The Chrysalids, Novel, 2021

Johan Wyss

• Swiss Family Robinson, Novel, 1959