Oksana Zabuzhko — 21st Century Ukrainian Author
- Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex, Novel, 2020
Alejandro Zambra – 21st Century Chilean Author
- The Private Lives of Trees, Short Novel, 2010
Yevgeny Zamyatin – 20th Century Russian Author
- We, Novel, 2013
P. J. Zander —21st Century American Writer
- Angeles Crest, Novel, 2018
Juli Zeh – 21st Century German Author
- Eagles and Angels, Novel, 2004
Rodger Zelazny – 20th Century American Science Fiction Author
- Lord of Light, 1972, Science Fiction Novel
- Creatures of Light and Darkness, 1976, Science Fiction Novel
- Damnation Alley, 1976, Science Fiction Novel
- My Name Is Legion, 1976, Science Fiction Novel
- Nine Princes In Amber, 1976, Science Fiction Novel
- Roadmarks, 1977, Science Fiction Novel
- To Die In Italbar, 1977, Science Fiction Novel
Liu Zhenyun — 21st Century Chinese Author
- I Did Not Kill My Husband, Novel, 2017
Zhou Haohui — 21st Century Chinese Author
- Valley of Terror, Novel, 2020
Howard Zinn — 20th Century American Historian and Author
- People’s History of the United States, Non-Fiction, 2020
Zoran Zivkovic – 21st Century Serbian Author
- Hidden Camera, Novel, 2010
Slavoj Zizek – 20th Century Slovenian sociologist, postmodern philosopher, and cultural critic
- Welcome to the Desert of the Real, Essay Collection, 2007
- Violence: Six Sideways Reflections, Essay, 2017
Émile Zola – 19th Century French Author
- L’Assommoir, Novel, 2008
- L’Oeuvre, Novel, 2008
- La Conquête de Plassans, Novel, 2011
- La Bête humaine, Novel, 2011
- Germinal, Novel, 2013
- Thérèse Raquin, Novel, 2015
- La Fortune des Rougon Novel, 2016
- Le Ventre de Paris, Novel, 2016
- La Curée, Novel, 2017
- Nana, Novel, 2019
- The Miller’s Daughter, Short Novel, 2020
- Le Débâcle, Novel, 2020
- La Terre, Novel, 2020
- Au Bonheur des Dames, Novel, 2020
- L’Inondation, Short Story, 2020
- La Rêve, Novel, 2021
- Une Page d’amour, Novel, 2021
- Le Faute de l’Abbé Mouret, Novel, 2021
- La Joie de vivre, Novel, 2021
- Pot-Bouille, Novel, 2021
- L’Argent, Novel, 2021
- Son Excellence Eugène Rougon, Novel, 2021
- Le Docteur Pascal, Novel, 2021
Stefan Zweig – 20th Century Austrian Author
- Confusion, Short Novel, 2013
- Chess Story, Short Novel, 2013
- The Post-Office Girl, Novel, 2013
- Amok, Short Novel, 2015
- Fear, Short Novel, 2015
- Journey Into the Past, Short Novel, 2016