Alejandro Zambra – 21st Century Chilean Author

• The Private Lives of Trees, Short Novel, 2010

Yevgeny Zamyatin – 20th Century Russian Author

• We, Novel, 2013

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

Qian Zhongshu – 20th Century Chinese Author

• Fortress Besieged, Novel, 2006

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
• The Fortune of the Rougons, Novel, 2016
• Le Ventre de Paris, Novel, 2016
• La Curée, Novel, 2017

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