White Oleander
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
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Who Moved My Cheese?
A tiny parable about two mice and two little people hunting cheese in a maze, and why adapting to change beats waiting for old days to return.
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Elphaba is born green in Oz and called wicked for refusing the Wizard in Maguire's 1995 novel.
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
At 26 Cheryl Strayed hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone to grieve and reset.
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Two Chicago teens with one name collide, with Tiny Cooper's musical stealing every scene.
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Winnie-the-Pooh
Edward Bear comes downstairs bump-bump-bump and into the Hundred Acre Wood for honey, hunneys, and heffalumps.
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Witches
Colin Hawkins's rhyming picture book teaches small readers to spot witches, flaps and all.
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Words of Radiance
Kaladin guards Dalinar, Shallan hunts Urithiru, and the Everstorm gathers.
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World War Z
A UN researcher collects survivor accounts from Patient Zero in China to Yonkers and the Redeker Plan, charting the zombie war.
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Wrong Place Wrong Time
Jen sees her son Todd kill a stranger, then wakes the day before, slipping back in time to stop the murder.
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Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights retold: Heathcliff and Cathy on the moors, two houses, two generations.
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