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Ngugi wa Thiong'o Wizard of the Crow
Thomas De Waal Chechnya
Lana Waite Buried In Burrywood
The Madd Mountain Murders
Fred Waitzkin The Dream Merchant
Kate Walbert Our Kind
The Gardens of Kyoto
Amy Waldman The Submission
Ayelet Waldman Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
Alice Walker By The Light of My Father's Smile
Martin Walker Bruno, Chief of Police
Carolyn Wall Sweeping Up Glass
Jason Wallace Out of Shadows
Janet Wallach Seraglio
Douglas C. Waller Air Warriors
Michael Wallner April In Paris
Jeannette Walls Half Broke Horses
The Glass Castle
Michael Walters The Shadow Walker
Minette Walters The Breaker
Jo Walton Farthing
  Wann, de Graaf, Naylor Affluenza
Liza Ward Outside Valentine
Sally Warner Finding Hattie
Kent Wascom The Blood of Heaven
Claire Vaye Watkins Battleborn
Christie Watson Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
Fred Watson Stargazer
Jan Elizabeth Watson Asta in the Wings
S.J. Watson Before I Go To Sleep
James Webb Lost Soldiers
Joe Weber Primary Target
Jason Webster Or the Bull Kills You
Helene Wecker The Golem and the Jinni
Diane Wei Liang Lake with No Name
The Eye of Jade
Scott Weidensaul Return to Wild America
George Weigel Witness To Hope
Gavin Weightman The Frozen Water Trade
Elizabeth Weil No Cheating, No Dying
Andrew Weil, M.D. Eating Well For Optimum Health
The Healthy Kitchen
Matt Weiland State by State
Elizabeth Wein Code Name Verity
Jennifer Weiner Good In Bed
In Her Shoes
Tim Weiner Legacy of Ashes
Joseph Weisberg An Ordinary Spy
Lauren Weisberger The Devil Wears Prada
Alan Weisman The World Without Us
Helga Weiss Helga's Diary
Michael Weisskopf Blood Brothers
Jack Welch Winning
Suzy Welch Winning
Fay Weldon Big Girls Don't Cry
Rebecca Wells Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
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