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The Way of Kings
The Way of Kings is a 2010 epic fantasy novel by Brandon Sanderson, the first book of The Stormlight Archive, set on the storm-swept world of Roshar.
The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time: epic fantasy novel series by Robert Jordan (James Oliver Rigney Jr.), 14 books plus prequel, 1990–2013, completed by Brandon Sanderson; over 90 million copies sold; adapted by Amazon Prime Video 2021–2025, canceled after three seasons.
The White Princess
The White Princess, 2013 historical novel by Philippa Gregory, fifth Cousins' War volume, on Elizabeth of York's marriage to Henry VII and the pretender claiming to be her brother; adapted as the 2017 Starz miniseries with Jodie Comer.
The Wide Window
The Wide Window (2000) is the third book in Lemony Snicket's (Daniel Handler's) A Series of Unfortunate Events, placing the Baudelaire orphans with Aunt Josephine on Lake Lachrymose while Count Olaf, disguised as Captain Sham, schemes to steal their fortune.
The Will of the Many
The Will of the Many, also called Hierarchy book 1, is James Islington's 2023 Roman-inspired epic fantasy (Saga Press, 688 pages) about Vis, a hidden prince in the Catenan Academy, in a world powered by Will ceded upward by the lower classes.
The Winds of Winter
The Winds of Winter is the planned sixth, penultimate novel of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, in progress since 2010 after 2011's A Dance with Dragons; unfinished, about 1,100 pages reported, no release date, to be followed by A Dream of Spring.
The Wingfeather Saga
The Wingfeather Saga is Andrew Peterson's four-book children's epic fantasy (2008–2014) about the Igiby children versus the Fangs of Dang and Gnag the Nameless; over 1 million copies sold, adapted as a crowdfunded Angel Studios animated series premiering December 2, 2022.
The Wise Man's Fear
The Wise Man's Fear (2011) is Patrick Rothfuss's second Kingkiller Chronicle novel, sequel to The Name of the Wind, following Kvothe from the University to Vintas, the Adem, and the Fae; a #1 New York Times bestseller and David Gemmell Legend Award winner.
The Wishsong of Shannara
The Wishsong of Shannara is Terry Brooks's 1985 epic fantasy novel, third in the original Shannara trilogy, in which Brin and Jair Ohmsford inherit the voice magic wishsong and quest to destroy the evil book Ildatch.
The Witcher
The Witcher, also known as Wiedźmin, is a cycle of fantasy short stories and novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski about the monster hunter Geralt of Rivia.
The World After the Fall (멸망 이후의 세계)
The World After the Fall (멸망 이후의 세계, also The World After the End) is a Korean web novel by singNsong of Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, serialized on Munpia 2016–17 and revised 2022, in which Jaehwan refuses the regression stone; adapted into a Naver webtoon and licensed by Yen Press.
The World's Strongest Rearguard
The World's Strongest Rearguard (世界最強の後衛, Sekai Saikyou no Kouei) is a Tôwa isekai light novel with Huuka Kazabana illustrations, published by Kadokawa Books since 2017, about office worker Arihito Atobe reborn as a Labyrinth Country Seeker with the support-only Rearguard class; adapted to manga by Rikizo and a 2026 Maho Film anime.
The World's Strongest Witch
The World's Strongest Witch (Sekai Saikyou no Majo, Hajimemashita) is a Japanese fantasy comedy light novel by Mochimaru Sakaki and riritto. Lorna Hermit, expelled for an SSS-rank skill called Internet, uses the world's strategy guide to become the strongest witch; six SQEX Novel volumes, a Tamaki Toga manga, and a Bridge/Aisle anime aired October 2026.
The Worm Ouroboros
The Worm Ouroboros, E.R. Eddison's 1922 heroic high fantasy novel, depicts the war between King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland, written in sixteenth-century English and ending with the world rewound to its opening.
There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her
There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her (勇者パーティーにかわいい子がいたので、告白してみた。) is a Suisei isekai romance web novel, later a Monster Bunko light novel, Kairi manga, and 2026 Gekkou anime about demon Yōki confessing to priestess Cecilia.
Three Investigators
The Three Investigators, created by Robert Arthur in 1964, are juvenile detectives Jupiter Jones, Pete Crenshaw, and Bob Andrews; known in Germany as Die drei ???, where the Kosmos series and Hamburg audio plays have run since 1968 and 1979.
Throne of Glass
Throne of Glass is Sarah J. Maas's eight-book high-fantasy series (Bloomsbury, 2012-2018) about assassin Celaena Sardothien in Erilea, begun as the FictionPress story Queen of Glass and a foundation of the romantasy boom.
Tiffany Aching
Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch in Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy series, whose coming of age across five novels, beginning with The Wee Free Men, forms one of the series' main character arcs.
Tilism-e-Hoshruba
Tilism-e-Hoshruba (طلسمِ ہوشربا) is a monumental Urdu fantasy epic, part of the Dastan-e Amir Hamza cycle, published in Lucknow between 1883 and 1893 and the best known work of Urdu fantasy.
Time of Contempt
Time of Contempt (Czas pogardy) is Andrzej Sapkowski's 1995 fantasy novel, second of the five Witcher saga novels, fourth book overall. It covers the Thanedd mage coup, Nilfgaard's invasion, and Ciri's separation from Geralt; English translation by David French appeared in 2013.
Tom Clancy bibliography
Tom Clancy bibliography: the Jack Ryan novels from The Hunt for Red October (1984) to Command Authority (2013), nonfiction guided tours, Tom Clancy's branded series, and continuation authors.
Tomb Raider King (도굴왕)
Tomb Raider King (도굴왕, Dogul-wang) is a Korean web novel by San G (Sanji Jiksong) and its 2019-2023 KakaoPage webtoon adaptation by Yuns and 3B2S. A betrayed tomb raider regresses 15 years and steals relic-granting divine tombs; licensed by Yen Press/Ize Press, adapted as a 2026 Studio EEK anime.
Too Many Losing Heroines! (負けヒロインが多すぎる！)
Too Many Losing Heroines! (負けヒロインが多すぎる！, Makeine) is a Shogakukan Gagaga Bunko light novel series by Takibi Amamori and Imigimuru, Gagaga Award winner, about rejected girls, with a 2024 A-1 Pictures anime.
Troubled Blood
Troubled Blood (2020) is the fifth Cormoran Strike detective novel by Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling's pseudonym, following Strike and Robin Ellacott's cold-case investigation of Margot Bamborough's 1974 disappearance.
Twelve Months (novel)
Twelve Months is Jim Butcher's 2026 novel, book 18 of the Dresden Files, set in the year after Battle Ground as Harry Dresden mourns Karrin Murphy while ghouls, Thomas's death sentences, and Lara Raith's betrothal loom. Distinct from Steven Manchester's 2012 novel of the same title.
Twilight (novel series)
The Twilight Saga: Stephenie Meyer's four-novel young-adult vampire romance (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, 2005–2008, Little, Brown), plus Midnight Sun and Life and Death; over 160 million copies sold in 49 languages and a $3.4 billion film franchise.
U.S.A. (trilogy)
U.S.A., also called Dos Passos's U.S.A. trilogy, is a trilogy of novels by John Dos Passos, collected in 1938 and treated as a landmark of American modernist fiction.
Udayar
Udayar (உடையார்) is a Tamil historical novel by Balakumaran, published in six volumes, depicting Rajaraja Chola I's reign and the construction of the Thanjavur Big Temple.
Uglies
Uglies is Scott Westerfeld's 2005 young adult dystopian novel, first of the Uglies series, in which everyone undergoes mandatory cosmetic surgery at sixteen; protagonist Tally Youngblood, Netflix 2024 film with Joey King.
Uglymug, Epicfighter
Uglymug, Epicfighter (Busamen Gachi Fighter, ブサメンガチファイター) is a Japanese isekai franchise by Ryō Hiromatsu: a web novel (2015), Kobunsha light novel, Kozuki manga in Monthly Big Gangan, and a 2025 White Fox anime about Shigeru Yoshioka, who trades his Looks stat (−255) for Absolute God-class power.