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Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote
Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote is a 1998 satirical novel by Ivorian writer Ahmadou Kourouma, telling the life of the dictator Koyaga in the form of a Malinké hunters' epic.
Wakan Rōeishū
Wakan Rōeishū (和漢朗詠集) is a Heian-period Japanese anthology of waka and Chinese-style verse compiled by Fujiwara no Kintō around 1018 for chanting at court, pairing both under shared headings.
Walden
Walden; or, Life in the Woods is Henry David Thoreau's 1854 account of living two years, two months, and two days in a cabin at Walden Pond on Emerson's land, a foundational text of American environmentalism and Transcendentalism.
Walt Longmire
Walt Longmire is the fictional sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming, protagonist of Craig Johnson's Longmire mystery novels beginning with The Cold Dish (2004); a Vietnam Marine veteran widower played by Robert Taylor in the six-season TV series Longmire.
Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty is James Thurber's fictional henpecked daydreamer from "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (The New Yorker, 1939), now a byword for ineffectual fantasists, adapted to film in 1947 (Danny Kaye) and 2013 (Ben Stiller).
Wamyō Ruijushō
Wamyō Ruijushō (和名類聚抄, also written 倭名類聚鈔 and known as Wamyōshō) is a Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters compiled by the scholar Minamoto no Shitagō around 934.
Wandering
Wandering (Pang huang, also translated Hesitation) is Lu Xun's second short-story collection, gathering eleven stories written from 1924 to 1925 and published in Beijing in 1926.
Wandering in the Garden, Waking from a Dream
Wandering in the Garden, Waking from a Dream (游园惊梦) is a 1966 short story by Taiwanese writer Pai Hsien-yung, a landmark of stream-of-consciousness writing collected in Taipei People.
Wandering Stars (Orange novel)
Wandering Stars is Tommy Orange's 2024 Knopf novel, both prequel and sequel to There There, following Jude Star from the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre through Fort Marion and Carlisle to Orvil Red Feather in 2018 Oakland; Booker longlisted.
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina (魔女の旅々, Majo no Tabitabi) is a Japanese episodic fantasy light novel by Jougi Shiraishi and Azure, self-published on Kindle in 2014, published by GA Novel since 2016, adapted into a 2020 TV anime by C2C and a manga, with a new anime film announced in 2026.
Wandrers Nachtlied
Wandrers Nachtlied ("Wanderer's Nightsong") is the shared title of two short poems by Goethe: an eight-line plea for peace from 1776 and a famous evening poem of 1780.
Wang Dingjun's Memoirs
Wang Dingjun's Memoirs (王鼎鈞回憶錄四部曲) is a four-volume autobiographical series by Taiwanese essayist Wang Dingjun, spanning the War of Resistance, the Chinese Civil War, and his thirty years in Taiwan.
Wang Gui and Li Xiangxiang
Wang Gui and Li Xiangxiang (王贵与李香香) is a 1946 narrative poem by the Chinese poet Li Ji, telling of two young peasants whose love is fulfilled through the land revolution.
Wang Hai Chao: Southeast's Beauty
Wang Hai Chao: Southeast's Beauty (望海潮) is a Song-dynasty ci poem by Liu Yong praising Hangzhou, traditionally sung at a banquet to win the prefect Sun He's recommendation.
Wang Linchuan Ji
Linchuan Ji (临川集), also called Wang Linchuan Ji, is the collected works of the Northern Song reformer and writer Wang Anshi, in 100 juan of poetry and prose.
Wangchuan Collection
The Wangchuan Collection (輞川集) is a set of forty Tang dynasty poems in which Wang Wei and Pei Di each wrote twenty quatrains on twenty scenes of Wang Wei's estate.
Wanqingyi Shihui
Wanqingyi Shihui (晚晴簃诗汇), also titled Qingshihui, is a 200-juan anthology of Qing poetry compiled under Xu Shichang and printed in 1929, collecting 6,159 poets and 27,420 poems.
Wanted (comics)
Wanted (comics) covers Mark Millar and J.G. Jones's 2003-2005 Top Cow/Image miniseries about supervillains ruling a post-superhero world, its 2008 film adaptation, and the unrelated 1947-1953 Golden Age series Wanted Comics.
War and Peace (Война и мир)
War and Peace (Война и мир) is Leo Tolstoy's novel-epopee, written 1863–1870 and published 1865–1869, following Pierre Bezukhov, Andrei Bolkonsky, and Natasha Rostova through Russia's Napoleonic wars of 1805–1820.
War Horse (novel)
War Horse is Michael Morpurgo's 1982 children's novel, narrated by a horse named Joey sold to the British Army in World War I; adapted into the National Theatre puppet play and Spielberg's 2011 film.
War in the Land of Egypt
War in the Land of Egypt (الحرب في بر مصر) is a 1978 novella by Yusuf al-Qa'id telling the 1973 October War through six narrators.
War Trash
War Trash is a 2004 novel by Chinese-born American writer Ha Jin, a fictional memoir of a Chinese officer captured during the Korean War that won the 2005 PEN/Faulkner Award.
Warbreaker
Warbreaker is Brandon Sanderson's 2009 standalone Cosmere fantasy novel set on Nalthis, following princesses Vivenna and Siri, the God King Susebron, the god Lightsong, and Vasher, with BioChromatic Breath magic.
Ward No. 6 (Палата)
Ward No. 6 (Палата № 6) is an 1892 Chekhov novella in which Dr Ragin preaches Stoic indifference to suffering, befriends patient Gromov, is committed to his own asylum ward, and dies after a beating; read as a critique of Tolstoy and adapted to film in 2004 and 2009.
Warhammer Fantasy (setting)
Warhammer Fantasy, also called the Old World or World-That-Was, is Games Workshop's dark fantasy setting for Warhammer Fantasy Battle (1983), the Empire of Sigmar, the End Times apocalypse, and its revival as Warhammer: The Old World.
Warrior Nun Areala
Warrior Nun Areala is a comic book character created by Ben Dunn and published by Antarctic Press since 1994, centering on Sister Shannon Masters, a nun who fights demons.
Warriors (novel series)
Warriors (Warrior Cats) is a HarperCollins fantasy series about feral cat Clans begun with Into the Wild (2003), written by a team under the pseudonym Erin Hunter, created by Vicky Holmes with writers Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and Tui Sutherland.
Warriors Three
Warriors Three: Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg, a trio of Asgardian allies of Thor created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, debuting in Journey into Mystery #119 (1965); original Marvel inventions with no Norse myth basis, killed by Hela in Thor: Ragnarok.
Warriors: Changing Skies
Warriors: Changing Skies is the ninth arc of the Warriors cat-fantasy series by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins), beginning with The Elders' Quest (2025). Its prophecy foretells the Moonpool's destruction and the end of the Clans' link to StarClan amid Twoleg construction.
Wash It All Away (manga)
Wash It All Away (Kirei ni Shite Moraemasu ka.) is a seinen slice-of-life manga by Mitsuru Hattori, serialized in Young Gangan 2017–2023 in 71 chapters and 10 volumes, about dry cleaner Wakana Kinme of Atami; English print by Square Enix from 2025, anime in 2026.