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Willy Wonka
Willy Wonka is the fictional chocolatier created by Roald Dahl in the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Also known for the 1971 Gene Wilder film, the 2005 Johnny Depp version, and the 2023 prequel Wonka, he hides Golden Tickets for factory tours and is now a Netflix-owned franchise spanning films, a reality series, and merchandise.
Wind and Truth
Wind and Truth (Viento y Verdad) is Brandon Sanderson's fifth Stormlight Archive novel, published December 6, 2024 by Tor. At about 491,000 words it closes the series' first five-book arc around Dalinar's contest of champions against Odium, debuted at #1 on the NYT list, and is the series' most divisive entry.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio (1919) is Sherwood Anderson's short story cycle of small-town life, unified by George Willard and the grotesques; published by B. W. Huebsch, it influenced Hemingway, Faulkner, Welty, and Steinbeck.
Wings of Fire (novel series)
Wings of Fire (novel series), also called the Wings of Fire dragon books, is Tui T. Sutherland's Scholastic middle-grade fantasy series (from 2012): 16 novels in four arcs across Pyrrhia and Pantala, plus Legends, Winglets, graphic novels, and a Prime Video adaptation in development.
Winnebago Trickster cycle
The Winnebago Trickster cycle comprises sacred narratives of the Ho-Chunk people about the trickster Wakdjunkaga, published by Paul Radin in 1956 with essays by Kerényi and Jung.
Winnetou
Winnetou is Karl May's fictional Mescalero Apache chief, hero of the 1893 trilogy (volumes 7-9 of the Gesammelte Reiseromane) and blood brother of Old Shatterhand; staged at Bad Segeberg since 1952.
Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie-the-Pooh, also spelled Winnie the Pooh, is A.A. Milne's 1926 children's book illustrated by E.H. Shepard about a honey-loving bear in the Hundred Acre Wood; it entered US public domain in 2022 while Disney retains its cartoon versions.
Winnie-the-Pooh (book)
Winnie-the-Pooh, the 1926 A. A. Milne short-story collection illustrated by E. H. Shepard, first published by Methuen on 14 October 1926, sold 35,000 first-edition copies and entered US public domain in 2022.
Winter in the Blood
Winter in the Blood is a 1974 novel by James Welch about an alienated Blackfeet man on a Montana reservation, a key work of the Native American Renaissance.
Winter Morning
Winter Morning (Зимнее утро) is a lyric poem by Alexander Pushkin, begun 3 November 1829, in which the speaker wakes his beloved to admire a sunlit winter landscape after a blizzard.
Wintering Out
Wintering Out is a 1972 poetry collection by the Northern Irish poet Seamus Heaney, known for the place-name poems 'Anahorish' and 'Broagh' and for 'The Tollund Man'.
Winternag
Winternag ("Winter's night") is a poem by the South African writer Eugène N. Marais, first published in 1905 and widely treated as the first fully achieved literary poem in Afrikaans.
Wisconsin Death Trip
Wisconsin Death Trip, Michael Lesy's 1973 Pantheon photobook from his Rutgers dissertation, juxtaposes Charles Van Schaick's Black River Falls photographs with Badger State Banner clippings; adapted as a 1999 James Marsh film.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's 1952 first novel (Harcourt, Brace), follows Hazel Motes, preacher of the Church Without Christ in Taulkinham; John Huston filmed it in 1979.
Wise Man's Grandchild (賢者の孫)
Wise Man's Grandchild (賢者の孫, Kenja no Mago) is Tsuyoshi Yoshioka's isekai web novel begun on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2015, published as a Famitsu Bunko light novel, with manga and a 2019 Silver Link anime about Shin Wolford.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
Wistoria: Wand and Sword (杖と剣のウィストリア) is a Kodansha manga by Fujino Ōmori and Toshi Aoi, serialized since December 2020 about magic-less swordsman Will Serfort; adapted into an anime by Actas and Bandai Namco Pictures since 2024, with Season 3 announced in 2026.
Witch and Hound
Witch and Hound (魔女と猟犬, Majo to Ryōken) is a Shogakukan Gagaga Bunko dark fantasy light novel by Rainy Kamitsuki with LAM illustrations, about assassin Rollo, the Black Dog, gathering seven witches against magic-monopolizing Amelia; adapted into a 4-volume Minori Tsukahara manga and a 2026 TriF Studio TV anime.
Witch and Mercenary
Witch and Mercenary (魔女と傭兵, Majō to Yōhei) is a Japanese dark fantasy light novel by Chohokiteki Kaeru, begun on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2021, printed by GCN Bunko from 2023, with a Magazine Pocket manga and a TV anime airing from April 2027 on Nippon TV.
Witch King (novel)
Witch King (Martha Wells, Tordotcom, May 2023) is a fantasy novel about the demon Kaiisteron, the Witch King, told in dual timelines against the Hierarchs; Locus Award winner, sequel Queen Demon (2025).
Witch-king of Angmar
Witch-king of Angmar, also Lord of the Nazgûl, is Tolkien's chief Ringwraith: a Númenórean sorcerer who founded Angmar (T.A. 1300–1975), ruled Minas Morgul, and fell to Éowyn on the Pelennor Fields.
Witchblade
Witchblade is a Top Cow/Image Comics series (1995) by Marc Silvestri, David Wohl, Brian Haberlin, and Michael Turner, starring NYPD detective Sara Pezzini bonded to a sentient gauntlet; adapted for TNT (2001) and anime (2006), relaunched 2024.
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls is Grady Hendrix's 2025 horror novel (Berkley, January 14, 2025) about pregnant teens at a 1970 Florida unwed-mothers home who gain real magic from the book How to Be a Groovy Witch; a number-one bestseller and 2025 Goodreads Horror Choice Award winner.
Witchriv
WITCHRIV (ウィッチリヴ) is a dark-fantasy shōnen manga by Hakuri, serialized on Shonen Jump+ since October 23, 2025, about the persecuted mage Nona Ewin hunted by the Magic Surveillance Bureau; 4 volumes, VIZ English edition due 2027.
With a Pure Heart
With a Pure Heart (Hungarian: Tiszta szívvel) is a 1925 poem by Attila József, first published in the Szeged daily. Its defiant opening made him famous, though it cost him his university career.
With Fire and Sword
With Fire and Sword (Polish: Ogniem i mieczem) is an 1884 historical novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, the first volume of his Trilogy, set during the Khmelnytsky Uprising.
With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess
With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess (Kizu Darake Seijo yori Houfuku wo Komete) is a Japanese webtoon manga by Aminohada and SORAJIMA about Rua, a healer who absorbs others' wounds and turns to revenge after betrayal, adapted into a light anime in 2025 with a second season in 2026.
With You, Our Love Will Make It Through (君と越えて恋になる)
Kimi to Koete Koi ni Naru (君と越えて恋になる), "With You, Our Love Will Make It Through", is a Chihiro Yuzuki romance manga on Shueisha's MangaMee about human girl Mari and dog-breed beastfolk Tsunagu, adapted as a 12-episode TV anime from October 14, 2025 by Millepensee.
Withered Leaves
Withered Leaves (Ziv'iale lystia) is an 1896 poetry collection by Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko, a cycle of love lyrics regarded as a classic of Ukrainian poetry.
Within the Whirlwind
Within the Whirlwind is the English title of the second volume of Eugenia Ginzburg's Gulag memoir Krutoi marshrut (Крутой маршрут), published in New York in 1981.
Without a Name
Without a Name is a 1994 short novel by Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera, first published by Baobab Books in Harare, set in 1977 during Zimbabwe's war of liberation.