Books about Mate selection -- Fiction (sorted alphabetically)
- valley of Arcana Arthur Preston Hankins
- Venus is a Man's World William Tenn
- Watch and ward Henry James
- Watsons: By Jane Austen, Concluded by L. Oulton Jane Austen and L. Oulton
- Way We Live Now Anthony Trollope
- West Lawn, and The rector of St. Mark's Mary Jane Holmes
- Whitewash Horace Annesley Vachell
- Wishing Carpet Ruth Comfort Mitchell
- Woman Ventures: A Novel David Graham Phillips
- Woman with One Hand, and Mr. Ely's Engagement Richard Marsh
- Wooing of Calvin Parks Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
- Younger Sister: A Novel, Vol. I. Mrs. Hubback
- Younger Sister: A Novel, Vol. II. Mrs. Hubback
- Younger Sister: A Novel, Vol. III. Mrs. Hubback
- Younger Sister: A Novel, Volumes 1-3 Mrs. Hubback