Wonder Explained

Wonder may refer to:

Arts and media

Film

• Wonder (film), a 2017 drama based on the R. J. Palacio novel
• The Wonder (film), a 2022 drama based on the Emma Donoghue novel
• Wonder, a character in the 2006 American family film Zoom
• The Wonders, a fictional band featured in the 1996 film That Thing You Do!

Literature

• Wonder (Sawyer novel), the 2011 conclusion of a trilogy by Robert J. Sawyer
• Wonder (Palacio novel), a 2012 novel by R.J. Palacio
• Wonder (comics), a comic debuting 1892
• Wonder, the 2009 English translation of the 1962 novel De verwondering by Hugo Claus
• The Wonder, a novel by Emma Donoghue

Music

Albums

• Wonder (Lisa Mitchell album), 2009
• Wonder (Michael W. Smith album), 2010
• Wonder (Mamoru Miyano album), 2010
• Wonder (Hillsong United album), 2017
• Wonder (Shawn Mendes album), 2020
• Wonder (Knut album), 2010
• The Wonder (album), a 1990 album by Tom Verlaine
• Wonder, a 1991 album by British indie pop band 14 Iced Bears
• Wonder, a 1998 album by American singer-songwriter Katie Reider
• Wonder, a 1998 album by American singer-songwriter Annie Herring
• Wonder, a 2003 album by American singer-songwriter Faith Rivera
• Wonder, a 2013 album by Swedish musician Lustre

Songs

• "Wonder" (Embrace song), 2001
• "Wonder" (Natalie Merchant song), 1995
• "Wonder" (Naughty Boy song), 2012
• "Wonder" (Shawn Mendes song), 2020
• "Wonder", by Candy Coded from Moonlight, 2015
• "Wonder", by The Doubleclicks from Dimetrodon, 2014
• "Wonder", by Eden from Vertigo, 2018
• "Wonder", by Hillsong United from Wonder, 2017
• "Wonder", by Katy Perry from 143, 2024
• "Wonder", by Lamb Between Darkness and Wonder, 2013
• "Wonder", by Rachel Platten from Wonder Park
• "Wonder", by Soap&Skin from Narrow, 2012
• "The Wonder", by Sonic Youth from Daydream Nation, 1988
• "Wonder", by Alisabeth Von Presley which represented Iowa in the American Song Contest
• "Wonder", by Scanner from the album Terminal Earth, 1989

Other media

• Super Mario Bros. Wonder, a 2023 Nintendo Switch platforming game
• The Wonder, a comedy play by Susanna Centlivre

People

• Wonder Mkhonza, Swaziland politician
• Wonder Monds (born 1952), American football player
• Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in 1950), American recording artist
• Pieter Christoffel Wonder (1780–1852), Dutch painter
• Wayne Wonder (born 1972), Jamaican reggae fusion artist

Places

All in the United States

• Wonder, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Floyd County
• Wonder, Nevada, a ghost town in Churchill County
• Wonder, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Josephine County

Transportation

• Disney Wonder, a cruise ship operated by Disney Cruise Line
• American Wonder, a prototype radio-control car created by the Houdina Radio Control Company

Other uses

• Wonder (emotion), an emotion comparable to surprise that people feel when perceiving something rare or unexpected
• Wonder Bread, a type of pre-sliced bread, originally made in the United States
• Wonder Group, owner of American food delivery platform Grubhub
• Wonders of the World, various lists to catalogue the world's most spectacular natural wonders and manmade structures
• The Wonder (horse), a French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire
• The Wonder (pub), pub in Enfield, London, England
• Wonder, a former battery brand of Energizer company
• Wonder, a company managed by Bernard Tapie

See also

• Small Wonder (disambiguation)
• Wonderful (disambiguation)
• Wonders (disambiguation)
• Wunder (disambiguation)