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Top authors writing coming of age crime
M. Lorrox
4 ratings 4.75 ·
coming-of-age · urban-fantasy · vampires · suspense · alternate-history · book · horror · fantasy · adult · crime · action-adventure · fiction · supernatural · paranormal · new-adult · historical · male-mc · military · violent-conflict · dystopia
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Veronica Lancet
26 ratings 4.58 ·
anti-hero · dark · horror · gothic · adult · crime · mystery · fiction · female-mc · abuse · organized-crime · romance · suspense · book · contemporary · age-gap · coming-of-age · arranged-marriage · mental-illness · justice
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Rob Jacobsen
59 ratings 4.34 ·
fiction · action-adventure · mythical-creatures · paranormal · urban-fantasy · book · male-mc · contemporary · coming-of-age · humor · fantasy · magic · new-adult · slow-burn · supernatural · crime · demons · young-adult · fae · mystery
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Nikki Thorne
55 ratings 4.27 ·
multi-pov · alpha-mc · dark · high-school · cruel-mc · audiobook · new-adult · fiction · mystery · angst · romance · university · book · contemporary · revenge · suspense · enemies-to-lovers · young-adult · sports · steamy
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Trent Dalton
75 ratings 4.27 ·
audiobook · magical-realism · fiction · literary-fiction · crime · book · coming-of-age · family · historical-fiction · male-author · friendship · mystery · adult · contemporary · bildungsroman · action-adventure · australia · substance-abuse · ww2 · outdoors
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Tiffany McDaniel
52 ratings 4.21 ·
audiobook · dark · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · mystery · fiction · coming-of-age · book · family · horror · female-author · drama · crime · contemporary · racism · mental-illness · young-adult · season-summer · southern-gothic · friendship
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Chris Whitaker
55 ratings 4.19 ·
thriller · literary-fiction · crime · mystery · fiction · audiobook · historical-fiction · contemporary · book · adult · murder · psychological · usa · friendship · suspense · coming-of-age · north-america · realistic · amateur-sleuth · kidnapping
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Nikki J. Summers
98 ratings 4.18 ·
contemporary · book · fiction · romance · dark · action-adventure · suspense · steamy · crime · new-adult · enemies-to-lovers · organized-crime · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · young-adult · adult · slow-burn · friends-to-lovers · female-mc · kidnapping
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Mallory Fox
18 ratings 4.17 ·
crime · enemies-to-lovers · fiction · organized-crime · female-mc · urban · coming-of-age · romance · new-adult · suspense · book · contemporary · dark · multi-pov · young-adult · revenge · kidnapping · steamy · adult · university
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Sheila Turnage
72 ratings 4.15 ·
young-adult · family · action-adventure · orphans · middle-grade · children · contemporary · book · realistic · humor · fiction · children-books · mystery · audiobook · friendship · law-enforcement · coming-of-age · crime · small-town · dogs
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M. James
22 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · new-adult · coming-of-age · heist · book · justice · gothic · adult · crime · organized-crime · epic · vigilante · action-adventure · family · suspense · mystery · dark · contemporary · age-gap · death
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Amber Torney
16 ratings 4.00 ·
romance · revenge · book · reverse-harem · contemporary · love-triangle · dark · polyamory · fiction · coming-of-age · multi-pov · literary · action-adventure · enemies-to-lovers · classics · high-school · new-adult · alpha-mc · crime · adult
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Katherine Littrell
50 ratings 4.00 ·
audiobook · fiction · book · friendship · high-school · dark · law-enforcement · secrets · womens-fiction · thriller · drama · female-mc · crime · humor · murder · mystery · coming-of-age · suspense · contemporary · realistic
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Jennifer Clement
57 ratings 4.00 ·
family · young-adult · coming-of-age · book · contemporary · literary-fiction · drama · crime · female-author · fiction · audiobook · friendship · historical-fiction · poc-author · justice · children · feminism · poverty · realistic · grief
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Allen Zadoff
69 ratings 3.94 ·
young-adult · book · contemporary · fiction · realistic · male-mc · espionage · action-adventure · coming-of-age · suspense · crime · thriller · mystery · high-school · assassins · political-intrigue · audiobook · survival · horror · humor
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Layla Simon
55 ratings 3.93 ·
adult · fiction · romance · book · dark · contemporary · new-adult · suspense · steamy · cruel-mc · crime · organized-crime · coming-of-age · action-adventure · high-school · enemies-to-lovers · alpha-mc · angst · forced-proximity · age-gap
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Eve Chase
86 ratings 3.91 ·
family · suspense · book · gothic · fiction · mystery · audiobook · historical-fiction · season-summer · coming-of-age · womens-fiction · drama · crime · psychological · historical · horror · young-adult · female-author · thriller · literary-fiction
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C.D. Bell
16 ratings 3.88 ·
shapeshifters · fantasy · paranormal · supernatural · urban-fantasy · fiction · mystery · young-adult · coming-of-age · book · crime · epic · super-powered · audiobook · suspense · contemporary · magic · workplace · sports · female-mc
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Ann Goldstein
48 ratings 3.85 ·
audiobook · fiction · literary-fiction · book · 21st-century · friendship · spirituality · romance · crime · contemporary · philosophy · coming-of-age · religion · young-adult · killer · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · police-procedural · historical · female-mc
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Amy Engel
104 ratings 3.84 ·
audiobook · fiction · family · book · suspense · drama · female-mc · murder · contemporary · action-adventure · young-adult · horror · new-adult · mystery · thriller · crime · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · apocalyptic · dark
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Laura Marshall
60 ratings 3.82 ·
thriller · fiction · psychological · suspense · book · family · friendship · audiobook · secrets · crime · drama · adult · female-mc · murder · mystery · coming-of-age · contemporary · 21st-century · horror · killer
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Larry Watson
54 ratings 3.81 ·
historical · family · industrial-era · book · suspense · western · mystery · fiction · literary-fiction · crime · drama · historical-fiction · audiobook · 20th-century · realistic · coming-of-age · adult · classics · montana · young-adult
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Wiley Cash
64 ratings 3.81 ·
rural · audiobook · drama · adult · literary-fiction · fiction · mystery · suspense · book · family · southern-gothic · historical · historical-fiction · dark · noir · thriller · crime · gothic · domestic-drama · coming-of-age
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Esi Edugyan
67 ratings 3.79 ·
fiction · drama · adult · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · poc-mc · historical · action-adventure · female-author · journey · crime · black-mc · 21st-century · friendship · slavery · poc-author · racism · book · realistic
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Mary Grand
20 ratings 3.70 ·
fiction · book · contemporary · cozy · killer · adult · crime · amateur-sleuth · coming-of-age · female-mc · investigator · suspense · nautical · friendship · law-enforcement · thriller · mystery · breakup · murder · whodunit
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Hannah Tinti
58 ratings 3.69 ·
literary-fiction · mystery · fiction · audiobook · book · female-author · crime · drama · action-adventure · family · suspense · young-adult · coming-of-age · contemporary · realistic · thriller · gothic · fantasy · adult · supernatural
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John Searles
44 ratings 3.61 ·
fiction · mystery · psychological · drama · audiobook · contemporary · book · suspense · coming-of-age · murder · crime · secrets · adult · literary-fiction · family · religion · supernatural · lgbtq · spooky · ghosts
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David Baillie
12 ratings 3.42 ·
adult · crime · coming-of-age · literary-fiction · poc-mc · book · fiction · mystery · horror · indigenous-mc
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