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Steve Cavanagh
172 ratings 4.21 ·
book · suspense · fiction · mystery · crime · thriller · audiobook · contemporary · legal · adult · realistic · murder · psychological · killer · action-adventure · politics · horror · serial-killers · political-intrigue · family
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Robert Galbraith
225 ratings 4.13 ·
book · contemporary · suspense · action-adventure · audiobook · fiction · mystery · crime · realistic · whodunit · death · law-enforcement · killer · 21st-century · murder · investigator · drama · adult · female-author · thriller
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Ally Carter
585 ratings 4.10 ·
book · contemporary · fiction · young-adult · mystery · action-adventure · realistic · espionage · political-intrigue · romance · friendship · womens-fiction · middle-grade · female-mc · suspense · crime · high-school · humor · teens · family
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Kate Morton
246 ratings 3.99 ·
mystery · suspense · book · family · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · gothic · fiction · 20th-century · female-author · adult · crime · drama · romance · realistic · friendship · 21st-century
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Ashley Elston
115 ratings 3.98 ·
fiction · book · friendship · contemporary · family · young-adult · high-school · realistic · suspense · crime · audiobook · romance · mystery · drama · coming-of-age · law-enforcement · killer · female-mc · action-adventure · multi-pov
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Julie James
243 ratings 3.96 ·
realistic · enemies-to-lovers · new-adult · womens-fiction · humor · legal · romance · contemporary · steamy · audiobook · alpha-mc · fiction · female-mc · suspense · book · mystery · slow-burn · crime · drama · friends-to-lovers
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Mildred Benson
166 ratings 3.91 ·
fiction · middle-grade · mystery · suspense · children · book · realistic · classics · young-adult · action-adventure · literary · cozy · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · crime · female-mc · historical · female-author · children-books · 20th-century
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Chevy Stevens
190 ratings 3.90 ·
fiction · book · thriller · crime · mystery · suspense · contemporary · family · audiobook · psychological · drama · killer · dark · murder · realistic · horror · abuse · action-adventure · survival · adult
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Liz Nugent
106 ratings 3.90 ·
thriller · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · psychological · audiobook · dark · suspense · contemporary · book · horror · family · realistic · female-author · drama · murder · killer · historical-fiction · death
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Alex Michaelides
106 ratings 3.89 ·
contemporary · book · suspense · psychological · fiction · thriller · adult · mental-illness · dark-academia · realistic · murder · mystery · spooky · literary-fiction · drama · dark · killer · horror · law-enforcement · crime
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April Henry
269 ratings 3.88 ·
suspense · fiction · book · crime · mystery · young-adult · contemporary · audiobook · law-enforcement · action-adventure · realistic · thriller · female-mc · murder · family · horror · friendship · killer · survival · death
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Karen M. McManus
266 ratings 3.88 ·
fiction · mystery · killer · murder · contemporary · young-adult · crime · friendship · audiobook · suspense · high-school · book · law-enforcement · thriller · realistic · whodunit · multi-pov · family · horror · coming-of-age
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Tana French
331 ratings 3.88 ·
crime · literary-fiction · thriller · mystery · book · fiction · audiobook · law-enforcement · suspense · contemporary · drama · 21st-century · death · realistic · adult · female-author · murder · psychological · dark · killer
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John Grisham
1853 ratings 3.87 ·
fiction · suspense · crime · legal · mystery · book · audiobook · thriller · contemporary · drama · action-adventure · adult · law-enforcement · realistic · murder · political-intrigue · politics · killer · male-author · psychological
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Donna Tartt
135 ratings 3.86 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · adult · contemporary · myths · book · dark-academia · realistic · suspense · coming-of-age · classics · literary · historical-fiction · friendship · audiobook · mystery · female-author · thriller · crime · drama
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Kara Thomas
144 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · mystery · crime · book · law-enforcement · young-adult · suspense · high-school · realistic · murder · killer · friendship · contemporary · audiobook · family · thriller · female-mc · psychological · drama · horror
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Sara Shepard
913 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · young-adult · contemporary · suspense · book · mystery · womens-fiction · realistic · murder · drama · crime · high-school · law-enforcement · friendship · female-mc · audiobook · romance · killer · female-author · multi-pov
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Y.S. Lee
102 ratings 3.85 ·
young-adult · crime · fiction · mystery · industrial-era · action-adventure · realistic · female-author · steampunk · female-mc · romance · poc-mc · historical · historical-fiction · poc-author · feminism · suspense · book · victorian · regency
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Lisa Lutz
244 ratings 3.85 ·
book · mystery · contemporary · fiction · audiobook · realistic · crime · suspense · womens-fiction · humor · action-adventure · female-mc · family · female-author · murder · law-enforcement · comedy · cozy · adult · investigator
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Greer Hendricks
161 ratings 3.79 ·
psychological · suspense · contemporary · book · audiobook · crime · thriller · fiction · mystery · family · womens-fiction · adult · drama · female-mc · marriage · realistic · 21st-century · horror · dark · female-author
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Julia Heaberlin
106 ratings 3.74 ·
adult · crime · thriller · fiction · psychological · murder · audiobook · suspense · book · contemporary · mystery · female-mc · killer · drama · female-author · kidnapping · family · realistic · death · dark
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Kevin Brooks
196 ratings 3.69 ·
young-adult · fiction · contemporary · realistic · book · mystery · action-adventure · crime · teens · drama · suspense · high-school · dark · mental-illness · male-mc · coming-of-age · romance · family · psychological · killer
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B.A. Paris
233 ratings 3.69 ·
book · suspense · audiobook · fiction · psychological · thriller · mystery · adult · crime · contemporary · realistic · family · domestic-drama · drama · mental-illness · dark · female-mc · murder · female-author · womens-fiction
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Natalie D. Richards
146 ratings 3.59 ·
young-adult · book · suspense · fiction · horror · contemporary · mystery · thriller · law-enforcement · realistic · crime · high-school · audiobook · killer · action-adventure · coming-of-age · psychological · murder · drama · dark
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Alice Sebold
121 ratings 3.51 ·
family · young-adult · book · realistic · contemporary · suspense · mystery · fiction · literary-fiction · crime · drama · womens-fiction · death · killer · horror · audiobook · afterlife · literary · classics · 21st-century
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Herman Koch
120 ratings 3.19 ·
contemporary · book · suspense · fiction · mystery · psychological · adult · literary-fiction · 21st-century · audiobook · realistic · journey · crime · drama · thriller · family · satire · marriage · politics · humor
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