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Larry Brown
86 ratings 4.09 ·
fiction · gothic · southern-gothic · audiobook · book · adult · literary-fiction · rural · contemporary · mystery · drama · crime · family · suspense · historical-fiction · dark · noir · male-author · realistic · 20th-century
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Phil Rickman
294 ratings 4.09 ·
fiction · adult · horror · mystery · fantasy · book · supernatural · crime · paranormal · suspense · ghosts · audiobook · female-mc · spirituality · rural · folk-horror · religion · urban-fantasy · literary-fiction · male-author
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Donald Ray Pollock
64 ratings 4.06 ·
historical-fiction · horror · dark · noir · southern-gothic · audiobook · fiction · transgressive-mc · mystery · crime · drama · gothic · literary-fiction · adult · rural · historical · male-author · 21st-century · humor · realistic
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Phillip DePoy
24 ratings 3.88 ·
adult · fiction · rural · mystery · book · crime · male-mc · fantasy · paranormal · cozy · myths · law-enforcement · killer · ghosts · mental-illness · magical-realism · supernatural · low-fantasy · family · 21st-century
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Tom Franklin
90 ratings 3.85 ·
adult · crime · gothic · literary-fiction · fiction · mystery · southern-gothic · historical-fiction · dark · noir · book · historical · audiobook · killer · rural · suspense · contemporary · drama · psychological · western
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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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David Joy
50 ratings 3.80 ·
fiction · murder · mystery · crime · gothic · literary-fiction · dark · noir · southern-gothic · audiobook · rural · contemporary · book · thriller · drama · adult · killer · substance-abuse · death · family
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Daniel Woodrell
92 ratings 3.74 ·
noir · crime · gothic · literary-fiction · fiction · mystery · southern-gothic · audiobook · rural · family · book · contemporary · historical-fiction · dark · poverty · adult · thriller · substance-abuse · young-adult · coming-of-age
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Julia Keller
68 ratings 3.69 ·
book · law-enforcement · fiction · female-mc · suspense · contemporary · small-town · rural · audiobook · killer · crime · adult · mystery · legal · poverty · police-procedural · murder · investigator · north-america · sci-fi
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Lori Roy
40 ratings 3.48 ·
book · suspense · fiction · mystery · crime · literary-fiction · audiobook · rural · family · small-town · psychological · murder · drama · gothic · adult · historical-fiction · killer · southern-gothic · historical · young-adult
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