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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
123 ratings 4.34 ·
family · young-adult · children · middle-grade · fiction · friendship · realistic · book · coming-of-age · children-books · historical-fiction · audiobook · siblings · historical · action-adventure · survival · sad · mental-illness · grief · abuse
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Ruta Sepetys
165 ratings 4.28 ·
historical · book · fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · violent-conflict · 20th-century · realistic · coming-of-age · war · audiobook · friendship · action-adventure · young-adult · family · romance · drama · high-school · female-author · literary-fiction
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Nadia Hashimi
116 ratings 4.13 ·
book · realistic · poc-author · action-adventure · family · audiobook · historical-fiction · journey · female-mc · fiction · coming-of-age · poc-mc · historical · violent-conflict · female-author · literary-fiction · drama · adult · war · feminism
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Deborah Wiles
111 ratings 4.05 ·
realistic · book · middle-grade · children · children-books · fiction · historical-fiction · friendship · young-adult · family · audiobook · coming-of-age · historical · action-adventure · grief · 20th-century · politics · female-mc · humor · social-commentary
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Jeannette Walls
129 ratings 4.05 ·
book · coming-of-age · family · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · mystery · fiction · literary-fiction · drama · adult · crime · grief · bildungsroman · racism · realistic · feminism · action-adventure · young-adult · mental-illness
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Kim Michele Richardson
135 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · usa · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · kentucky · rural · family · coming-of-age · book · north-america · literary-fiction · racism · drama · female-mc · friendship · young-adult · poverty · adult · 20th-century
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Pat Conroy
275 ratings 4.05 ·
historical-fiction · fiction · literary-fiction · book · coming-of-age · literary · family · classics · audiobook · drama · realistic · humor · mystery · epic · 20th-century · contemporary · young-adult · violent-conflict · high-school · male-author
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Jennifer Donnelly
333 ratings 4.02 ·
fiction · romance · book · young-adult · audiobook · action-adventure · historical · coming-of-age · friendship · historical-fiction · fantasy · mystery · female-author · female-mc · family · paranormal · myths · drama · magic · supernatural
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Ellen Marie Wiseman
150 ratings 3.99 ·
book · family · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · fiction · coming-of-age · drama · literary-fiction · 20th-century · suspense · action-adventure · young-adult · mystery · psychological · female-author · abuse · womens-fiction · crime · adult
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Harper Lee
150 ratings 3.99 ·
classics · young-adult · family · literary · coming-of-age · book · literary-fiction · drama · crime · fiction · audiobook · high-school · historical · historical-fiction · 20th-century · bildungsroman · racism · realistic · female-author · social-commentary
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Hazel Gaynor
189 ratings 3.98 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · drama · historical · 20th-century · book · audiobook · womens-fiction · adult · family · romance · coming-of-age · female-mc · friendship · action-adventure · literary-fiction · ww2 · female-author · war · mystery
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Amber Argyle
122 ratings 3.98 ·
young-adult · fantasy · fiction · paranormal · book · myths · historical · historical-fiction · coming-of-age · action-adventure · romance · medieval · magic · fae · scandinavia · supernatural · witches-wizards · europe · retellings · audiobook
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Valerie Tripp
571 ratings 3.96 ·
children · middle-grade · book · historical · historical-fiction · children-books · fiction · young-adult · audiobook · coming-of-age · female-author · literary · classics · family · realistic · friendship · 20th-century · violent-conflict · war · action-adventure
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Heather O'Neill
141 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · female-author · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · book · contemporary · adult · audiobook · coming-of-age · drama · action-adventure · dark · realistic · crime · young-adult · family · female-mc · magical-realism · journey · friendship
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Elizabeth George Speare
114 ratings 3.93 ·
historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · fiction · female-author · realistic · book · children · coming-of-age · middle-grade · literary · family · action-adventure · young-adult · classics · spirituality · friendship · 20th-century · early-modern · survival
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Rachel Hartman
111 ratings 3.92 ·
high-fantasy · historical · historical-fiction · fantasy · medieval · fiction · epic · dragons · book · young-adult · action-adventure · paranormal · friendship · audiobook · magic · female-author · supernatural · coming-of-age · shapeshifters · lgbtq
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Meg Medina
103 ratings 3.92 ·
poc-mc · fiction · young-adult · coming-of-age · poc-author · audiobook · latinx-mc · family · book · realistic · friendship · historical-fiction · female-author · action-adventure · mental-illness · middle-grade · contemporary · high-school · disability · fantasy
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J.D. Salinger
210 ratings 3.90 ·
20th-century · classics · fiction · drama · realistic · literary · young-adult · mental-illness · historical-fiction · high-school · university · literary-fiction · contemporary · philosophy · coming-of-age · family · male-author · humor · book · suicide
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Sarah Winman
102 ratings 3.89 ·
friendship · audiobook · historical-fiction · female-author · literary-fiction · fiction · book · family · 21st-century · death · drama · lgbtq · coming-of-age · 20th-century · young-adult · historical · ww2 · season-spring · violent-conflict · war
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Erika Johansen
132 ratings 3.89 ·
magic · audiobook · epic · fiction · fantasy · book · young-adult · dystopia · coming-of-age · action-adventure · historical-fiction · historical · female-mc · supernatural · post-apocalyptic · high-fantasy · paranormal · dark · violent-conflict · new-adult
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S.E. Hinton
179 ratings 3.88 ·
young-adult · fiction · female-author · classics · book · coming-of-age · drama · friendship · family · literary · 20th-century · realistic · teens · historical-fiction · audiobook · action-adventure · male-mc · contemporary · children · middle-grade
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Lily King
152 ratings 3.84 ·
audiobook · fiction · literary-fiction · book · contemporary · coming-of-age · family · female-mc · female-author · historical-fiction · realistic · young-adult · romance · adult · marriage · feminism · 21st-century · love-triangle · friendship · lgbtq
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Karen Hesse
184 ratings 3.78 ·
book · realistic · middle-grade · young-adult · fiction · children · family · coming-of-age · historical-fiction · historical · children-books · drama · audiobook · female-author · classics · literary · action-adventure · survival · 20th-century · death
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Jeffrey Eugenides
171 ratings 3.77 ·
fiction · drama · adult · literary-fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · male-author · classics · literary · family · contemporary · coming-of-age · marriage · psychological · historical-fiction · book · realistic · 20th-century · bildungsroman · feminism
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Tracy Chevalier
286 ratings 3.69 ·
audiobook · historical-fiction · female-author · fiction · book · historical · literary-fiction · drama · family · 21st-century · womens-fiction · coming-of-age · friendship · 20th-century · realistic · literary · classics · young-adult · action-adventure · spirituality
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Karen Cushman
165 ratings 3.67 ·
historical-fiction · fiction · children · middle-grade · young-adult · historical · book · audiobook · action-adventure · female-mc · children-books · coming-of-age · friendship · female-author · realistic · medieval · family · humor · 20th-century · literary
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Anna Godbersen
214 ratings 3.63 ·
fiction · romance · historical-fiction · historical · young-adult · book · realistic · mystery · womens-fiction · audiobook · high-school · love-triangle · coming-of-age · urban · drama · industrial-era · female-mc · victorian · female-author · friendship
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Alice McDermott
121 ratings 3.55 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · book · audiobook · historical-fiction · drama · family · adult · female-author · coming-of-age · historical · spirituality · urban · religion · violent-conflict · war · realistic · contemporary · grief · 21st-century
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