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Joy Demorra
12 ratings 4.42 ·
fantasy · adult · romance · humor · fiction · lgbtq · polyamory · female-author · shapeshifters · witches-wizards · historical · historical-fiction · mental-illness · vampires · fae · anthologies · paranormal · supernatural · magical-realism · domestic-drama
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Melissa Wiesner
34 ratings 4.24 ·
book · female-mc · fiction · adult · friendship · family · mental-illness · contemporary · romance · humor · mystery · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · historical · paranormal · action-adventure · friends-to-lovers · time-travel · religion
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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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Rowan Altwood
17 ratings 4.18 ·
young-adult · mlm · paranormal · book · mystery · lgbtq · fiction · romance · fantasy · historical-fiction · historical · slow-burn · mental-illness · friends-to-lovers · suspense · spooky · supernatural · gothic · ghosts · substance-abuse
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Hanya Yanagihara
89 ratings 4.00 ·
literary-fiction · drama · female-author · lgbtq · fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · poc-author · book · adult · urban · abuse · historical · poc-mc · new-york-state · dark · historical-fiction · mental-illness · family · grief
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William Styron
112 ratings 3.98 ·
historical-fiction · historical · fiction · literary-fiction · 20th-century · book · classics · literary · violent-conflict · adult · mental-illness · ww2 · death · male-author · spirituality · psychological · war · drama · suicide · religion
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Marion Husband
14 ratings 3.93 ·
historical-fiction · ww2 · book · violent-conflict · 20th-century · mlm · fiction · lgbtq · romance · adult · war · drama · audiobook · historical · ww1 · domestic-drama · action-adventure · military · mental-illness · grief
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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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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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Elizabeth Strout
321 ratings 3.84 ·
literary-fiction · female-author · fiction · audiobook · family · 21st-century · marriage · realistic · contemporary · drama · womens-fiction · mental-illness · adult · book · friendship · historical-fiction · small-town · female-mc · grief · epic
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Anna Hope
62 ratings 3.81 ·
female-author · book · audiobook · fiction · literary-fiction · adult · drama · 20th-century · family · mental-illness · historical-fiction · historical · friendship · lgbtq · bildungsroman · grief · contemporary · realistic · womens-fiction · coming-of-age
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Amy Greene
35 ratings 3.74 ·
mental-illness · rural · family · 20th-century · book · literary-fiction · adult · drama · female-author · mystery · fiction · historical · audiobook · outdoors · historical-fiction · paranormal · coming-of-age · suspense · north-america · poverty
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Joanna Cannon
68 ratings 3.74 ·
literary-fiction · crime · female-author · mystery · fiction · audiobook · mental-illness · suspense · book · drama · thriller · adult · humor · female-mc · womens-fiction · friendship · historical-fiction · realistic · contemporary · aging
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Tsitsi Dangarembga
52 ratings 3.69 ·
feminism · book · literary · classics · audiobook · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · journey · female-author · fiction · female-mc · politics · coming-of-age · colonization · bildungsroman · poc-author · mental-illness · young-adult · action-adventure · historical
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Eimear McBride
52 ratings 3.65 ·
fiction · female-mc · literary-fiction · female-author · audiobook · contemporary · adult · drama · historical-fiction · 21st-century · mental-illness · book · bildungsroman · realistic · coming-of-age · feminism · lgbtq · low-fantasy · fairy-tale · witches-wizards
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Brandon Hobson
60 ratings 3.57 ·
audiobook · poc-mc · fiction · indigenous-mc · book · realistic · grief · myths · young-adult · poc-author · mental-illness · historical-fiction · horror · retellings · mystery · magical-realism · literary-fiction · fantasy · social-commentary · racism
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Ottessa Moshfegh
142 ratings 3.56 ·
literary-fiction · 21st-century · adult · fiction · dark · horror · mental-illness · book · female-author · psychological · audiobook · humor · realistic · historical-fiction · contemporary · drama · unreliable-narrator · crime · mystery · historical
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Brunonia Barry
62 ratings 3.55 ·
audiobook · historical-fiction · magic · drama · adult · magical-realism · literary-fiction · fiction · mystery · psychological · witches-wizards · suspense · book · paranormal · family · historical · spirituality · womens-fiction · gothic · crime
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Amy Lukavics
58 ratings 3.47 ·
fiction · mystery · horror · young-adult · paranormal · suspense · spooky · supernatural · fantasy · family · book · female-mc · ghosts · death · historical-fiction · historical · mental-illness · drama · gothic · abuse
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Claire Vaye Watkins
56 ratings 3.46 ·
adult · contemporary · audiobook · fiction · literary-fiction · fundamentalism · book · family · mental-illness · historical-fiction · cults · 21st-century · spirituality · female-author · sci-fi · post-apocalyptic · drama · nevada · north-america · feminism
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