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Jodi Taylor
725 ratings 4.36 ·
fiction · humor · book · audiobook · adult · time-travel · action-adventure · historical · mystery · historical-fiction · urban-fantasy · sci-fi · alternate-history · comedy · paranormal · magical-realism · female-author · friendship · female-mc · suspense
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Irina Shapiro
448 ratings 4.36 ·
fiction · adult · book · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · paranormal · audiobook · romance · time-travel · suspense · sci-fi · drama · law-enforcement · cozy · crime · medieval · female-author · fantasy · children
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Roseanna M. White
270 ratings 4.35 ·
spirituality · fiction · historical · christian · book · historical-fiction · romance · mystery · adult · audiobook · action-adventure · suspense · family · 20th-century · industrial-era · violent-conflict · espionage · political-intrigue · religion · war
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Joel C. Rosenberg
310 ratings 4.33 ·
espionage · christian · political-intrigue · suspense · politics · historical-fiction · audiobook · spirituality · fiction · military · thriller · adult · drama · book · action-adventure · religion · violent-conflict · mystery · terrorism · war
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Mary Kingswood
363 ratings 4.29 ·
historical · adult · regency · fiction · industrial-era · historical-fiction · romance · book · spirituality · religion · mystery · humor · audiobook · law-enforcement · family · christian · crime · europe · female-mc · england
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Barbara Davis
116 ratings 4.29 ·
adult · mystery · fiction · female-mc · book · family · womens-fiction · romance · historical-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · literary-fiction · drama · magical-realism · historical · magic · suspense · paranormal · cheating · violent-conflict
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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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Robin Stevens
189 ratings 4.27 ·
historical-fiction · law-enforcement · murder · fiction · middle-grade · children · young-adult · action-adventure · crime · mystery · friendship · boarding-school · historical · children-books · book · whodunit · audiobook · killer · female-author · cozy
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Natasha Lester
134 ratings 4.26 ·
romance · book · 20th-century · historical · historical-fiction · adult · fiction · audiobook · ww2 · violent-conflict · war · womens-fiction · family · mystery · female-mc · action-adventure · drama · military · literary-fiction · urban
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Michelle Griep
173 ratings 4.23 ·
spirituality · adult · fiction · christian · historical · romance · historical-fiction · book · industrial-era · mystery · audiobook · regency · suspense · action-adventure · victorian · religion · womens-fiction · drama · anthologies · female-author
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Mary Ellen Taylor
148 ratings 4.23 ·
fiction · womens-fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · adult · romance · book · family · historical · audiobook · female-mc · 20th-century · friendship · epic · drama · small-town · secrets · cozy · culinary · fantasy
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Rebecca Ross
115 ratings 4.21 ·
book · fiction · fantasy · myths · young-adult · audiobook · romance · paranormal · historical-fiction · magic · historical · high-fantasy · action-adventure · mystery · family · sword-sorcery · epic · royalty · enemies-to-lovers · dark
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Kathryn Hughes
118 ratings 4.21 ·
historical-fiction · historical · female-mc · fiction · adult · book · family · romance · mystery · 20th-century · audiobook · psychological · womens-fiction · drama · ww2 · abuse · literary-fiction · secrets · violent-conflict · cozy
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Jen Turano
270 ratings 4.20 ·
christian · spirituality · romance · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · adult · humor · book · audiobook · mystery · comedy · action-adventure · industrial-era · regency · religion · womens-fiction · victorian · religious · suspense
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Robert Beatty
114 ratings 4.19 ·
children · middle-grade · book · action-adventure · young-adult · historical · audiobook · magic · historical-fiction · horror · law-enforcement · fantasy · animals · fiction · paranormal · children-books · mystery · friendship · supernatural · family
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C.S. Harris
330 ratings 4.18 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · historical · adult · industrial-era · book · murder · law-enforcement · audiobook · crime · regency · suspense · amateur-sleuth · action-adventure · killer · victorian · whodunit · british-isles · england
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Lucinda Riley
454 ratings 4.17 ·
book · drama · womens-fiction · fiction · romance · historical-fiction · family · mystery · historical · audiobook · adult · literary-fiction · female-author · action-adventure · 20th-century · female-mc · secrets · young-adult · realistic · ww2
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C.J. Sansom
232 ratings 4.17 ·
historical · book · fiction · mystery · adult · crime · historical-fiction · audiobook · suspense · thriller · spirituality · early-modern · religion · murder · medieval · law-enforcement · politics · killer · action-adventure · drama
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Mark T. Sullivan
172 ratings 4.14 ·
book · fiction · adult · action-adventure · crime · mystery · suspense · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · thriller · law-enforcement · literary-fiction · investigator · 20th-century · political-intrigue · serial-killers · killer · murder · horror
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Jack Du Brul
225 ratings 4.12 ·
suspense · book · action-adventure · crime · thriller · fiction · mystery · audiobook · adult · political-intrigue · violent-conflict · espionage · military · historical-fiction · technothriller · historical · nautical · law-enforcement · murder · contemporary
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Barbara Erskine
274 ratings 4.02 ·
adult · fiction · paranormal · historical-fiction · historical · time-travel · book · fantasy · supernatural · romance · mystery · horror · suspense · ghosts · gothic · audiobook · medieval · drama · family · action-adventure
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S.J. Parris
104 ratings 4.02 ·
murder · audiobook · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · book · medieval · adult · crime · fiction · political-intrigue · religion · law-enforcement · spirituality · early-modern · thriller · action-adventure · suspense · conspiracies · espionage
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Ken Follett
869 ratings 4.02 ·
fiction · book · adult · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · suspense · action-adventure · mystery · drama · political-intrigue · espionage · war · crime · thriller · violent-conflict · 20th-century · politics · literary · classics
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Dirk Cussler
172 ratings 4.00 ·
adult · crime · thriller · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · historical · audiobook · suspense · book · nautical · historical-fiction · military · violent-conflict · technothriller · political-intrigue · espionage · war · archaeology · terrorism
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
historical · action-adventure · suspense · magical-realism · fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · gothic · fantasy · audiobook · drama · horror · dark · 20th-century · book · literary-fiction · young-adult · urban-fantasy · crime · paranormal
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Oliver Pötzsch
214 ratings 3.99 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · book · mystery · action-adventure · early-modern · crime · adult · murder · law-enforcement · suspense · witches-wizards · literary-fiction · medieval · horror · fantasy · killer · thriller
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Anne Flosnik
154 ratings 3.97 ·
book · adult · fiction · audiobook · romance · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · suspense · womens-fiction · regency · industrial-era · female-mc · action-adventure · crime · europe · murder · law-enforcement · thriller · united-kingdom
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Maryrose Wood
172 ratings 3.93 ·
fiction · book · fantasy · young-adult · humor · paranormal · historical · action-adventure · historical-fiction · audiobook · female-mc · supernatural · mystery · middle-grade · animals · children · family · industrial-era · magical-realism · victorian
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