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Rosanne Bittner
314 ratings 4.34 ·
fiction · historical · adult · romance · book · historical-fiction · western · industrial-era · poc-mc · indigenous-mc · family · action-adventure · westen · age-gap · outlaws · epic · dark · spirituality · christian · usa
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Chloe Gong
120 ratings 4.31 ·
fiction · fantasy · romance · young-adult · book · historical-fiction · historical · retellings · poc-mc · poc-author · asian-mc · lgbtq · mystery · enemies-to-lovers · paranormal · horror · urban-fantasy · supernatural · sci-fi · action-adventure
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Sara Donati
191 ratings 4.24 ·
fiction · historical · historical-fiction · industrial-era · book · adult · epic · romance · audiobook · family · western · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · action-adventure · womens-fiction · outdoors · drama · medical · literary-fiction · mystery
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Laila Ibrahim
128 ratings 4.17 ·
historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · fiction · book · family · poc-mc · violent-conflict · literary-fiction · drama · adult · slavery · womens-fiction · action-adventure · civil-war · friendship · survival · black-mc · female-author · war
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Mary Monroe
283 ratings 4.14 ·
fiction · poc-mc · historical-fiction · black-mc · adult · female-mc · book · audiobook · drama · family · historical · spirituality · womens-fiction · crime · friendship · literary-fiction · religion · suspense · contemporary · romance
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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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Kathleen O'Neal Gear
357 ratings 4.13 ·
fiction · book · historical · adult · historical-fiction · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · fantasy · prehistoric · ancient-civilization · mystery · action-adventure · industrial-era · western · female-author · myths · suspense · audiobook · magic · family
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Madeline Baker
228 ratings 4.11 ·
adult · fiction · romance · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · historical · book · industrial-era · western · historical-fiction · paranormal · time-travel · sci-fi · steamy · action-adventure · anthologies · dark · fantasy · kidnapping · supernatural
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Bernice L. McFadden
112 ratings 4.10 ·
literary-fiction · audiobook · fiction · adult · black-mc · drama · book · historical-fiction · poc-mc · family · female-author · historical · female-mc · 21st-century · mystery · 20th-century · racism · realistic · social-commentary · horror
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Connie Rose Porter
169 ratings 4.07 ·
fiction · poc-mc · book · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · slavery · historical · children-books · middle-grade · children · poc-author · female-author · coming-of-age · civil-war · young-adult · audiobook · industrial-era · american-civil-war · black-mc · realistic
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Thrity Umrigar
184 ratings 4.06 ·
family · adult · fiction · book · literary-fiction · female-mc · poc-mc · audiobook · historical-fiction · poc-author · realistic · journey · friendship · drama · contemporary · female-author · psychological · marriage · historical · action-adventure
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Jewell Parker Rhodes
158 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · audiobook · book · historical-fiction · poc-mc · historical · black-mc · poc-author · family · paranormal · middle-grade · children-books · supernatural · racism · realistic · adult · friendship · young-adult · children · literary-fiction
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Elizabeth Lim
139 ratings 4.04 ·
fantasy · fiction · romance · young-adult · book · myths · retellings · magic · paranormal · audiobook · poc-mc · poc-author · fairy-tale · asian-mc · epic · historical-fiction · action-adventure · high-fantasy · supernatural · historical
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James McBride
191 ratings 4.03 ·
black-mc · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · poc-mc · fiction · literary-fiction · racism · book · adult · family · poc-author · violent-conflict · mystery · social-commentary · military · action-adventure · civil-war · slavery · male-author
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Anne Hillerman
118 ratings 4.03 ·
indigenous-mc · fiction · law-enforcement · police-procedural · book · adult · mystery · audiobook · poc-mc · suspense · crime · western · murder · action-adventure · female-author · killer · historical-fiction · whodunit · contemporary · family
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Margarita Engle
101 ratings 4.00 ·
young-adult · fiction · latinx-mc · middle-grade · book · poc-mc · historical · historical-fiction · children-books · realistic · north-america · friendship · family · feminism · children · caribbean · racism · cuba · action-adventure · slavery
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Sandra Cisneros
170 ratings 3.96 ·
female-author · fiction · latinx-mc · poc-mc · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · university · realistic · contemporary · poc-author · young-adult · family · classics · hispanic · audiobook · book · feminism · literary · anthologies · friendship
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Marlon James
124 ratings 3.96 ·
fiction · dark · audiobook · poc-mc · adult · literary-fiction · book · historical-fiction · magical-realism · action-adventure · historical · 21st-century · lgbtq · fantasy · retellings · male-author · myths · black-mc · horror · mystery
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Toni Morrison
440 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · classics · female-author · historical-fiction · poc-mc · literary-fiction · drama · literary · poc-author · book · feminism · adult · audiobook · university · realistic · 20th-century · racism · magical-realism · historical · coming-of-age
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Lisa See
341 ratings 3.93 ·
literary-fiction · historical · book · fiction · historical-fiction · poc-mc · audiobook · female-author · womens-fiction · poc-author · drama · realistic · coming-of-age · female-mc · family · 20th-century · adult · journey · friendship · action-adventure
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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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Louise Erdrich
476 ratings 3.91 ·
fiction · female-author · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · adult · literary-fiction · book · historical-fiction · family · poc-author · magical-realism · historical · audiobook · western · industrial-era · realistic · drama · 21st-century · literary · classics
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Christopher Paul Curtis
190 ratings 3.89 ·
children-books · fiction · humor · middle-grade · children · young-adult · friendship · audiobook · realistic · book · action-adventure · poc-mc · family · historical-fiction · racism · coming-of-age · death · historical · poc-author · black-mc
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Amitav Ghosh
198 ratings 3.88 ·
literary-fiction · adult · fiction · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · book · drama · poc-mc · action-adventure · politics · journey · university · 21st-century · literary · classics · war · epic · violent-conflict · poc-author
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Rabih Alameddine
112 ratings 3.88 ·
fiction · adult · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · war · poc-mc · poc-author · book · lgbtq · violent-conflict · magical-realism · journey · action-adventure · family · female-author · male-author · spirituality · islam · 21st-century
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Ellen Oh
126 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · poc-mc · young-adult · paranormal · fantasy · book · action-adventure · supernatural · magic · female-author · audiobook · historical-fiction · middle-grade · poc-author · family · children · myths · ghosts · children-books · historical
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
301 ratings 3.83 ·
fiction · book · poc-mc · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · poc-author · female-author · adult · audiobook · family · action-adventure · female-mc · fantasy · historical · friendship · womens-fiction · drama · contemporary · magic · young-adult
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Jeannie Lin
151 ratings 3.72 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · historical · romance · adult · book · poc-mc · poc-author · female-author · ancient-civilization · action-adventure · industrial-era · asian-mc · audiobook · mystery · anthologies · female-mc · medieval · steampunk · myths
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