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Alexie Aaron
140 ratings 4.46 ·
fantasy · adult · ghosts · fiction · supernatural · urban-fantasy · paranormal · book · horror · cozy · hauntings · mystery · psychics · haunted-places · romance · witches-wizards · action-adventure · audiobook · time-travel · contemporary
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Juliette Harper
121 ratings 4.42 ·
fiction · book · mystery · adult · witches-wizards · fantasy · horror · cozy · supernatural · humor · ghosts · paranormal · urban-fantasy · magic · action-adventure · retellings · romance · myths · psychics · western
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Bobbi Holmes
310 ratings 4.37 ·
fiction · mystery · supernatural · adult · ghosts · cozy · book · horror · paranormal · crime · fantasy · audiobook · urban-fantasy · spirituality · suspense · murder · killer · hauntings · romance · animals
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Derek Landy
446 ratings 4.33 ·
fiction · young-adult · fantasy · humor · book · audiobook · action-adventure · mystery · urban-fantasy · middle-grade · horror · magic · law-enforcement · children · paranormal · dark · supernatural · crime · children-books · low-fantasy
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Chris Carter
334 ratings 4.29 ·
fiction · adult · mystery · book · horror · crime · audiobook · serial-killers · law-enforcement · thriller · suspense · police-procedural · contemporary · psychological · dark · murder · killer · usa · urban · graphic-violence
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Alexandria Clarke
135 ratings 4.28 ·- The Haunting of Louella Ward: A Riveting Haunted House Mystery by Alexandria Clarke
- The Haunting of University Park by Alexandria Clarke
- The Haunting of Bregoli Estate by Alexandria Clarke
- The Haunting of Daisy Dawkins Boxset: A Riveting Paranormal Mystery by Alexandria Clarke
- The Haunting of Coyote Island by Alexandria Clarke
fiction · mystery · book · adult · ghosts · supernatural · paranormal · suspense · horror · literary-fiction · female-mc · fantasy · cozy · crime · kidnapping · psychics · police-procedural · law-enforcement · amateur-sleuth · spirituality
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Raven Snow
129 ratings 4.28 ·
mystery · supernatural · book · paranormal · cozy · witches-wizards · fiction · adult · female-mc · horror · fantasy · romance · magical-realism · low-fantasy · urban-fantasy · myths · action-adventure · amateur-sleuth · magic · humor
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Scott Cawthon
252 ratings 4.25 ·
fiction · horror · young-adult · children-books · mystery · supernatural · audiobook · book · ghosts · monsters · middle-grade · fantasy · urban-fantasy · paranormal · sci-fi · children · anthologies · terror-horror · dark · law-enforcement
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Holly Jackson
179 ratings 4.24 ·
contemporary · book · young-adult · murder · fiction · thriller · crime · suspense · killer · audiobook · mystery · whodunit · horror · law-enforcement · female-author · realistic · racism · dark · high-school · female-mc
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Anna J. McIntyre
260 ratings 4.23 ·
fiction · adult · book · mystery · crime · horror · cozy · supernatural · ghosts · audiobook · fantasy · paranormal · romance · urban-fantasy · suspense · spirituality · murder · hauntings · contemporary · killer
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Jordan L. Hawk
656 ratings 4.21 ·
romance · lgbtq · fiction · paranormal · mlm · fantasy · adult · mystery · supernatural · magic · book · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · horror · law-enforcement · audiobook · suspense · steamy · crime · historical
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Will Hill
113 ratings 4.20 ·
fiction · horror · fantasy · young-adult · paranormal · action-adventure · urban-fantasy · book · mystery · survival · vampires · contemporary · dark · supernatural · dystopia · romantic-love · literary · classics · suspense · anthologies
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Robert Beatty
114 ratings 4.19 ·
fantasy · animals · fiction · audiobook · historical · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · horror · magic · action-adventure · young-adult · middle-grade · children · book · children-books · mystery · paranormal · friendship · gothic · magical-realism
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Willow Rose
1038 ratings 4.16 ·
fiction · mystery · book · suspense · adult · horror · supernatural · crime · paranormal · audiobook · action-adventure · hard-boiled · literary-fiction · psychological · female-mc · law-enforcement · thriller · serial-killers · young-adult · police-procedural
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J.D. Barker
182 ratings 4.15 ·
fiction · mystery · suspense · book · audiobook · horror · adult · crime · psychological · thriller · serial-killers · contemporary · action-adventure · law-enforcement · supernatural · murder · dark · killer · police-procedural · paranormal
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Julie Plec
168 ratings 4.10 ·
book · vampires · paranormal · urban-fantasy · young-adult · magic · shapeshifters · fantasy · witches-wizards · supernatural · fiction · horror · historical-fiction · romance · audiobook · mystery · immortality · historical · coming-of-age · contemporary
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Anne Frasier
283 ratings 4.09 ·
fiction · adult · mystery · book · female-mc · suspense · crime · horror · thriller · law-enforcement · psychological · contemporary · audiobook · paranormal · police-procedural · serial-killers · dark · murder · killer · supernatural
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Phil Rickman
294 ratings 4.09 ·
fiction · adult · horror · book · mystery · fantasy · paranormal · supernatural · crime · suspense · ghosts · audiobook · female-mc · spirituality · rural · folk-horror · religion · urban-fantasy · contemporary · literary-fiction
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Jools Sinclair
121 ratings 4.09 ·
fiction · paranormal · book · supernatural · ghosts · young-adult · horror · mystery · fantasy · romance · suspense · dystopia · urban-fantasy · sports · contemporary · psychics · adult · crime · anthologies · obsession
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David L. Golemon
176 ratings 4.08 ·
fiction · adult · book · action-adventure · horror · mystery · suspense · violent-conflict · military · war · historical-fiction · supernatural · thriller · technothriller · political-intrigue · paranormal · historical · urban-fantasy · espionage · magic
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Dot Hutchison
130 ratings 4.05 ·
contemporary · audiobook · fiction · book · horror · suspense · dark · killer · law-enforcement · serial-killers · murder · psychological · mystery · crime · drama · thriller · young-adult · friendship · kidnapping · abuse
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Ransom Riggs
358 ratings 4.04 ·
horror · fantasy · fiction · time-travel · young-adult · action-adventure · paranormal · magical-realism · children · book · audiobook · magic · historical-fiction · mystery · supernatural · urban-fantasy · historical · middle-grade · dark · suspense
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Barbara Erskine
274 ratings 4.02 ·
adult · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · paranormal · fantasy · supernatural · romance · book · time-travel · mystery · horror · suspense · ghosts · gothic · drama · medieval · audiobook · womens-fiction · family
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
309 ratings 4.00 ·
gothic · fantasy · mystery · historical · fiction · magical-realism · historical-fiction · action-adventure · suspense · drama · horror · audiobook · literary-fiction · book · 20th-century · dark · young-adult · crime · urban-fantasy · supernatural
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Sarwat Chadda
126 ratings 3.96 ·
fiction · fantasy · young-adult · action-adventure · book · magic · myths · urban-fantasy · mystery · children-books · supernatural · horror · paranormal · children · middle-grade · retellings · audiobook · poc-author · demons · poc-mc
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Dean Koontz
3061 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · horror · adult · mystery · suspense · supernatural · book · paranormal · audiobook · crime · action-adventure · psychological · thriller · contemporary · drama · law-enforcement · dark · anthologies · terror · ghosts
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Simon Beckett
156 ratings 3.94 ·
book · fiction · mystery · thriller · adult · crime · audiobook · contemporary · suspense · murder · horror · law-enforcement · forensics · killer · action-adventure · medical · police-procedural · male-author · political-intrigue · serial-killers
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Mo Hayder
200 ratings 3.87 ·
fiction · mystery · adult · crime · thriller · horror · audiobook · book · suspense · murder · psychological · law-enforcement · police-procedural · contemporary · killer · female-author · dark · serial-killers · hard-boiled · drama
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