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Jean Grainger
4.43 · 374 ratings
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Louise Penny
4.22 · 685 ratings
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Mitch Albom
4.09 · 364 ratings
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.00 · 310 ratings
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Catherine Ryan Hyde
4.17 · 686 ratings
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Thich Nhat Hanh
4.19 · 490 ratings
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Fredrik Backman
4.21 · 415 ratings
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Jan Karon
4.19 · 410 ratings
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Judith Keim
4.39 · 302 ratings
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Lucinda Riley
4.17 · 454 ratings
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Abbie Zanders
4.33 · 475 ratings
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John Boyne
4.04 · 401 ratings
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Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.09 · 329 ratings
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Sherman Alexie
4.01 · 385 ratings- You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
- Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
- Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories by Sherman Alexie
- Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction by Sherman Alexie
- The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales by Sherman Alexie
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David Sedaris
4.01 · 597 ratings
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Adele Clee
4.22 · 350 ratings
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Alice Munro
3.94 · 409 ratings
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Yukio Mishima
3.90 · 348 ratings
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Ann Patchett
3.90 · 417 ratings
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Diane Chamberlain
4.05 · 647 ratings
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Hermann Hesse
3.98 · 471 ratings- Siddhartha : illustrated edition by Hermann Hesse
- Demian. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by Hermann Hesse
- Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture by Hermann Hesse
- Peter Camenzind - Gertrud - Knulp - Kuren - Narziss en Goldmund - Fabuleuze vertellingen - Een golfje op de stroom by Hermann Hesse
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Lisa See
3.93 · 341 ratings
fiction · historical-fiction · poc-mc · literary-fiction · historical · book · audiobook · female-author · womens-fiction · poc-author · female-mc · family · drama · realistic · coming-of-age · adult · journey · friendship · action-adventure · 20th-century
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Barbara Kingsolver
3.98 · 461 ratings- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
- The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live By from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries by Barbara Kingsolver
- Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
- Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World by Barbara Kingsolver
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Elena Ferrante
4.00 · 335 ratings
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Simone de Beauvoir
4.05 · 333 ratings- Inseparable by Simone de Beauvoir
- Extracts From: The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
- Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (Library of America) by Simone de Beauvoir
- A Transatlantic Love Affair: Letters to Nelson Algren by Simone de Beauvoir
- All Said and Done: An Autobiography 1962-1972 by Simone de Beauvoir
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Rose Pearson
4.14 · 378 ratings
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Charlotte Brontë
3.98 · 314 ratings
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Hilary Mantel
3.98 · 407 ratings
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Elif Shafak
3.95 · 339 ratings
literary-fiction · book · fiction · historical-fiction · drama · female-author · adult · journey · action-adventure · 21st-century · poc-mc · audiobook · islam · spirituality · family · historical · magical-realism · religion · friendship · contemporary
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Oliver Sacks
3.99 · 363 ratings
medical · contemporary · adult · literary-fiction · unreliable-narrator · mental-illness · university · disability · fiction · psychological · anthologies
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W. Somerset Maugham
3.95 · 360 ratings- The Appointment in Samarra by W. Somerset Maugham
- The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 1998 by W. Somerset Maugham
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by W. Somerset Maugham
- Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New by W. Somerset Maugham
- The Ghouls: Book One: The Stories Behind the Classic Horror Films by W. Somerset Maugham
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
3.83 · 301 ratings
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Alice Hoffman
3.81 · 980 ratings
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Alain de Botton
3.79 · 315 ratings
romance · philosophy · book · contemporary · literary-fiction · adult · fiction · psychological · humor · audiobook · philosophical · marriage · realistic · literary · classics · personal-growth · season-summer · new-adult · 21st-century · 20th-century
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Willa Cather
3.81 · 301 ratings- Her Boss by Willa Cather
- Big Book of Christmas: Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols by Willa Cather
- The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols by Willa Cather
- The Greatest Christmas Stories of All Time: Timeless Classics That Celebrate the Season by Willa Cather
- The Pittsburgh Stories of Willa Cather by Willa Cather
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Julio Cortázar
4.14 · 313 ratings
adult · fiction · literary-fiction · magical-realism · 20th-century · classics · literary · anthologies · contemporary · book · fantasy · low-fantasy · university · horror · postmodernism · poc-mc · historical · latinx-mc · psychological · drama
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Anthony Trollope
3.92 · 319 ratings- Big Book of Christmas: Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols by Anthony Trollope
- The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols by Anthony Trollope
- SF UNIVERSE - The Ultimate Collection: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Post-Apocalyptic Tales: The War of the Worlds, Anthem, Space ... America, A Traveler in Time, The Guardians… by Anthony Trollope
- Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century by Anthony Trollope
- The Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope
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Émile Zola
3.91 · 336 ratings
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Ernest Hemingway
3.80 · 761 ratings
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Honoré de Balzac
3.73 · 455 ratings
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Thomas Mann
3.89 · 308 ratings
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.02 · 924 ratings- White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Crime and Punishment: The Original Complete Edition: A Fyodor Dostoevsky Classic by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 50 Beautiful Christmas Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Big Book of Christmas: Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Thomas Hardy
3.80 · 429 ratings- The Trumpet-Major Illustrated by Thomas Hardy
- Far from the Madding Crowd: A Journey of Love and Independence for one Woman in 19th-Century England by Thomas Hardy
- A Changed Man, and Other Tales (Annotated): The Original Classic by Thomas Hardy
- The Trumpet-Major Illustrated by Thomas Hardy
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by Thomas Hardy
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Aldous Huxley
3.83 · 425 ratings
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Herman Melville
3.65 · 386 ratings
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Anton Chekhov
4.01 · 582 ratings- Big Book of Christmas: Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols by Anton Chekhov
- Cosy Crime Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
- Antología de relatos de detectives by Anton Chekhov
- The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols by Anton Chekhov
- The Golden Book of World's Greatest Mysteries: 60+ Whodunit Tales & Detective Stories by Anton Chekhov
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.76 · 579 ratings- Where All Good Flappers Go: Essential Stories of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Great Gatsby: The Graphic Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- To Die For by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Tarquin of Cheapside by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Joseph Conrad
3.63 · 379 ratings- Heart of Darkness : illustrated by Joseph Conrad
- Heart Of Darkness: The Original 1899 Edition by Joseph Conrad
- The Secret Sharer and Other Stories by Joseph Conrad
- 50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die Vol: 1 by Joseph Conrad
- Tales of Terror: The world's most terrifying stories presented by a leading icon of fear by Joseph Conrad
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