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Catherine Ryan Hyde
686 ratings 4.17 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · family · audiobook · contemporary · drama · womens-fiction · friendship · book · coming-of-age · young-adult · realistic · female-mc · adult · historical-fiction · anthologies · lgbtq · romance · animals · mental-illness
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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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Betty Smith
106 ratings 4.11 ·
classics · young-adult · literary · book · literary-fiction · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · coming-of-age · urban · marriage · 20th-century · female-author · audiobook · family · realistic · womens-fiction · survival · action-adventure · season-summer
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Jesmyn Ward
191 ratings 4.11 ·
poc-mc · literary-fiction · female-author · fiction · coming-of-age · book · family · audiobook · historical-fiction · poverty · realistic · contemporary · poc-author · young-adult · 21st-century · black-mc · grief · historical · outdoors · substance-abuse
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Kim Michele Richardson
135 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · usa · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · kentucky · rural · family · coming-of-age · book · north-america · literary-fiction · racism · drama · female-mc · friendship · young-adult · poverty · adult · 20th-century
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Pat Conroy
275 ratings 4.05 ·
historical-fiction · fiction · literary-fiction · book · coming-of-age · literary · family · classics · audiobook · drama · realistic · humor · mystery · epic · 20th-century · contemporary · young-adult · violent-conflict · high-school · male-author
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Ellen Marie Wiseman
150 ratings 3.99 ·
book · family · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · fiction · coming-of-age · drama · literary-fiction · 20th-century · suspense · action-adventure · young-adult · mystery · psychological · female-author · abuse · womens-fiction · crime · adult
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Harper Lee
150 ratings 3.99 ·
classics · young-adult · family · literary · coming-of-age · book · literary-fiction · drama · crime · fiction · audiobook · high-school · historical · historical-fiction · 20th-century · bildungsroman · racism · realistic · female-author · social-commentary
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Hazel Gaynor
189 ratings 3.98 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · drama · historical · 20th-century · book · audiobook · womens-fiction · adult · family · romance · coming-of-age · female-mc · friendship · action-adventure · literary-fiction · ww2 · female-author · war · mystery
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Erik Larson
242 ratings 3.97 ·- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson
- The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
- Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
- In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
- Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices by Erik Larson
contemporary · coming-of-age · literary-fiction · audiobook · true-crime · fiction · family · mystery · young-adult · anthologies
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Eden Robinson
104 ratings 3.97 ·
poc-mc · female-author · fiction · indigenous-mc · magical-realism · supernatural · contemporary · myths · young-adult · horror · literary-fiction · fantasy · coming-of-age · book · poc-author · audiobook · retellings · adult · paranormal · family
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Heather O'Neill
141 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · female-author · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · book · contemporary · adult · audiobook · coming-of-age · drama · action-adventure · dark · realistic · crime · young-adult · family · female-mc · magical-realism · journey · friendship
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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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Sarah Winman
102 ratings 3.89 ·
friendship · audiobook · historical-fiction · female-author · literary-fiction · fiction · book · family · 21st-century · death · drama · lgbtq · coming-of-age · 20th-century · young-adult · historical · ww2 · season-spring · violent-conflict · war
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Donna Tartt
135 ratings 3.86 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · adult · contemporary · myths · book · dark-academia · realistic · suspense · coming-of-age · classics · literary · historical-fiction · friendship · audiobook · mystery · female-author · thriller · crime · drama
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Lily King
152 ratings 3.84 ·
audiobook · fiction · literary-fiction · book · contemporary · coming-of-age · family · female-mc · female-author · historical-fiction · realistic · young-adult · romance · adult · marriage · feminism · 21st-century · love-triangle · friendship · lgbtq
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Amy Engel
104 ratings 3.84 ·
audiobook · fiction · family · book · suspense · drama · female-mc · murder · contemporary · action-adventure · young-adult · horror · new-adult · mystery · thriller · crime · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · apocalyptic · dark
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Matthew Quick
213 ratings 3.82 ·
audiobook · fiction · contemporary · drama · book · mental-illness · friendship · family · young-adult · realistic · grief · death · literary-fiction · humor · coming-of-age · male-author · psychological · sad · high-school · bullying
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Lori Lansens
104 ratings 3.80 ·
audiobook · fiction · book · drama · female-author · contemporary · coming-of-age · family · death · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · realistic · young-adult · historical-fiction · friendship · mystery · psychological · adult · dystopia · near-future
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Jeffrey Eugenides
171 ratings 3.77 ·
fiction · drama · adult · literary-fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · male-author · classics · literary · family · contemporary · coming-of-age · marriage · psychological · historical-fiction · book · realistic · 20th-century · bildungsroman · feminism
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Miriam Toews
168 ratings 3.73 ·
literary-fiction · audiobook · fiction · contemporary · humor · book · female-author · family · 21st-century · coming-of-age · realistic · adult · female-mc · drama · feminism · mental-illness · spirituality · religion · christian · historical-fiction
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Sally Rooney
175 ratings 3.72 ·
contemporary · audiobook · romance · fiction · literary-fiction · realistic · new-adult · 21st-century · female-author · adult · book · coming-of-age · young-adult · season-summer · mental-illness · friendship · female-mc · womens-fiction · drama · bildungsroman
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Rebecca Wells
137 ratings 3.70 ·
comedy · coming-of-age · realistic · book · family · young-adult · friendship · audiobook · historical-fiction · female-author · womens-fiction · drama · literary-fiction · fiction · humor · contemporary · female-mc · child-abuse · 20th-century · small-town
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Tracy Chevalier
286 ratings 3.69 ·
audiobook · historical-fiction · female-author · fiction · book · historical · literary-fiction · drama · family · 21st-century · womens-fiction · coming-of-age · friendship · 20th-century · realistic · literary · classics · young-adult · action-adventure · spirituality
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Laura Moriarty
100 ratings 3.62 ·
audiobook · fiction · drama · book · realistic · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · coming-of-age · young-adult · family · historical-fiction · friendship · spirituality · domestic-drama · female-mc · female-author · social-commentary · religion · action-adventure
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Jane Hamilton
142 ratings 3.56 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · contemporary · audiobook · family · coming-of-age · realistic · book · female-author · young-adult · womens-fiction · drama · epic · adult · historical-fiction · anthologies · 20th-century · psychological · female-mc · genetic-engineering
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Alice McDermott
121 ratings 3.55 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · book · audiobook · historical-fiction · drama · family · adult · female-author · coming-of-age · historical · spirituality · urban · religion · violent-conflict · war · realistic · contemporary · grief · 21st-century
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Meg Rosoff
157 ratings 3.37 ·
female-author · fiction · young-adult · book · audiobook · friendship · coming-of-age · realistic · romance · contemporary · literary-fiction · animals · family · drama · high-school · historical-fiction · action-adventure · children · magical-realism · teens
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