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Judith Keim
308 ratings 4.39 ·
fiction · contemporary · adult · book · female-mc · romance · womens-fiction · family · literary-fiction · humor · psychological · sad · spirituality · domestic-drama · friendship · audiobook · holidays · epic · breakup · religion
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Hannah Ellis
237 ratings 4.36 ·
fiction · adult · book · contemporary · humor · female-mc · literary-fiction · romance · family · womens-fiction · friendship · small-town · friends-to-lovers · cozy · new-adult · british-isles · europe · holidays · steamy · comedy
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Barbara Hinske
104 ratings 4.35 ·
adult · fiction · book · female-mc · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · epic · womens-fiction · crime · family · cozy · romance · domestic-drama · breakup · mystery · urban · new-adult · holidays · suspense
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Abbie Zanders
475 ratings 4.33 ·
fiction · adult · romance · book · contemporary · female-mc · literary-fiction · action-adventure · military · small-town · suspense · paranormal · humor · alpha-mc · audiobook · shapeshifters · family · steamy · violent-conflict · fantasy
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Caimh McDonnell
117 ratings 4.32 ·
adult · crime · fiction · mystery · book · humor · contemporary · audiobook · law-enforcement · police-procedural · dark-humor · male-author · literary-fiction · comedy · suspense · action-adventure · thriller · noir · hard-boiled · poc-mc
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Elizabeth Acevedo
170 ratings 4.28 ·
poc-author · poc-mc · fiction · contemporary · young-adult · literary-fiction · lgbtq · feminism · audiobook · latinx-mc · family · book · female-author · high-school · 21st-century · drama · coming-of-age · realistic · mental-illness · friendship
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Tracey Alvarez
157 ratings 4.25 ·
fiction · romance · adult · contemporary · womens-fiction · book · family · small-town · literary-fiction · female-mc · epic · humor · enemies-to-lovers · anthologies · poc-mc · holidays · friends-to-lovers · children · action-adventure · new-adult
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Louise Penny
685 ratings 4.22 ·
contemporary · suspense · fiction · murder · adult · audiobook · book · crime · cozy · police-procedural · law-enforcement · killer · whodunit · mystery · thriller · female-author · 21st-century · literary-fiction · family · friendship
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Fredrik Backman
418 ratings 4.22 ·
book · fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · audiobook · drama · 21st-century · mental-illness · realistic · family · friendship · male-author · grief · journey · action-adventure · young-adult · humor · death · adult · europe
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Kat T. Masen
245 ratings 4.21 ·
fiction · adult · contemporary · romance · literary-fiction · new-adult · billionaire · book · steamy · angst · friends-to-lovers · urban · family · age-gap · dark · love-triangle · enemies-to-lovers · anthologies · forbidden-love · domestic-drama
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Rachael Lucas
132 ratings 4.20 ·
fiction · romance · book · adult · contemporary · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · humor · holidays · spirituality · new-adult · christian · family · animals · literary · classics · audiobook · female-mc · season-winter · female-author
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Jan Karon
410 ratings 4.19 ·
book · family · christian · spirituality · fiction · religious · contemporary · realistic · audiobook · humor · literary-fiction · religion · small-town · womens-fiction · adult · cozy · female-author · drama · friendship · rural
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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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Lindsey Hart
258 ratings 4.17 ·
fiction · adult · contemporary · humor · billionaire · literary-fiction · romance · book · classics · literary · anthologies · comedy · female-mc · urban · steamy · drama · satire · spirituality · fake-relationship · enemies-to-lovers
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Robert Galbraith
225 ratings 4.13 ·
book · contemporary · suspense · action-adventure · audiobook · fiction · mystery · crime · realistic · whodunit · death · law-enforcement · killer · 21st-century · murder · investigator · drama · adult · female-author · thriller
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Lisa Genova
183 ratings 4.10 ·
audiobook · sad · disability · literary-fiction · drama · womens-fiction · female-author · psychological · fiction · female-mc · marriage · book · realistic · contemporary · medical · mental-illness · family · death · adult · friendship
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Mitch Albom
364 ratings 4.09 ·
drama · book · philosophy · religion · family · christian · audiobook · spirituality · fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · magical-realism · religious · fantasy · young-adult · death · supernatural · grief · realistic · paranormal
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Diane Chamberlain
647 ratings 4.05 ·
womens-fiction · fiction · audiobook · book · mystery · drama · family · adult · contemporary · suspense · female-mc · literary-fiction · romance · historical-fiction · realistic · female-author · crime · psychological · secrets · friendship
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Olga Tokarczuk
127 ratings 4.04 ·
action-adventure · magical-realism · fiction · female-author · literary-fiction · adult · journey · audiobook · classics · literary · contemporary · book · historical-fiction · philosophy · 21st-century · spirituality · 20th-century · religion · epic · psychological
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Armistead Maupin
288 ratings 4.01 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · adult · lgbtq · contemporary · humor · friendship · audiobook · book · drama · comedy · mlm · mystery · satire · wlw · trans-mc · historical-fiction · classics · literary · realistic
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Nick Alexander
230 ratings 4.01 ·
book · fiction · adult · contemporary · womens-fiction · female-mc · romance · family · literary-fiction · audiobook · drama · coming-of-age · epic · psychological · lgbtq · historical · western-central-europe · action-adventure · mental-illness · 20th-century
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David Sedaris
597 ratings 4.01 ·
audiobook · contemporary · literary-fiction · adult · fiction · anthologies · lgbtq · literary · dark-humor · realistic · steamy · comedy · family · humor · classics · romance
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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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Alice Munro
409 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · anthologies · literary-fiction · classics · literary · contemporary · female-author · adult · feminism · historical-fiction · audiobook · 20th-century · family · female-mc · 21st-century · drama · university · realistic · friendship · psychological
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Laurie Frankel
103 ratings 3.93 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · book · contemporary · family · drama · womens-fiction · audiobook · friendship · realistic · young-adult · new-adult · 21st-century · siblings · adult · social-commentary · female-author · humor · romance · female-mc
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Lydia Davis
146 ratings 3.92 ·
contemporary · literary-fiction · adult · fiction · female-author · anthologies · 21st-century · 20th-century · classics · literary · university · psychological · book · audiobook · drama · humor · philosophy · feminism · realistic · steamy
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Steve Almond
116 ratings 3.76 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · adult · humor · contemporary · romance · anthologies · book · mystery · audiobook · 21st-century · historical-fiction · coming-of-age · realistic · crime · drama · university · womens-fiction · workplace · urban
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Banana Yoshimoto
267 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · magical-realism · adult · female-author · 20th-century · book · anthologies · action-adventure · audiobook · female-mc · journey · grief · poc-author · death · drama · family · coming-of-age · mystery
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