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Ken Kesey
116 ratings 4.13 ·
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · book · literary · classics · historical-fiction · dark · male-author · humor · psychological · drama · mental-illness · historical · audiobook · mystery · transgressive-mc · university · realistic · 20th-century
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
historical · action-adventure · suspense · magical-realism · fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · gothic · fantasy · audiobook · drama · horror · dark · 20th-century · book · literary-fiction · young-adult · urban-fantasy · crime · paranormal
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Cormac McCarthy
408 ratings 3.97 ·
audiobook · fiction · drama · literary-fiction · book · historical-fiction · dark · adult · literary · classics · western · action-adventure · southern-gothic · 20th-century · industrial-era · gothic · contemporary · philosophy · horror · crime
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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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Alex Michaelides
106 ratings 3.89 ·
contemporary · book · suspense · psychological · fiction · thriller · adult · mental-illness · dark-academia · realistic · murder · mystery · spooky · literary-fiction · drama · dark · killer · horror · law-enforcement · crime
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Stuart Turton
131 ratings 3.88 ·
mystery · supernatural · fiction · adult · horror · paranormal · book · suspense · murder · magical-realism · literary-fiction · crime · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · action-adventure · spooky · gothic · dark · killer
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Tana French
331 ratings 3.88 ·
crime · literary-fiction · thriller · mystery · book · fiction · audiobook · law-enforcement · suspense · contemporary · drama · 21st-century · death · realistic · adult · female-author · murder · psychological · dark · killer
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Yōko Ogawa
137 ratings 3.82 ·
literary-fiction · adult · fiction · 21st-century · horror · drama · 20th-century · poc-author · classics · literary · dark · female-author · journey · contemporary · mystery · anthologies · poc-mc · magical-realism · gothic · book
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J.P. Delaney
134 ratings 3.76 ·
adult · crime · mystery · psychological · thriller · fiction · audiobook · suspense · book · drama · horror · contemporary · literary-fiction · domestic-drama · secrets · dark · female-mc · murder · unreliable-narrator · europe
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Diane Setterfield
115 ratings 3.76 ·
fiction · fantasy · book · dark · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · 21st-century · mystery · supernatural · magical-realism · literary-fiction · gothic · drama · female-author · suspense · family · paranormal · death · season-autumn
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Paula Hawkins
157 ratings 3.74 ·
mental-illness · book · contemporary · suspense · murder · mystery · psychological · fiction · literary-fiction · adult · crime · drama · female-author · unreliable-narrator · thriller · killer · dark · law-enforcement · audiobook · 21st-century
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Dennis Cooper
121 ratings 3.68 ·
fiction · adult · lgbtq · transgressive-mc · dark · horror · literary-fiction · contemporary · spirituality · cults · substance-abuse · crime · book · steamy · anthologies · psychological · death · mystery · 20th-century · postmodernism
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Bret Easton Ellis
236 ratings 3.59 ·
book · literary · classics · literary-fiction · crime · mystery · contemporary · audiobook · dark · psychological · fiction · horror · drama · transgressive-mc · satire · substance-abuse · cults · lgbtq · postmodernism · spirituality
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Ottessa Moshfegh
142 ratings 3.56 ·
literary-fiction · 21st-century · adult · fiction · dark · horror · mental-illness · book · female-author · psychological · audiobook · humor · realistic · historical-fiction · contemporary · drama · unreliable-narrator · crime · mystery · historical
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Megan Abbott
252 ratings 3.41 ·
fiction · mystery · crime · suspense · book · thriller · female-author · dark · audiobook · psychological · noir · literary-fiction · adult · drama · 21st-century · historical · young-adult · contemporary · historical-fiction · realistic
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