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Jean Grainger
380 ratings 4.44 ·
fiction · book · adult · historical-fiction · family · historical · literary-fiction · audiobook · romance · female-mc · epic · 20th-century · friendship · action-adventure · ww2 · violent-conflict · womens-fiction · war · mystery · cozy
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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 · breakup · epic · 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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Heather Morris
127 ratings 4.34 ·
violent-conflict · historical-fiction · ww2 · historical · fiction · war · 20th-century · book · survival · audiobook · literary-fiction · drama · realistic · young-adult · family · action-adventure · death · sad · friendship · abuse
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Elizabeth Acevedo
170 ratings 4.28 ·
poc-author · fiction · poc-mc · young-adult · contemporary · literary-fiction · lgbtq · feminism · latinx-mc · audiobook · family · book · female-author · drama · high-school · 21st-century · mental-illness · coming-of-age · realistic · female-mc
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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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Gemma Liviero
105 ratings 4.24 ·
historical-fiction · 20th-century · book · literary-fiction · war · fiction · historical · audiobook · violent-conflict · adult · drama · family · ww2 · action-adventure · mystery · romance · ww1 · season-summer · young-adult · coming-of-age
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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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Martha Hall Kelly
121 ratings 4.20 ·
fiction · war · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · ww2 · historical · family · 20th-century · female-mc · audiobook · book · urban · adult · womens-fiction · friendship · action-adventure · female-author · drama · survival
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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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Ronald H. Balson
145 ratings 4.19 ·
book · 20th-century · adult · literary-fiction · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · ww2 · mystery · audiobook · violent-conflict · family · war · investigator · suspense · religion · crime · drama · legal · spirituality
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Lucinda Riley
454 ratings 4.17 ·
book · fiction · romance · womens-fiction · drama · historical-fiction · family · mystery · audiobook · historical · adult · literary-fiction · female-author · action-adventure · 20th-century · female-mc · secrets · young-adult · realistic · suspense
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Laila Ibrahim
128 ratings 4.17 ·
historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · fiction · book · family · poc-mc · violent-conflict · literary-fiction · drama · adult · slavery · womens-fiction · action-adventure · civil-war · friendship · survival · black-mc · female-author · war
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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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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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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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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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Taylor Jenkins Reid
330 ratings 4.10 ·
family · fiction · realistic · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · romance · new-adult · female-author · audiobook · book · drama · young-adult · female-mc · friendship · contemporary · sad · historical-fiction · season-summer · marriage · historical
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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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Thrity Umrigar
184 ratings 4.06 ·
family · adult · fiction · book · literary-fiction · female-mc · poc-mc · audiobook · historical-fiction · poc-author · realistic · journey · friendship · drama · contemporary · female-author · psychological · marriage · historical · action-adventure
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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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Edward Rutherfurd
214 ratings 4.03 ·
action-adventure · family · book · literary-fiction · war · adult · epic · audiobook · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · early-modern · 20th-century · drama · journey · religion · medieval · spirituality · classics
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John Boyne
402 ratings 4.03 ·
fiction · book · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · family · drama · literary-fiction · young-adult · 20th-century · action-adventure · realistic · coming-of-age · lgbtq · death · 21st-century · male-author · mystery · adult · friendship
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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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Elena Ferrante
337 ratings 4.01 ·
book · feminism · family · audiobook · fiction · female-mc · literary-fiction · realistic · action-adventure · 21st-century · journey · drama · female-author · historical-fiction · bildungsroman · coming-of-age · literary · classics · friendship · adult
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Maggie O'Farrell
275 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · book · adult · female-author · drama · 21st-century · audiobook · family · mystery · womens-fiction · historical · psychological · historical-fiction · romance · realistic · season-summer · marriage · female-mc · contemporary
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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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