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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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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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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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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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Imogen Clark
164 ratings 4.07 ·
literary-fiction · adult · family · fiction · female-mc · audiobook · book · contemporary · womens-fiction · friendship · mystery · coming-of-age · drama · psychological · grief · historical-fiction · medical · female-author · multi-pov · romance
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Suzanne Redfearn
128 ratings 4.06 ·
contemporary · family · audiobook · fiction · female-mc · suspense · book · friendship · literary-fiction · crime · womens-fiction · mystery · action-adventure · drama · adult · romance · coming-of-age · young-adult · new-adult · death
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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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Kate Morton
246 ratings 3.99 ·
mystery · suspense · book · family · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · gothic · fiction · 20th-century · female-author · adult · crime · drama · romance · realistic · friendship · 21st-century
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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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Jane Harper
176 ratings 3.97 ·
book · suspense · fiction · murder · mystery · adult · crime · drama · contemporary · family · whodunit · law-enforcement · killer · death · audiobook · psychological · female-author · thriller · journey · literary-fiction
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Fannie Flagg
273 ratings 3.95 ·
literary-fiction · womens-fiction · humor · book · fiction · female-mc · friendship · historical-fiction · drama · realistic · adult · female-author · audiobook · family · comedy · small-town · historical · epic · mystery · coming-of-age
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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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Sarah Addison Allen
238 ratings 3.92 ·
fiction · magical-realism · fantasy · paranormal · contemporary · romance · womens-fiction · magic · family · book · drama · female-author · audiobook · supernatural · literary-fiction · friendship · mystery · urban-fantasy · small-town · realistic
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Gail Tsukiyama
150 ratings 3.91 ·
historical-fiction · historical · fiction · literary-fiction · female-author · book · poc-mc · drama · family · poc-author · friendship · adult · 20th-century · violent-conflict · ww2 · audiobook · war · womens-fiction · action-adventure · journey
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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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Rachel Joyce
172 ratings 3.89 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · friendship · audiobook · female-author · womens-fiction · adult · grief · contemporary · book · family · humor · mystery · female-mc · drama · realistic · action-adventure · mental-illness · historical-fiction · death
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Jojo Moyes
595 ratings 3.89 ·
womens-fiction · romance · fiction · audiobook · book · drama · female-mc · realistic · literary-fiction · family · contemporary · friendship · female-author · historical-fiction · adult · young-adult · humor · coming-of-age · historical · season-summer
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Elizabeth Strout
321 ratings 3.84 ·
literary-fiction · female-author · fiction · audiobook · family · 21st-century · marriage · realistic · contemporary · drama · womens-fiction · mental-illness · adult · book · friendship · historical-fiction · small-town · female-mc · grief · epic
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Christina Baker Kline
203 ratings 3.84 ·
family · fiction · book · womens-fiction · drama · literary-fiction · friendship · adult · historical-fiction · audiobook · female-mc · realistic · contemporary · action-adventure · female-author · coming-of-age · historical · domestic-drama · poc-mc · indigenous-mc
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Katherine Reay
158 ratings 3.83 ·
christian · fiction · female-mc · spirituality · audiobook · romance · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · book · family · drama · contemporary · mystery · realistic · historical-fiction · friendship · adult · religion · retellings · young-adult
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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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Maeve Binchy
671 ratings 3.82 ·
fiction · adult · womens-fiction · romance · literary-fiction · family · contemporary · friendship · drama · audiobook · female-mc · female-author · book · realistic · anthologies · historical-fiction · humor · epic · 20th-century · literary
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Kevin Kwan
182 ratings 3.82 ·
female-mc · romance · fiction · humor · contemporary · family · new-adult · audiobook · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · book · young-adult · season-summer · poc-mc · male-author · friendship · comedy · drama · realistic · satire
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Marisa de los Santos
173 ratings 3.81 ·
audiobook · fiction · book · family · friendship · realistic · contemporary · 21st-century · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · female-mc · romance · drama · adult · female-author · mystery · domestic-drama · coming-of-age · season-summer · young-adult
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Lorna Landvik
172 ratings 3.71 ·
book · fiction · humor · adult · contemporary · womens-fiction · family · friendship · literary-fiction · audiobook · drama · psychological · romance · realistic · small-town · historical-fiction · female-mc · 21st-century · 20th-century · north-america
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Elizabeth Berg
582 ratings 3.69 ·
womens-fiction · literary-fiction · fiction · audiobook · family · book · adult · contemporary · realistic · drama · friendship · female-mc · female-author · romance · epic · marriage · historical-fiction · coming-of-age · grief · psychological
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