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Angela Y. Davis
218 ratings 4.42 ·
female-author · university · adult · literary-fiction · gothic · witches-wizards · magical-realism · fantasy · supernatural · spooky · fiction · audiobook · poc-mc · historical · spirituality · historical-fiction · horror · magic · season-autumn · slavery
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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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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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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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Natasha Pulley
111 ratings 3.96 ·
fantasy · fiction · mystery · lgbtq · historical · adult · historical-fiction · book · supernatural · paranormal · action-adventure · audiobook · industrial-era · literary-fiction · gothic · suspense · victorian · magical-realism · alternate-history · magic
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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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Ron Rash
226 ratings 3.87 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · southern-gothic · gothic · rural · adult · mystery · drama · historical · family · audiobook · book · realistic · crime · suspense · dark · anthologies · outdoors · violent-conflict
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Carson McCullers
182 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · female-author · literary · classics · literary-fiction · adult · southern-gothic · gothic · historical-fiction · 20th-century · lgbtq · anthologies · drama · historical · psychological · audiobook · book · contemporary · feminism · university
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William Faulkner
507 ratings 3.85 ·- Tales of Terror: The world's most terrifying stories presented by a leading icon of fear by William Faulkner
- Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (Library of America) by William Faulkner
- American Gothic Tales by William Faulkner
- The Medusa in the Shield by William Faulkner
- Tales of Dungeons and Dragons by William Faulkner
fiction · adult · classics · literary · literary-fiction · gothic · 20th-century · historical · historical-fiction · southern-gothic · book · anthologies · drama · university · horror · audiobook · mystery · realistic · high-school · family
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Walker Percy
134 ratings 3.78 ·- The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss by Walker Percy
- Signposts in a Strange Land: Essays by Walker Percy
- What's That Pig Outdoors?: A Memoir of Deafness by Walker Percy
- The Thanatos Syndrome by Walker Percy
- Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book by Walker Percy
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · gothic · southern-gothic · classics · literary · book · 20th-century · spirituality · psychological · christian · contemporary · audiobook · historical · philosophy · religion · politics · coming-of-age · humor
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Eudora Welty
138 ratings 3.78 ·
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · literary · classics · gothic · female-author · southern-gothic · historical-fiction · 20th-century · anthologies · historical · humor · audiobook · family · contemporary · book · myths · fantasy · university
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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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Sarah Waters
224 ratings 3.72 ·
literary-fiction · historical-fiction · fiction · book · historical · female-author · wlw · lgbtq · mystery · adult · 20th-century · feminism · 21st-century · romance · gothic · drama · suspense · lesbian-mc · audiobook · industrial-era
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Audrey Niffenegger
220 ratings 3.52 ·
fiction · supernatural · gothic · literary-fiction · fantasy · contemporary · horror · female-author · adult · book · paranormal · classics · literary · dark · audiobook · magical-realism · mystery · ghosts · urban-fantasy · action-adventure
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