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Hala Alyan
43 ratings 4.05 ·
book · grief · poc-author · action-adventure · family · historical · audiobook · poc-mc · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · journey · adult · drama · literary-fiction · war · fiction · coming-of-age · politics · religion · marriage
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Hanya Yanagihara
89 ratings 4.00 ·
literary-fiction · drama · female-author · lgbtq · fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · poc-author · book · adult · urban · abuse · historical · poc-mc · new-york-state · dark · historical-fiction · mental-illness · family · grief
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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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Val Emmich
58 ratings 3.85 ·
audiobook · fiction · contemporary · grief · book · realistic · young-adult · family · friendship · literary-fiction · drama · romance · lgbtq · coming-of-age · usa · high-school · retellings · dark · death · sad
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John Corey Whaley
74 ratings 3.82 ·
fiction · teens · humor · high-school · friendship · audiobook · young-adult · family · mental-illness · book · realistic · male-mc · contemporary · coming-of-age · lgbtq · middle-grade · drama · literary-fiction · death · grief
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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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Kate Racculia
58 ratings 3.78 ·
realistic · female-author · literary-fiction · fiction · audiobook · mystery · friendship · death · family · contemporary · book · ghosts · gothic · supernatural · female-mc · humor · lgbtq · killer · horror · young-adult
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Anne Michaels
48 ratings 3.75 ·
fiction · violent-conflict · ww2 · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · war · drama · literary-fiction · female-author · book · 20th-century · grief · action-adventure · magic · spirituality · high-school · 21st-century · christian · low-fantasy
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Patricia Lockwood
66 ratings 3.74 ·
literary-fiction · fantasy · grief · contemporary · disability · book · dystopia · death · 21st-century · realistic · audiobook · feminism · philosophy · sad · satire · politics · technology · female-mc · fiction · family
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Lee Woodruff
40 ratings 3.73 ·
grief · literary-fiction · adult · drama · womens-fiction · death · family · book · female-mc · contemporary · fiction
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Clarissa Goenawan
33 ratings 3.67 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · book · contemporary · audiobook · poc-mc · drama · journey · female-author · mystery · magical-realism · suspense · realistic · grief · poc-author · young-adult · action-adventure · family · new-adult · death
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Kaui Hart Hemmings
56 ratings 3.59 ·
audiobook · female-mc · fiction · adult · literary-fiction · contemporary · book · family · death · humor · female-author · womens-fiction · drama · grief · season-winter · historical-fiction · substance-abuse · 21st-century · friendship · usa
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Daisy Johnson
80 ratings 3.59 ·
horror · gothic · audiobook · fiction · adult · literary-fiction · contemporary · female-author · realistic · grief · coming-of-age · anthologies · 21st-century · lgbtq · mystery · fantasy · myths · fairy-tale · family · magical-realism
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Brandon Hobson
60 ratings 3.57 ·
audiobook · poc-mc · fiction · indigenous-mc · book · realistic · grief · myths · young-adult · poc-author · mental-illness · historical-fiction · horror · retellings · mystery · magical-realism · literary-fiction · fantasy · social-commentary · racism
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Paul Harding
54 ratings 3.48 ·
family · book · literary-fiction · fiction · audiobook · death · contemporary · grief · drama · adult · psychological · 21st-century · historical-fiction · outdoors · mental-illness · classics · literary · young-adult · philosophy · realistic
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Lolly Winston
56 ratings 3.46 ·
adult · womens-fiction · fiction · family · female-mc · romance · audiobook · book · contemporary · grief · drama · literary-fiction · female-author · angst · friendship · realistic · humor · psychological · domestic-drama · marriage
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