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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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Santiago Posteguillo
166 ratings 4.42 ·
historical · adult · literary-fiction · audiobook · book · fiction · historical-fiction · roman-empire · politics · romantic-love · ancient-civilization · epic · romance
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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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Ellie Midwood
119 ratings 4.39 ·
adult · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · ww2 · 20th-century · book · war · violent-conflict · literary-fiction · romance · epic · drama · abuse · audiobook · dark · realistic · gothic · social-commentary · mystery
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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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Barbara Hinske
104 ratings 4.35 ·
adult · fiction · book · female-mc · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · epic · womens-fiction · crime · family · cozy · romance · domestic-drama · breakup · mystery · urban · new-adult · holidays · suspense
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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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Caimh McDonnell
117 ratings 4.32 ·
adult · crime · fiction · mystery · book · humor · contemporary · audiobook · law-enforcement · police-procedural · dark-humor · male-author · literary-fiction · comedy · suspense · action-adventure · thriller · noir · hard-boiled · poc-mc
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Richard Wagamese
136 ratings 4.28 ·
poc-mc · indigenous-mc · fiction · audiobook · literary-fiction · book · historical-fiction · adult · poc-author · contemporary · drama · realistic · male-author · magical-realism · family · historical · abuse · grief · coming-of-age · friendship
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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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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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Roberta Kagan
157 ratings 4.20 ·
adult · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · book · ww2 · 20th-century · war · literary-fiction · violent-conflict · romance · drama · europe · western-central-europe · spirituality · christian · audiobook · family · germany · suspense
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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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Thich Nhat Hanh
628 ratings 4.20 ·
historical-fiction · literary-fiction · myths · book · 21st-century · feminism · audiobook · spirituality · historical · religion · philosophy · classics · fiction · literary · adult
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Irvin D. Yalom
293 ratings 4.19 ·
philosophy · book · adult · drama · literary-fiction · fiction · psychological · audiobook · mental-illness · literary · classics · personal-growth · 20th-century · spirituality · existentialism · philosophical · historical-fiction · contemporary · supernatural · historical
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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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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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Madeline Miller
179 ratings 4.17 ·
fiction · fantasy · adult · historical-fiction · retellings · myths · historical · book · literary-fiction · female-author · audiobook · magical-realism · europe · romance · ancient-civilization · lgbtq · drama · magic · 21st-century · south-east-europe
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Robert Macfarlane
166 ratings 4.17 ·
adult · historical · male-author · literary-fiction · book · fiction · literary · 20th-century · action-adventure · historical-fiction · classics
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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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Almudena Grandes
100 ratings 4.09 ·
book · female-author · literary-fiction · adult · drama · fiction · literary · psychological · suspense · romance · 21st-century · coming-of-age · civil-war · epic · contemporary · family · historical · historical-fiction · 20th-century · violent-conflict
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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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Pat Conroy
275 ratings 4.05 ·
historical-fiction · fiction · literary-fiction · book · coming-of-age · literary · family · classics · audiobook · drama · realistic · humor · mystery · epic · 20th-century · contemporary · young-adult · violent-conflict · high-school · male-author
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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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Richard Preston
155 ratings 3.99 ·- Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come by Richard Preston
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adult · literary-fiction · fiction · medical · technothriller · anthologies · action-adventure · suspense · contemporary · crime · mystery · audiobook · political-intrigue · law-enforcement · horror · violent-conflict · terrorism · hawaii · apocalyptic · conspiracies
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