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R.D. Brady
141 ratings 4.29 ·
action-adventure · fiction · adult · book · paranormal · suspense · mystery · female-mc · urban-fantasy · literary-fiction · supernatural · epic · political-intrigue · conspiracies · psychics · alternate-history · angels · pulp · urban · travel
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John O'Brien
184 ratings 4.27 ·
horror · fiction · adult · post-apocalyptic · apocalyptic · book · action-adventure · monsters · audiobook · sci-fi · zombies · military · dystopia · epic · literary-fiction · suspense · dark · near-future · drama · supernatural
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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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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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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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Nicole Trope
113 ratings 4.11 ·
book · fiction · psychological · adult · contemporary · suspense · female-mc · crime · literary-fiction · mystery · thriller · domestic-drama · breakup · family · audiobook · dark · friendship · drama · killer · sad
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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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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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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
historical · gothic · fantasy · mystery · historical-fiction · magical-realism · fiction · suspense · action-adventure · horror · drama · audiobook · literary-fiction · 20th-century · book · dark · young-adult · crime · urban-fantasy · violent-conflict
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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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Ellen Marie Wiseman
150 ratings 3.99 ·
book · family · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · fiction · coming-of-age · drama · literary-fiction · 20th-century · suspense · action-adventure · young-adult · mystery · psychological · female-author · abuse · womens-fiction · crime · adult
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John Hart
160 ratings 3.99 ·
crime · drama · thriller · mystery · book · adult · fiction · psychological · audiobook · killer · family · suspense · literary-fiction · murder · contemporary · law-enforcement · action-adventure · abuse · dark · gothic
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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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Emily Bleeker
173 ratings 3.96 ·
book · fiction · audiobook · family · contemporary · suspense · female-mc · adult · mystery · psychological · literary-fiction · drama · thriller · realistic · romance · womens-fiction · crime · grief · coming-of-age · domestic-drama
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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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Natalie Barelli
173 ratings 3.96 ·
psychological · audiobook · suspense · book · thriller · adult · crime · fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · female-mc · mystery · drama · murder · domestic-drama · cheating · revenge · action-adventure · family · humor
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Lyndsay Faye
132 ratings 3.92 ·
fiction · mystery · crime · historical-fiction · book · historical · suspense · adult · audiobook · industrial-era · lgbtq · literary-fiction · action-adventure · murder · female-author · victorian · thriller · urban · law-enforcement · retellings
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Fred Vargas
218 ratings 3.90 ·
book · fiction · murder · mystery · thriller · adult · crime · law-enforcement · noir · audiobook · contemporary · police-procedural · suspense · literary-fiction · 21st-century · supernatural · female-author · 20th-century · europe · ghosts
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Pam Jenoff
272 ratings 3.89 ·
historical-fiction · war · fiction · 20th-century · historical · ww2 · violent-conflict · adult · book · womens-fiction · audiobook · action-adventure · literary-fiction · drama · mystery · suspense · family · romance · female-mc · friendship
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Heather Gudenkauf
264 ratings 3.88 ·
suspense · contemporary · audiobook · fiction · psychological · crime · mystery · book · drama · thriller · literary-fiction · family · murder · killer · adult · female-mc · realistic · small-town · young-adult · womens-fiction
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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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Sarah Jio
222 ratings 3.87 ·
romance · womens-fiction · fiction · adult · historical-fiction · audiobook · book · literary-fiction · mystery · historical · suspense · female-mc · drama · family · 20th-century · ww2 · action-adventure · friendship · sad · grief
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Paul Cleave
118 ratings 3.82 ·
book · suspense · fiction · thriller · crime · mystery · audiobook · adult · serial-killers · murder · literary-fiction · law-enforcement · horror · killer · contemporary · psychological · police-procedural · young-adult · family · new-zealand
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John le Carré
695 ratings 3.82 ·
political-intrigue · espionage · fiction · adult · thriller · suspense · book · crime · action-adventure · audiobook · politics · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · contemporary · war · 20th-century · violent-conflict · classics · literary · cold-war
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Diane Setterfield
115 ratings 3.76 ·
fiction · fantasy · book · suspense · mystery · magical-realism · supernatural · drama · gothic · literary-fiction · female-author · historical-fiction · dark · historical · 21st-century · audiobook · family · paranormal · crime · victorian
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Attica Locke
101 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · suspense · book · poc-author · audiobook · poc-mc · black-mc · law-enforcement · thriller · female-author · literary-fiction · adult · crime · mystery · racism · killer · historical-fiction · murder · family · historical
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Denis Johnson
204 ratings 3.69 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · adult · mystery · book · audiobook · contemporary · suspense · dark · drama · 20th-century · psychological · crime · 21st-century · transgressive-mc · cults · literary · classics · spirituality · male-author
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