John Irving
3.74 · 566 ratings
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J.D. Salinger
3.87 · 250 ratings
classics · drama · fiction · 20th-century · mental-illness · literary-fiction · young-adult · literary · university · high-school · historical-fiction · realistic · male-author · philosophy · coming-of-age · contemporary · family · humor · book · suicide
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Kent Haruf
4.02 · 156 ratings
adult · family · fiction · literary · audiobook · literary-fiction · classics · rural · historical-fiction · realistic · male-author · drama · friendship · contemporary · small-town · book · western · epic · 20th-century · death
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Craig Raine
3.90 · 84 ratings
mental-illness · romance · book · literary-fiction · north-america · psychological · steamy · abuse · classics · season-summer · coming-of-age · literary · postmodernism · audiobook · contemporary · unreliable-narrator · university · crime · drama · transgressive-mc
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L. M. Montgomery
4.28 · 42 ratings
friends-to-lovers · audiobook · middle-grade · literary · coming-of-age · marriage-of-convenience · cozy · feminism · young-adult · classics · literary-fiction · book · romance · outdoors · historical · realistic · female-author · historical-fiction · 20th-century · children
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Маргарет Этвуд
3.83 · 42 ratings
female-mc · action-adventure · humor · low-fantasy · fiction · prison · university · fantasy · family · drama · female-author · historical-fiction · magic · adult · realistic · magical-realism · retellings · comedy · satire · ghosts
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Peter Bart
4.37 · 42 ratings
outlaws · urban · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · crime · drama · family · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · italy · adult · historical · new-york-state · male-author · noir · epic · realistic · usa · thriller
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Scott Shina
3.74 · 41 ratings
fiction · dark · epic · coming-of-age · 20th-century · literary · audiobook · contemporary · sexual-assault · female-author · historical-fiction · realistic · adult · womens-fiction · book · family · literary-fiction · crime · drama · abuse
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George Mackay
3.72 · 41 ratings
book · gothic · family · drama · historical-fiction · lgbtq · literary-fiction · mental-illness · psychological · university · young-adult · fiction · classics · southern-gothic · 20th-century · coming-of-age · high-school · literary · male-author · disability
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Patsy Ferran
3.72 · 41 ratings
disability · historical · male-author · psychological · realistic · historical-fiction · audiobook · university · high-school · 20th-century · coming-of-age · literary · fiction · young-adult · southern-gothic · classics · lgbtq · drama · family · gothic
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Sope Dirisu
3.72 · 41 ratings
drama · literary-fiction · gothic · mental-illness · university · lgbtq · fiction · family · literary · psychological · young-adult · classics · historical · coming-of-age · high-school · male-author · southern-gothic · audiobook · disability · book
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토미 오렌지
3.98 · 41 ratings
poc-mc · racism · coming-of-age · literary · politics · grief · substance-abuse · 21st-century · audiobook · contemporary · multi-pov · poc-author · book · literary-fiction · mental-illness · classics · indigenous-mc · realistic · adult · death
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Patricia Crick
3.78 · 37 ratings
female-mc · literary · 20th-century · coming-of-age · high-school · marriage · feminism · adult · dark-academia · historical · male-author · historical-fiction · horror · realistic · audiobook · drama · industrial-era · gothic · bildungsroman · book
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Alessandra Esteche
4.20 · 35 ratings
mental-illness · poc-author · book · literary-fiction · psychological · classics · young-adult · marriage · feminism · coming-of-age · literary · politics · 21st-century · audiobook · contemporary · social-commentary · womens-fiction · drama · family · female-mc
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René Huigen
4.05 · 35 ratings
20th-century · coming-of-age · literary · feminism · cozy · epic · new-adult · historical · journey · audiobook · realistic · female-author · book · family · historical-fiction · drama · literary-fiction · university · womens-fiction · romance
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Frans Thomése
4.05 · 35 ratings
family · female-author · book · drama · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · university · womens-fiction · action-adventure · humor · young-adult · fiction · female-mc · classics · friendship · romance · 20th-century · coming-of-age · literary · feminism
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Джон Ъпдайк
3.50 · 34 ratings
literary-fiction · bildungsroman · book · drama · family · north-america · pennsylvania · psychological · sports · religion · fiction · spirituality · classics · supernatural · university · literary · 20th-century · coming-of-age · usa · marriage
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Юлиана Касабова
3.50 · 34 ratings
historical-fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · sports · book · realistic · north-america · 20th-century · bildungsroman · marriage · usa · audiobook · spirituality · male-author · coming-of-age · religion · classics · supernatural · fiction · literary
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Дамян Дамянов
3.50 · 34 ratings
coming-of-age · literary · 20th-century · usa · marriage · male-author · realistic · adult · audiobook · contemporary · historical-fiction · bildungsroman · book · family · drama · literary-fiction · north-america · pennsylvania · psychological · religion
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Susan Shillinglaw
4.00 · 31 ratings
20th-century · realistic · book · satire · season-winter · historical-fiction · coming-of-age · high-school · historical · male-author · audiobook · philosophy · action-adventure · family · literary · fiction · classics · literary-fiction · adult · drama
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Timur Vermes
3.39 · 28 ratings
book · historical-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · dystopia · adult · 21st-century · male-author · magical-realism · paranormal · violent-conflict · war · satire · comedy · 20th-century · literary · politics · classics · alternate-history · fiction
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Hannah Green
3.88 · 26 ratings
mental-illness · realistic · female-author · historical-fiction · children · 20th-century · high-school · fiction · teens · friendship · sad · madness · drama · family · university · womens-fiction · disability · suicide · contemporary · audiobook
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Takashi Hiraide
3.50 · 26 ratings
death · male-author · cats · anthropomorphism · drama · animals · literary-fiction · family · book · friendship · classics · outdoors · fiction · poc-author · philosophy · literary · historical-fiction · 21st-century · contemporary · audiobook
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Geoff Wilkes
4.23 · 26 ratings
literary · 20th-century · politics · suspense · death · adult · historical · journey · audiobook · historical-fiction · male-author · literary-fiction · book · family · crime · drama · psychological · violent-conflict · war · ww2
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علاء الأسواني
3.67 · 24 ratings
20th-century · politics · classics · fiction · spirituality · action-adventure · religion · university · drama · lgbtq · literary-fiction · family · historical-fiction · 21st-century · book · audiobook · adult · historical · islam · journey
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Carmen Laforet
3.83 · 24 ratings
feminism · literary · 20th-century · coming-of-age · politics · audiobook · female-author · historical-fiction · horror · violent-conflict · adult · historical · journey · realistic · university · gothic · book · drama · family · classics
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Edward Weeks
3.92 · 24 ratings
book · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · drama · war · humor · young-adult · fiction · classics · boarding-school · friendship · coming-of-age · comedy · high-school · children · 20th-century · literary · politics · male-author · violent-conflict
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John Milne
3.85 · 20 ratings
book · black-mc · family · audiobook · adult · historical · historical-fiction · journey · male-author · realistic · indigenous-mc · corruption · literary · high-school · 20th-century · politics · classics · colonization · fiction · poc-mc
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Madeleine St. John
3.75 · 20 ratings
humor · feminism · cozy · 20th-century · coming-of-age · literary · female-author · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · adult · journey · womens-fiction · drama · book · family · friendship · literary-fiction · female-mc · classics
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