James McBride
4.03 · 191 ratings
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Yaa Gyasi
4.31 · 127 ratings
social-commentary · family · drama · poc-mc · fiction · female-author · historical-fiction · adult · journey · realistic · book · literary-fiction · poc-author · feminism · coming-of-age · racism · audiobook · 21st-century · university · war
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Attica Locke
3.73 · 101 ratings
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez
4.00 · 82 ratings
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Tan Twan Eng
4.17 · 70 ratings
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Esi Edugyan
3.79 · 67 ratings
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Adenrele Ojo
4.25 · 48 ratings
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Afia Atakora
3.91 · 35 ratings
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Nathan Harris
4.17 · 30 ratings
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Elizabeth Wetmore
3.79 · 29 ratings
violent-conflict · adult · realistic · historical · sexual-assault · historical-fiction · military · female-author · thriller · texas · dark · usa · mystery · fiction · female-mc · family · crime · drama · industrial-era · womens-fiction
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Alba Cunill Fulquet
4.21 · 28 ratings
war · drama · family · south-korea · fiction · action-adventure · friendship · poc-mc · 20th-century · asia · asian-mc · epic · magical-realism · dark · historical · adult · death · journey · realistic · female-author
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Gabriela Garcia
3.68 · 28 ratings
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Sneha Mathan
4.39 · 28 ratings
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Deesha Philyaw
4.19 · 27 ratings
religion · usa · feminism · racism · christian · 21st-century · contemporary · audiobook · black-mc · female-author · adult · historical-fiction · realistic · social-commentary · florida · anthologies · drama · lgbtq · literary-fiction · family
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Heidi W. Durrow
3.58 · 26 ratings
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Deb Spera
4.23 · 26 ratings
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Tara M. Stringfellow
4.15 · 26 ratings
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Dawnie Walton
3.92 · 25 ratings
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Sara Collins
3.58 · 24 ratings
feminism · killer · suspense · fiction · mystery · poc-mc · urban · crime · drama · lgbtq · wlw · adult · historical · slavery · female-author · historical-fiction · jamaica · thriller · england · poc-author
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Mary Lynn Bracht
4.33 · 24 ratings
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Robynne Young
3.67 · 24 ratings
grief · fiction · friendship · female-mc · poc-mc · war · drama · family · social-commentary · womens-fiction · historical · adult · realistic · slavery · black-mc · female-author · historical-fiction · sexual-assault · violent-conflict · dark
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Pamela D'Pella
4.00 · 24 ratings
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Robert Jones Jr.
3.92 · 24 ratings
adult · historical · realistic · male-author · historical-fiction · black-mc · slavery · audiobook · social-commentary · racism · romance · magical-realism · usa · mississippi · fiction · spirituality · religion · abuse · mlm · drama
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William Andrews
4.50 · 24 ratings
literary-fiction · book · abuse · east-asia · dragons · politics · audiobook · family · drama · war · sad · south-korea · social-commentary · ww2 · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · female-mc · urban · 20th-century
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Delores Phillips
4.33 · 24 ratings
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Ann Petry
4.14 · 21 ratings
poverty · realistic · social-commentary · university · drama · book · family · literary-fiction · poc-author · female-mc · classics · poc-mc · fiction · urban · feminism · racism · 20th-century · literary · black-mc · female-author
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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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Susan Rivers
3.85 · 20 ratings
action-adventure · civil-war · marriage · epistolary · mystery · suspense · historical-fiction · 21st-century · black-mc · audiobook · adult · historical · american-civil-war · military · slavery · survival · violent-conflict · crime · drama · industrial-era
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Eric Nguyen
3.75 · 20 ratings
21st-century · historical-fiction · audiobook · literary-fiction · historical · adult · family · poc-author · epic · realistic · violent-conflict · war · racism · coming-of-age · poc-mc · fiction · lgbtq · drama · book
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