Authors like David Rotenstein
Omar El Akkad
4.08 · 108 ratings- One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
- What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
- Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison by Omar El Akkad
- A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers by Omar El Akkad
- American War by Omar El Akkad
literary-fiction · adult · poc-mc · fiction · audiobook · contemporary · dystopia · politics · poc-author · horror · historical-fiction · disaster · death · violent-conflict · sci-fi · alternate-history · social-commentary · pollution-climate-change · lgbtq · family
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Bruno Roubicek
4.40 · 68 ratings
dystopia · philosophical · space · hard-sci-fi · 21st-century · contemporary · audiobook · politics · philosophy · poc-author · psychological · book · invasion · adult · journey · new-york-state · male-author · first-contact · horror · violent-conflict
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Richard Heufkens
4.40 · 68 ratings
space · philosophical · dystopia · contemporary · audiobook · 21st-century · politics · philosophy · book · poc-author · psychological · invasion · new-york-state · male-author · adult · journey · violent-conflict · technology · horror · first-contact
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Imbolo Mbue
3.95 · 65 ratings
21st-century · audiobook · politics · poc-author · book · literary-fiction · female-author · historical-fiction · journey · realistic · poverty · poc-mc · fiction · action-adventure · social-commentary · drama · family · sad · contemporary · marriage
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토미 오렌지
3.98 · 41 ratings
crime · drama · audiobook · family · multi-pov · sad · social-commentary · university · fiction · friendship · poc-mc · indigenous-mc · adult · realistic · poverty · historical-fiction · death · male-author · poc-author · literary-fiction
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NoViolet Bulawayo
3.74 · 41 ratings
female-author · historical-fiction · fiction · poc-mc · politics · 21st-century · book · literary-fiction · magical-realism · journey · realistic · poverty · violent-conflict · black-mc · adult · war · historical · family · social-commentary · university
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Maaza Mengiste
3.77 · 40 ratings
war · poc-mc · action-adventure · fiction · 20th-century · female-author · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · historical · adult · journey · realistic · book · literary-fiction · poc-author · politics · audiobook · 21st-century · ww2 · family
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Alan Paton
3.90 · 36 ratings
family · audiobook · killer · racism · literary · politics · classics · colonization · young-adult · religion · literary-fiction · book · christian · historical-fiction · tragedy · journey · realistic · male-author · historical · high-school
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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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Sisi Aisha Johnson
3.96 · 28 ratings
young-adult · season-summer · classics · book · poc-author · audiobook · middle-grade · coming-of-age · literary · politics · racism · children-books · action-adventure · humor · fiction · female-mc · poc-mc · friendship · family · drama
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Ahmed Saadawi
3.60 · 25 ratings
21st-century · audiobook · contemporary · politics · zombies · killer · supernatural · urban-fantasy · poc-author · book · literary-fiction · gothic · terror · journey · adult · death · magic · male-author · horror · historical-fiction
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Dawnie Walton
3.92 · 25 ratings
social-commentary · adult · historical · realistic · audiobook · female-author · 21st-century · black-mc · 20th-century · coming-of-age · historical-fiction · politics · epistolary · feminism · racism · substance-abuse · mystery · fiction · season-summer · poc-mc
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Basma Abdel Aziz
3.56 · 24 ratings
adult · crime · poc-author · literary-fiction · book · alternate-history · poc-mc · fiction · action-adventure · magical-realism · sci-fi · satire · politics · historical-fiction · 21st-century · female-author · audiobook · dystopia · journey · contemporary
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Mahbod Seraji
3.88 · 24 ratings
poc-mc · friendship · action-adventure · religion · spirituality · fiction · young-adult · romance · bildungsroman · book · family · drama · audiobook · islam · black-mc · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · poc-author · dark-academia · historical
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Mary Lynn Bracht
4.33 · 24 ratings
book · family · female-author · audiobook · adult · historical · historical-fiction · journey · poc-author · survival · violent-conflict · feminism · war · politics · 20th-century · asia · coming-of-age · abuse · east-asia · female-mc
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Christopher Kay
4.13 · 24 ratings
historical-fiction · book · literary-fiction · romance · ancient-civilization · religion · classics · literary · politics · ww1 · 21st-century · audiobook · war · drama · spirituality · fiction · action-adventure · medieval · poc-mc · 20th-century
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余华
4.33 · 24 ratings
male-author · violent-conflict · journey · adult · audiobook · historical · military · historical-fiction · 20th-century · literary · politics · realistic · action-adventure · fiction · classics · poc-mc · book · family · literary-fiction · drama
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Andrew Hurley
3.96 · 24 ratings
fiction · substance-abuse · suspense · action-adventure · mystery · poc-mc · crime · drama · latinx-mc · book · literary-fiction · organized-crime · adult · historical · journey · male-author · historical-fiction · 21st-century · law-enforcement · audiobook
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Karan Mahajan
3.54 · 24 ratings
death · male-author · violent-conflict · poc-author · literary-fiction · book · young-adult · religion · grief · killer · politics · coming-of-age · 21st-century · contemporary · audiobook · terrorism · social-commentary · drama · crime · war
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Bernardo De Paula
4.29 · 24 ratings
action-adventure · children-books · young-adult · exploration · fiction · poc-mc · friendship · book · family · war · sad · terrorism · death · violent-conflict · historical · realistic · audiobook · middle-grade · 21st-century · historical-fiction
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Christina Hammonds Reed
4.05 · 20 ratings
historical · mental-illness · realistic · social-commentary · book · bullying · family · lgbtq · female-mc · poc-author · friendship · poc-mc · young-adult · fiction · season-summer · teens · politics · 20th-century · coming-of-age · high-school
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Mariano Azuela
3.65 · 20 ratings
historical · university · literary-fiction · book · latinx-mc · poc-author · poc-mc · classics · war · revolution · fiction · literary · 20th-century · politics · military · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · adult
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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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اونجلی رئوف
4.45 · 20 ratings
audiobook · bullying · middle-grade · book · family · social-commentary · war · fiction · young-adult · action-adventure · humor · friendship · poc-mc · children · politics · racism · grief · journey · realistic · violent-conflict
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شهره نورصالحی
4.45 · 20 ratings
social-commentary · violent-conflict · war · bullying · family · book · friendship · poc-mc · fiction · action-adventure · humor · young-adult · grief · children · racism · politics · audiobook · contemporary · journey · middle-grade
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Hideo Yokoyama
3.45 · 20 ratings
adult · journey · police-procedural · male-author · horror · 21st-century · contemporary · audiobook · law-enforcement · noir · politics · realistic · true-crime · thriller · genre-crime · fiction · suspense · murder · mystery · poc-mc
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Kent Krueger
4.20 · 20 ratings
murder · mystery · indigenous-mc · killer · religion · political-intrigue · politics · suspense · usa · law-enforcement · contemporary · audiobook · adult · police-procedural · thriller · assassinations · minnesota · crime · literary-fiction · book
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Elaine Hsieh Chou
3.85 · 20 ratings
poc-mc · politics · racism · satire · humor · fiction · mystery · season-summer · university · social-commentary · literary-fiction · book · poc-author · lgbtq · contemporary · audiobook · female-author · adult · dark-academia · new-adult
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