Authors like Kern Carter

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

4.15 · 167 ratings

realistic · family · lgbtq · fiction · poc-mc · poc-author · young-adult · drama · latinx-mc · friendship · coming-of-age · contemporary · historical-fiction · sad · audiobook · book · mental-illness · high-school · death · literary-fiction

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Jandy Nelson

4.06 · 93 ratings

fiction · realistic · book · romance · young-adult · contemporary · family · siblings · drama · sad · humor · mystery · teens · friendship · high-school · magical-realism · death · female-author · mental-illness · season-summer

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嘉布莉·麗文

4.00 · 72 ratings

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by 嘉布莉·麗文

coming-of-age · grief · cozy · marriage · small-town · audiobook · contemporary · 21st-century · book · literary-fiction · psychological · romance · orphans · young-adult · season-summer · comedy · magical-realism · death · realistic · female-author

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Mikki Daughtry

4.12 · 68 ratings

contemporary · young-adult · romance · book · fiction · family · lgbtq · sad · audiobook · disability · friends-to-lovers · grief · coming-of-age · mental-illness · realistic · death · magical-realism · high-school · friendship · drama

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Annabel Pitcher

3.75 · 64 ratings

coming-of-age · audiobook · contemporary · book · young-adult · high-school · female-author · realistic · drama · sad · friendship · family · fiction · grief · disability · middle-grade · mental-illness · death · siblings · animals

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Mary Rand Hess

3.90 · 42 ratings

young-adult · mental-illness · literary-fiction · book · poc-author · contemporary · audiobook · middle-grade · grief · coming-of-age · poc-mc · friendship · fiction · teens · family · death · male-mc · realistic · high-school · children

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Tobias Iaconis

4.22 · 41 ratings

Five Feet Apart by Tobias Iaconis

friends-to-lovers · disability · audiobook · contemporary · multi-pov · enemies-to-lovers · coming-of-age · grief · young-adult · medical · angst · book · mental-illness · romance · death · realistic · female-author · high-school · children · fiction

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Katja Millay

4.29 · 41 ratings

Il tuo meraviglioso silenzio by Katja Millay

fiction · grief · suspense · humor · mystery · friendship · crime · drama · sad · family · slow-burn · womens-fiction · male-mc · realistic · death · high-school · dark · new-adult · young-adult · angst

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토미 오렌지

3.98 · 41 ratings

데어 데어 by 토미 오렌지

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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Ronke Adékoluejo

4.46 · 40 ratings

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Ronke Adékoluejo

poverty · journey · realistic · slavery · female-author · historical-fiction · fiction · female-mc · poc-mc · friendship · family · drama · sad · social-commentary · survival · audiobook · contemporary · 21st-century · coming-of-age · racism

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Laura Ibáñez

3.58 · 35 ratings

Brillo by Laura Ibáñez

womens-fiction · family · lgbtq · drama · female-mc · poc-mc · urban · humor · fiction · dark · new-adult · black-mc · female-author · realistic · adult · mental-illness · romance · bildungsroman · literary-fiction · book

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Гейл Форман

3.75 · 34 ratings

I Was Here by Гейл Форман

mystery · teens · grief · coming-of-age · washington · suicide · audiobook · contemporary · mental-illness · romance · book · north-america · psychological · young-adult · new-adult · usa · high-school · female-author · journey · realistic

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Дженнифер Ли Арментроут

4.04 · 33 ratings

The Problem with Forever by Дженнифер Ли Арментроут

family · crime · drama · sad · slow-burn · university · womens-fiction · fiction · teens · female-mc · love-triangle · friendship · high-school · new-adult · death · realistic · female-author · book · mental-illness · romance

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Justin Paul

3.95 · 32 ratings

Dear Evan Hansen by Justin Paul

psychological · death · male-mc · realistic · contemporary · audiobook · sad · suicide · romance · high-school · coming-of-age · retellings · grief · young-adult · fiction · female-mc · mlm · friendship · literary-fiction · book

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Chelsea Bruland

4.03 · 29 ratings

Words in Deep Blue by Chelsea Bruland

mystery · teens · epistolary · grief · coming-of-age · 21st-century · audiobook · contemporary · multi-pov · friends-to-lovers · mental-illness · romance · book · season-summer · young-adult · new-adult · high-school · female-author · realistic · death

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Hamish R. Johnson

4.03 · 29 ratings

Words in Deep Blue by Hamish R. Johnson

season-summer · new-adult · young-adult · book · mental-illness · romance · friends-to-lovers · 21st-century · audiobook · contemporary · multi-pov · coming-of-age · epistolary · grief · fiction · teens · humor · friendship · love-triangle · mystery

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Julia Hoban

3.89 · 28 ratings

Willow by Julia Hoban

family · suicide · contemporary · audiobook · grief · substance-abuse · coming-of-age · angst · abuse · young-adult · mental-illness · romance · book · psychological · female-author · realistic · self-harm · death · new-adult · dark

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Edith Beleites

3.61 · 28 ratings

The Last Summer (of You and Me) by Edith Beleites

contemporary · drama · book · family · literary-fiction · sad · siblings · womens-fiction · season-summer · fiction · mystery · young-adult · friendship · romance · high-school · coming-of-age · grief · new-adult · realistic · death

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Susie Yang

3.54 · 26 ratings

White Ivy by Susie Yang

contemporary · audiobook · coming-of-age · killer · suspense · young-adult · literary-fiction · book · north-america · poc-author · dark-academia · realistic · thriller · female-author · historical-fiction · asian-mc · dark · new-adult · usa · mystery

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Mateo Askaripour

3.77 · 26 ratings

Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour

bildungsroman · book · black-mc · drama · family · literary-fiction · poc-author · social-commentary · humor · workplace · dark-humor · fiction · urban · poc-mc · friendship · young-adult · coming-of-age · comedy · racism · satire

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David Yoon

3.77 · 26 ratings

Frankly in Love by David Yoon

womens-fiction · family · lgbtq · drama · poc-mc · friendship · love-triangle · humor · fiction · new-adult · high-school · asian-mc · comedy · death · male-author · realistic · male-mc · romance · book · poc-author

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Jean Kyoung Frazier

3.34 · 25 ratings

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

dark · grief · new-adult · season-summer · substance-abuse · coming-of-age · lesbian-mc · young-adult · contemporary · audiobook · horror · 21st-century · female-author · parenthood · realistic · mental-illness · literary-fiction · bildungsroman · book · family

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Laura Taylor Namey

3.88 · 25 ratings

A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey

audiobook · latinx-mc · lgbtq · book · family · poc-author · mental-illness · fiction · culinary · season-summer · humor · siblings · friendship · poc-mc · womens-fiction · young-adult · romance · coming-of-age · high-school · grief

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Zinzi Clemmons

3.58 · 24 ratings

What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons

poc-mc · racism · coming-of-age · marriage · feminism · grief · journey · realistic · death · 21st-century · female-author · audiobook · contemporary · black-mc · drama · bildungsroman · book · family · literary-fiction · mental-illness

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Karan Mahajan

3.54 · 24 ratings

The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan

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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Джинджер Скотт

4.00 · 24 ratings

This is Falling by Джинджер Скотт

insta-love · new-adult · second-chances · death · realistic · family · drama · sad · university · womens-fiction · humor · fiction · love-triangle · coming-of-age · athlete · grief · alpha-mc · friends-to-lovers · contemporary · audiobook

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Jack Hawkins

4.05 · 20 ratings

Boys Don't Cry by Jack Hawkins

mental-illness · poc-author · romance · book · england · young-adult · coming-of-age · 21st-century · contemporary · audiobook · multi-pov · europe · womens-fiction · drama · lgbtq · sad · family · friendship · poc-mc · fiction

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Angelo Surmelis

4.00 · 20 ratings

The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis

male-mc · mental-illness · realistic · friends-to-lovers · male-author · romance · contemporary · audiobook · high-school · coming-of-age · dark · fiction · spirituality · young-adult · religion · friendship · abuse · mlm · bullying · drama

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