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Top authors writing realistic crime
Robert Galbraith
4.15 · 324 ratings
mystery · crime · audiobook · contemporary · fiction · book · thriller · investigator · suspense · adult · law-enforcement · female-author · killer · action-adventure · murder · realistic · death · drama · 21st-century · whodunit
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Kate Morton
4.00 · 341 ratings
audiobook · suspense · gothic · book · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · fiction · womens-fiction · family · drama · female-author · adult · 20th-century · crime · 21st-century · romance · secrets · realistic
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Ashley Elston
4.00 · 124 ratings
fiction · book · contemporary · friendship · family · high-school · realistic · young-adult · suspense · crime · female-mc · romance · coming-of-age · drama · mystery · thriller · audiobook · multi-pov · action-adventure · law-enforcement
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Rene Denfeld
3.98 · 112 ratings
crime · book · adult · mystery · fiction · audiobook · contemporary · drama · suspense · abuse · supernatural · literary-fiction · psychological · female-author · realistic · dark · 21st-century · killer · mental-illness · kidnapping
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Allen Zadoff
3.98 · 101 ratings
fiction · young-adult · book · contemporary · realistic · male-mc · mystery · action-adventure · espionage · crime · thriller · assassins · high-school · audiobook · survival · suspense · political-intrigue · coming-of-age · friendship · humor
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Julie James
3.96 · 245 ratings
new-adult · realistic · womens-fiction · humor · audiobook · contemporary · alpha-mc · steamy · female-mc · fiction · enemies-to-lovers · romance · legal · suspense · mystery · book · family · crime · drama · in-uniform
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Mildred Benson
3.90 · 168 ratings
young-adult · book · fiction · mystery · crime · children · classics · middle-grade · suspense · cozy · literary · female-mc · action-adventure · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · realistic · children-books · female-author · historical · 20th-century
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Chevy Stevens
3.90 · 208 ratings
mystery · crime · thriller · psychological · audiobook · suspense · fiction · book · family · contemporary · killer · murder · drama · horror · action-adventure · female-mc · adult · dark · survival · realistic
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Liz Nugent
3.90 · 106 ratings
crime · mystery · fiction · dark · thriller · adult · book · psychological · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · family · horror · drama · murder · female-author · historical-fiction · death · mental-illness · realistic
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April Henry
3.86 · 319 ratings
fiction · book · mystery · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · young-adult · crime · law-enforcement · action-adventure · realistic · thriller · female-mc · survival · horror · murder · friendship · family · killer · death
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Tana French
3.86 · 404 ratings
law-enforcement · fiction · book · thriller · crime · suspense · literary-fiction · adult · mystery · audiobook · contemporary · dark · female-author · murder · death · realistic · drama · killer · police-procedural · 21st-century
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Kara Thomas
3.85 · 158 ratings
fiction · book · mystery · crime · law-enforcement · suspense · young-adult · murder · realistic · high-school · contemporary · killer · friendship · audiobook · female-mc · thriller · family · psychological · mental-illness · horror
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Y.S. Lee
3.85 · 102 ratings
young-adult · fiction · mystery · crime · romance · action-adventure · female-mc · poc-mc · steampunk · industrial-era · historical · realistic · historical-fiction · female-author · book · poc-author · regency · audiobook · political-intrigue · feminism
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Lisa Lutz
3.85 · 249 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · mystery · book · fiction · suspense · realistic · crime · humor · womens-fiction · female-mc · action-adventure · family · law-enforcement · female-author · murder · cozy · comedy · adult · investigator
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Sara Shepard
3.85 · 970 ratings
fiction · contemporary · book · young-adult · mystery · suspense · womens-fiction · realistic · murder · crime · drama · friendship · female-mc · law-enforcement · high-school · audiobook · romance · killer · female-author · multi-pov
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Julia Heaberlin
3.73 · 107 ratings
audiobook · fiction · murder · psychological · adult · crime · thriller · book · suspense · killer · mystery · female-mc · contemporary · drama · female-author · realistic · kidnapping · family · death · dark
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Kevin Brooks
3.67 · 217 ratings
young-adult · fiction · realistic · contemporary · book · mystery · crime · action-adventure · drama · teens · suspense · high-school · mental-illness · family · psychological · dark · male-mc · romance · coming-of-age · survival
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Natalie D. Richards
3.62 · 166 ratings
fiction · young-adult · book · suspense · mystery · contemporary · horror · thriller · realistic · law-enforcement · audiobook · high-school · crime · killer · friendship · action-adventure · psychological · drama · coming-of-age · survival
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Alice Sebold
3.53 · 124 ratings
young-adult · literary-fiction · book · contemporary · audiobook · killer · suspense · mystery · fiction · womens-fiction · family · crime · drama · horror · death · realistic · supernatural · ghosts · life-death · mental-illness
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Herman Koch
3.19 · 120 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · 21st-century · suspense · psychological · literary-fiction · book · adult · mystery · fiction · journey · realistic · thriller · drama · crime · politics · killer · marriage · male-author · satire
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