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Ken Kesey
4.15 · 118 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · adult · literary · classics · book · humor · psychological · drama · dark · historical-fiction · male-author · mystery · transgressive-mc · university · historical · audiobook · season-summer · mental-illness · 20th-century
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.06 · 456 ratings
fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · fantasy · suspense · action-adventure · magical-realism · book · historical · gothic · drama · horror · audiobook · crime · 20th-century · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · adult · urban-fantasy
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Robin LaFevers
4.00 · 213 ratings
action-adventure · paranormal · political-intrigue · myths · audiobook · alpha-mc · romance · book · supernatural · young-adult · royalty · assassins · historical-fiction · historical · magic · high-fantasy · alternate-history · female-mc · fiction · fantasy
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Cormac McCarthy
3.98 · 501 ratings
literary-fiction · audiobook · drama · fiction · book · adult · classics · literary · dark · historical-fiction · western · gothic · contemporary · crime · industrial-era · 20th-century · southern-gothic · action-adventure · mystery · horror
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Marlon James
3.97 · 154 ratings
fiction · dark · adult · poc-mc · book · audiobook · literary-fiction · magical-realism · historical-fiction · action-adventure · historical · lgbtq · fantasy · 21st-century · retellings · male-author · poc-author · black-mc · dark-fantasy · horror
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Margaret Rogerson
3.94 · 179 ratings
action-adventure · fiction · fantasy · high-fantasy · historical · magic · female-author · historical-fiction · epic · young-adult · supernatural · book · audiobook · paranormal · humor · mystery · female-mc · friendship · lgbtq · demons
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A.C. Gaughen
3.92 · 100 ratings
high-fantasy · fantasy · myths · young-adult · action-adventure · fiction · romance · book · family · audiobook · royalty · friendship · historical · mystery · alpha-mc · fairy-tale · dark · retellings · historical-fiction · female-mc
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Liz Nugent
3.90 · 106 ratings
fiction · mystery · crime · adult · thriller · dark · book · psychological · audiobook · contemporary · suspense · family · horror · murder · drama · female-author · historical-fiction · realistic · death · mental-illness
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Clare B. Dunkle
3.83 · 128 ratings
young-adult · book · fiction · middle-grade · paranormal · dark · historical-fiction · action-adventure · fantasy · supernatural · mystery · historical · fairy-tale · children · romance · animals · audiobook · magic · high-fantasy · fae
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Laura Kinsale
3.83 · 211 ratings
fiction · historical-fiction · adult · romance · book · historical · audiobook · industrial-era · regency · dark · action-adventure · angst · female-author · drama · abuse · alpha-mc · animals · victorian · age-gap · womens-fiction
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Diane Setterfield
3.82 · 164 ratings
fiction · fantasy · book · mystery · drama · family · female-author · historical-fiction · historical · magical-realism · dark · supernatural · gothic · 21st-century · literary-fiction · audiobook · paranormal · suspense · literary · womens-fiction
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Tom Rob Smith
3.78 · 126 ratings
fiction · mystery · suspense · adult · action-adventure · book · horror · drama · audiobook · historical-fiction · dark · thriller · violent-conflict · crime · law-enforcement · espionage · war · cold-war · politics · historical
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Max Porter
3.77 · 101 ratings
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · book · contemporary · audiobook · 21st-century · gothic · supernatural · fantasy · dark · historical-fiction · mental-illness · ghosts · paranormal · coming-of-age · family · drama · mystery · magical-realism
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Elizabeth Kostova
3.70 · 138 ratings
gothic · book · literary-fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · suspense · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · drama · female-author · historical-fiction · historical · epic · realistic · epistolary · horror · adult · dark-academia · dark
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Andrew Michael Hurley
3.63 · 115 ratings- The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales by Andrew Michael Hurley
- The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Andrew Michael Hurley
- The Haunting Season: Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Andrew Michael Hurley
- Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley
- This Dreaming Isle by Andrew Michael Hurley
supernatural · paranormal · fiction · spooky · horror · adult · gothic · ghosts · mystery · audiobook · fantasy · anthologies · historical-fiction · dark · rural · suspense · historical · myths · 21st-century · season-winter
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A.N. Roquelaure
3.61 · 199 ratings
fantasy · fiction · medieval · lgbtq · drama · womens-fiction · historical · adult · historical-fiction · retellings · book · steamy · romance · audiobook · wlw · slavery · female-author · horror · dark · royalty
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