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Marianne Cronin
4.32 · 72 ratings
romance · contemporary · grief · fiction · friendship · realistic · death · book · female-author · audiobook · historical-fiction · humor · young-adult · female-mc · lgbtq · drama · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · breakup · coming-of-age
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Katrina Nannestad
4.28 · 32 ratings
middle-grade · book · children · friendship · children-books · fiction · action-adventure · audiobook · survival · grief · orphans · historical-fiction · death · historical · humor · family · war · animals · season-spring · personal-growth
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Lauren Wolk
4.20 · 79 ratings
family · fiction · friendship · children · realistic · book · middle-grade · action-adventure · children-books · female-mc · historical · historical-fiction · young-adult · audiobook · outdoors · death · coming-of-age · grief · animals · bullying
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Christina Li
4.20 · 20 ratings
family · fiction · book · young-adult · asian-mc · historical-fiction · historical · death · wlw · lgbtq · friendship · poc-mc · lesbian-mc · audiobook · poc-author · sci-fi · children · new-adult · spooky · romantic-love
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Joseph Boyden
4.18 · 98 ratings
literary-fiction · book · audiobook · fiction · poc-mc · family · drama · historical · historical-fiction · indigenous-mc · 21st-century · action-adventure · death · realistic · adult · spirituality · war · male-author · violent-conflict · young-adult
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Suzanne LaFleur
4.09 · 75 ratings
realistic · book · young-adult · middle-grade · family · friendship · fiction · audiobook · children-books · action-adventure · mystery · children · historical · fantasy · historical-fiction · death · coming-of-age · contemporary · survival · ww2
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Trent Reedy
4.07 · 72 ratings
young-adult · book · fiction · audiobook · realistic · death · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · military · war · action-adventure · contemporary · sci-fi · coming-of-age · politics · dystopia · middle-grade · high-school · family · mystery
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Anne Blankman
4.04 · 68 ratings
action-adventure · fiction · historical-fiction · book · war · 20th-century · death · violent-conflict · historical · young-adult · audiobook · family · ww2 · mystery · romance · drama · crime · poc-mc · spirituality · children-books
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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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Natalie C. Anderson
3.97 · 30 ratings
fiction · audiobook · book · young-adult · high-school · suspense · contemporary · survival · dark · thriller · historical-fiction · death · violent-conflict · realistic · war · female-mc · poc-mc · action-adventure · mystery · killer
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Alan Bradley
3.96 · 397 ratings
cozy · mystery · crime · historical · fiction · murder · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · young-adult · audiobook · suspense · thriller · book · whodunit · action-adventure · children · middle-grade · killer · humor · amateur-sleuth
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Hannah Kent
3.93 · 86 ratings
historical · female-author · historical-fiction · fiction · drama · audiobook · book · literary-fiction · journey · death · adult · magical-realism · dark · spirituality · mystery · action-adventure · crime · family · season-winter · 21st-century
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Sarah Winman
3.90 · 116 ratings
friendship · audiobook · literary-fiction · book · female-author · historical-fiction · family · fiction · coming-of-age · 21st-century · 20th-century · death · drama · lgbtq · grief · multi-pov · contemporary · season-spring · mental-illness · young-adult
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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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Helen Simonson
3.86 · 74 ratings
historical-fiction · adult · drama · friendship · fiction · romance · book · literary-fiction · 20th-century · female-author · death · historical · social-commentary · womens-fiction · family · humor · mystery · cozy · feminism · 21st-century
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Chelsea Bobulski
3.83 · 30 ratings
fiction · romance · young-adult · paranormal · book · fantasy · mystery · supernatural · magical-realism · audiobook · death · magic · historical-fiction · horror · suspense · time-travel · contemporary · dark-fantasy · drama · gothic
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Yangsze Choo
3.82 · 85 ratings
historical · historical-fiction · mystery · fantasy · fiction · myths · book · literary-fiction · magical-realism · death · journey · magic · adult · female-author · family · action-adventure · poc-mc · paranormal · audiobook · poc-author
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Renee Collins
3.75 · 40 ratings
paranormal · book · romance · young-adult · mystery · fiction · supernatural · death · historical · magic · realistic · historical-fiction · drama · fantasy · alternate-history · dragons · killer · suspense · multi-pov · myths
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Attica Locke
3.73 · 101 ratings
audiobook · suspense · literary-fiction · book · poc-author · female-author · black-mc · adult · law-enforcement · thriller · poc-mc · fiction · mystery · crime · killer · racism · historical-fiction · murder · drama · noir
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Nizrana Farook
3.71 · 28 ratings
fiction · children-books · crime · middle-grade · children · young-adult · action-adventure · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · death · outdoors · friendship · poc-mc · audiobook · animals · mystery · fantasy · book · family · season-winter
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Heather Wilds
3.71 · 52 ratings
fiction · audiobook · mystery · book · murder · female-author · adult · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · dark · killer · action-adventure · family · suspense · crime · drama · gothic · horror · death · historical
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Frances Itani
3.67 · 42 ratings
literary-fiction · book · fiction · adult · death · drama · family · romance · 20th-century · historical-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · ww2 · female-author · historical · journey · violent-conflict · war · ww1 · friendship
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Barbara Mariconda
3.67 · 12 ratings
fiction · children-books · book · historical-fiction · historical · action-adventure · fantasy · magic · death · children · middle-grade · orphans · young-adult · family · audiobook · mystery · high-fantasy · female-mc · paranormal · female-author
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Hannah Capin
3.58 · 36 ratings
contemporary · book · young-adult · audiobook · fiction · mystery · realistic · suspense · feminism · paranormal · historical-fiction · dark · killer · death · high-school · retellings · female-mc · thriller · crime · drama
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Ceridwen Dovey
3.56 · 32 ratings
literary-fiction · fiction · adult · romance · book · friendship · historical-fiction · death · historical · stalking · cats · anthologies · contemporary · audiobook · 21st-century · ww1 · epistolary · dogs · fantasy · mystery
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Rhiannon Thomas
3.49 · 60 ratings
high-fantasy · action-adventure · fiction · fantasy · historical · magic · book · romance · royalty · young-adult · paranormal · dystopia · audiobook · mystery · retellings · witches-wizards · death · historical-fiction · adaptations · fairy-tale
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Amy Lukavics
3.47 · 58 ratings
fiction · mystery · horror · young-adult · paranormal · fantasy · family · spooky · supernatural · book · suspense · female-mc · historical · death · historical-fiction · ghosts · mental-illness · monsters · drama · dark
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Paul Harding
3.46 · 68 ratings
fiction · family · book · literary-fiction · audiobook · drama · historical-fiction · death · adult · psychological · contemporary · 21st-century · grief · poc-mc · aging · tragedy · black-mc · male-author · outdoors · realistic
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