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Cara Devlin
4.39 · 117 ratings
fiction · adult · book · romance · industrial-era · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · female-mc · regency · suspense · audiobook · crime · slow-burn · law-enforcement · cozy · paranormal · murder · class-difference · family
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Kevin Sands
4.38 · 121 ratings
fiction · mystery · action-adventure · fantasy · audiobook · middle-grade · book · young-adult · children · friendship · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · children-books · historical · magic · crime · paranormal · humor · heist · teens
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Jodi Taylor
4.37 · 1070 ratings
fiction · humor · audiobook · adult · action-adventure · time-travel · book · historical · historical-fiction · alternate-history · sci-fi · mystery · urban-fantasy · comedy · paranormal · magical-realism · female-author · friendship · suspense · female-mc
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Irina Shapiro
4.35 · 499 ratings
adult · fiction · book · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · audiobook · paranormal · romance · time-travel · suspense · cozy · law-enforcement · sci-fi · crime · drama · industrial-era · victorian · amateur-sleuth · fantasy
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Roseanna M. White
4.34 · 319 ratings
book · fiction · spirituality · christian · romance · historical · historical-fiction · adult · mystery · audiobook · action-adventure · 20th-century · family · industrial-era · suspense · espionage · political-intrigue · edwardian · violent-conflict · religion
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Joel C. Rosenberg
4.33 · 321 ratings
christian · espionage · politics · political-intrigue · suspense · adult · military · historical-fiction · thriller · action-adventure · spirituality · fiction · drama · audiobook · book · religion · violent-conflict · mystery · terrorism · war
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Barbara Davis
4.30 · 119 ratings
book · family · female-mc · fiction · mystery · adult · romance · womens-fiction · contemporary · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · audiobook · drama · magical-realism · paranormal · suspense · magic · historical · violent-conflict · psychological
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Ruta Sepetys
4.29 · 181 ratings
book · fiction · historical-fiction · historical · friendship · young-adult · mystery · family · 20th-century · coming-of-age · action-adventure · war · audiobook · drama · realistic · violent-conflict · high-school · romance · female-author · survival
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Karen Baugh Menuhin
4.29 · 108 ratings
crime · fiction · mystery · adult · historical · book · cozy · audiobook · animals · humor · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · amateur-sleuth · murder · suspense · family · action-adventure · dog · killer · season-winter
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Robin Stevens
4.26 · 203 ratings
middle-grade · young-adult · crime · mystery · children · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · fiction · action-adventure · murder · historical · children-books · whodunit · book · friendship · killer · audiobook · boarding-school · cozy · female-author
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Mary Ellen Taylor
4.26 · 182 ratings
womens-fiction · fiction · adult · family · romance · book · historical-fiction · female-mc · mystery · audiobook · historical · 20th-century · friendship · epic · contemporary · drama · small-town · usa · secrets · fantasy
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Kathryn Hughes
4.21 · 118 ratings
historical-fiction · adult · historical · family · female-mc · fiction · book · 20th-century · mystery · romance · womens-fiction · drama · audiobook · psychological · ww2 · literary-fiction · abuse · holidays · secrets · violent-conflict
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Jen Turano
4.20 · 292 ratings
christian · fiction · spirituality · romance · historical · humor · adult · historical-fiction · book · mystery · audiobook · comedy · industrial-era · action-adventure · regency · religion · womens-fiction · victorian · suspense · religious
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Robert Beatty
4.19 · 114 ratings
audiobook · middle-grade · young-adult · book · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · horror · historical · magic · children · fiction · fantasy · action-adventure · animals · paranormal · children-books · mystery · friendship · family · supernatural
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Karen Charlton
4.18 · 106 ratings
adult · historical · historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · industrial-era · regency · crime · cozy · law-enforcement · audiobook · book · anthologies · female-author · victorian · united-kingdom · british-isles · murder · urban · europe
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Lucinda Riley
4.17 · 510 ratings
book · fiction · audiobook · romance · historical-fiction · drama · womens-fiction · mystery · historical · family · adult · literary-fiction · female-author · 20th-century · action-adventure · female-mc · secrets · suspense · young-adult · realistic
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C.J. Sansom
4.17 · 232 ratings
audiobook · crime · fiction · mystery · adult · historical · historical-fiction · book · thriller · suspense · spirituality · murder · medieval · law-enforcement · religion · early-modern · politics · killer · drama · action-adventure
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Jack Du Brul
4.15 · 310 ratings
crime · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · thriller · book · suspense · adult · audiobook · espionage · military · violent-conflict · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · historical · technothriller · nautical · murder · law-enforcement · terrorism
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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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Ken Follett
4.06 · 1181 ratings
fiction · book · historical · historical-fiction · adult · audiobook · suspense · mystery · action-adventure · drama · political-intrigue · espionage · violent-conflict · war · thriller · crime · 20th-century · politics · literary · classics
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Diane Chamberlain
4.05 · 659 ratings
womens-fiction · fiction · audiobook · book · family · drama · mystery · adult · contemporary · suspense · female-mc · literary-fiction · romance · historical-fiction · realistic · female-author · crime · psychological · secrets · friendship
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S.J. Parris
4.05 · 132 ratings
book · fiction · mystery · medieval · crime · adult · historical · historical-fiction · religion · early-modern · audiobook · spirituality · murder · law-enforcement · thriller · political-intrigue · conspiracies · suspense · killer · action-adventure
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Sharon Cameron
4.04 · 135 ratings
book · fiction · young-adult · action-adventure · audiobook · romance · historical-fiction · suspense · mystery · family · historical · friendship · survival · drama · sci-fi · high-school · dystopia · war · post-apocalyptic · middle-grade
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Clive Cussler
4.02 · 2361 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · adult · book · mystery · thriller · suspense · crime · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · political-intrigue · technothriller · espionage · nautical · military · violent-conflict · archaeology · law-enforcement · conspiracies
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Antony Ferguson
4.02 · 120 ratings
book · fiction · adult · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · crime · industrial-era · law-enforcement · victorian · romance · paranormal · suspense · killer · investigator · murder · male-mc · male-author · united-kingdom
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Dirk Cussler
4.01 · 230 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · mystery · crime · book · audiobook · adult · historical · thriller · suspense · nautical · historical-fiction · military · violent-conflict · technothriller · political-intrigue · espionage · archaeology · war · terrorism
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M. Louisa Locke
4.01 · 130 ratings
fiction · cozy · historical · historical-fiction · mystery · victorian · female-mc · crime · industrial-era · adult · animals · book · anthologies · amateur-sleuth · female-author · audiobook · romance · law-enforcement · suspense · young-adult
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James Langton
3.94 · 127 ratings
book · adult · fiction · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · crime · law-enforcement · thriller · action-adventure · killer · suspense · victorian · murder · industrial-era · 21st-century · amateur-sleuth · violent-conflict · military
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