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Dalton Trumbo
4.13 · 31 ratings
classics · book · literary · fiction · war · adult · historical · historical-fiction · horror · violent-conflict · 20th-century · literary-fiction · psychological · mental-illness · dystopia · disability · survival · ww1 · audiobook · politics
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José Donoso
4.07 · 48 ratings
fiction · book · literary-fiction · adult · 20th-century · classics · lgbtq · historical · historical-fiction · horror · literary · magical-realism · dark · spirituality · season-summer · religion · poc-mc · latinx-mc · gothic · madness
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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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Helen Maryles Shankman
4.05 · 19 ratings
fiction · fantasy · adult · war · book · ww2 · 20th-century · historical · violent-conflict · horror · historical-fiction · 21st-century · audiobook · literary-fiction · myths · romance · anthologies · vampires · classics · urban
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James Purdy
3.94 · 18 ratings
literary · historical-fiction · horror · adult · historical · lgbtq · book · literary-fiction · classics · fiction · transgressive-mc · 20th-century · audiobook · gothic · north-america · steamy · usa · west-virginia · romance · friendship
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Constance Sayers
3.94 · 60 ratings
mystery · paranormal · book · supernatural · magical-realism · historical-fiction · horror · historical · fiction · fantasy · audiobook · romance · urban-fantasy · dark · 20th-century · female-author · adult · magic · witches-wizards · female-mc
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Barbara Comyns
3.93 · 69 ratings
fiction · 20th-century · female-author · classics · family · adult · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · book · literary · humor · horror · gothic · coming-of-age · contemporary · drama · comedy · satire · dark · magical-realism
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Sarah Kane
3.92 · 98 ratings
20th-century · fiction · drama · female-author · classics · mental-illness · book · contemporary · adult · university · literary · horror · lgbtq · dark · nihilism · suicide · psychological · feminism · madness · 21st-century
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Edgar Mittelholzer
3.89 · 9 ratings
book · fiction · adult · horror · gothic · mystery · classics · 20th-century · literary · historical · thriller · drama · audiobook · haunted-places · caribbean · literary-fiction · north-america · pulp · ghosts · colonization
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D.M. Pulley
3.88 · 84 ratings
historical · adult · thriller · historical-fiction · horror · mystery · fiction · crime · audiobook · suspense · book · 20th-century · action-adventure · female-mc · family · psychological · murder · drama · political-intrigue · conspiracies
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Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
3.85 · 34 ratings
anthologies · fiction · adult · literary-fiction · classics · literary · 20th-century · male-author · horror · politics · philosophy · dystopia · satire · magical-realism · sci-fi · historical · gothic · communism · ghosts · supernatural
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Richard Bachman
3.85 · 479 ratings
horror · fiction · suspense · book · male-author · audiobook · contemporary · mystery · adult · psychological · terror · drama · 20th-century · supernatural · dark · ghosts · crime · thriller · classics · literary
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Edith Nesbit
3.82 · 48 ratings
classics · literary · fantasy · fiction · historical · anthologies · horror · gothic · ghosts · supernatural · paranormal · myths · industrial-era · 20th-century · retellings · victorian · spooky · female-author · historical-fiction · adult
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William Sloane
3.79 · 24 ratings
horror · adult · historical · sci-fi · fiction · mystery · book · spooky · 20th-century · industrial-era · cosmic-horror · literary · pulp · classics · gothic · dark-fantasy · literary-fiction · north-america · male-author · dark
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Seishi Yokomizo
3.78 · 82 ratings
law-enforcement · historical-fiction · historical · adult · thriller · murder · mystery · fiction · crime · audiobook · literary · classics · book · amateur-sleuth · 20th-century · horror · whodunit · suspense · noir · poc-author
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Ira Levin
3.75 · 259 ratings
book · horror · suspense · adult · fiction · 20th-century · mystery · literary · classics · crime · drama · audiobook · thriller · psychological · historical · dystopia · literary-fiction · contemporary · male-author · dark
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Cat Winters
3.74 · 119 ratings
horror · historical · mystery · fantasy · paranormal · young-adult · gothic · historical-fiction · magical-realism · fiction · supernatural · book · 20th-century · female-author · family · audiobook · drama · ghosts · suspense · dark
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Sōji Shimada
3.70 · 33 ratings
fiction · adult · book · literary-fiction · crime · locked-room · murder · mystery · spooky · 20th-century · law-enforcement · amateur-sleuth · horror · male-author · thriller · poc-author · killer · suspense · true-crime · urban
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Kōbō Abe
3.68 · 217 ratings
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · 20th-century · book · classics · literary · contemporary · magical-realism · horror · psychological · existentialism · dystopia · fantasy · mystery · satire · sci-fi · anthologies · philosophy · audiobook
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Sam Hurcom
3.67 · 15 ratings
adult · fiction · horror · paranormal · 20th-century · book · gothic · crime · ghosts · mystery · supernatural · historical · historical-fiction · industrial-era · urban-fantasy · anthologies · british-isles · united-kingdom · dark-academia · post-apocalyptic
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Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
3.67 · 12 ratings
book · historical-fiction · adult · historical · fiction · fantasy · gothic · horror · paranormal · romantic-love · 20th-century · mystery · myths · audiobook · haunted-places · family · spooky · literary · retellings · witches-wizards
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Kelsey James
3.64 · 28 ratings
suspense · book · gothic · historical · adult · horror · historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · audiobook · thriller · 20th-century · family · crime · fundamentalism · california · psychological · literary-fiction · romance · north-america
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Shirley Reva Vernick
3.56 · 9 ratings
fiction · historical-fiction · young-adult · book · mystery · ww2 · horror · historical · multi-pov · 20th-century · coming-of-age · children-books · romance · supernatural · fantasy · war · ghosts · womens-fiction · violent-conflict · disability
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Jan Neruda
3.44 · 18 ratings
anthologies · fiction · adult · horror · 20th-century · classics · paranormal · supernatural · vampires · monsters · drama · sci-fi · czechia · audiobook · high-school · historical · western-central-europe · mystery · literary · europe
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