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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.06 · 456 ratings
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Mitch Albom
4.13 · 562 ratings
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Louise Penny
4.21 · 760 ratings
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Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.12 · 464 ratings
family · literary-fiction · fiction · romance · womens-fiction · realistic · new-adult · audiobook · book · drama · female-mc · friendship · female-author · young-adult · historical-fiction · historical · contemporary · sad · adult · season-summer
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Catherine Ryan Hyde
4.18 · 772 ratings
fiction · family · contemporary · audiobook · literary-fiction · friendship · drama · coming-of-age · book · womens-fiction · young-adult · realistic · female-mc · adult · animals · romance · historical-fiction · grief · anthologies · mental-illness
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Jan Karon
4.20 · 446 ratings
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James Baldwin
4.33 · 462 ratings
fiction · classics · poc-mc · 20th-century · literary-fiction · literary · racism · lgbtq · social-commentary · poc-author · realistic · historical-fiction · black-mc · book · politics · audiobook · drama · university · male-author · historical
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Judith Keim
4.39 · 324 ratings
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Fredrik Backman
4.22 · 570 ratings
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Lisa See
3.92 · 397 ratings
historical · literary-fiction · poc-mc · fiction · historical-fiction · book · audiobook · female-author · womens-fiction · poc-author · coming-of-age · drama · family · realistic · female-mc · 20th-century · friendship · action-adventure · adult · journey
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Hilary Mantel
3.95 · 460 ratings- A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing by Hilary Mantel
- Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books by Hilary Mantel
- The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel
- Wolf Hall / Bring Up the Bodies / The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
- Ghost: 100 Stories to Read with the Lights On by Hilary Mantel
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Abbie Zanders
4.33 · 478 ratings
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Lucinda Riley
4.17 · 510 ratings
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Diane Chamberlain
4.05 · 659 ratings
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John Boyne
4.03 · 557 ratings
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Adele Clee
4.23 · 361 ratings
fiction · historical · industrial-era · regency · adult · historical-fiction · book · romance · victorian · mystery · literary-fiction · steamy · female-mc · suspense · kind-mc · audiobook · crime · gothic · age-gap · killer
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Barbara Kingsolver
3.99 · 527 ratings- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
- The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live By from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries by Barbara Kingsolver
- Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
- Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World by Barbara Kingsolver
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Colson Whitehead
3.82 · 324 ratings
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Elif Shafak
4.00 · 421 ratings
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David Sedaris
4.02 · 638 ratings
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Maggie O'Farrell
3.97 · 300 ratings
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Yasunari Kawabata
3.72 · 354 ratings
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Yukio Mishima
3.90 · 416 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · classics · literary · adult · 20th-century · book · drama · historical · historical-fiction · lgbtq · male-author · philosophy · psychological · politics · contemporary · suicide · coming-of-age · religion · audiobook
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Sherman Alexie
4.00 · 449 ratings
fiction · poc-mc · indigenous-mc · poc-author · literary-fiction · humor · family · young-adult · anthologies · realistic · contemporary · male-author · historical-fiction · magical-realism · coming-of-age · social-commentary · classics · literary · 21st-century · adult
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Armistead Maupin
4.04 · 308 ratings
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Khaled Hosseini
4.25 · 314 ratings- Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini
- And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
- The Kite Runner: Graphic Novel by Khaled Hosseini
- Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Khaled Hosseini
- The Kite Runner: A Portrait of the Marc Forster Film by Khaled Hosseini
literary · book · literary-fiction · classics · historical-fiction · historical · violent-conflict · war · drama · fiction · coming-of-age · 21st-century · audiobook · abuse · religion · young-adult · islam · journey · realistic · adult
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Anthony Burgess
3.89 · 357 ratings- The Black Prince: Adapted from an original script by Anthony Burgess by Anthony Burgess
- The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Anthony Burgess
- How to Save Your Own Life by Anthony Burgess
- Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love-Life by Anthony Burgess
- Future Imperfect: Wanting Seed / 1985 by Anthony Burgess
fiction · adult · book · literary-fiction · literary · classics · historical · 20th-century · historical-fiction · sci-fi · humor · horror · dystopia · contemporary · audiobook · religion · mystery · lgbtq · crime · politics
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Sarah Addison Allen
3.93 · 338 ratings
contemporary · fiction · fantasy · magical-realism · paranormal · family · womens-fiction · magic · book · romance · drama · female-author · audiobook · friendship · literary-fiction · supernatural · mystery · realistic · urban-fantasy · small-town
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Simone de Beauvoir
4.04 · 361 ratings- La femminilità, una trappola by Simone de Beauvoir
- Inseparable by Simone de Beauvoir
- Extracts From: The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
- The Works of Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex and The Ethics Of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir
- Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (Library of America) by Simone de Beauvoir
classics · literary-fiction · literary · feminism · fiction · book · philosophy · adult · historical · female-author · 20th-century · politics · drama · existentialism · historical-fiction · psychological · war · violent-conflict · lgbtq · philosophical
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Maeve Binchy
3.82 · 679 ratings
fiction · adult · womens-fiction · romance · literary-fiction · family · contemporary · audiobook · friendship · drama · female-mc · female-author · realistic · book · anthologies · historical-fiction · humor · epic · 20th-century · cozy
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Alice Hoffman
3.83 · 1401 ratings
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Rose Pearson
4.14 · 384 ratings
fiction · adult · industrial-era · regency · historical · book · historical-fiction · spirituality · victorian · romance · literary-fiction · christian · religion · enemies-to-lovers · action-adventure · holidays · mystery · steamy · family · female-mc
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Toni Morrison
3.97 · 596 ratings
fiction · classics · literary-fiction · literary · feminism · poc-author · book · adult · historical-fiction · female-author · poc-mc · audiobook · realistic · 20th-century · drama · university · historical · racism · coming-of-age · magical-realism
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Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
3.77 · 320 ratings
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Hermann Hesse
3.99 · 578 ratings- Siddhartha : illustrated edition by Hermann Hesse
- Demian. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by Hermann Hesse
- World's Greatest Classics in One Volume: Les Misérables, Hamlet, Jane Eyre, Ulysses, War and Peace, Art of War, Faust, Don Quixote, Bushido… by Hermann Hesse
- Das Glasperlenspiel by Hermann Hesse
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Alice Walker
4.08 · 369 ratings- Home Girls, 40th Anniversary Edition: A Black Feminist Anthology by Alice Walker
- Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought by Alice Walker
- Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000 by Alice Walker
- Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart by Alice Walker
- The Color Purple Collection: The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
fiction · literary-fiction · poc-mc · feminism · adult · classics · literary · black-mc · female-author · historical-fiction · book · poc-author · 20th-century · family · historical · female-mc · lgbtq · contemporary · racism · drama
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Charlotte Brontë
3.99 · 435 ratings
fiction · adult · classics · literary · literary-fiction · historical · book · romance · industrial-era · victorian · historical-fiction · gothic · female-author · drama · anthologies · womens-fiction · fantasy · female-mc · audiobook · feminism
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
3.82 · 334 ratings
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Ann Patchett
3.89 · 514 ratings
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Jojo Moyes
3.91 · 660 ratings
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W. Somerset Maugham
3.93 · 398 ratings
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Roxane Gay
4.01 · 314 ratings
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David Mitchell
3.90 · 428 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · magical-realism · book · 21st-century · contemporary · audiobook · historical-fiction · adult · drama · fantasy · mystery · urban · action-adventure · male-author · supernatural · england · dystopia · family · 20th-century
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Stefan Zweig
4.07 · 581 ratings
fiction · classics · literary · adult · literary-fiction · 20th-century · audiobook · drama · psychological · historical · book · male-author · historical-fiction · anthologies · romance · war · violent-conflict · contemporary · ww1 · coming-of-age
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Thomas Mann
3.92 · 360 ratings
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Thomas Pynchon
3.91 · 322 ratings
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · postmodernism · classics · literary · satire · humor · 20th-century · book · audiobook · contemporary · sci-fi · philosophy · male-author · mystery · comedy · war · action-adventure
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Elizabeth Berg
3.70 · 594 ratings
audiobook · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · fiction · family · book · adult · contemporary · realistic · drama · friendship · female-mc · female-author · romance · epic · marriage · historical-fiction · psychological · coming-of-age · grief
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.02 · 1139 ratings- White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Crime and Punishment: The Original Complete Edition: A Fyodor Dostoevsky Classic by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 50 Beautiful Christmas Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Big Book of Christmas: Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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