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James Baldwin
4.33 · 462 ratings
fiction · classics · poc-mc · 20th-century · literary-fiction · racism · literary · lgbtq · social-commentary · poc-author · realistic · black-mc · historical-fiction · book · politics · audiobook · drama · university · male-author · historical
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Marion Kummerow
4.28 · 108 ratings
historical · fiction · book · ww2 · historical-fiction · 20th-century · violent-conflict · adult · literary-fiction · war · epic · military · romance · coming-of-age · young-adult · action-adventure · family · social-commentary · betrayal · espionage
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Roberta Kagan
4.20 · 173 ratings
historical · adult · historical-fiction · fiction · book · 20th-century · ww2 · violent-conflict · war · literary-fiction · romance · audiobook · germany · christian · drama · family · europe · spirituality · western-central-europe · suspense
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Ronald H. Balson
4.18 · 157 ratings
20th-century · adult · historical · historical-fiction · ww2 · fiction · literary-fiction · book · violent-conflict · audiobook · war · family · mystery · investigator · spirituality · suspense · religion · crime · drama · action-adventure
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Martha Hall Kelly
4.18 · 139 ratings
20th-century · historical · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · war · family · ww2 · fiction · literary-fiction · female-mc · audiobook · book · adult · friendship · womens-fiction · action-adventure · urban · death · female-author · drama
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Gemma Liviero
4.18 · 123 ratings
book · literary-fiction · audiobook · fiction · historical-fiction · historical · war · 20th-century · adult · violent-conflict · drama · ww2 · family · mystery · romance · ww1 · action-adventure · journey · tragedy · horror
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Robert Macfarlane
4.15 · 176 ratings
classics · 20th-century · book · literary · literary-fiction · historical · adult · action-adventure · fiction · male-author · historical-fiction
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Nancy E. Turner
4.12 · 102 ratings
historical · historical-fiction · fiction · book · 20th-century · family · audiobook · romance · adult · drama · industrial-era · womens-fiction · action-adventure · literary-fiction · western · epic · violent-conflict · female-author · war · mystery
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Mandy Robotham
4.12 · 107 ratings
book · romance · audiobook · fiction · historical · adult · historical-fiction · military · 20th-century · spirituality · action-adventure · female-mc · war · family · ww2 · violent-conflict · literary-fiction · holidays · drama · urban
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Clarice Lispector
4.10 · 205 ratings
female-author · fiction · classics · adult · literary · literary-fiction · 20th-century · book · feminism · contemporary · philosophy · audiobook · historical · poc-mc · anthologies · magical-realism · existentialism · journey · drama · latinx-mc
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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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Theodore Dreiser
4.06 · 136 ratings
fiction · adult · 20th-century · historical · literary · audiobook · book · literary-fiction · classics · historical-fiction · drama · high-school · male-author · horror · mystery · fantasy · urban · coming-of-age · anthologies · psychological
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Eowyn Ivey
4.05 · 106 ratings
magical-realism · female-author · historical-fiction · family · season-winter · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · fantasy · paranormal · book · literary-fiction · fairy-tale · retellings · 20th-century · historical · magic · outdoors · adult · drama
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Edward Rutherfurd
4.04 · 266 ratings
war · family · fiction · action-adventure · epic · historical · adult · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · book · literary-fiction · audiobook · 20th-century · early-modern · drama · journey · spirituality · medieval · religion · urban
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Ellen Marie Wiseman
4.03 · 180 ratings
historical-fiction · book · audiobook · fiction · historical · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · family · drama · 20th-century · psychological · female-author · young-adult · suspense · mystery · action-adventure · abuse · womens-fiction · adult · mental-illness
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Nevil Shute
4.03 · 232 ratings
classics · literary · fiction · historical-fiction · adult · historical · book · action-adventure · literary-fiction · audiobook · 20th-century · violent-conflict · war · ww2 · romance · mystery · military · sci-fi · survival · drama
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Ella Carey
4.01 · 139 ratings
historical · adult · historical-fiction · fiction · book · family · female-mc · literary-fiction · 20th-century · ww2 · romance · mystery · violent-conflict · war · drama · womens-fiction · friendship · audiobook · epic · urban
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Natalie Goldberg
4.01 · 131 ratings- Writing on Empty: A Guide to Finding Your Voice by Natalie Goldberg
- Three Simple Lines: A Writer’s Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku by Natalie Goldberg
- Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home: A Memoir by Natalie Goldberg
- The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language by Natalie Goldberg
- The Great Failure: A Bartender, A Monk, and My Unlikely Path to Truth by Natalie Goldberg
marriage · lgbtq · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · 20th-century · female-author · family · book · fiction · historical · adult
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Heather Webb
4.00 · 127 ratings
fiction · historical · historical-fiction · book · adult · romance · 20th-century · literary-fiction · female-mc · womens-fiction · audiobook · action-adventure · friendship · family · drama · ww2 · royalty · mystery · war · season-winter
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Mary Doria Russell
3.99 · 236 ratings
audiobook · literary-fiction · adult · historical-fiction · fiction · book · female-author · 20th-century · action-adventure · historical · epic · religion · spirituality · violent-conflict · christian · sci-fi · 21st-century · friendship · war · survival
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W. Somerset Maugham
3.93 · 398 ratings
fiction · classics · adult · literary · literary-fiction · historical · 20th-century · book · audiobook · historical-fiction · drama · anthologies · male-author · romance · humor · psychological · industrial-era · fantasy · horror · coming-of-age
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Kristina McMorris
3.93 · 196 ratings
fiction · adult · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · romance · family · womens-fiction · 20th-century · book · literary-fiction · war · ww2 · violent-conflict · drama · mystery · female-mc · friendship · action-adventure · military
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Thomas Mann
3.92 · 360 ratings
fiction · adult · classics · literary · literary-fiction · 20th-century · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · book · anthologies · philosophy · drama · university · male-author · psychological · spirituality · bildungsroman · politics · humor
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Thomas Pynchon
3.91 · 322 ratings
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · postmodernism · satire · classics · literary · humor · 20th-century · book · sci-fi · audiobook · contemporary · male-author · philosophy · mystery · comedy · action-adventure · war
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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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Pam Jenoff
3.90 · 275 ratings
ww2 · 20th-century · historical · fiction · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · book · war · adult · audiobook · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · mystery · drama · romance · action-adventure · suspense · family · female-mc · political-intrigue
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Yukio Mishima
3.90 · 416 ratings
fiction · classics · literary · literary-fiction · adult · 20th-century · book · drama · historical · historical-fiction · male-author · philosophy · lgbtq · psychological · suicide · politics · contemporary · action-adventure · spirituality · journey
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Yasunari Kawabata
3.72 · 354 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · classics · literary · adult · 20th-century · drama · book · historical-fiction · contemporary · male-author · historical · psychological · anthologies · poc-author · aging · family · magical-realism · asia · steamy
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