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Yaa Gyasi
4.31 · 127 ratings
21st-century · audiobook · racism · coming-of-age · feminism · poc-author · literary-fiction · book · adult · realistic · journey · historical-fiction · female-author · fiction · poc-mc · drama · family · social-commentary · multi-pov · contemporary
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Glendy Vanderah
4.21 · 112 ratings
book · contemporary · audiobook · coming-of-age · fiction · womens-fiction · family · magical-realism · mental-illness · literary-fiction · suspense · friendship · female-mc · action-adventure · mystery · drama · adult · realistic · abuse · season-summer
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Catherine Ryan Hyde
4.18 · 772 ratings
fiction · family · audiobook · contemporary · literary-fiction · drama · friendship · womens-fiction · coming-of-age · book · young-adult · realistic · female-mc · adult · animals · romance · lgbtq · historical-fiction · grief · anthologies
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Betty Smith
4.16 · 137 ratings
classics · historical · historical-fiction · fiction · literary · book · literary-fiction · young-adult · urban · coming-of-age · 20th-century · female-author · marriage · audiobook · realistic · family · womens-fiction · children · high-school · new-adult
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Min Jin Lee
4.14 · 119 ratings
poc-mc · fiction · drama · family · female-author · realistic · adult · poc-author · literary-fiction · audiobook · coming-of-age · female-mc · south-korea · historical-fiction · asia · east-asia · book · 21st-century · contemporary · feminism
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Nadia Hashimi
4.12 · 119 ratings
realistic · family · audiobook · fiction · book · poc-author · historical-fiction · journey · female-mc · action-adventure · coming-of-age · historical · violent-conflict · drama · literary-fiction · religion · female-author · adult · war · poc-mc
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Kim Michele Richardson
4.05 · 135 ratings
usa · rural · book · north-america · kentucky · audiobook · coming-of-age · fiction · family · historical · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · young-adult · racism · friendship · female-mc · drama · abuse · romance · feminism
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Pat Conroy
4.04 · 276 ratings
literary · coming-of-age · literary-fiction · book · classics · historical-fiction · family · fiction · audiobook · realistic · drama · contemporary · young-adult · 20th-century · epic · humor · mystery · suspense · suicide · high-school
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Harper Lee
4.04 · 190 ratings
fiction · family · crime · drama · historical-fiction · historical · high-school · classics · young-adult · literary-fiction · book · audiobook · literary · coming-of-age · racism · southern-gothic · social-commentary · female-author · realistic · 20th-century
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Ellen Marie Wiseman
4.03 · 180 ratings
book · audiobook · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · family · drama · 20th-century · young-adult · psychological · suspense · mystery · action-adventure · female-author · abuse · womens-fiction · adult · rural
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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
fiction · adult · marriage · coming-of-age · literary-fiction · 20th-century · lgbtq · family · book · female-author · historical
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Eden Robinson
3.99 · 119 ratings
female-author · fiction · poc-mc · indigenous-mc · magical-realism · supernatural · horror · fantasy · contemporary · myths · young-adult · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · book · poc-author · audiobook · low-fantasy · family · drama · substance-abuse
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Heather O'Neill
3.94 · 162 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · book · female-author · historical-fiction · coming-of-age · adult · contemporary · audiobook · crime · drama · action-adventure · dark · fantasy · humor · historical · realistic · feminism · female-mc · friendship
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Sue Monk Kidd
3.92 · 333 ratings- After Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey, and France by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
religion · literary-fiction · book · audiobook · coming-of-age · feminism · fiction · spirituality · family · drama · historical-fiction · female-author · young-adult · friendship · womens-fiction · realistic · historical · high-school · magical-realism · season-summer
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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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Lily King
3.90 · 166 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · female-mc · family · book · audiobook · contemporary · coming-of-age · female-author · historical-fiction · adult · romance · friendship · realistic · young-adult · grief · love-triangle · lgbtq · drama · domestic-drama
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J.D. Salinger
3.87 · 250 ratings
classics · drama · fiction · 20th-century · mental-illness · literary-fiction · young-adult · literary · university · high-school · historical-fiction · realistic · male-author · philosophy · coming-of-age · contemporary · family · humor · book · suicide
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Amy Engel
3.84 · 104 ratings
fiction · book · family · audiobook · drama · suspense · action-adventure · murder · female-mc · coming-of-age · mystery · crime · thriller · horror · new-adult · young-adult · literary-fiction · contemporary · friendship · war
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Matthew Quick
3.82 · 214 ratings
mental-illness · book · fiction · contemporary · audiobook · drama · friendship · young-adult · family · realistic · grief · death · coming-of-age · literary-fiction · humor · male-author · psychological · romance · sad · male-mc
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Lori Lansens
3.80 · 104 ratings
audiobook · book · fiction · coming-of-age · contemporary · female-author · family · drama · literary-fiction · young-adult · death · realistic · womens-fiction · psychological · adult · historical-fiction · mystery · friendship · politics · feminism
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Sally Rooney
3.77 · 236 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · romance · contemporary · adult · female-author · coming-of-age · book · audiobook · season-summer · new-adult · realistic · 21st-century · female-mc · friendship · mental-illness · drama · womens-fiction · young-adult · politics
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Miriam Toews
3.73 · 168 ratings
fiction · audiobook · contemporary · literary-fiction · book · female-author · humor · family · coming-of-age · adult · female-mc · 21st-century · realistic · feminism · mental-illness · spirituality · religion · drama · historical-fiction · young-adult
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Alan Hollinghurst
3.66 · 133 ratings
adult · lgbtq · fiction · book · literary-fiction · mlm · historical-fiction · audiobook · 20th-century · coming-of-age · historical · 21st-century · contemporary · classics · drama · family · literary · male-author · violent-conflict · war
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Laura Moriarty
3.62 · 100 ratings
fiction · drama · realistic · book · audiobook · womens-fiction · family · young-adult · literary-fiction · contemporary · coming-of-age · female-mc · friendship · domestic-drama · action-adventure · spirituality · social-commentary · female-author · historical-fiction · religion
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Paolo Giordano
3.57 · 101 ratings
fiction · drama · literary-fiction · book · contemporary · audiobook · psychological · coming-of-age · friendship · family · adult · young-adult · romance · loner-mc · action-adventure · pollution-climate-change · sad · war · military · journey
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Jane Hamilton
3.55 · 152 ratings
literary-fiction · fiction · book · audiobook · contemporary · family · coming-of-age · female-author · realistic · young-adult · womens-fiction · drama · epic · adult · anthologies · psychological · female-mc · humor · 20th-century · historical-fiction
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Alice McDermott
3.50 · 131 ratings
fiction · book · literary-fiction · family · audiobook · historical-fiction · adult · drama · coming-of-age · female-author · urban · contemporary · religion · historical · spirituality · grief · violent-conflict · realistic · war · literary
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Meg Rosoff
3.37 · 157 ratings
young-adult · fiction · female-author · book · audiobook · friendship · coming-of-age · realistic · romance · literary-fiction · contemporary · drama · family · high-school · animals · action-adventure · children · historical-fiction · lgbtq · teens
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