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Cecelia Mecca
4.43 · 217 ratings
fiction · adult · historical · medieval · book · ancient-civilization · romance · steamy · action-adventure · historical-fiction · scotland · united-kingdom · british-isles · europe · literary-fiction · female-mc · audiobook · paranormal · forced-proximity · enemies-to-lovers
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Amy D'Orazio
4.30 · 102 ratings- The Maid by Amy D'Orazio
- The Happiest Couple in the World: A Sequel to Pride & Prejudice by Amy D'Orazio
- A Match Made at Matlock: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Amy D'Orazio
- Heart Enough: Variations on a Jane Austen Christmas by Amy D'Orazio
- So Material a Change: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Amy D'Orazio
regency · romance · historical · adult · historical-fiction · fiction · industrial-era · literary-fiction · audiobook · book · anthologies · retellings · literary · classics · holidays · humor · religion · second-chances · victorian · mystery
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Emma Prince
4.28 · 222 ratings
historical · medieval · fiction · adult · book · europe · romance · ancient-civilization · historical-fiction · scotland · literary-fiction · female-mc · british-isles · united-kingdom · action-adventure · scandinavia · steamy · womens-fiction · bodyguard · anthologies
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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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Wendell Berry
4.28 · 236 ratings- What I Stand For Is What I Stand On by Wendell Berry
- What I Stand On: The Collected Essays of Wendell Berry, 1969-2017 (Volumes 1 & 2) by Wendell Berry
- Peace Of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
- The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
- Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World by Wendell Berry
historical · historical-fiction · fiction · literary · literary-fiction · rural · classics · adult · audiobook · outdoors · family · spirituality · philosophy · book · 20th-century · realistic · christian · religion · male-author · death
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Sydney Jane Baily
4.26 · 148 ratings
historical · fiction · adult · regency · industrial-era · romance · historical-fiction · victorian · female-mc · literary-fiction · book · classics · literary · anthologies · action-adventure · steamy · friends-to-lovers · europe · humor · early-modern
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Gretta Curran Browne
4.26 · 116 ratings- ANOTHER KIND OF LIGHT : A Biographical Novel by Gretta Curran Browne
- NO MOON AT MIDNIGHT: A Biographical Novel by Gretta Curran Browne
- A Man of No Country: Book 5 of the Lord Byron Series by Gretta Curran Browne
- A Runaway Star by Gretta Curran Browne
- Mad, Bad, and Delightful to Know by Gretta Curran Browne
book · fiction · historical · adult · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · epic · romance · female-mc · action-adventure · industrial-era · regency · suspense · family · mystery · psychological · abuse · nautical · supernatural · young-adult
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Nicole Clarkston
4.24 · 123 ratings- Mr. Darcy Steals a Kiss (and Some Other Stuff): A Pride and Prejudice Romantic Comedy by Nicole Clarkston
- A Proper Introduction: A Pride & Prejudice Epistolary by Nicole Clarkston
- Along for the Ride by Nicole Clarkston
- A Fine Mind by Nicole Clarkston
- Queen of Winter: A Pride and Prejudice Novella by Nicole Clarkston
romance · industrial-era · fiction · adult · historical · regency · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · classics · literary · book · female-mc · retellings · audiobook · humor · anthologies · billionaire · victorian · religion · spirituality
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Adele Clee
4.23 · 361 ratings
regency · industrial-era · historical · fiction · historical-fiction · adult · romance · book · victorian · mystery · literary-fiction · steamy · suspense · female-mc · audiobook · kind-mc · gothic · crime · killer · age-gap
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Jeanine Cummins
4.23 · 113 ratings
audiobook · literary-fiction · book · historical-fiction · fiction · family · adult · historical · drama · grief · mystery · female-mc · crime · survival · 21st-century · contemporary · racism · politics · coming-of-age · hispanic
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Joana Starnes
4.20 · 122 ratings- Snowbound: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Joana Starnes
- Twists of Fate: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Joana Starnes
- A Timely Elopement: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Joana Starnes
- The Journey Home To Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Joana Starnes
- Yuletide: A Jane Austen-inspired Collection Of Stories by Joana Starnes
fiction · industrial-era · historical · adult · historical-fiction · regency · romance · book · literary-fiction · audiobook · retellings · classics · literary · holidays · anthologies · mystery · fantasy · spirituality · female-mc · humor
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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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Madeline Miller
4.17 · 276 ratings
adult · historical-fiction · retellings · fiction · fantasy · myths · historical · book · literary-fiction · female-author · audiobook · dark-academia · magic · magical-realism · action-adventure · south-east-europe · lgbtq · drama · greece · 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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Laila Ibrahim
4.17 · 138 ratings
book · audiobook · fiction · family · historical-fiction · historical · violent-conflict · adult · literary-fiction · poc-mc · action-adventure · drama · civil-war · survival · racism · friendship · womens-fiction · war · slavery · 20th-century
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Deborah Swift
4.10 · 102 ratings
historical-fiction · fiction · book · historical · adult · early-modern · literary-fiction · violent-conflict · epic · female-mc · action-adventure · mystery · family · war · romance · military · 20th-century · womens-fiction · ww2 · drama
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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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Lisa See
3.92 · 397 ratings
historical-fiction · fiction · poc-mc · book · historical · literary-fiction · audiobook · female-author · poc-author · womens-fiction · female-mc · coming-of-age · realistic · family · drama · adult · journey · action-adventure · friendship · 20th-century
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Juan Gabriel Vásquez
3.91 · 112 ratings
literary-fiction · book · adult · fiction · historical-fiction · politics · 21st-century · historical · hispanic · latinx-mc · poc-mc · mystery · audiobook · journey · male-author · action-adventure · suspense · colombia · poc-author · south-america
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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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Sarah Jio
3.85 · 235 ratings
womens-fiction · romance · adult · fiction · audiobook · book · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · female-mc · suspense · historical · family · mystery · drama · 20th-century · friendship · ww2 · action-adventure · contemporary · sad
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