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Armistead Maupin
4.04 · 308 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · adult · lgbtq · contemporary · humor · friendship · audiobook · book · comedy · mlm · drama · satire · mystery · wlw · classics · realistic · historical-fiction · literary · trans-mc
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Mary Renault
4.02 · 284 ratings
lgbtq · fiction · 20th-century · historical-fiction · book · classics · literary · audiobook · female-author · historical · adult · literary-fiction · mlm · myths · ancient-civilization · fantasy · war · action-adventure · violent-conflict · romance
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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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Patrick Gale
3.99 · 110 ratings
literary-fiction · book · lgbtq · fiction · audiobook · adult · family · contemporary · drama · historical-fiction · mlm · 21st-century · friendship · historical · psychological · mental-illness · romance · coming-of-age · war · 20th-century
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Hanya Yanagihara
3.97 · 158 ratings
21st-century · audiobook · poc-author · book · literary-fiction · female-author · fiction · lgbtq · drama · grief · abuse · mental-illness · historical-fiction · adult · new-york-state · historical · dark · urban · poc-mc · family
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Marlon James
3.97 · 154 ratings
fiction · dark · adult · poc-mc · book · audiobook · literary-fiction · magical-realism · historical-fiction · action-adventure · historical · lgbtq · fantasy · 21st-century · retellings · male-author · poc-author · horror · dark-fantasy · black-mc
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Sarah Schulman
3.91 · 113 ratings- Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman
- Maggie Terry by Sarah Schulman
- Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair by Sarah Schulman
- The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination by Sarah Schulman
- Israel/Palestine and the Queer International by Sarah Schulman
adult · fiction · lgbtq · book · literary-fiction · wlw · contemporary · romantic-love · female-author · urban · lesbian-mc · literary · feminism · classics · mental-illness · dystopia · alpha-mc · audiobook · politics · suspense
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Steven Rowley
3.90 · 124 ratings
literary-fiction · lgbtq · fiction · contemporary · book · family · audiobook · adult · humor · friendship · romance · realistic · dogs · grief · mental-illness · season-summer · young-adult · mlm · magical-realism · death
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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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Masha Gessen
3.90 · 112 ratings- Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
- PEN America Issue 21: Mythologies by Masha Gessen
- Never Remember: Searching for Stalin's Gulags in Putin's Russia by Masha Gessen
- The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen
- Where the Jews Aren't: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia's Jewish Autonomous Region by Masha Gessen
Rabih Alameddine
3.90 · 143 ratings- The True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine
- The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine
- Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases by Rabih Alameddine
- The Angel of History by Rabih Alameddine
- Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond by Rabih Alameddine
fiction · historical-fiction · adult · literary-fiction · book · war · poc-mc · contemporary · lgbtq · violent-conflict · poc-author · journey · magical-realism · 21st-century · family · realistic · action-adventure · spirituality · female-author · male-author
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Carson McCullers
3.87 · 190 ratings
fiction · female-author · classics · literary · literary-fiction · southern-gothic · adult · gothic · 20th-century · historical-fiction · lgbtq · anthologies · historical · drama · book · psychological · audiobook · feminism · university · contemporary
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Timothy Findley
3.80 · 147 ratings
literary-fiction · adult · fiction · book · historical-fiction · lgbtq · literary · classics · historical · 20th-century · mystery · drama · gothic · magical-realism · fantasy · war · horror · violent-conflict · low-fantasy · ww2
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Sarah Waters
3.75 · 250 ratings
literary-fiction · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · female-author · book · lgbtq · wlw · mystery · adult · 20th-century · drama · suspense · lesbian-mc · audiobook · 21st-century · gothic · feminism · romance · industrial-era
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Ali Smith
3.75 · 311 ratings
fiction · contemporary · adult · lgbtq · 21st-century · literary-fiction · female-author · audiobook · book · family · magical-realism · friendship · female-mc · supernatural · historical-fiction · literary · politics · classics · university · feminism
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Michael Cunningham
3.73 · 297 ratings
literary-fiction · fiction · lgbtq · drama · audiobook · contemporary · urban · historical-fiction · adult · family · realistic · book · literary · classics · 20th-century · 21st-century · male-author · magical-realism · anthologies · horror
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Edmund White
3.71 · 218 ratings
fiction · lgbtq · literary-fiction · adult · contemporary · book · mlm · 20th-century · classics · literary · historical-fiction · anthologies · audiobook · humor · male-author · romance · psychological · coming-of-age · drama · satire
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William S. Burroughs
3.71 · 478 ratings- Manual revisado del boy scout by William S. Burroughs
- Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs (Burroughs, William S.) by William S. Burroughs
- Twists of the Tale: An Anthology of Cat Horror by William S. Burroughs
- My Education: A Book of Dreams by William S. Burroughs
- In Youth Is Pleasure: & I Left My Grandfather's House by William S. Burroughs
fiction · adult · classics · literary · literary-fiction · lgbtq · sci-fi · contemporary · 20th-century · book · anthologies · satire · dystopia · transgressive-mc · audiobook · postmodernism · substance-abuse · dark · spirituality · humor
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David Leavitt
3.69 · 112 ratings
literary-fiction · adult · fiction · lgbtq · contemporary · book · historical-fiction · family · 20th-century · historical · violent-conflict · urban · humor · war · politics · literary · mlm · classics · anthologies · romance
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Dennis Cooper
3.69 · 151 ratings
fiction · lgbtq · transgressive-mc · literary-fiction · adult · dark · contemporary · horror · book · substance-abuse · anthologies · spirituality · steamy · cults · crime · 21st-century · psychological · death · drama · 20th-century
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Alan Hollinghurst
3.66 · 133 ratings
adult · lgbtq · fiction · literary-fiction · book · mlm · audiobook · historical-fiction · coming-of-age · 20th-century · contemporary · 21st-century · historical · literary · classics · family · drama · steamy · romance · season-summer
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Andrew Sean Greer
3.65 · 184 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · book · audiobook · lgbtq · adult · romance · drama · historical-fiction · contemporary · 21st-century · coming-of-age · action-adventure · psychological · 20th-century · violent-conflict · historical · womens-fiction · mystery · humor
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Peter Cameron
3.61 · 106 ratings
fiction · book · literary-fiction · adult · lgbtq · humor · contemporary · historical-fiction · 20th-century · mystery · drama · audiobook · psychological · gothic · historical · horror · magical-realism · family · season-winter · 21st-century
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Bret Easton Ellis
3.61 · 284 ratings
book · fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · literary · classics · dark · audiobook · psychological · mystery · transgressive-mc · crime · drama · adult · satire · horror · spirituality · postmodernism · substance-abuse · cults
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Christina Dalcher
3.59 · 115 ratings
family · female-mc · fiction · mystery · dark · sci-fi · horror · feminism · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · dystopia · social-commentary · futuristic · lgbtq · alternate-history · female-author · adult · post-apocalyptic · book
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Rumaan Alam
3.02 · 124 ratings
fiction · family · contemporary · adult · literary-fiction · book · audiobook · lgbtq · thriller · realistic · poc-author · psychological · racism · poc-mc · female-mc · friendship · mystery · womens-fiction · male-author · new-adult
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