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Glendy Vanderah
4.21 · 112 ratings
book · magical-realism · fiction · womens-fiction · family · contemporary · audiobook · coming-of-age · adult · realistic · friendship · female-mc · action-adventure · mystery · drama · suspense · mental-illness · literary-fiction · female-author · historical-fiction
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Bruno Schulz
4.11 · 103 ratings
anthologies · magical-realism · adult · fiction · literary-fiction · literary · classics · horror · low-fantasy · fantasy · 20th-century · historical · paranormal · audiobook · ghosts · supernatural · journey · historical-fiction · ww2 · action-adventure
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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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Helene Wecker
4.06 · 121 ratings
paranormal · myths · supernatural · urban-fantasy · fairy-tale · magical-realism · historical · magic · female-author · fantasy · action-adventure · spirituality · fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · literary-fiction · book · religion · fae · adult
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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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Olga Tokarczuk
3.99 · 189 ratings
adult · fiction · audiobook · book · literary-fiction · magical-realism · contemporary · female-author · literary · 21st-century · classics · journey · historical-fiction · action-adventure · philosophy · fantasy · 20th-century · mystery · historical · feminism
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Eden Robinson
3.99 · 119 ratings
female-author · poc-mc · fiction · indigenous-mc · magical-realism · supernatural · contemporary · myths · literary-fiction · young-adult · horror · fantasy · coming-of-age · poc-author · book · audiobook · substance-abuse · paranormal · ghosts · 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 Addison Allen
3.93 · 338 ratings
magical-realism · fiction · fantasy · contemporary · paranormal · magic · womens-fiction · family · romance · book · female-author · drama · audiobook · literary-fiction · friendship · supernatural · realistic · mystery · small-town · urban-fantasy
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Victor Pelevin
3.92 · 210 ratings
fiction · adult · contemporary · magical-realism · book · philosophy · satire · humor · literary-fiction · fantasy · audiobook · postmodernism · low-fantasy · 20th-century · classics · literary · horror · dystopia · politics · sci-fi
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Ruth Hogan
3.92 · 136 ratings
family · womens-fiction · fiction · friendship · female-mc · audiobook · book · magical-realism · adult · drama · fantasy · contemporary · literary-fiction · supernatural · female-author · historical-fiction · humor · mystery · paranormal · magic
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Isabel Allende
3.91 · 908 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · audiobook · magical-realism · book · poc-mc · latinx-mc · adult · female-author · historical-fiction · drama · historical · action-adventure · poc-author · romance · family · journey · classics · literary · 20th-century
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Erin Morgenstern
3.91 · 174 ratings
book · romance · paranormal · fiction · fantasy · magic · magical-realism · young-adult · supernatural · urban-fantasy · literary-fiction · audiobook · action-adventure · mystery · adult · historical-fiction · female-author · new-adult · england · fairy-tale
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David Mitchell
3.90 · 428 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · magical-realism · book · audiobook · contemporary · 21st-century · historical-fiction · adult · mystery · fantasy · drama · urban · action-adventure · male-author · supernatural · england · dystopia · family · 20th-century
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Toshikazu Kawaguchi
3.85 · 169 ratings
audiobook · literary-fiction · time-travel · magical-realism · fiction · action-adventure · contemporary · book · adult · fantasy · urban-fantasy · season-autumn · 21st-century · paranormal · grief · poc-author · magic · death · male-author · journey
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Stuart Turton
3.84 · 191 ratings- The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales by Stuart Turton
- The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
- The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Stuart Turton
- The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
- The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
fiction · mystery · horror · adult · supernatural · crime · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · paranormal · murder · magical-realism · spooky · gothic · book · literary-fiction · suspense · fantasy · action-adventure · dark
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Gabriel García Márquez
3.84 · 802 ratings
fiction · classics · adult · literary · magical-realism · literary-fiction · 20th-century · audiobook · historical-fiction · poc-mc · latinx-mc · anthologies · contemporary · drama · book · fantasy · university · journey · action-adventure · male-author
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Alice Hoffman
3.83 · 1401 ratings
fiction · magical-realism · audiobook · fantasy · family · book · literary-fiction · female-author · drama · paranormal · magic · womens-fiction · contemporary · coming-of-age · supernatural · historical-fiction · young-adult · romance · adult · mystery
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Diane Setterfield
3.82 · 164 ratings
fiction · fantasy · book · mystery · drama · family · female-author · historical-fiction · historical · magical-realism · dark · supernatural · gothic · 21st-century · literary-fiction · audiobook · paranormal · suspense · literary · womens-fiction
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Han Kang
3.82 · 156 ratings
fiction · adult · book · literary-fiction · 21st-century · audiobook · poc-mc · drama · journey · female-author · psychological · contemporary · grief · action-adventure · family · south-korea · asia · magical-realism · east-asia · poc-author
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Salman Rushdie
3.76 · 680 ratings
fiction · literary-fiction · magical-realism · adult · literary · classics · audiobook · contemporary · fantasy · book · poc-mc · poc-author · historical-fiction · action-adventure · myths · magic · family · spirituality · 20th-century · drama
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Martin Millar
3.75 · 116 ratings
fiction · humor · fantasy · book · urban-fantasy · magical-realism · contemporary · adult · literary-fiction · male-author · paranormal · low-fantasy · 20th-century · supernatural · young-adult · action-adventure · magic · fae · romance · horror
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Samanta Schweblin
3.75 · 136 ratings
contemporary · terror · female-author · fiction · 21st-century · literary-fiction · psychological · horror · adult · latinx-mc · audiobook · anthologies · magical-realism · poc-mc · poc-author · dark · mystery · dystopia · suspense · supernatural
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Elizabeth Kostova
3.70 · 138 ratings
gothic · book · literary-fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · suspense · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · drama · female-author · historical-fiction · historical · epic · realistic · epistolary · horror · adult · dark-academia · dark
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Karen Thompson Walker
3.69 · 117 ratings
suspense · contemporary · audiobook · literary-fiction · book · sci-fi · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · dystopia · survival · post-apocalyptic · young-adult · magical-realism · female-author · futuristic · drama · apocalyptic · family · coming-of-age
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Banana Yoshimoto
3.69 · 311 ratings
fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · magical-realism · female-author · adult · audiobook · book · 20th-century · journey · female-mc · action-adventure · anthologies · grief · poc-author · death · family · drama · coming-of-age · mystery
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Nina George
3.60 · 113 ratings
fiction · adult · historical-fiction · friendship · drama · contemporary · audiobook · literary-fiction · book · romance · magical-realism · family · womens-fiction · death · realistic · female-author · action-adventure · female-mc · 21st-century · season-summer
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Ben Okri
3.58 · 116 ratings
fiction · adult · book · magical-realism · literary-fiction · low-fantasy · contemporary · fantasy · 20th-century · poc-author · audiobook · myths · philosophy · poc-mc · retellings · classics · literary · politics · action-adventure · spirituality
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