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Laurens van der Post
4.23 · 22 ratings
book · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · historical · outdoors · epic · children · coming-of-age · literary · classics · fiction · action-adventure · young-adult · animals · bildungsroman
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David S. Reynolds
4.14 · 58 ratings
historical · anthologies · dark-academia · outdoors · literary-fiction · philosophical · industrial-era · lgbtq · classics · psychological · transcendentalism · university · violent-conflict · civil-war · fiction · spirituality · war · philosophy · epic · literary
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Norman Maclean
4.14 · 64 ratings
high-school · literary · classics · action-adventure · fiction · western · anthologies · sports · drama · family · industrial-era · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · outdoors · realistic · philosophy · 20th-century · coming-of-age
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Benjamin Myers
4.08 · 39 ratings
book · literary-fiction · fiction · 21st-century · historical-fiction · adult · drama · friendship · season-summer · audiobook · outdoors · historical · lgbtq · war · supernatural · urban-fantasy · humor · young-adult · feminism · grief
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Gene Stratton-Porter
4.05 · 142 ratings
literary · book · classics · fiction · romance · historical · historical-fiction · young-adult · spirituality · 20th-century · outdoors · christian · literary-fiction · children · animals · coming-of-age · audiobook · drama · action-adventure · middle-grade
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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 Abbey
4.01 · 173 ratings
outdoors · western · fiction · adult · literary-fiction · book · classics · literary · politics · philosophy · humor · industrial-era · historical · historical-fiction · action-adventure · crime · contemporary · audiobook · mystery · apocalyptic
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Kimi Cunningham Grant
4.00 · 46 ratings
book · thriller · adult · fiction · crime · contemporary · audiobook · suspense · psychological · outdoors · north-america · usa · mystery · drama · rural · literary-fiction · female-author · horror · realistic · violent-conflict
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Rick Bass
3.98 · 64 ratings
outdoors · fiction · anthologies · adult · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · historical · death · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · children · coming-of-age · prison · fantasy · action-adventure · young-adult · torture · life-death · crime
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George R. Stewart
3.92 · 62 ratings
literary-fiction · historical · outdoors · sci-fi · fiction · action-adventure · literary · classics · book · north-america · horror · historical-fiction · disaster · adult · epidemy · usa · 20th-century · alternate-history · mystery · futuristic
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Kira Jane Buxton
3.92 · 61 ratings
comedy · fiction · humor · animals · audiobook · literary-fiction · book · adult · outdoors · horror · female-author · magical-realism · low-fantasy · fantasy · action-adventure · friendship · apocalyptic · anthropomorphism · dystopia · survival
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Bérengère Cournut
3.91 · 22 ratings
fiction · book · literary-fiction · adult · outdoors · female-author · contemporary · season-winter · poc-author · drama · audiobook
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Midge Raymond
3.91 · 32 ratings
fiction · animals · adult · outdoors · action-adventure · mystery · anthologies · romance · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · 20th-century · female-mc · nautical · south-america · season-summer · university · anthropomorphism · historical-fiction · book
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Abby Geni
3.85 · 41 ratings
adult · literary-fiction · fiction · outdoors · contemporary · animals · crime · anthologies · book · suspense · audiobook · family · female-mc · mystery · action-adventure · thriller · female-author · gothic · supernatural · grief
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Peter Heller
3.85 · 184 ratings
literary-fiction · book · contemporary · fiction · outdoors · adult · suspense · audiobook · drama · action-adventure · mystery · crime · realistic · thriller · survival · 21st-century · male-mc · psychological · season-summer · grief
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Andrea Barrett
3.78 · 83 ratings
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · historical · female-author · outdoors · book · anthologies · audiobook · family · medical · ww1 · war · action-adventure · 20th-century · violent-conflict · north-america · nautical · politics
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Amy Greene
3.74 · 35 ratings
fiction · mystery · drama · family · female-author · historical-fiction · historical · adult · outdoors · 20th-century · rural · mental-illness · book · literary-fiction · audiobook · witches-wizards · domestic-drama · southern-gothic · female-mc · friendship
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Adalbert Stifter
3.73 · 22 ratings
literary · classics · fiction · literary-fiction · book · adult · historical-fiction · historical · outdoors · female-mc · action-adventure · fantasy · season-winter · romance · anthropomorphism · industrial-era · family · audiobook · regency · male-author
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Charles Frazier
3.72 · 117 ratings
audiobook · literary-fiction · book · adult · historical · historical-fiction · fiction · industrial-era · friendship · rural · civil-war · western · male-author · outdoors · violent-conflict · family · drama · war · action-adventure · mystery
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Ernest Callenbach
3.67 · 43 ratings
classics · book · literary · fiction · outdoors · adult · sci-fi · literary-fiction · dystopia · contemporary · politics · action-adventure · utopia · apocalyptic · university · futuristic · revolution · solarpunk · north-america · post-apocalyptic
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Sara Baume
3.63 · 46 ratings
outdoors · animals · literary-fiction · book · fiction · female-author · 21st-century · contemporary · audiobook · adult · mental-illness · psychological · family · dark · dogs · death · unreliable-narrator · drama · friendship · female-mc
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David Vann
3.57 · 86 ratings
literary-fiction · book · fiction · contemporary · family · drama · adult · audiobook · outdoors · horror · mental-illness · survival · north-america · psychological · abuse · coming-of-age · 21st-century · action-adventure · mystery · dark
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