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Lisa Genova
4.11 · 209 ratings- More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova
- Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova
- The Body Awareness Workbook for Trauma: Release Trauma from Your Body, Find Emotional Balance, and Connect with Your Inner Wisdom by Lisa Genova
- Every Note Played by Lisa Genova
- Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova
disability · audiobook · contemporary · book · literary-fiction · psychological · mental-illness · medical · realistic · drama · family · fiction · female-mc · marriage · adult · female-author · sad · womens-fiction · death · grief
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Nicole Trope
4.03 · 189 ratings
adult · fiction · book · psychological · contemporary · suspense · thriller · crime · female-mc · domestic-drama · literary-fiction · family · mystery · breakup · audiobook · abuse · dark · drama · friendship · revenge
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Oliver Sacks
4.00 · 389 ratings
medical · literary-fiction · psychological · university · anthologies · mental-illness · unreliable-narrator · adult · disability · contemporary · fiction
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John Hart
3.99 · 161 ratings
audiobook · killer · suspense · psychological · thriller · mystery · family · crime · drama · book · adult · fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · murder · law-enforcement · action-adventure · abuse · dark · police-procedural
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Rene Denfeld
3.98 · 112 ratings
crime · book · adult · mystery · fiction · audiobook · contemporary · drama · suspense · abuse · supernatural · literary-fiction · psychological · female-author · realistic · dark · 21st-century · killer · mental-illness · kidnapping
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Jane Harper
3.97 · 176 ratings
adult · crime · fiction · murder · mystery · suspense · book · death · journey · female-author · law-enforcement · family · drama · thriller · killer · contemporary · audiobook · psychological · whodunit · action-adventure
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Emily Bleeker
3.96 · 173 ratings
audiobook · fiction · book · family · female-mc · adult · suspense · contemporary · mystery · literary-fiction · psychological · drama · thriller · crime · womens-fiction · realistic · romance · domestic-drama · death · historical-fiction
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S.E. Lynes
3.96 · 122 ratings
suspense · adult · book · fiction · audiobook · psychological · crime · thriller · literary-fiction · contemporary · family · female-mc · domestic-drama · mystery · murder · female-author · kidnapping · drama · abuse · friendship
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T. Greenwood
3.94 · 111 ratings
adult · fiction · family · book · drama · literary-fiction · psychological · historical · historical-fiction · audiobook · realistic · friendship · female-mc · crime · suspense · thriller · mystery · womens-fiction · contemporary · coming-of-age
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Heather Gudenkauf
3.88 · 271 ratings
audiobook · suspense · psychological · crime · fiction · contemporary · thriller · book · literary-fiction · mystery · drama · family · adult · murder · killer · realistic · small-town · female-mc · abuse · usa
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Dani Shapiro
3.87 · 153 ratings- Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
- Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
- Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage by Dani Shapiro
- Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life by Dani Shapiro
- Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York by Dani Shapiro
literary-fiction · family · psychological · drama · book · fiction · coming-of-age · contemporary · audiobook · adult · mental-illness · womens-fiction · mystery · grief · epic · female-author · historical-fiction
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Tana French
3.86 · 404 ratings
law-enforcement · fiction · book · thriller · crime · suspense · literary-fiction · adult · mystery · audiobook · contemporary · dark · female-author · murder · death · realistic · drama · killer · police-procedural · 21st-century
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Megan McDowell
3.83 · 188 ratings
literary-fiction · contemporary · fiction · adult · 21st-century · poc-mc · latinx-mc · terror · psychological · audiobook · female-author · horror · poc-author · book · journey · magical-realism · supernatural · anthologies · hispanic · mystery
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Rosamund Lupton
3.82 · 131 ratings
contemporary · suspense · literary-fiction · book · psychological · female-author · thriller · adult · fiction · mystery · crime · drama · family · audiobook · female-mc · season-winter · 21st-century · grief · killer · medical
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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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Graeme Simsion
3.76 · 177 ratings
literary-fiction · book · contemporary · audiobook · fiction · romance · humor · womens-fiction · family · drama · realistic · mental-illness · psychological · 21st-century · marriage · friendship · adult · comedy · disability · female-mc
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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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Richard Ford
3.73 · 173 ratings
literary-fiction · fiction · contemporary · adult · family · audiobook · psychological · book · 20th-century · classics · literary · 21st-century · realistic · historical-fiction · drama · humor · western · anthologies · young-adult · suburban
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Peter Swanson
3.70 · 256 ratings
book · fiction · audiobook · suspense · psychological · thriller · crime · adult · murder · contemporary · literary-fiction · mystery · serial-killers · killer · horror · drama · dark · secrets · law-enforcement · death
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Natsuo Kirino
3.69 · 102 ratings
feminism · mystery · literary-fiction · contemporary · fiction · female-mc · book · crime · drama · horror · psychological · poc-mc · adult · female-author · noir · dark · poc-author · family · thriller · suspense
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Claire Fuller
3.66 · 118 ratings
fiction · book · female-author · adult · literary-fiction · psychological · contemporary · audiobook · suspense · mystery · drama · realistic · dystopia · historical-fiction · dark · 21st-century · family · mental-illness · female-mc · friendship
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Janelle Brown
3.65 · 157 ratings
family · fiction · adult · audiobook · drama · book · psychological · contemporary · womens-fiction · female-mc · thriller · literary-fiction · suspense · crime · friendship · mystery · marriage · domestic-drama · humor · dark
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Alan Lightman
3.64 · 120 ratings
literary-fiction · adult · fiction · audiobook · psychological · book · supernatural · sci-fi · philosophy · contemporary · historical · spirituality · action-adventure · mystery · paranormal · evolution · humor · literary · dystopia · philosophical
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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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A.J. Banner
3.58 · 116 ratings
female-mc · fiction · thriller · adult · book · psychological · suspense · audiobook · crime · mystery · contemporary · drama · family · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · unreliable-narrator · domestic-drama · murder · horror · love-triangle
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Paolo Giordano
3.57 · 101 ratings
literary-fiction · book · contemporary · fiction · drama · psychological · audiobook · coming-of-age · friendship · family · adult · young-adult · romance · classics · season-summer · mental-illness · bildungsroman · afghanistan · 21st-century · grief
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Anita Shreve
3.51 · 450 ratings
womens-fiction · drama · literary-fiction · book · female-author · fiction · family · romance · audiobook · realistic · adult · historical-fiction · mystery · psychological · contemporary · 20th-century · suspense · marriage · female-mc · historical
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