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Kyle Idleman
4.17 · 52 ratings
book · literary-fiction · christian · drama · sad · romance · spirituality · fiction · angst · domestic-drama · cheating · adult · audiobook · contemporary · betrayal
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Arthur Laurents
4.14 · 29 ratings
drama · book · romance · fiction · classics · literary · sad · literary-fiction · adult · historical-fiction · contemporary · war · ww2 · celebrity · teens · young-adult · high-school · retellings · politics · 20th-century
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Tiffanie DeBartolo
4.13 · 54 ratings
fiction · book · romance · contemporary · humor · female-mc · love-triangle · drama · sad · womens-fiction · second-chances · death · realistic · new-adult · young-adult · angst · literary-fiction · friends-to-lovers · audiobook · coming-of-age
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Lisa Genova
4.11 · 209 ratings- More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova
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- The Body Awareness Workbook for Trauma: Release Trauma from Your Body, Find Emotional Balance, and Connect with Your Inner Wisdom by Lisa Genova
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- 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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Davida Wills Hurwin
4.04 · 28 ratings
contemporary · realistic · friendship · young-adult · fiction · death · mental-illness · literary-fiction · book · sad · romantic-love · grief · female-mc · literary · high-school · child-abuse · coming-of-age · sexual-assault · female-author · family
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Ava Dellaira
3.89 · 59 ratings
friendship · fiction · family · audiobook · contemporary · coming-of-age · book · literary-fiction · psychological · realistic · death · high-school · lgbtq · sad · grief · abuse · season-summer · young-adult · romance · female-author
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Margaret Mazzantini
3.76 · 68 ratings
literary-fiction · female-author · sad · 21st-century · adult · fiction · romance · drama · book · family · contemporary · historical · historical-fiction · parenthood · cheating · violent-conflict · domestic-drama · war
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