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Yaa Gyasi
4.31 · 127 ratings
21st-century · audiobook · racism · coming-of-age · feminism · poc-author · book · literary-fiction · adult · journey · realistic · female-author · historical-fiction · fiction · poc-mc · drama · family · social-commentary · university · multi-pov
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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
4.27 · 30 ratings
fiction · indigenous-mc · adult · anthologies · poc-author · poc-mc · feminism · politics · audiobook · contemporary · female-author · social-commentary · literary-fiction · lgbtq · magical-realism · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · canada · north-america · colonization
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John Vaillant
4.05 · 78 ratings
death · social-commentary · survival · crime · literary-fiction · book · family · psychological · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · suspense · historical-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · adult · journey · realistic
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez
4.00 · 82 ratings
audiobook · poc-author · book · literary-fiction · black-mc · historical-fiction · historical · adult · poc-mc · fiction · slavery · female-mc · social-commentary · family · racism · civil-war · realistic · violent-conflict · north-america · usa
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Imbolo Mbue
3.95 · 65 ratings
poverty · poc-author · book · literary-fiction · politics · 21st-century · audiobook · drama · family · social-commentary · fiction · action-adventure · poc-mc · journey · realistic · historical-fiction · female-author · religion · young-adult · racism
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Susan Glaspell
3.93 · 45 ratings
female-author · literary · feminism · fiction · classics · adult · historical-fiction · book · literary-fiction · historical · audiobook · 20th-century · social-commentary · high-school · killer · mystery · drama · university · death · womens-fiction
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Jerome Lawrence
3.92 · 50 ratings
book · drama · literary-fiction · social-commentary · fiction · young-adult · classics · 20th-century · literary · high-school · philosophy · politics · historical · historical-fiction · crime · university · spirituality · religion · humor · legal
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Helen Simonson
3.86 · 74 ratings
drama · friendship · fiction · historical-fiction · adult · romance · book · literary-fiction · social-commentary · womens-fiction · family · humor · mystery · 20th-century · female-author · death · historical · cozy · feminism · 21st-century
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Juliet Jacques
3.86 · 21 ratings
lgbtq · politics · social-commentary · literary-fiction · feminism · steamy · historical · fiction · anthologies · trans-mc · adult · historical-fiction
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John Dos Passos
3.84 · 98 ratings
historical-fiction · historical · adult · 20th-century · fiction · literary · classics · ww1 · literary-fiction · book · violent-conflict · social-commentary · war · audiobook · politics · male-author · epic · satire · action-adventure · family
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Hillary Jordan
3.78 · 79 ratings
fiction · female-author · literary-fiction · audiobook · mystery · spirituality · friendship · family · crime · drama · lgbtq · social-commentary · sci-fi · young-adult · religion · book · marriage · action-adventure · female-mc · war
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Korey Jackson
3.77 · 31 ratings
black-mc · audiobook · fiction · poc-mc · realistic · adult · contemporary · urban · lgbtq · poc-author · book · literary-fiction · social-commentary · male-author · romance · female-mc · racism · coming-of-age · feminism · humor
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Attica Locke
3.73 · 101 ratings
audiobook · suspense · literary-fiction · book · poc-author · female-author · black-mc · adult · law-enforcement · thriller · poc-mc · fiction · mystery · crime · killer · racism · historical-fiction · murder · drama · noir
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Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
3.59 · 54 ratings
poc-mc · audiobook · poc-author · book · literary-fiction · historical · adult · black-mc · historical-fiction · family · fiction · racism · female-author · social-commentary · female-mc · urban · feminism · survival · 21st-century · north-america
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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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Catherine Leroux
3.53 · 30 ratings
literary-fiction · fiction · adult · book · social-commentary · urban · sci-fi · magical-realism · audiobook · historical-fiction · crime · dystopia · anthologies · siblings · futuristic · mystery · alternate-history · female-mc · friendship · colonization
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