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R.D. Brady
4.29 · 143 ratings
action-adventure · fiction · book · adult · suspense · paranormal · mystery · literary-fiction · supernatural · urban-fantasy · female-mc · epic · political-intrigue · psychics · conspiracies · alternate-history · angels · pulp · fantasy · colonization
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John O'Brien
4.28 · 238 ratings
fiction · post-apocalyptic · horror · adult · apocalyptic · book · action-adventure · zombies · audiobook · sci-fi · monsters · military · suspense · dystopia · literary-fiction · epic · dark · drama · near-future · supernatural
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Louise Penny
4.21 · 760 ratings
adult · fiction · crime · contemporary · murder · book · mystery · audiobook · suspense · law-enforcement · thriller · killer · cozy · police-procedural · whodunit · female-author · 21st-century · family · literary-fiction · friendship
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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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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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Diane Chamberlain
4.05 · 659 ratings
womens-fiction · fiction · audiobook · book · family · drama · mystery · adult · contemporary · suspense · female-mc · literary-fiction · romance · historical-fiction · realistic · female-author · crime · psychological · secrets · friendship
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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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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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Kevin Wignall
3.96 · 150 ratings
fiction · book · suspense · audiobook · crime · thriller · adult · action-adventure · mystery · conspiracies · political-intrigue · espionage · murder · literary-fiction · drama · law-enforcement · kidnapping · contemporary · male-author · realistic
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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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Jordanna Max Brodsky
3.95 · 101 ratings
book · magic · female-mc · fiction · fantasy · action-adventure · myths · audiobook · paranormal · historical-fiction · mystery · crime · contemporary · suspense · urban-fantasy · romance · literary-fiction · female-author · adult · magical-realism
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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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Sarah Jio
3.85 · 235 ratings
womens-fiction · romance · adult · fiction · audiobook · book · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · female-mc · suspense · historical · family · mystery · drama · 20th-century · friendship · ww2 · action-adventure · contemporary · sad
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Peter Heller
3.85 · 184 ratings
contemporary · literary-fiction · book · outdoors · adult · fiction · audiobook · drama · suspense · action-adventure · mystery · crime · realistic · 21st-century · survival · thriller · dystopia · grief · season-summer · psychological
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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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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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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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John le Carré
3.82 · 698 ratings
fiction · espionage · political-intrigue · adult · thriller · book · suspense · crime · action-adventure · politics · audiobook · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · contemporary · war · violent-conflict · 20th-century · literary · classics · cold-war
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Jean Kwok
3.81 · 100 ratings
fiction · family · book · poc-author · audiobook · suspense · young-adult · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · historical-fiction · poc-mc · female-mc · contemporary · realistic · mystery · drama · coming-of-age · female-author · 21st-century · thriller
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Richard Price
3.79 · 161 ratings
book · urban · fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · mystery · crime · suspense · law-enforcement · adult · audiobook · thriller · police-procedural · noir · drama · realistic · classics · psychological · substance-abuse · literary
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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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Sara Gran
3.71 · 131 ratings
suspense · fiction · mystery · thriller · book · female-mc · crime · adult · noir · contemporary · investigator · female-author · law-enforcement · literary-fiction · audiobook · killer · murder · dark · mental-illness · urban
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Jean Hanff Korelitz
3.68 · 137 ratings
book · adult · fiction · contemporary · audiobook · female-author · thriller · family · suspense · literary-fiction · psychological · realistic · female-mc · crime · drama · dark · urban · murder · mystery · womens-fiction
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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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