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Catherine Ryan Hyde
4.18 · 772 ratings
fiction · family · audiobook · contemporary · literary-fiction · drama · friendship · womens-fiction · coming-of-age · book · young-adult · realistic · female-mc · adult · animals · romance · lgbtq · historical-fiction · grief · anthologies
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Betty Smith
4.16 · 137 ratings
classics · historical · historical-fiction · fiction · literary · book · literary-fiction · young-adult · urban · coming-of-age · 20th-century · female-author · marriage · audiobook · realistic · family · womens-fiction · children · high-school · new-adult
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Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.12 · 464 ratings
family · literary-fiction · fiction · romance · womens-fiction · realistic · new-adult · audiobook · book · drama · female-mc · friendship · female-author · young-adult · historical-fiction · historical · contemporary · sad · adult · season-summer
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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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Harper Lee
4.04 · 190 ratings
book · historical-fiction · historical · high-school · fiction · family · crime · drama · audiobook · literary · coming-of-age · classics · young-adult · literary-fiction · bildungsroman · female-author · realistic · 20th-century · southern-gothic · social-commentary
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Vanessa Diffenbaugh
4.03 · 104 ratings
contemporary · drama · family · womens-fiction · fiction · action-adventure · friendship · female-mc · realistic · historical-fiction · female-author · parenthood · book · literary-fiction · young-adult · coming-of-age · survival · audiobook · animals · siblings
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Michelle Moran
4.03 · 230 ratings
historical-fiction · fiction · historical · book · romance · drama · audiobook · female-author · war · violent-conflict · royalty · action-adventure · politics · young-adult · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · family · ancient-civilization · adult · female-mc
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Sister Souljah
4.00 · 112 ratings
black-mc · fiction · female-mc · poc-mc · urban · drama · contemporary · young-adult · book · literary-fiction · realistic · coming-of-age · romance · female-author · spirituality · family · crime · womens-fiction · new-york-state · islam
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Eden Robinson
3.99 · 119 ratings
female-author · poc-mc · fiction · indigenous-mc · magical-realism · supernatural · contemporary · myths · literary-fiction · young-adult · horror · fantasy · coming-of-age · poc-author · book · audiobook · substance-abuse · paranormal · ghosts · family
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Erin Morgenstern
3.91 · 174 ratings
book · romance · paranormal · fiction · fantasy · magic · magical-realism · young-adult · supernatural · urban-fantasy · literary-fiction · audiobook · action-adventure · mystery · adult · historical-fiction · female-author · new-adult · england · fairy-tale
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Billie Letts
3.88 · 110 ratings
contemporary · drama · family · womens-fiction · fiction · realistic · book · literary-fiction · young-adult · friendship · female-author · historical-fiction · romance · small-town · audiobook · humor · female-mc · poc-mc · indigenous-mc · usa
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J.D. Salinger
3.87 · 250 ratings
classics · fiction · drama · 20th-century · young-adult · literary-fiction · mental-illness · literary · university · realistic · historical-fiction · high-school · contemporary · coming-of-age · philosophy · humor · family · male-author · book · suicide
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Jodi Picoult
3.85 · 1426 ratings
fiction · book · literary-fiction · family · contemporary · drama · audiobook · womens-fiction · realistic · young-adult · female-author · mystery · female-mc · suspense · crime · friendship · legal · death · high-school · psychological
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Amy Engel
3.84 · 104 ratings
audiobook · fiction · family · book · suspense · drama · female-mc · murder · contemporary · young-adult · action-adventure · horror · new-adult · mystery · thriller · crime · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · dark · survival
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Thornton Wilder
3.83 · 126 ratings
literary-fiction · classics · literary · fiction · historical-fiction · book · 20th-century · young-adult · drama · high-school · historical · humor · male-author · coming-of-age · philosophy · audiobook · university · action-adventure · comedy · adult
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Matthew Quick
3.82 · 214 ratings
drama · audiobook · contemporary · fiction · book · mental-illness · realistic · family · young-adult · friendship · grief · death · humor · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · psychological · male-author · romance · high-school · bullying
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Kevin Kwan
3.82 · 187 ratings
family · female-mc · fiction · humor · romance · contemporary · womens-fiction · new-adult · literary-fiction · book · season-summer · young-adult · audiobook · drama · friendship · poc-mc · satire · comedy · realistic · male-author
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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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Lori Lansens
3.80 · 104 ratings
audiobook · book · fiction · contemporary · coming-of-age · female-author · drama · family · womens-fiction · young-adult · literary-fiction · realistic · death · psychological · adult · historical-fiction · mystery · friendship · dystopia · disability
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Sara Gruen
3.78 · 209 ratings
book · fiction · audiobook · drama · womens-fiction · romance · historical-fiction · animals · literary-fiction · realistic · family · adult · female-author · 21st-century · contemporary · suspense · young-adult · mystery · anthropomorphism · action-adventure
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Rebecca Wells
3.71 · 138 ratings
historical-fiction · friendship · audiobook · fiction · humor · comedy · drama · literary-fiction · female-author · womens-fiction · realistic · book · coming-of-age · family · young-adult · female-mc · contemporary · substance-abuse · 20th-century · child-abuse
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Karen Thompson Walker
3.69 · 117 ratings
suspense · contemporary · audiobook · literary-fiction · book · sci-fi · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · dystopia · survival · post-apocalyptic · young-adult · magical-realism · female-author · futuristic · drama · apocalyptic · family · coming-of-age
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Laura Moriarty
3.62 · 100 ratings
audiobook · drama · fiction · realistic · book · family · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · young-adult · coming-of-age · contemporary · social-commentary · spirituality · action-adventure · domestic-drama · friendship · female-mc · female-author · historical-fiction · religion
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Alice Sebold
3.53 · 124 ratings
young-adult · literary-fiction · book · contemporary · audiobook · killer · suspense · mystery · fiction · womens-fiction · family · crime · drama · horror · death · realistic · supernatural · ghosts · life-death · mental-illness
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Lauren Weisberger
3.51 · 319 ratings
contemporary · romance · fiction · book · female-mc · womens-fiction · audiobook · literary-fiction · female-author · realistic · friendship · humor · drama · young-adult · urban · season-summer · new-adult · comedy · adult · family
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Meg Rosoff
3.37 · 157 ratings
fiction · female-author · book · young-adult · friendship · coming-of-age · audiobook · romance · realistic · literary-fiction · contemporary · animals · drama · family · high-school · action-adventure · children · historical-fiction · magical-realism · mental-illness
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