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The Wicked Years

by Gregory Maguire

3.57 · 229 ratings

fantasy · fiction · retellings · book · witches-wizards · young-adult · action-adventure · classics · literary · humor · lgbtq · magic · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · high-fantasy · anthropomorphism · oppression · epic · fairy-tale · contemporary

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The Deptford Trilogy

by Robertson Davies

4.12 · 123 ratings

historical-fiction · humor · fiction · mystery · magical-realism · literary-fiction · adult · 20th-century · literary · classics · psychological · drama · book · satire · coming-of-age · spirituality · historical · audiobook · fantasy · contemporary

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Lonesome Dove

by Larry McMurtry

4.17 · 114 ratings

book · literary-fiction · horses · classics · western · literary · audiobook · drama · animals · industrial-era · poc-mc · fiction · action-adventure · indigenous-mc · 20th-century · historical-fiction · historical · adult · friendship · male-author

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Ya Yas

by Rebecca Wells

3.72 · 114 ratings

historical-fiction · fiction · humor · womens-fiction · young-adult · book · realistic · female-author · comedy · friendship · drama · family · audiobook · coming-of-age · literary-fiction · child-abuse · 20th-century · female-mc · contemporary · literary

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Plainsong

by Kent Haruf

4.07 · 84 ratings

small-town · audiobook · contemporary · literary · western · rural · classics · book · literary-fiction · realistic · adult · male-author · historical-fiction · fiction · friendship · drama · family · grief · epic · 21st-century

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The Leatherstocking Tales

by James Fenimore Cooper

3.67 · 138 ratings

book · literary-fiction · western · classics · literary · industrial-era · fiction · action-adventure · poc-mc · indigenous-mc · historical · historical-fiction · audiobook · drama · university · adult · violent-conflict · young-adult · colonization · war

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Mark Renton

by Irvine Welsh

3.95 · 124 ratings

mystery · substance-abuse · audiobook · contemporary · book · literary-fiction · dark · crime · drama · transgressive-mc · fiction · humor · suspense · 21st-century · psychological · comedy · cults · adult · spirituality · literary

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One Thousand White Women

by Jim Fergus

3.88 · 70 ratings

book · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · western · industrial-era · fiction · poc-mc · indigenous-mc · historical · adult · audiobook · family · war · drama · action-adventure · alternate-history · friendship · violent-conflict · religion · arranged-marriage

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Love Medicine

by Louise Erdrich

3.93 · 180 ratings

fiction · poc-mc · indigenous-mc · adult · female-author · literary-fiction · industrial-era · magical-realism · historical · historical-fiction · book · western · poc-author · family · university · classics · literary · feminism · spirituality · 20th-century

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The Leatherstocking Tales

by James Fenimore Cooper

3.69 · 150 ratings

historical · historical-fiction · industrial-era · action-adventure · fiction · literary · literary-fiction · western · classics · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · adult · book · violent-conflict · children · military · drama · university · audiobook · male-author

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Ibis Trilogy

by Amitav Ghosh

3.98 · 64 ratings

colonization · epic · adult · historical · journey · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · drama · war · fiction · action-adventure · poc-mc · literary · politics · 21st-century · audiobook · literary-fiction · book · nautical · classics

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Rabbit Angstrom

by John Updike

3.81 · 144 ratings

literary-fiction · classics · literary · contemporary · fiction · 20th-century · adult · book · psychological · family · audiobook · humor · realistic · drama · historical-fiction · romance · box-set · marriage · university · north-america

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Kent Family Chronicles

by John Jakes

4.12 · 163 ratings

classics · epic · historical · adult · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · war · family · drama · fiction · literary · audiobook · book · literary-fiction · industrial-era · civil-war · western · action-adventure · military · american-civil-war

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The Cairo Trilogy

by Naguib Mahfouz

4.26 · 80 ratings

historical · journey · literary-fiction · classics · literary · audiobook · family · poc-mc · action-adventure · fiction · spirituality · 20th-century · islam · historical-fiction · adult · politics · drama · male-author · anthologies · psychological

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Chronicles of Barsetshire

by Anthony Trollope

3.97 · 119 ratings

literary-fiction · book · classics · literary · audiobook · industrial-era · fiction · male-author · adult · historical · victorian · historical-fiction · religion · humor · spirituality · romance · family · drama · social-commentary · politics

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Radlett and Montdore

by Nancy Mitford

3.78 · 58 ratings

literary-fiction · classics · literary · audiobook · family · fiction · humor · satire · comedy · 20th-century · adult · historical · female-author · historical-fiction · book · romance · drama · womens-fiction · regency · gothic

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Two Medicine Country

by Ivan Doig

4.00 · 132 ratings

fiction · historical-fiction · historical · literary-fiction · book · audiobook · industrial-era · western · realistic · coming-of-age · family · 20th-century · classics · young-adult · literary · friendship · humor · adult · action-adventure · drama

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Frontera

by Thomas Berger

3.99 · 106 ratings

western · historical-fiction · historical · industrial-era · fiction · action-adventure · literary · classics · 20th-century · audiobook · book · literary-fiction · adult · indigenous-mc · outdoors · poc-mc · epic · young-adult · male-author · realistic

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Patrick Melrose

by Edward St. Aubyn

3.84 · 141 ratings

adult · fiction · humor · substance-abuse · audiobook · contemporary · literary-fiction · classics · male-author · family · literary · mental-illness · satire · drama · book · historical-fiction · bildungsroman · 20th-century · 21st-century · psychological

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Tales of the City

by Armistead Maupin

4.10 · 228 ratings

fiction · humor · lgbtq · literary-fiction · adult · contemporary · audiobook · historical-fiction · book · satire · mystery · realistic · comedy · friendship · wlw · mlm · 20th-century · drama · literary · classics

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