Alex Haley
4.34 · 101 ratings
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James Clavell
4.17 · 218 ratings
historical · fiction · historical-fiction · literary · classics · book · action-adventure · adult · audiobook · drama · politics · 20th-century · epic · violent-conflict · family · war · literary-fiction · mystery · suspense · thriller
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Laila Ibrahim
4.17 · 128 ratings
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Marek Walczak
4.05 · 55 ratings
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Kathryn Stockett
4.28 · 53 ratings
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Mary Ann Shaffer
4.19 · 50 ratings
literary · action-adventure · family · young-adult · epistolary · classics · small-town · realistic · book · 20th-century · united-kingdom · british-isles · fiction · humor · mystery · europe · female-mc · romance · journey · drama
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M.L. Stedman
4.03 · 45 ratings
mental-illness · sad · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · death · historical · ww1 · 21st-century · audiobook · fiction · mystery · romance · crime · journey · drama · literary-fiction · female-author · war · parenthood · womens-fiction
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Evelyn Goodman
3.88 · 42 ratings
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Karen Karbiener
3.88 · 42 ratings
north-america · kentucky · female-author · louisiana · university · drama · literary-fiction · book · classics · literary · fiction · civil-war · young-adult · christian · audiobook · usa · historical · spirituality · high-school · politics
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Alan Paton
3.90 · 36 ratings
colonization · religion · politics · racism · book · 20th-century · realistic · classics · literary · family · action-adventure · christian · young-adult · audiobook · poc-mc · historical · spirituality · high-school · male-author · historical-fiction
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René Huigen
4.05 · 35 ratings
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Madisun Leigh
4.10 · 32 ratings
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Nathan Harris
4.17 · 30 ratings
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Sisi Aisha Johnson
3.96 · 28 ratings
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Asha Lemmie
3.89 · 28 ratings
violent-conflict · poc-author · young-adult · action-adventure · suicide · family · coming-of-age · grief · book · racism · realistic · 20th-century · female-author · bildungsroman · drama · journey · war · literary-fiction · abuse · fiction
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Heidi W. Durrow
3.58 · 26 ratings
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William H. Armstrong
3.96 · 26 ratings
sad · classics · young-adult · action-adventure · dogs · family · literary · prison · middle-grade · coming-of-age · children · poverty · book · racism · realistic · anthropomorphism · time-travel · literary-fiction · drama · children-books
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Elizabeth Coerr
4.12 · 26 ratings
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Louise Murphy
4.00 · 24 ratings
psychological · fairy-tale · suspense · coming-of-age · religion · myths · book · racism · realistic · 20th-century · classics · literary · young-adult · action-adventure · family · audiobook · historical · spirituality · retellings · historical-fiction
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Christopher Kay
4.13 · 24 ratings
ancient-civilization · fiction · romance · epic · magical-realism · literary-fiction · journey · adult · drama · war · medieval · violent-conflict · islam · historical-fiction · ww1 · historical · spirituality · poc-mc · 21st-century · christian
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Jill Tanner
3.38 · 24 ratings
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Robynne Young
3.67 · 24 ratings
female-mc · feminism · book · racism · realistic · grief · poc-author · civil-war · family · historical · 21st-century · friendship · audiobook · poc-mc · slavery · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · black-mc · dark · sexual-assault
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Helen Hooven Santmyer
4.13 · 24 ratings
romance · classics · epic · family · civil-war · literary · fiction · womens-fiction · social-commentary · female-author · literary-fiction · small-town · adult · drama · historical-fiction · 20th-century · violent-conflict · book · friendship · historical
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Phyllis A. Green
3.79 · 24 ratings
children · historical · audiobook · middle-grade · 20th-century · book · realistic · survival · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · ww2 · drama · war · female-author · young-adult · action-adventure · children-books · family · classics · fiction
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Melinda Haynes
3.71 · 24 ratings
poc-mc · literary · coming-of-age · historical · historical-fiction · book · racism · womens-fiction · female-author · literary-fiction · adult · drama · classics · family · fiction
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Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
4.25 · 24 ratings
20th-century · female-author · violent-conflict · drama · war · literary-fiction · europe · classics · epistolary · fiction · literary · young-adult · family · friendship · germany · audiobook · revenge · historical · politics · western-central-europe
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Delores Phillips
4.33 · 24 ratings
family · young-adult · poc-mc · audiobook · child-abuse · historical · usa · coming-of-age · historical-fiction · black-mc · book · racism · north-america · 20th-century · female-author · social-commentary · mental-illness · drama · georgia · poc-author
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Susan Rivers
3.85 · 20 ratings
historical · audiobook · poc-mc · 21st-century · marriage · suspense · american-civil-war · slavery · book · survival · violent-conflict · black-mc · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · war · adult · crime · drama · industrial-era · military
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Patrick D. Smith
4.40 · 20 ratings
civil-war · family · action-adventure · audiobook · usa · historical · historical-fiction · book · survival · north-america · violent-conflict · florida · adult · drama · epic · classics · fiction · literary
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