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Steve Cavanagh
172 ratings 4.21 ·
audiobook · book · suspense · fiction · mystery · crime · thriller · contemporary · legal · adult · realistic · murder · psychological · killer · action-adventure · politics · horror · serial-killers · political-intrigue · family
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Robert Galbraith
225 ratings 4.13 ·
fiction · mystery · crime · audiobook · action-adventure · contemporary · book · suspense · investigator · murder · female-author · thriller · drama · law-enforcement · adult · killer · death · 21st-century · whodunit · realistic
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Ally Carter
576 ratings 4.10 ·
book · fiction · contemporary · young-adult · mystery · action-adventure · realistic · political-intrigue · espionage · romance · womens-fiction · friendship · female-mc · middle-grade · suspense · high-school · crime · humor · teens · audiobook
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Kate Morton
246 ratings 3.99 ·
family · suspense · book · gothic · literary-fiction · fiction · womens-fiction · mystery · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · 20th-century · adult · crime · drama · female-author · secrets · realistic · murder · romance
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Ashley Elston
115 ratings 3.98 ·
book · fiction · high-school · realistic · friendship · contemporary · family · young-adult · crime · suspense · romance · mystery · drama · coming-of-age · audiobook · thriller · killer · law-enforcement · female-mc · action-adventure
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Julie James
242 ratings 3.96 ·
contemporary · steamy · alpha-mc · audiobook · female-mc · fiction · realistic · enemies-to-lovers · new-adult · legal · romance · humor · womens-fiction · suspense · book · mystery · drama · in-uniform · friends-to-lovers · action-adventure
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Mildred Benson
166 ratings 3.91 ·
female-mc · fiction · mystery · crime · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · cozy · classics · literary · young-adult · action-adventure · book · realistic · middle-grade · suspense · children · female-author · historical · children-books · 20th-century
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Chevy Stevens
190 ratings 3.90 ·
audiobook · psychological · fiction · contemporary · suspense · family · mystery · thriller · crime · book · killer · dark · murder · drama · survival · female-mc · adult · action-adventure · horror · abuse
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Liz Nugent
106 ratings 3.90 ·
book · contemporary · suspense · dark · audiobook · mystery · psychological · fiction · crime · adult · thriller · family · horror · female-author · realistic · mental-illness · death · killer · historical-fiction · murder
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Alex Michaelides
106 ratings 3.89 ·
contemporary · book · suspense · psychological · fiction · thriller · adult · mental-illness · dark-academia · realistic · murder · mystery · spooky · literary-fiction · drama · dark · killer · horror · law-enforcement · crime
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Tana French
330 ratings 3.89 ·
book · mystery · thriller · literary-fiction · crime · contemporary · suspense · fiction · law-enforcement · audiobook · realistic · drama · death · 21st-century · murder · psychological · female-author · adult · dark · killer
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April Henry
269 ratings 3.88 ·
fiction · suspense · book · mystery · crime · audiobook · contemporary · young-adult · law-enforcement · action-adventure · realistic · thriller · female-mc · murder · family · horror · killer · survival · friendship · death
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Karen M. McManus
266 ratings 3.88 ·
fiction · mystery · contemporary · young-adult · killer · murder · crime · suspense · friendship · audiobook · book · high-school · law-enforcement · realistic · whodunit · thriller · multi-pov · family · coming-of-age · horror
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John Grisham
1853 ratings 3.87 ·
fiction · suspense · legal · mystery · crime · book · audiobook · thriller · contemporary · drama · action-adventure · adult · law-enforcement · realistic · murder · political-intrigue · politics · killer · male-author · psychological
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Donna Tartt
135 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · adult · mystery · female-author · thriller · crime · drama · historical-fiction · friendship · audiobook · classics · literary · myths · realistic · dark-academia · book · contemporary · suspense · coming-of-age
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Sara Shepard
913 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · book · contemporary · suspense · young-adult · mystery · womens-fiction · realistic · drama · murder · crime · high-school · law-enforcement · friendship · female-mc · romance · audiobook · killer · female-author · lgbtq
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Y.S. Lee
102 ratings 3.85 ·
young-adult · crime · fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · industrial-era · action-adventure · realistic · steampunk · female-author · female-mc · romance · historical · poc-mc · law-enforcement · poc-author · feminism · suspense · book · regency
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Lisa Lutz
244 ratings 3.85 ·
mystery · book · audiobook · fiction · contemporary · crime · realistic · suspense · womens-fiction · humor · female-mc · action-adventure · law-enforcement · female-author · murder · family · cozy · comedy · adult · investigator
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Kara Thomas
138 ratings 3.85 ·
fiction · mystery · young-adult · crime · book · friendship · law-enforcement · killer · suspense · contemporary · high-school · realistic · murder · psychological · audiobook · family · female-mc · drama · thriller · death
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Greer Hendricks
161 ratings 3.79 ·
thriller · crime · psychological · fiction · audiobook · suspense · contemporary · book · womens-fiction · adult · drama · female-mc · mystery · family · realistic · female-author · domestic-drama · urban · 21st-century · dark
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Julia Heaberlin
106 ratings 3.74 ·
suspense · book · thriller · adult · crime · fiction · murder · psychological · audiobook · contemporary · female-mc · mystery · killer · family · realistic · female-author · drama · kidnapping · dark · death
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Kevin Brooks
196 ratings 3.69 ·
fiction · young-adult · book · realistic · contemporary · mystery · crime · action-adventure · drama · teens · high-school · suspense · romance · mental-illness · coming-of-age · male-mc · dark · horror · death · psychological
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B.A. Paris
233 ratings 3.69 ·
fiction · psychological · suspense · book · audiobook · thriller · adult · crime · mystery · contemporary · realistic · family · drama · domestic-drama · mental-illness · dark · womens-fiction · female-author · female-mc · murder
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Natalie D. Richards
145 ratings 3.59 ·
horror · fiction · book · suspense · young-adult · mystery · thriller · contemporary · law-enforcement · high-school · audiobook · crime · realistic · killer · dark · friendship · psychological · murder · drama · coming-of-age
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Alice Sebold
120 ratings 3.53 ·
horror · killer · death · audiobook · fiction · mystery · womens-fiction · crime · drama · literary-fiction · contemporary · realistic · book · suspense · family · young-adult · dark · 21st-century · usa · high-school
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Herman Koch
119 ratings 3.19 ·
fiction · mystery · psychological · adult · literary-fiction · 21st-century · audiobook · contemporary · book · suspense · thriller · journey · crime · drama · realistic · politics · humor · killer · dark · male-author
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