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Joseph Boyden
92 ratings 4.21 ·
literary-fiction · drama · indigenous-mc · fiction · poc-mc · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · family · book · realistic · adult · 21st-century · death · action-adventure · war · male-author · spirituality · violent-conflict · military
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Nadia Hashimi
116 ratings 4.13 ·
book · realistic · poc-author · action-adventure · family · audiobook · historical-fiction · journey · female-mc · fiction · coming-of-age · poc-mc · historical · violent-conflict · female-author · literary-fiction · drama · adult · war · feminism
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Suzanne LaFleur
74 ratings 4.08 ·
middle-grade · fiction · friendship · young-adult · family · book · realistic · children-books · mystery · audiobook · action-adventure · children · fantasy · death · historical-fiction · historical · war · sad · survival · violent-conflict
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Padma Venkatraman
52 ratings 4.08 ·
action-adventure · family · young-adult · middle-grade · coming-of-age · religion · realistic · book · fiction · audiobook · poc-mc · friendship · spirituality · historical-fiction · poc-author · south-asia · india · feminism · children · grief
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Trent Reedy
72 ratings 4.07 ·
book · young-adult · fiction · realistic · death · violent-conflict · action-adventure · audiobook · historical-fiction · war · military · politics · coming-of-age · dystopia · sci-fi · contemporary · male-mc · high-school · alternate-history · mystery
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Hayley Osborn
20 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · young-adult · fantasy · book · myths · historical · retellings · adaptations · crime · medieval · death · time-travel · historical-fiction · dark · paranormal · action-adventure · magic · prison · enemies-to-lovers · mystery
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Anne Blankman
64 ratings 4.05 ·
historical · death · historical-fiction · fiction · book · young-adult · action-adventure · audiobook · violent-conflict · ww2 · war · mystery · romance · 20th-century · family · poc-mc · spirituality · crime · drama · female-author
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Robin LaFevers
137 ratings 4.00 ·
historical-fiction · alpha-mc · magic · audiobook · alternate-history · assassins · historical · political-intrigue · female-mc · supernatural · romance · fiction · fantasy · myths · book · royalty · high-fantasy · paranormal · action-adventure · young-adult
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Alan Bradley
329 ratings 3.97 ·
historical-fiction · law-enforcement · fiction · murder · suspense · action-adventure · historical · cozy · crime · mystery · whodunit · audiobook · killer · children · young-adult · thriller · humor · book · 20th-century · female-mc
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Janie Chang
55 ratings 3.96 ·
book · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · 20th-century · adult · audiobook · violent-conflict · poc-author · paranormal · family · action-adventure · female-author · literary-fiction · fantasy · journey · supernatural · magical-realism · war · poc-mc
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Katherine Marsh
62 ratings 3.95 ·
young-adult · action-adventure · children · middle-grade · fiction · book · audiobook · mystery · fantasy · paranormal · myths · female-author · historical-fiction · friendship · coming-of-age · supernatural · death · horror · historical · family
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Hannah Kent
86 ratings 3.93 ·
book · female-author · drama · literary-fiction · fiction · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · action-adventure · family · suspense · religion · journey · gothic · crime · adult · magical-realism · mystery · 21st-century · spirituality
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Liz Nugent
106 ratings 3.90 ·
thriller · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · psychological · audiobook · dark · suspense · contemporary · book · horror · family · realistic · female-author · drama · murder · killer · historical-fiction · death
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Sarah Winman
102 ratings 3.89 ·
friendship · audiobook · historical-fiction · female-author · literary-fiction · fiction · book · family · 21st-century · death · drama · lgbtq · coming-of-age · 20th-century · young-adult · historical · ww2 · season-spring · violent-conflict · war
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Helen Simonson
74 ratings 3.86 ·
friendship · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · adult · drama · fiction · romance · book · historical · audiobook · cozy · 21st-century · death · social-commentary · female-author · humor · mystery · womens-fiction · feminism · 20th-century
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Chelsea Bobulski
30 ratings 3.83 ·
romance · fiction · book · paranormal · young-adult · historical-fiction · death · magic · horror · audiobook · supernatural · magical-realism · mystery · fantasy · contemporary · suspense · time-travel · dark · season-winter · alpha-mc
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Yangsze Choo
57 ratings 3.82 ·
book · myths · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · fantasy · ghosts · young-adult · family · action-adventure · paranormal · poc-author · magic · death · poc-mc · audiobook · magical-realism · supernatural
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Robert Seethaler
64 ratings 3.77 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · book · coming-of-age · adult · war · journey · ww2 · drama · death · 21st-century · violent-conflict · male-author · classics · literary · action-adventure · 20th-century
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Attica Locke
101 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · suspense · book · poc-author · audiobook · poc-mc · black-mc · law-enforcement · thriller · female-author · literary-fiction · adult · crime · mystery · racism · killer · historical-fiction · murder · family · historical
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Philip C. Stead
36 ratings 3.72 ·
historical-fiction · magic · survival · death · outdoors · friendship · audiobook · historical · retellings · fiction · children-books · humor · animals · anthropomorphism · fantasy · myths · book · xenofiction · middle-grade · fairy-tale
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Nizrana Farook
28 ratings 3.71 ·
action-adventure · young-adult · children · middle-grade · crime · children-books · fiction · historical-fiction · family · book · fantasy · animals · mystery · audiobook · poc-mc · friendship · death · outdoors · law-enforcement · season-winter
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Heather Wilds
52 ratings 3.71 ·
fiction · audiobook · book · mystery · action-adventure · family · suspense · female-author · adult · murder · killer · dark · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · gothic · crime · drama · historical · horror · death
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Michaela MacColl
39 ratings 3.69 ·
historical-fiction · historical · fiction · book · middle-grade · family · death · friendship · mystery · romance · realistic · young-adult · law-enforcement · female-author · action-adventure · slavery · violent-conflict · black-mc · siblings · high-school
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Barbara Mariconda
12 ratings 3.67 ·
book · children-books · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · fantasy · action-adventure · middle-grade · children · death · magic · orphans · young-adult · family · audiobook · female-author · high-fantasy · female-mc · paranormal · mystery
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Robin Bridges
47 ratings 3.64 ·
fiction · romance · supernatural · fantasy · young-adult · paranormal · vampires · urban-fantasy · book · myths · mystery · shapeshifters · ghosts · magic · death · historical-fiction · horror · demons · historical · alternate-history
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Hannah Capin
36 ratings 3.58 ·
mystery · fiction · audiobook · young-adult · contemporary · book · female-mc · thriller · crime · drama · dark · killer · historical-fiction · death · high-school · retellings · paranormal · suspense · feminism · realistic
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Paul Harding
54 ratings 3.48 ·
family · book · literary-fiction · fiction · audiobook · death · contemporary · grief · drama · adult · psychological · 21st-century · historical-fiction · outdoors · mental-illness · classics · literary · young-adult · philosophy · realistic
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Amy Lukavics
58 ratings 3.47 ·
fiction · mystery · horror · young-adult · paranormal · suspense · spooky · supernatural · fantasy · family · book · female-mc · ghosts · death · historical-fiction · historical · mental-illness · drama · gothic · abuse
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