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Shayne Silvers
652 ratings 4.50 ·
fiction · adult · paranormal · urban-fantasy · dark · shapeshifters · horror · fantasy · supernatural · book · vampires · action-adventure · magic · audiobook · coming-of-age · suspense · witches-wizards · myths · urban · retellings
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Chandelle LaVaun
357 ratings 4.54 ·
fiction · book · paranormal · fantasy · witches-wizards · young-adult · supernatural · urban-fantasy · romance · coming-of-age · dark · horror · magic · demons · shapeshifters · fated-mates · fae · angels · ghosts · contemporary
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John Conroe
383 ratings 4.39 ·
urban-fantasy · paranormal · audiobook · fiction · book · magic · fantasy · vampires · supernatural · demons · shapeshifters · witches-wizards · urban · angels · horror · adult · action-adventure · mystery · contemporary · monsters
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R.R. Haywood
380 ratings 4.42 ·
fiction · book · adult · audiobook · post-apocalyptic · horror · zombies · monsters · apocalyptic · sci-fi · action-adventure · medical · epidemy · dystopia · military · mystery · humor · time-travel · suspense · satire
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
historical · mystery · gothic · fantasy · suspense · action-adventure · historical-fiction · fiction · magical-realism · horror · drama · audiobook · 20th-century · book · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · urban-fantasy · crime · violent-conflict
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Chris Carter
334 ratings 4.29 ·
fiction · book · adult · mystery · horror · crime · suspense · serial-killers · audiobook · law-enforcement · thriller · contemporary · police-procedural · psychological · dark · murder · killer · graphic-violence · north-america · usa
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Bobbi Holmes
310 ratings 4.37 ·
supernatural · mystery · fiction · ghosts · adult · cozy · book · horror · paranormal · fantasy · crime · audiobook · urban-fantasy · spirituality · suspense · murder · killer · hauntings · romance · animals
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Sam Sisavath
324 ratings 4.37 ·
fiction · book · adult · post-apocalyptic · apocalyptic · action-adventure · dystopia · military · vampires · paranormal · zombies · horror · male-mc · sci-fi · monsters · violent-conflict · suspense · alpha-mc · female-mc · mystery
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Mark Tufo
592 ratings 4.36 ·
fiction · adult · horror · zombies · post-apocalyptic · audiobook · dystopia · book · apocalyptic · action-adventure · monsters · sci-fi · humor · supernatural · paranormal · vampires · aliens · military · comedy · urban-fantasy
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Anne Bishop
693 ratings 4.15 ·
fiction · paranormal · dark · fantasy · horror · dark-fantasy · magic · audiobook · supernatural · romance · action-adventure · book · high-fantasy · young-adult · epic · female-author · witches-wizards · demons · vampires · female-mc
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Jack Hunt
301 ratings 4.33 ·
fiction · book · dystopia · post-apocalyptic · horror · action-adventure · apocalyptic · sci-fi · adult · survival · male-mc · female-mc · audiobook · young-adult · suspense · terrorism · mystery · disaster · zombies · pulp
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Eric Vall
926 ratings 4.38 ·
fiction · book · adult · audiobook · harem · fantasy · litrpg · dark · epic · horror · steamy · action-adventure · sword-sorcery · high-fantasy · heroic-fantasy · polyamory · paranormal · urban-fantasy · magic · romance
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Derek Landy
446 ratings 4.33 ·
fiction · young-adult · humor · fantasy · book · audiobook · action-adventure · mystery · urban-fantasy · middle-grade · horror · magic · law-enforcement · children · paranormal · dark · supernatural · children-books · low-fantasy · crime
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Willow Rose
1038 ratings 4.16 ·
fiction · mystery · book · suspense · adult · horror · supernatural · crime · paranormal · audiobook · action-adventure · hard-boiled · female-mc · psychological · literary-fiction · serial-killers · law-enforcement · thriller · young-adult · police-procedural
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Jordan L. Hawk
656 ratings 4.21 ·
mlm · paranormal · fiction · lgbtq · romance · adult · fantasy · mystery · supernatural · book · magic · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · horror · audiobook · law-enforcement · suspense · steamy · crime · historical-fiction
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Dante King
301 ratings 4.34 ·
book · fiction · adult · epic · audiobook · harem · horror · fantasy · dark · sword-sorcery · litrpg · urban-fantasy · supernatural · paranormal · super-powered · high-fantasy · steamy · action-adventure · heroic-fantasy · myths
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Nicholas Sansbury Smith
550 ratings 4.19 ·
fiction · sci-fi · adult · action-adventure · audiobook · post-apocalyptic · dystopia · apocalyptic · book · horror · military · survival · genetic-engineering · suspense · monsters · violent-conflict · war · colonization · zombies · medical
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L.J. Smith
1392 ratings 3.88 ·- Strange Fate by L.J. Smith
- The Secret Circle: The Complete Collection: The Initiation / The Captive Part 1 / The Captive Part 2 / The Power / The Divide / The Hunt / The Temptation by L.J. Smith
- The Vampire Diaries: The Return & The Hunters Collection (The Vampire Diaries (Complete) #5-10) by L.J. Smith
- The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries Collection by L.J. Smith
- Toevlucht & Gedwongen by L.J. Smith
fiction · paranormal · young-adult · book · fantasy · vampires · romance · urban-fantasy · supernatural · horror · witches-wizards · magic · audiobook · mystery · shapeshifters · contemporary · high-school · love-triangle · female-author · urban
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Jonathan Moeller
759 ratings 4.25 ·
fiction · book · fantasy · adult · historical · myths · retellings · action-adventure · dark · horror · paranormal · high-fantasy · magic · sword-sorcery · supernatural · political-intrigue · assassins · audiobook · epic · demons
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Bobby Adair
386 ratings 4.18 ·
fiction · adult · book · dystopia · post-apocalyptic · sci-fi · audiobook · horror · action-adventure · apocalyptic · zombies · monsters · epidemy · suspense · supernatural · medical · dark · colonization · survival · slow-burn
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Ransom Riggs
358 ratings 4.04 ·
horror · fantasy · fiction · time-travel · action-adventure · young-adult · magical-realism · children · book · paranormal · audiobook · historical-fiction · magic · supernatural · mystery · urban-fantasy · historical · middle-grade · dark · suspense
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Tim O'Rourke
364 ratings 4.30 ·
fiction · paranormal · book · fantasy · shapeshifters · supernatural · horror · vampires · young-adult · ghosts · angels · mystery · witches-wizards · urban-fantasy · demons · romance · psychics · audiobook · new-adult · adult
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Ron Ripley
321 ratings 4.26 ·
horror · fiction · supernatural · anthologies · spirituality · ghosts · literary · classics · adult · audiobook · suspense · paranormal · fantasy · mystery · action-adventure · crime · young-adult · hauntings · death · historical-fiction
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T. Kingfisher
435 ratings 4.14 ·
fiction · fantasy · horror · adult · book · female-author · paranormal · magic · humor · action-adventure · supernatural · retellings · audiobook · high-fantasy · female-mc · mystery · fairy-tale · dark · historical · myths
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Donna Augustine
400 ratings 4.11 ·
fiction · paranormal · urban-fantasy · fantasy · book · dark · magic · horror · romance · adult · supernatural · new-adult · alpha-mc · shapeshifters · female-mc · mystery · dystopia · slow-burn · audiobook · demons
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Joseph Delaney
526 ratings 4.11 ·
fantasy · fiction · horror · young-adult · book · paranormal · middle-grade · witches-wizards · action-adventure · supernatural · magic · children · children-books · ghosts · dark · audiobook · monsters · demons · historical · dark-fantasy
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Peter V. Brett
310 ratings 4.10 ·
fiction · fantasy · epic · magic · audiobook · high-fantasy · action-adventure · dark · horror · paranormal · dark-fantasy · supernatural · demons · book · post-apocalyptic · adult · dystopia · young-adult · violent-conflict · male-author
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Dean Koontz
3061 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · horror · adult · mystery · suspense · book · supernatural · paranormal · audiobook · crime · action-adventure · psychological · thriller · contemporary · drama · law-enforcement · dark · terror · anthologies · ghosts
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Kathryn Ann Kingsley
406 ratings 4.15 ·
fiction · book · paranormal · dark · adult · fantasy · horror · romance · supernatural · magic · enemies-to-lovers · anti-hero · urban-fantasy · steamy · new-adult · multi-pov · female-mc · demons · alpha-mc · dark-fantasy
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Victoria Schwab
385 ratings 4.04 ·
fantasy · fiction · young-adult · book · paranormal · supernatural · audiobook · mystery · horror · urban-fantasy · friendship · contemporary · female-author · family · magic · action-adventure · low-fantasy · romance · death · middle-grade
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Jeremy Robinson
695 ratings 4.11 ·
fiction · action-adventure · audiobook · book · adult · monsters · mystery · horror · violent-conflict · military · genetic-engineering · suspense · sci-fi · paranormal · myths · thriller · male-mc · supernatural · apocalyptic · war
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John Connolly
632 ratings 4.03 ·
fiction · mystery · horror · supernatural · book · audiobook · suspense · action-adventure · paranormal · adult · crime · law-enforcement · ghosts · thriller · dark · urban-fantasy · investigator · noir · contemporary · literary-fiction
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Larry Correia
600 ratings 4.13 ·
adult · fiction · fantasy · action-adventure · audiobook · horror · paranormal · book · urban-fantasy · violent-conflict · military · anthologies · supernatural · monsters · urban · humor · vampires · magic · mystery · historical
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John G. Hartness
321 ratings 4.12 ·
fiction · adult · horror · urban-fantasy · fantasy · humor · paranormal · book · comedy · anthologies · supernatural · vampires · action-adventure · urban · audiobook · magic · zombies · dark · mystery · contemporary
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Blake Crouch
567 ratings 3.48 ·
fiction · horror · adult · mystery · book · suspense · audiobook · crime · action-adventure · psychological · dark · drama · contemporary · thriller · dystopia · paranormal · killer · survival · apocalyptic · post-apocalyptic
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Craig Schaefer
346 ratings 4.10 ·
fiction · adult · book · magic · audiobook · fantasy · supernatural · urban-fantasy · paranormal · mystery · horror · dark · urban · crime · action-adventure · dark-fantasy · witches-wizards · demons · contemporary · suspense
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Robin Furth
366 ratings 4.19 ·- Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three: The Complete Graphic Novel Series by Robin Furth
- Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Beginnings: The Complete Graphic Novel Series by Robin Furth
- Treachery by Robin Furth
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2017 by Robin Furth
- The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - The Sailor by Robin Furth
horror · adult · fiction · fantasy · mystery · anthologies · book · dark · epic · paranormal · zombies · retellings · alternate-history · audiobook · suspense · myths · sci-fi · monsters · literary-fiction · action-adventure
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Carlton Mellick III
350 ratings 3.85 ·
fiction · horror · adult · book · humor · fantasy · sci-fi · monsters · dystopia · graphic-violence · satire · post-apocalyptic · dark · splatterpunk · apocalyptic · literary-fiction · zombies · comedy · supernatural · anthologies
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Ursula Vernon
321 ratings 4.20 ·- The Long List Anthology Volume 4: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List by Ursula Vernon
- Hamster Princess: Little Red Rodent Hood by Ursula Vernon
- Rocket Fuel: Some of the Best From Tor.com Non-Fiction by Ursula Vernon
- Whiskerella by Ursula Vernon
- The Long List Anthology Volume 3: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List (The Long List Anthology Series) by Ursula Vernon
fantasy · fiction · adult · horror · anthologies · female-author · historical · supernatural · paranormal · audiobook · dark · low-fantasy · action-adventure · retellings · poc-mc · magic · humor · female-mc · book · cyberpunk
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Diana Rowland
300 ratings 3.98 ·
paranormal · fiction · urban-fantasy · fantasy · audiobook · mystery · supernatural · contemporary · urban · crime · romance · book · horror · action-adventure · law-enforcement · adult · female-mc · alpha-mc · female-author · magic
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Douglas Preston
1130 ratings 3.99 ·
suspense · fiction · mystery · adult · crime · thriller · action-adventure · audiobook · book · horror · contemporary · law-enforcement · supernatural · killer · historical-fiction · technothriller · murder · paranormal · drama · police-procedural
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Darren Shan
1136 ratings 4.17 ·- Archibald Lox and the Pick of Loxes: Archibald Lox series, book 8 by Darren Shan
- Archibald Lox and the Forgotten Crypt by Darren Shan
- Archibald Lox and the Bridge Between Worlds by Darren Shan
- Archibald Lox and the Empress of Suanpan by Darren Shan
- Archibald Lox and the Vote of Alignment by Darren Shan
fiction · book · young-adult · fantasy · horror · paranormal · action-adventure · children-books · supernatural · monsters · urban-fantasy · middle-grade · audiobook · dark · male-author · children · mystery · magic · dystopia · zombies
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Lincoln Child
1041 ratings 3.99 ·
suspense · fiction · mystery · adult · crime · action-adventure · thriller · audiobook · horror · book · law-enforcement · supernatural · contemporary · technothriller · murder · killer · paranormal · historical-fiction · drama · police-procedural
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Poppy Z. Brite
447 ratings 3.85 ·- The Five Senses of Horror by Poppy Z. Brite
- The Beauty of Death by Poppy Z. Brite
- Nightmare Magazine 37: October 2015. Queers Destroy Horror! Special Issue by Poppy Z. Brite
- Nightmare Magazine 2: November 2012 by Poppy Z. Brite
- Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy by Poppy Z. Brite
fiction · adult · horror · anthologies · fantasy · dark · lgbtq · supernatural · gothic · dark-fantasy · contemporary · paranormal · mystery · mlm · book · monsters · romance · steamy · vampires · urban-fantasy
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Robert McCammon
629 ratings 3.99 ·
horror · fiction · adult · book · audiobook · supernatural · mystery · suspense · paranormal · crime · fantasy · anthologies · dark · action-adventure · historical-fiction · monsters · historical · gothic · terror · urban-fantasy
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Kelley Armstrong
2582 ratings 4.02 ·
fiction · paranormal · urban-fantasy · fantasy · supernatural · horror · mystery · adult · audiobook · magic · contemporary · anthologies · book · action-adventure · romance · shapeshifters · urban · suspense · vampires · ghosts
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Scott Nicholson
402 ratings 3.66 ·
fiction · horror · adult · book · supernatural · paranormal · anthologies · mystery · ghosts · suspense · fantasy · sci-fi · zombies · dystopia · monsters · action-adventure · apocalyptic · post-apocalyptic · urban-fantasy · survival
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Iain Rob Wright
350 ratings 3.98 ·
fiction · horror · adult · book · post-apocalyptic · monsters · audiobook · apocalyptic · zombies · supernatural · sci-fi · action-adventure · suspense · paranormal · mystery · dystopia · aliens · survival · invasion · fantasy
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