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Shayne Silvers
4.50 · 652 ratings
paranormal · fiction · adult · urban-fantasy · shapeshifters · dark · fantasy · horror · vampires · book · supernatural · action-adventure · magic · audiobook · coming-of-age · suspense · witches-wizards · myths · urban · retellings
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John Conroe
4.39 · 383 ratings
audiobook · fiction · paranormal · urban-fantasy · book · magic · fantasy · supernatural · vampires · shapeshifters · demons · urban · witches-wizards · horror · angels · adult · action-adventure · contemporary · mystery · monsters
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Chandelle LaVaun
4.55 · 411 ratings
fiction · paranormal · book · fantasy · witches-wizards · supernatural · young-adult · urban-fantasy · romance · coming-of-age · dark · horror · magic · demons · shapeshifters · fated-mates · fae · angels · ghosts · contemporary
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.01 · 316 ratings
magical-realism · fiction · historical-fiction · action-adventure · suspense · gothic · fantasy · mystery · historical · audiobook · drama · horror · 20th-century · dark · literary-fiction · book · young-adult · crime · urban-fantasy · paranormal
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R.R. Haywood
4.42 · 380 ratings
fiction · book · adult · audiobook · post-apocalyptic · horror · zombies · monsters · apocalyptic · sci-fi · action-adventure · medical · epidemy · dystopia · military · mystery · humor · suspense · time-travel · contemporary
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Chris Carter
4.30 · 348 ratings
fiction · mystery · adult · book · crime · thriller · horror · law-enforcement · serial-killers · audiobook · contemporary · suspense · police-procedural · psychological · dark · murder · killer · urban · usa · north-america
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Bobbi Holmes
4.37 · 310 ratings
book · ghosts · adult · supernatural · mystery · cozy · fiction · paranormal · horror · fantasy · crime · audiobook · urban-fantasy · suspense · spirituality · murder · killer · hauntings · romance · animals
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Sam Sisavath
4.37 · 324 ratings
book · fiction · adult · apocalyptic · post-apocalyptic · action-adventure · vampires · zombies · paranormal · military · dystopia · horror · male-mc · sci-fi · monsters · suspense · violent-conflict · female-mc · alpha-mc · mystery
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Mark Tufo
4.36 · 592 ratings
fiction · horror · adult · zombies · post-apocalyptic · dystopia · audiobook · book · apocalyptic · action-adventure · monsters · sci-fi · humor · supernatural · paranormal · vampires · aliens · comedy · urban-fantasy · military
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Anne Bishop
4.15 · 694 ratings
fiction · paranormal · dark · fantasy · horror · dark-fantasy · magic · supernatural · audiobook · romance · action-adventure · book · young-adult · high-fantasy · epic · female-author · witches-wizards · demons · vampires · adult
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Jack Hunt
4.33 · 301 ratings
book · fiction · dystopia · post-apocalyptic · horror · apocalyptic · action-adventure · sci-fi · male-mc · adult · survival · female-mc · audiobook · young-adult · suspense · terrorism · zombies · mystery · disaster · contemporary
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Eric Vall
4.38 · 926 ratings
book · fiction · adult · audiobook · harem · fantasy · litrpg · dark · epic · horror · steamy · action-adventure · sword-sorcery · heroic-fantasy · high-fantasy · polyamory · paranormal · urban-fantasy · magic · romance
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Willow Rose
4.16 · 1046 ratings
fiction · mystery · book · suspense · adult · horror · supernatural · crime · audiobook · paranormal · action-adventure · hard-boiled · female-mc · psychological · literary-fiction · thriller · serial-killers · law-enforcement · police-procedural · young-adult
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Jordan L. Hawk
4.21 · 659 ratings
mlm · paranormal · fiction · romance · lgbtq · adult · mystery · fantasy · supernatural · book · magic · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · horror · law-enforcement · audiobook · suspense · steamy · crime · historical-fiction
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Nicholas Sansbury Smith
4.19 · 550 ratings
fiction · sci-fi · adult · action-adventure · audiobook · post-apocalyptic · dystopia · book · apocalyptic · horror · military · survival · suspense · genetic-engineering · monsters · violent-conflict · war · colonization · zombies · medical
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Derek Landy
4.33 · 448 ratings
young-adult · fiction · book · fantasy · humor · action-adventure · audiobook · urban-fantasy · mystery · middle-grade · magic · horror · children · paranormal · law-enforcement · dark · supernatural · vampires · crime · children-books
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Dante King
4.33 · 309 ratings
fiction · book · adult · epic · audiobook · harem · dark · fantasy · horror · sword-sorcery · litrpg · urban-fantasy · supernatural · paranormal · steamy · high-fantasy · action-adventure · super-powered · myths · polyamory
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Jonathan Moeller
4.25 · 759 ratings
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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L.J. Smith
3.88 · 1398 ratings- 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
book · young-adult · paranormal · fiction · vampires · fantasy · urban-fantasy · romance · supernatural · horror · witches-wizards · magic · audiobook · mystery · contemporary · shapeshifters · high-school · love-triangle · female-author · dark
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Tim O'Rourke
4.30 · 364 ratings
fiction · paranormal · book · fantasy · shapeshifters · vampires · horror · supernatural · young-adult · ghosts · angels · mystery · witches-wizards · urban-fantasy · demons · romance · psychics · audiobook · new-adult · adult
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Ransom Riggs
4.04 · 360 ratings
fantasy · time-travel · young-adult · action-adventure · horror · fiction · book · children · paranormal · magical-realism · urban-fantasy · historical-fiction · magic · audiobook · supernatural · mystery · historical · middle-grade · suspense · dark
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Bobby Adair
4.18 · 386 ratings
fiction · book · adult · dystopia · post-apocalyptic · sci-fi · audiobook · action-adventure · horror · apocalyptic · zombies · monsters · epidemy · suspense · medical · supernatural · colonization · dark · survival · slow-burn
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Ron Ripley
4.24 · 333 ratings
supernatural · fiction · horror · spirituality · anthologies · ghosts · classics · literary · adult · audiobook · suspense · paranormal · fantasy · mystery · action-adventure · crime · hauntings · young-adult · death · historical-fiction
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Donna Augustine
4.11 · 410 ratings
paranormal · fiction · urban-fantasy · fantasy · book · dark · romance · magic · horror · adult · new-adult · supernatural · shapeshifters · alpha-mc · female-mc · mystery · slow-burn · dystopia · audiobook · coming-of-age
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T. Kingfisher
4.14 · 442 ratings
fiction · fantasy · horror · adult · book · paranormal · female-author · magic · humor · action-adventure · supernatural · retellings · audiobook · high-fantasy · female-mc · mystery · fairy-tale · dark · historical · myths
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Craig Schaefer
4.10 · 348 ratings
adult · fiction · book · magic · fantasy · audiobook · urban-fantasy · supernatural · paranormal · horror · dark · mystery · urban · crime · action-adventure · dark-fantasy · demons · witches-wizards · contemporary · suspense
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Larry Correia
4.13 · 616 ratings
fiction · adult · fantasy · action-adventure · audiobook · horror · paranormal · book · urban-fantasy · violent-conflict · military · supernatural · anthologies · monsters · urban · humor · vampires · magic · mystery · historical
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Kathryn Ann Kingsley
4.14 · 415 ratings
fiction · book · dark · paranormal · adult · fantasy · horror · romance · supernatural · magic · enemies-to-lovers · anti-hero · urban-fantasy · steamy · new-adult · multi-pov · demons · female-mc · alpha-mc · dark-fantasy
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Joseph Delaney
4.12 · 538 ratings
fiction · fantasy · young-adult · book · horror · middle-grade · paranormal · action-adventure · witches-wizards · magic · supernatural · audiobook · children · ghosts · children-books · dark · demons · monsters · historical · myths
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John G. Hartness
4.12 · 321 ratings
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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John Connolly
4.03 · 633 ratings
fiction · mystery · supernatural · horror · audiobook · book · suspense · action-adventure · paranormal · adult · crime · law-enforcement · ghosts · thriller · dark · urban-fantasy · investigator · noir · contemporary · literary-fiction
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Dean Koontz
3.94 · 3081 ratings
fiction · horror · adult · mystery · suspense · book · supernatural · paranormal · audiobook · crime · action-adventure · psychological · thriller · contemporary · drama · law-enforcement · dark · anthologies · terror · ghosts
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Blake Crouch
3.48 · 570 ratings
fiction · horror · adult · mystery · book · suspense · audiobook · crime · action-adventure · psychological · dark · drama · contemporary · thriller · dystopia · paranormal · killer · survival · apocalyptic · male-author
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Douglas Preston
3.99 · 1157 ratings
suspense · fiction · adult · mystery · crime · action-adventure · audiobook · book · thriller · horror · contemporary · law-enforcement · supernatural · killer · technothriller · murder · historical-fiction · paranormal · drama · police-procedural
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Carlton Mellick III
3.85 · 350 ratings
horror · fiction · adult · book · humor · fantasy · monsters · sci-fi · dystopia · graphic-violence · satire · post-apocalyptic · splatterpunk · apocalyptic · dark · literary-fiction · zombies · supernatural · comedy · anthologies
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Robin Furth
4.19 · 366 ratings- 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 · dark · book · epic · anthologies · action-adventure · zombies · audiobook · alternate-history · suspense · retellings · myths · sci-fi · literary-fiction · monsters · supernatural
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Jeremy Robinson
4.11 · 695 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · audiobook · book · adult · monsters · horror · mystery · military · violent-conflict · genetic-engineering · suspense · sci-fi · myths · paranormal · thriller · male-mc · war · supernatural · apocalyptic
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V.E. Schwab
4.03 · 387 ratings
fantasy · fiction · young-adult · book · paranormal · supernatural · audiobook · horror · mystery · urban-fantasy · friendship · contemporary · family · female-author · action-adventure · magic · low-fantasy · death · romance · middle-grade
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Diana Rowland
3.98 · 300 ratings
fiction · paranormal · fantasy · urban-fantasy · audiobook · supernatural · mystery · contemporary · urban · romance · crime · horror · book · female-mc · adult · law-enforcement · action-adventure · female-author · alpha-mc · magic
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Iain Rob Wright
4.01 · 392 ratings
horror · fiction · adult · book · post-apocalyptic · monsters · apocalyptic · audiobook · zombies · sci-fi · supernatural · paranormal · action-adventure · suspense · mystery · dystopia · aliens · invasion · survival · fantasy
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Lincoln Child
3.99 · 1041 ratings
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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Ursula Vernon
4.19 · 327 ratings- 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 · historical · female-author · supernatural · book · industrial-era · low-fantasy · paranormal · action-adventure · dark · audiobook · cyberpunk · urban-fantasy · magic · humor · myths
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Robert McCammon
3.99 · 645 ratings
horror · fiction · adult · book · audiobook · mystery · supernatural · crime · fantasy · paranormal · suspense · anthologies · action-adventure · dark · historical-fiction · historical · monsters · gothic · murder · terror
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Darren Shan
4.19 · 1167 ratings- 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 · fantasy · young-adult · horror · paranormal · action-adventure · children-books · supernatural · monsters · urban-fantasy · middle-grade · audiobook · dark · male-author · mystery · children · magic · dystopia · dark-fantasy
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J.A. Konrath
3.86 · 587 ratings
fiction · adult · horror · mystery · book · suspense · crime · humor · audiobook · action-adventure · serial-killers · thriller · law-enforcement · police-procedural · female-mc · supernatural · anthologies · paranormal · contemporary · dark
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Poppy Z. Brite
3.84 · 462 ratings- 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 · mlm · mystery · book · romance · monsters · steamy · urban-fantasy · vampires
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Mark Edwards
3.95 · 384 ratings
fiction · psychological · adult · suspense · mystery · crime · book · thriller · audiobook · horror · murder · contemporary · drama · kidnapping · action-adventure · killer · dark · law-enforcement · family · paranormal
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Kelley Armstrong
4.01 · 2593 ratings
fiction · paranormal · urban-fantasy · fantasy · supernatural · horror · adult · mystery · audiobook · magic · contemporary · anthologies · book · romance · action-adventure · shapeshifters · urban · suspense · vampires · ghosts
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