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Mitch Albom
4.13 · 414 ratings
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Jean Grainger
4.44 · 380 ratings
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Louise Penny
4.21 · 695 ratings
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.01 · 317 ratings
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Hilary Mantel
3.99 · 415 ratings
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Catherine Ryan Hyde
4.17 · 696 ratings
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Fredrik Backman
4.21 · 442 ratings
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Thich Nhat Hanh
4.21 · 707 ratings
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Jan Karon
4.19 · 410 ratings
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Lisa See
3.93 · 341 ratings
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Judith Keim
4.39 · 308 ratings
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Abbie Zanders
4.33 · 478 ratings
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Lucinda Riley
4.17 · 482 ratings
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Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.10 · 351 ratings
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Diane Chamberlain
4.05 · 647 ratings
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John Boyne
4.02 · 489 ratings
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Sherman Alexie
4.01 · 386 ratings- You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
- Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
- Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories by Sherman Alexie
- Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction by Sherman Alexie
- The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales by Sherman Alexie
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David Sedaris
4.00 · 611 ratings
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Adele Clee
4.23 · 359 ratings
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Yukio Mishima
3.90 · 348 ratings
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Barbara Kingsolver
3.98 · 464 ratings- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
- The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live By from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries by Barbara Kingsolver
- Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
- Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World by Barbara Kingsolver
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Hermann Hesse
3.98 · 471 ratings- Siddhartha : illustrated edition by Hermann Hesse
- Demian. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by Hermann Hesse
- Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture by Hermann Hesse
- Peter Camenzind - Gertrud - Knulp - Kuren - Narziss en Goldmund - Fabuleuze vertellingen - Een golfje op de stroom by Hermann Hesse
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Joseph Campbell
4.22 · 321 ratings- Romance of the Grail: The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth by Joseph Campbell
- Trick or Treat: Hallowe'en, Masks, and Living Your Myth by Joseph Campbell
- Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation by Joseph Campbell
- Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal by Joseph Campbell
- Sake and Satori: Japan (Asian Journals) by Joseph Campbell
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Simone de Beauvoir
4.04 · 341 ratings- Inseparable by Simone de Beauvoir
- Extracts From: The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
- Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (Library of America) by Simone de Beauvoir
- A Transatlantic Love Affair: Letters to Nelson Algren by Simone de Beauvoir
- All Said and Done: An Autobiography 1962-1972 by Simone de Beauvoir
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Rose Pearson
4.14 · 379 ratings
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Charlotte Brontë
3.97 · 339 ratings
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Ann Patchett
3.90 · 446 ratings
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Elif Shafak
3.95 · 339 ratings
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Ernest Hemingway
3.80 · 774 ratings
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Alice Hoffman
3.81 · 982 ratings
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
3.83 · 301 ratings
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Willa Cather
3.81 · 301 ratings- Her Boss by Willa Cather
- Big Book of Christmas: Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols by Willa Cather
- The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols by Willa Cather
- The Greatest Christmas Stories of All Time: Timeless Classics That Celebrate the Season by Willa Cather
- The Pittsburgh Stories of Willa Cather by Willa Cather
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Alice Walker
4.06 · 317 ratings- Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought by Alice Walker
- Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart by Alice Walker
- The Color Purple Collection: The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
- Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World by Alice Walker
- Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation by Alice Walker
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Hunter S. Thompson
3.96 · 385 ratings- Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
- Gonzo by Hunter S. Thompson
- Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward S by Hunter S. Thompson
- Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century by Hunter S. Thompson
- Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist, 1968-1976 by Hunter S. Thompson
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Julio Cortázar
4.13 · 331 ratings
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Anthony Trollope
3.92 · 319 ratings- Big Book of Christmas: Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols by Anthony Trollope
- The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols by Anthony Trollope
- SF UNIVERSE - The Ultimate Collection: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Post-Apocalyptic Tales: The War of the Worlds, Anthem, Space ... America, A Traveler in Time, The Guardians… by Anthony Trollope
- Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century by Anthony Trollope
- The Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope
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Thomas Mann
3.89 · 311 ratings
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.02 · 938 ratings- White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Crime and Punishment: The Original Complete Edition: A Fyodor Dostoevsky Classic by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 50 Beautiful Christmas Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Big Book of Christmas: Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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W. Somerset Maugham
3.95 · 370 ratings- The Appointment in Samarra by W. Somerset Maugham
- The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 1998 by W. Somerset Maugham
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by W. Somerset Maugham
- 50 Greatest Short Stories by W. Somerset Maugham
- Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New by W. Somerset Maugham
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George Eliot
3.76 · 302 ratings
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Alexander McCall Smith
3.86 · 1515 ratings- The Conditions of Unconditional Love: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (15) by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Stellar Debut of Galactica Macfee by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Perfect Passion Company by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Private Life of Spies and the Exquisite Art of Getting Even: Stories by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Enigma of Garlic: 44 Scotland Street Series by Alexander McCall Smith
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Anton Chekhov
3.99 · 655 ratings- Big Book of Christmas: Novels, Tales, Legends & Carols by Anton Chekhov
- Cosy Crime Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
- Antología de relatos de detectives by Anton Chekhov
- The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols by Anton Chekhov
- The Golden Book of World's Greatest Mysteries: 60+ Whodunit Tales & Detective Stories by Anton Chekhov
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Toni Morrison
3.95 · 451 ratings
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.77 · 610 ratings- Where All Good Flappers Go: Essential Stories of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Great Gatsby: The Graphic Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die: Vol. 2 by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 50 Greatest Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- To Die For by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Joseph Conrad
3.63 · 389 ratings
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Paul Auster
3.79 · 589 ratings
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Louise Erdrich
3.91 · 477 ratings
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Maeve Binchy
3.82 · 671 ratings
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