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Catherine Ryan Hyde
686 ratings 4.17 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · family · audiobook · contemporary · drama · womens-fiction · book · coming-of-age · friendship · young-adult · realistic · female-mc · adult · anthologies · lgbtq · romance · historical-fiction · animals · mental-illness
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Nadia Hashimi
116 ratings 4.13 ·
family · audiobook · historical-fiction · journey · female-mc · fiction · realistic · book · poc-author · action-adventure · historical · poc-mc · violent-conflict · female-author · adult · drama · literary-fiction · war · coming-of-age · spirituality
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Betty Smith
105 ratings 4.11 ·
classics · literary · young-adult · book · literary-fiction · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · coming-of-age · urban · marriage · female-author · 20th-century · audiobook · family · realistic · womens-fiction · death · season-summer · action-adventure
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John Williams
103 ratings 4.09 ·
adult · literary-fiction · fiction · audiobook · literary · classics · book · 20th-century · drama · historical · male-author · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · coming-of-age · war · psychological · sad · family · action-adventure · philosophy
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Kim Michele Richardson
135 ratings 4.05 ·
north-america · fiction · audiobook · usa · historical · historical-fiction · kentucky · family · rural · coming-of-age · book · literary-fiction · drama · female-mc · friendship · young-adult · racism · poverty · realistic · adult
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Pat Conroy
275 ratings 4.05 ·
historical-fiction · literary-fiction · fiction · coming-of-age · book · classics · literary · family · audiobook · drama · realistic · young-adult · epic · humor · mystery · contemporary · 20th-century · friendship · high-school · male-author
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Ellen Marie Wiseman
150 ratings 3.99 ·
historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · fiction · book · family · literary-fiction · drama · coming-of-age · mystery · psychological · female-author · 20th-century · suspense · young-adult · action-adventure · abuse · womens-fiction · violent-conflict · survival
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Harper Lee
150 ratings 3.99 ·
classics · young-adult · family · literary · coming-of-age · book · literary-fiction · drama · crime · fiction · audiobook · high-school · historical · historical-fiction · 20th-century · bildungsroman · racism · realistic · female-author · social-commentary
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Hazel Gaynor
189 ratings 3.98 ·
20th-century · book · historical · drama · historical-fiction · fiction · womens-fiction · audiobook · adult · coming-of-age · romance · family · literary-fiction · action-adventure · friendship · female-mc · ww2 · female-author · violent-conflict · mystery
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Eden Robinson
104 ratings 3.97 ·
poc-mc · female-author · fiction · magical-realism · indigenous-mc · supernatural · contemporary · myths · young-adult · coming-of-age · book · poc-author · horror · literary-fiction · fantasy · audiobook · paranormal · family · retellings · adult
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Heather O'Neill
140 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · female-author · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · book · audiobook · adult · contemporary · drama · coming-of-age · dark · action-adventure · crime · realistic · friendship · magical-realism · female-mc · journey · young-adult · family
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J.D. Salinger
209 ratings 3.90 ·
classics · 20th-century · fiction · drama · literary · young-adult · mental-illness · realistic · literary-fiction · university · historical-fiction · high-school · family · contemporary · coming-of-age · philosophy · humor · male-author · book · suicide
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Sarah Winman
102 ratings 3.89 ·
family · friendship · audiobook · historical-fiction · female-author · literary-fiction · fiction · book · 21st-century · death · drama · lgbtq · coming-of-age · 20th-century · historical · ww2 · season-spring · violent-conflict · adult · war
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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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Lily King
152 ratings 3.84 ·
audiobook · literary-fiction · fiction · coming-of-age · contemporary · book · family · female-author · female-mc · historical-fiction · realistic · young-adult · adult · romance · psychological · marriage · feminism · love-triangle · 21st-century · friendship
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Amy Engel
104 ratings 3.84 ·
book · fiction · audiobook · family · drama · suspense · thriller · crime · literary-fiction · mystery · new-adult · horror · coming-of-age · female-mc · murder · young-adult · action-adventure · contemporary · futuristic · romance
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Matthew Quick
213 ratings 3.82 ·
audiobook · fiction · contemporary · drama · book · mental-illness · friendship · family · young-adult · realistic · grief · death · literary-fiction · humor · coming-of-age · male-author · psychological · sad · high-school · bullying
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Lori Lansens
104 ratings 3.80 ·
audiobook · fiction · book · drama · female-author · contemporary · coming-of-age · family · death · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · realistic · young-adult · historical-fiction · friendship · mystery · psychological · adult · dystopia · near-future
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Jeffrey Eugenides
170 ratings 3.77 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · drama · adult · male-author · audiobook · 21st-century · family · literary · classics · contemporary · psychological · marriage · historical-fiction · 20th-century · book · realistic · bildungsroman · coming-of-age · feminism
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Miriam Toews
168 ratings 3.73 ·
literary-fiction · audiobook · fiction · contemporary · humor · book · female-author · family · 21st-century · coming-of-age · realistic · adult · female-mc · drama · feminism · mental-illness · spirituality · religion · christian · historical-fiction
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Sally Rooney
175 ratings 3.72 ·
contemporary · literary-fiction · fiction · romance · audiobook · realistic · female-author · 21st-century · new-adult · mental-illness · season-summer · young-adult · coming-of-age · book · drama · adult · womens-fiction · female-mc · friendship · anthologies
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Tracy Chevalier
285 ratings 3.70 ·
book · literary-fiction · drama · historical · fiction · female-author · historical-fiction · audiobook · family · womens-fiction · 21st-century · coming-of-age · literary · classics · 20th-century · realistic · friendship · mystery · action-adventure · young-adult
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Rebecca Wells
137 ratings 3.70 ·
friendship · audiobook · historical-fiction · drama · literary-fiction · female-author · womens-fiction · fiction · humor · comedy · coming-of-age · realistic · book · family · young-adult · female-mc · contemporary · classics · substance-abuse · child-abuse
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Laura Moriarty
100 ratings 3.62 ·
book · realistic · audiobook · fiction · drama · womens-fiction · contemporary · coming-of-age · young-adult · family · literary-fiction · religion · action-adventure · historical-fiction · spirituality · friendship · domestic-drama · female-mc · female-author · social-commentary
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Jane Hamilton
142 ratings 3.56 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · family · book · realistic · coming-of-age · female-author · young-adult · epic · womens-fiction · drama · adult · anthologies · 20th-century · female-mc · psychological · historical-fiction · historical
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Alice McDermott
121 ratings 3.55 ·
book · literary-fiction · fiction · family · drama · audiobook · historical-fiction · coming-of-age · adult · female-author · religion · urban · historical · spirituality · realistic · contemporary · grief · war · violent-conflict · young-adult
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Meg Rosoff
157 ratings 3.37 ·
female-author · fiction · young-adult · book · audiobook · friendship · coming-of-age · realistic · romance · contemporary · literary-fiction · animals · family · drama · high-school · historical-fiction · action-adventure · children · magical-realism · teens
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