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Judith Keim
302 ratings 4.39 ·
fiction · contemporary · adult · book · female-mc · romance · womens-fiction · family · literary-fiction · sad · psychological · humor · spirituality · friendship · domestic-drama · audiobook · holidays · epic · breakup · religion
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Hannah Ellis
237 ratings 4.36 ·
fiction · adult · book · contemporary · humor · female-mc · literary-fiction · romance · family · womens-fiction · friendship · small-town · cozy · new-adult · friends-to-lovers · europe · holidays · steamy · comedy · action-adventure
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Barbara Hinske
103 ratings 4.34 ·
adult · fiction · literary-fiction · female-mc · book · contemporary · audiobook · epic · womens-fiction · crime · cozy · romance · family · mystery · breakup · domestic-drama · urban · new-adult · holidays · friendship
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Abbie Zanders
475 ratings 4.33 ·
adult · fiction · romance · book · contemporary · female-mc · literary-fiction · action-adventure · military · small-town · suspense · paranormal · humor · alpha-mc · audiobook · steamy · family · shapeshifters · fantasy · violent-conflict
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Caimh McDonnell
117 ratings 4.32 ·
adult · crime · fiction · mystery · book · contemporary · humor · audiobook · police-procedural · law-enforcement · dark-humor · literary-fiction · male-author · comedy · suspense · thriller · action-adventure · hard-boiled · noir · pulp
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Elizabeth Acevedo
170 ratings 4.28 ·
poc-mc · fiction · young-adult · contemporary · poc-author · latinx-mc · audiobook · family · literary-fiction · lgbtq · feminism · female-author · book · realistic · female-mc · magical-realism · friendship · drama · 21st-century · high-school
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Tracey Alvarez
157 ratings 4.25 ·
fiction · adult · romance · contemporary · womens-fiction · family · small-town · book · literary-fiction · epic · female-mc · humor · enemies-to-lovers · anthologies · holidays · poc-mc · action-adventure · friends-to-lovers · children · animals
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Louise Penny
685 ratings 4.22 ·
crime · book · adult · murder · fiction · audiobook · suspense · contemporary · thriller · mystery · cozy · whodunit · police-procedural · killer · law-enforcement · 21st-century · female-author · literary-fiction · family · drama
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Fredrik Backman
418 ratings 4.22 ·
book · contemporary · fiction · literary-fiction · audiobook · mental-illness · realistic · drama · 21st-century · family · male-author · friendship · grief · action-adventure · young-adult · journey · humor · death · adult · coming-of-age
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Kat T. Masen
245 ratings 4.21 ·
fiction · adult · contemporary · romance · literary-fiction · new-adult · steamy · billionaire · book · angst · friends-to-lovers · urban · family · age-gap · dark · love-triangle · anthologies · enemies-to-lovers · domestic-drama · forbidden-love
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Rachael Lucas
132 ratings 4.20 ·
fiction · romance · book · contemporary · adult · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · humor · holidays · spirituality · christian · new-adult · family · animals · literary · classics · female-mc · audiobook · female-author · season-winter
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Jan Karon
410 ratings 4.19 ·
family · book · fiction · religious · spirituality · christian · audiobook · realistic · contemporary · humor · small-town · religion · adult · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · cozy · female-author · drama · friendship · rural
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Catherine Ryan Hyde
686 ratings 4.17 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · family · audiobook · contemporary · drama · womens-fiction · friendship · book · coming-of-age · young-adult · realistic · female-mc · adult · historical-fiction · anthologies · romance · lgbtq · animals · mental-illness
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Lindsey Hart
258 ratings 4.17 ·
fiction · adult · contemporary · humor · billionaire · literary-fiction · romance · book · literary · classics · anthologies · comedy · female-mc · urban · satire · steamy · drama · fake-relationship · enemies-to-lovers · spirituality
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Barbara O'Neal
237 ratings 4.14 ·
fiction · female-mc · audiobook · family · womens-fiction · book · adult · contemporary · romance · friendship · literary-fiction · drama · mystery · realistic · female-author · culinary · magical-realism · suspense · epic · grief
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Robert Galbraith
225 ratings 4.13 ·
fiction · mystery · crime · audiobook · action-adventure · contemporary · book · suspense · investigator · murder · female-author · thriller · drama · law-enforcement · adult · killer · death · 21st-century · whodunit · realistic
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Lisa Genova
183 ratings 4.10 ·
realistic · female-author · literary-fiction · drama · womens-fiction · female-mc · psychological · fiction · audiobook · sad · disability · mental-illness · medical · family · marriage · contemporary · book · adult · death · friendship
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Mitch Albom
364 ratings 4.09 ·
family · religion · philosophy · book · literary-fiction · drama · fiction · spirituality · audiobook · christian · contemporary · religious · magical-realism · young-adult · fantasy · supernatural · death · literary · classics · paranormal
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Imogen Clark
164 ratings 4.07 ·
book · contemporary · audiobook · family · fiction · female-mc · literary-fiction · adult · womens-fiction · friendship · mystery · coming-of-age · grief · historical-fiction · psychological · drama · united-kingdom · urban · realistic · multi-pov
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Diane Chamberlain
647 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · womens-fiction · audiobook · book · mystery · family · drama · adult · contemporary · suspense · female-mc · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · romance · female-author · realistic · crime · psychological · secrets · friendship
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Olga Tokarczuk
127 ratings 4.04 ·
action-adventure · journey · adult · literary-fiction · female-author · fiction · magical-realism · audiobook · literary · classics · book · contemporary · historical-fiction · philosophy · 21st-century · religion · 20th-century · psychological · epic · spirituality
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Armistead Maupin
288 ratings 4.01 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · lgbtq · adult · contemporary · humor · friendship · audiobook · book · comedy · drama · mlm · mystery · satire · wlw · historical-fiction · classics · literary · realistic · trans-mc
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Nick Alexander
230 ratings 4.01 ·
book · fiction · adult · contemporary · womens-fiction · female-mc · romance · family · literary-fiction · audiobook · drama · coming-of-age · epic · lgbtq · psychological · action-adventure · mental-illness · 20th-century · marriage · suspense
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Alice Munro
409 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · anthologies · literary-fiction · classics · literary · contemporary · female-author · adult · feminism · historical-fiction · audiobook · 20th-century · family · female-mc · 21st-century · drama · university · realistic · friendship · psychological
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Laurie Frankel
103 ratings 3.93 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · book · contemporary · family · drama · womens-fiction · audiobook · friendship · realistic · young-adult · new-adult · 21st-century · siblings · adult · social-commentary · female-author · humor · romance · female-mc
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Lydia Davis
146 ratings 3.92 ·
adult · literary-fiction · fiction · contemporary · female-author · anthologies · 21st-century · 20th-century · university · literary · classics · drama · humor · psychological · audiobook · book · gothic · domestic-drama · female-mc · breakup
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Richard Powers
205 ratings 3.85 ·
literary-fiction · book · adult · fiction · contemporary · sci-fi · 21st-century · audiobook · politics · postmodernism · 20th-century · family · realistic · social-commentary · psychological · male-author · action-adventure · drama · mystery · historical
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Steve Almond
116 ratings 3.76 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · adult · contemporary · humor · book · anthologies · romance · realistic · coming-of-age · historical-fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · mystery · crime · suspense · young-adult · action-adventure · epistolary · steamy
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