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Heather Morris
127 ratings 4.34 ·
historical · ww2 · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · war · fiction · 20th-century · book · audiobook · young-adult · survival · literary-fiction · drama · realistic · action-adventure · family · friendship · death · sad · female-author
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Gemma Liviero
105 ratings 4.24 ·
literary-fiction · war · fiction · historical · audiobook · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · 20th-century · book · adult · drama · ww2 · family · mystery · romance · ww1 · action-adventure · kidnapping · journey · military
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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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Lucinda Riley
454 ratings 4.17 ·
historical-fiction · book · womens-fiction · drama · fiction · romance · family · mystery · historical · audiobook · adult · literary-fiction · female-author · action-adventure · 20th-century · female-mc · secrets · young-adult · realistic · royalty
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Laila Ibrahim
128 ratings 4.17 ·
book · family · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · fiction · poc-mc · violent-conflict · literary-fiction · drama · adult · action-adventure · civil-war · slavery · womens-fiction · war · coming-of-age · 20th-century · racism · poc-author
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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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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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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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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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Taylor Jenkins Reid
330 ratings 4.10 ·
realistic · new-adult · romance · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · family · fiction · book · drama · audiobook · female-author · young-adult · friendship · female-mc · contemporary · sad · historical-fiction · marriage · season-summer · historical
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Almudena Grandes
100 ratings 4.09 ·
book · adult · drama · literary-fiction · female-author · fiction · female-mc · urban · romance · coming-of-age · epic · 21st-century · family · suspense · historical · 20th-century · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · contemporary · industrial-era
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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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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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John Boyne
401 ratings 4.04 ·
fiction · book · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · family · literary-fiction · drama · young-adult · 20th-century · action-adventure · lgbtq · 21st-century · death · coming-of-age · realistic · mystery · adult · friendship · male-author
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Edward Rutherfurd
214 ratings 4.03 ·
literary-fiction · war · adult · fiction · epic · historical · audiobook · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · action-adventure · family · book · early-modern · 20th-century · drama · journey · medieval · spirituality · religion · urban
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Elena Ferrante
337 ratings 4.01 ·
family · feminism · book · literary-fiction · female-mc · fiction · audiobook · action-adventure · realistic · female-author · drama · journey · 21st-century · historical-fiction · classics · literary · coming-of-age · bildungsroman · adult · friendship
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Patrick Gale
100 ratings 4.00 ·
literary-fiction · lgbtq · fiction · audiobook · book · adult · family · drama · 21st-century · historical · historical-fiction · mlm · contemporary · war · romance · psychological · friendship · violent-conflict · mental-illness · 20th-century
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
mystery · gothic · fantasy · historical · action-adventure · suspense · magical-realism · fiction · historical-fiction · drama · horror · audiobook · book · 20th-century · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · urban-fantasy · crime · supernatural
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Elif Shafak
339 ratings 3.95 ·
book · fiction · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · female-author · journey · adult · action-adventure · drama · audiobook · poc-mc · 21st-century · spirituality · family · islam · magical-realism · religion · historical · friendship · contemporary
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Maggie O'Farrell
275 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · adult · book · literary-fiction · female-author · family · audiobook · 21st-century · drama · mystery · womens-fiction · historical-fiction · psychological · historical · realistic · romance · contemporary · suspense · female-mc · marriage
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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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Sue Monk Kidd
253 ratings 3.92 ·- After Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey, and France by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
spirituality · audiobook · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · drama · female-author · fiction · coming-of-age · religion · feminism · book · family · high-school · historical · friendship · womens-fiction · magical-realism · realistic · young-adult · usa
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Yukio Mishima
348 ratings 3.90 ·
fiction · literary · classics · literary-fiction · 20th-century · adult · book · historical-fiction · drama · historical · philosophy · lgbtq · male-author · psychological · contemporary · suicide · religion · action-adventure · spirituality · audiobook
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Yōko Ogawa
137 ratings 3.82 ·
literary-fiction · adult · fiction · poc-author · literary · classics · 20th-century · drama · 21st-century · horror · contemporary · journey · female-author · dark · anthologies · mystery · magical-realism · poc-mc · book · gothic
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Han Kang
100 ratings 3.82 ·
book · female-author · adult · literary-fiction · fiction · psychological · 21st-century · audiobook · poc-author · family · east-asia · contemporary · asia · journey · drama · south-korea · poc-mc · mental-illness · classics · literary
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Yasunari Kawabata
287 ratings 3.75 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · classics · literary · adult · 20th-century · drama · historical-fiction · contemporary · book · male-author · psychological · historical · anthologies · poc-author · aging · magical-realism · family · poc-mc · audiobook
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