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Jean Grainger
374 ratings 4.43 ·
fiction · book · adult · historical-fiction · historical · family · literary-fiction · audiobook · romance · female-mc · 20th-century · epic · friendship · action-adventure · womens-fiction · war · ww2 · violent-conflict · mystery · spirituality
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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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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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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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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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Martha Hall Kelly
121 ratings 4.20 ·
20th-century · family · historical · violent-conflict · ww2 · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · war · fiction · book · audiobook · female-mc · action-adventure · friendship · womens-fiction · adult · urban · young-adult · death · survival
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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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Ronald H. Balson
145 ratings 4.19 ·
20th-century · book · historical-fiction · ww2 · historical · fiction · literary-fiction · adult · violent-conflict · audiobook · mystery · family · investigator · war · suspense · religion · spirituality · legal · crime · drama
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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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Jesmyn Ward
191 ratings 4.11 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · female-author · poc-mc · family · book · coming-of-age · historical-fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · young-adult · poc-author · poverty · contemporary · realistic · black-mc · grief · drama · adult · social-commentary
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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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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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Thrity Umrigar
184 ratings 4.06 ·
book · literary-fiction · family · adult · fiction · female-mc · realistic · poc-author · poc-mc · audiobook · historical-fiction · drama · friendship · journey · contemporary · female-author · psychological · marriage · historical · womens-fiction
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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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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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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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