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John Lithgow
109 ratings 4.20 ·
fantasy · literary-fiction · classics · anthologies · comedy · children-books · animals · family · fiction · audiobook · humor · literary · male-author · young-adult · children · cats
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Billy Crystal
112 ratings 4.19 ·
humor · audiobook · literary-fiction · fantasy · comedy · fiction · family · children · male-author · young-adult · paranormal · death · book · cats · contemporary · drama · adult · children-books · literary · animals
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Madeline Miller
179 ratings 4.17 ·
myths · historical-fiction · retellings · fiction · fantasy · adult · book · historical · literary-fiction · audiobook · female-author · lgbtq · dark-academia · romance · feminism · young-adult · action-adventure · literary · classics · south-east-europe
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E.B. White
241 ratings 4.15 ·
classics · literary · fiction · literary-fiction · fantasy · animals · children · book · young-adult · children-books · middle-grade · family · humor · coming-of-age · contemporary · 20th-century · action-adventure · friendship · audiobook · anthropomorphism
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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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Virgil
159 ratings 3.98 ·
fiction · adult · literary · classics · myths · fantasy · book · retellings · historical · ancient-civilization · epic · literary-fiction · roman-empire · historical-fiction · philosophy · drama · university · spirituality · action-adventure · audiobook
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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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Natasha Pulley
111 ratings 3.96 ·
fiction · fantasy · historical-fiction · adult · historical · lgbtq · mystery · action-adventure · paranormal · audiobook · book · supernatural · suspense · magical-realism · victorian · industrial-era · literary-fiction · gothic · mlm · female-author
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Marlon James
124 ratings 3.96 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · book · adult · dark · poc-mc · audiobook · lgbtq · fantasy · 21st-century · historical · magical-realism · historical-fiction · action-adventure · mystery · horror · black-mc · poc-author · dark-fantasy · male-author
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Sarah Addison Allen
238 ratings 3.92 ·
contemporary · fantasy · fiction · magical-realism · paranormal · womens-fiction · romance · magic · family · book · drama · female-author · audiobook · literary-fiction · supernatural · friendship · mystery · small-town · urban-fantasy · realistic
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Victor Pelevin
191 ratings 3.92 ·
contemporary · fiction · adult · book · philosophy · magical-realism · humor · literary-fiction · satire · fantasy · postmodernism · audiobook · 20th-century · low-fantasy · literary · classics · horror · politics · dystopia · 21st-century
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Mark Z. Danielewski
139 ratings 3.89 ·
literary-fiction · adult · fantasy · fiction · horror · book · postmodernism · contemporary · mystery · magical-realism · psychological · supernatural · male-author · 21st-century · paranormal · urban-fantasy · comedy · humor · action-adventure · epistolary
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Steven Millhauser
214 ratings 3.83 ·- Invaders: 22 Tales from the Outer Limits of Literature by Steven Millhauser
- Voices in the Night: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Steven Millhauser
- The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows by Steven Millhauser
- The Best American Short Stories 2012 by Steven Millhauser
- The Secret History of Fantasy by Steven Millhauser
fiction · adult · anthologies · fantasy · literary-fiction · contemporary · horror · magical-realism · classics · literary · supernatural · low-fantasy · mystery · satire · paranormal · witches-wizards · humor · audiobook · action-adventure · 21st-century
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Alice Hoffman
981 ratings 3.81 ·
fiction · magical-realism · fantasy · book · audiobook · literary-fiction · family · female-author · paranormal · magic · drama · womens-fiction · coming-of-age · supernatural · contemporary · young-adult · historical-fiction · romance · mystery · adult
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Martin Millar
104 ratings 3.78 ·
humor · fiction · fantasy · book · urban-fantasy · magical-realism · contemporary · literary-fiction · adult · male-author · paranormal · low-fantasy · 20th-century · supernatural · young-adult · magic · fae · action-adventure · romance · comedy
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Diane Setterfield
115 ratings 3.76 ·
book · fantasy · fiction · suspense · family · paranormal · historical · 21st-century · audiobook · historical-fiction · dark · drama · gothic · literary-fiction · female-author · mystery · magical-realism · supernatural · fairy-tale · grief
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Robin Sloan
111 ratings 3.75 ·
book · action-adventure · fiction · mystery · audiobook · literary-fiction · fantasy · contemporary · paranormal · urban-fantasy · magic · adult · magical-realism · humor · comedy · suspense · technology · low-fantasy · realistic · young-adult
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Michael Chabon
585 ratings 3.73 ·- Stormbringer by Michael Chabon
- Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases by Michael Chabon
- Pops: Fatherhood In Pieces by Michael Chabon
- Michael Chabon's the Escapist: Amazing Adventures by Michael Chabon
- Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation by Michael Chabon
fiction · adult · anthologies · literary-fiction · fantasy · action-adventure · audiobook · horror · humor · mystery · classics · literary · contemporary · book · 21st-century · historical-fiction · male-author · magical-realism · historical · supernatural
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Karen Russell
209 ratings 3.65 ·
fiction · anthologies · horror · adult · literary-fiction · fantasy · contemporary · magical-realism · audiobook · supernatural · female-author · humor · mystery · 21st-century · paranormal · dark · low-fantasy · young-adult · historical-fiction · classics
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Scarlett Thomas
134 ratings 3.54 ·
fiction · book · female-author · action-adventure · young-adult · contemporary · literary-fiction · fantasy · mystery · female-mc · audiobook · 21st-century · magical-realism · suspense · drama · adult · psychological · friendship · philosophical · paranormal
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Jason Mott
120 ratings 3.54 ·
fiction · audiobook · contemporary · literary-fiction · paranormal · fantasy · supernatural · mystery · horror · book · adult · family · young-adult · anthologies · female-mc · magical-realism · suspense · hispanic · death · poc-author
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Helen Oyeyemi
198 ratings 3.41 ·
fiction · magical-realism · fantasy · literary-fiction · poc-mc · book · contemporary · adult · female-author · poc-author · 21st-century · horror · magic · lgbtq · supernatural · low-fantasy · myths · audiobook · retellings · coming-of-age
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