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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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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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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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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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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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Suzanne Redfearn
128 ratings 4.06 ·
fiction · contemporary · family · audiobook · suspense · female-mc · book · friendship · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · crime · mystery · action-adventure · drama · romance · adult · coming-of-age · young-adult · new-adult · death
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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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Kate Morton
246 ratings 3.99 ·
family · suspense · book · gothic · literary-fiction · fiction · womens-fiction · mystery · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · 20th-century · adult · crime · drama · female-author · secrets · realistic · murder · romance
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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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Jane Harper
176 ratings 3.97 ·
suspense · book · adult · crime · murder · mystery · fiction · whodunit · family · contemporary · thriller · female-author · journey · drama · psychological · audiobook · killer · law-enforcement · death · action-adventure
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Fannie Flagg
272 ratings 3.95 ·
friendship · historical-fiction · female-mc · fiction · book · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · humor · family · audiobook · female-author · adult · realistic · drama · comedy · small-town · historical · epic · mystery · coming-of-age
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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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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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Gail Tsukiyama
150 ratings 3.91 ·
historical-fiction · historical · fiction · literary-fiction · female-author · book · poc-mc · drama · family · poc-author · friendship · adult · 20th-century · violent-conflict · ww2 · audiobook · war · womens-fiction · action-adventure · journey
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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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Rachel Joyce
172 ratings 3.89 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · family · grief · contemporary · book · womens-fiction · female-author · adult · audiobook · friendship · mystery · humor · mental-illness · action-adventure · realistic · drama · female-mc · suicide · aging
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Jojo Moyes
595 ratings 3.89 ·
romance · womens-fiction · fiction · audiobook · book · drama · female-mc · literary-fiction · realistic · family · friendship · contemporary · female-author · historical-fiction · adult · young-adult · humor · historical · coming-of-age · mystery
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Elizabeth Strout
321 ratings 3.84 ·
literary-fiction · audiobook · fiction · female-author · family · 21st-century · realistic · marriage · contemporary · drama · womens-fiction · mental-illness · adult · book · historical-fiction · friendship · small-town · female-mc · grief · death
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Christina Baker Kline
203 ratings 3.84 ·
fiction · family · literary-fiction · drama · womens-fiction · book · friendship · adult · realistic · audiobook · historical-fiction · female-mc · contemporary · historical · domestic-drama · coming-of-age · female-author · action-adventure · usa · mystery
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Katherine Reay
158 ratings 3.83 ·
audiobook · spirituality · female-mc · fiction · christian · family · romance · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · book · contemporary · drama · historical-fiction · friendship · mystery · realistic · adult · religion · retellings · young-adult
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Maeve Binchy
671 ratings 3.82 ·
fiction · adult · womens-fiction · romance · family · literary-fiction · contemporary · friendship · audiobook · drama · female-mc · female-author · realistic · book · anthologies · historical-fiction · humor · epic · 20th-century · journey
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Kevin Kwan
182 ratings 3.82 ·
female-mc · romance · contemporary · family · fiction · humor · book · season-summer · young-adult · audiobook · new-adult · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · realistic · satire · poc-author · male-author · friendship · poc-mc · drama
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Marisa de los Santos
173 ratings 3.81 ·
book · family · audiobook · fiction · contemporary · realistic · friendship · 21st-century · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · female-mc · romance · mystery · domestic-drama · female-author · drama · adult · coming-of-age · young-adult · season-summer
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Lorna Landvik
172 ratings 3.71 ·
book · humor · fiction · adult · contemporary · womens-fiction · family · friendship · literary-fiction · audiobook · drama · psychological · romance · realistic · small-town · historical-fiction · female-mc · 21st-century · north-america · 20th-century
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Elizabeth Berg
582 ratings 3.69 ·
fiction · audiobook · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · family · book · adult · contemporary · realistic · drama · friendship · female-mc · female-author · romance · epic · historical-fiction · marriage · psychological · coming-of-age · grief
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