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Mira Jacob
61 ratings 4.13 ·
historical-fiction · literary-fiction · poc-author · grief · book · realistic · death · poc-mc · audiobook · historical · coming-of-age · magical-realism · fiction · season-summer · action-adventure · family · female-author · mystery · adult · drama
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Hala Alyan
43 ratings 4.05 ·
historical-fiction · violent-conflict · audiobook · poc-mc · historical · fiction · adult · journey · drama · literary-fiction · war · grief · book · action-adventure · family · poc-author · 21st-century · friendship · spirituality · lgbtq
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Hanya Yanagihara
89 ratings 4.00 ·
21st-century · audiobook · female-author · drama · literary-fiction · fiction · lgbtq · book · poc-author · family · historical · poc-mc · historical-fiction · dark · new-york-state · adult · abuse · urban · grief · mental-illness
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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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Val Emmich
58 ratings 3.85 ·
fiction · audiobook · young-adult · family · contemporary · grief · book · realistic · drama · literary-fiction · lgbtq · romance · friendship · coming-of-age · north-america · womens-fiction · female-mc · psychological · humor · usa
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John Corey Whaley
74 ratings 3.82 ·
humor · teens · fiction · audiobook · friendship · high-school · family · young-adult · mental-illness · contemporary · realistic · book · male-mc · coming-of-age · lgbtq · literary-fiction · drama · death · grief · middle-grade
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Matthew Quick
213 ratings 3.82 ·
audiobook · fiction · contemporary · drama · book · mental-illness · friendship · family · young-adult · realistic · grief · death · literary-fiction · humor · coming-of-age · male-author · psychological · sad · high-school · bullying
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Kate Racculia
58 ratings 3.78 ·
death · audiobook · friendship · mystery · fiction · literary-fiction · female-author · realistic · book · contemporary · family · killer · horror · humor · lgbtq · female-mc · supernatural · gothic · ghosts · grief
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Anne Michaels
48 ratings 3.75 ·
fiction · book · 20th-century · grief · action-adventure · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · ww2 · historical · audiobook · drama · literary-fiction · female-author · war · realistic · cats · children · middle-grade · literary · young-adult
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Patricia Lockwood
66 ratings 3.74 ·
literary-fiction · fantasy · grief · contemporary · disability · book · death · dystopia · 21st-century · realistic · audiobook · feminism · philosophy · sad · satire · politics · technology · female-mc · fiction · family
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Lee Woodruff
40 ratings 3.73 ·
grief · literary-fiction · adult · drama · womens-fiction · death · family · book · female-mc · contemporary · fiction
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Clarissa Goenawan
33 ratings 3.67 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · book · contemporary · audiobook · poc-mc · mystery · magical-realism · journey · drama · female-author · realistic · grief · suspense · action-adventure · family · young-adult · poc-author · death · magic
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Kaui Hart Hemmings
56 ratings 3.59 ·
audiobook · female-mc · fiction · adult · literary-fiction · contemporary · book · family · death · humor · female-author · womens-fiction · drama · grief · season-winter · historical-fiction · substance-abuse · 21st-century · friendship · usa
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Daisy Johnson
80 ratings 3.59 ·
horror · gothic · audiobook · fiction · adult · literary-fiction · female-author · contemporary · 21st-century · mystery · lgbtq · fantasy · grief · realistic · coming-of-age · anthologies · magical-realism · myths · fairy-tale · family
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Brandon Hobson
60 ratings 3.57 ·
poc-mc · fiction · indigenous-mc · audiobook · young-adult · poc-author · mental-illness · book · realistic · grief · myths · mystery · magical-realism · literary-fiction · fantasy · social-commentary · historical-fiction · horror · retellings · usa
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Paul Harding
54 ratings 3.48 ·
family · book · literary-fiction · fiction · audiobook · contemporary · grief · adult · drama · psychological · 21st-century · historical-fiction · death · philosophical · mental-illness · classics · young-adult · literary · philosophy · 20th-century
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Lolly Winston
56 ratings 3.46 ·
fiction · family · female-mc · romance · adult · womens-fiction · book · contemporary · audiobook · angst · drama · literary-fiction · female-author · realistic · grief · friendship · cheating · humor · psychological · domestic-drama
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