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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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Caimh McDonnell
117 ratings 4.32 ·
adult · crime · fiction · mystery · book · contemporary · humor · audiobook · police-procedural · law-enforcement · dark-humor · literary-fiction · male-author · comedy · suspense · thriller · action-adventure · hard-boiled · noir · pulp
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Rachael Lucas
132 ratings 4.20 ·
fiction · romance · book · contemporary · adult · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · humor · holidays · spirituality · christian · new-adult · family · animals · literary · classics · female-mc · audiobook · female-author · season-winter
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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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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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Lindsey Hart
258 ratings 4.17 ·
fiction · adult · contemporary · humor · billionaire · literary-fiction · romance · book · literary · classics · anthologies · comedy · female-mc · urban · satire · steamy · drama · fake-relationship · enemies-to-lovers · spirituality
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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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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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Maddie Dawson
167 ratings 3.94 ·
contemporary · womens-fiction · fiction · female-mc · family · adult · romance · audiobook · book · humor · realistic · literary-fiction · breakup · domestic-drama · drama · magical-realism · friendship · female-author · comedy · urban
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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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Jenny Oliver
120 ratings 3.91 ·
fiction · contemporary · womens-fiction · adult · humor · book · romance · family · holidays · female-mc · literary-fiction · audiobook · season-summer · action-adventure · urban · season-winter · female-author · journey · mystery · psychological
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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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Alexander McCall Smith
1512 ratings 3.86 ·- The Stellar Debut of Galactica Macfee by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Perfect Passion Company by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Private Life of Spies and the Exquisite Art of Getting Even: Stories by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Enigma of Garlic: 44 Scotland Street Series by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Joy and Light Bus Company by Alexander McCall Smith
fiction · audiobook · humor · mystery · contemporary · book · adult · cozy · literary-fiction · crime · female-mc · law-enforcement · womens-fiction · drama · satire · family · comedy · realistic · friendship · philosophy
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Angela Thirkell
156 ratings 3.85 ·
fiction · humor · adult · historical-fiction · classics · literary · book · historical · audiobook · romance · literary-fiction · 20th-century · family · cozy · religion · epic · spirituality · urban · female-mc · female-author
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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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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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Augusten Burroughs
283 ratings 3.81 ·- Toil & Trouble by Augusten Burroughs
- Lust & Wonder by Augusten Burroughs
- This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike. by Augusten Burroughs
- You Better Not Cry: True Stories For Christmas by Augusten Burroughs
- A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs
literary-fiction · adult · humor · comedy · lgbtq · fiction · psychological · male-author · dark-humor · audiobook · realistic · book · satire · contemporary
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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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Steve Almond
116 ratings 3.76 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · adult · contemporary · humor · book · anthologies · romance · realistic · coming-of-age · historical-fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · mystery · crime · suspense · young-adult · action-adventure · epistolary · steamy
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Edward St. Aubyn
172 ratings 3.75 ·
audiobook · book · contemporary · fiction · humor · adult · literary-fiction · male-author · literary · family · classics · mental-illness · satire · bildungsroman · drama · substance-abuse · 21st-century · realistic · 20th-century · psychological
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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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Miriam Toews
168 ratings 3.73 ·
literary-fiction · audiobook · fiction · contemporary · humor · book · female-author · family · 21st-century · coming-of-age · realistic · adult · female-mc · drama · feminism · mental-illness · spirituality · religion · christian · historical-fiction
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David Nicholls
153 ratings 3.71 ·
romance · fiction · humor · literary-fiction · contemporary · book · womens-fiction · drama · audiobook · comedy · 21st-century · male-author · family · coming-of-age · adult · historical-fiction · friendship · season-summer · young-adult · realistic
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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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Jonathan Coe
252 ratings 3.69 ·
fiction · book · adult · literary-fiction · audiobook · humor · 20th-century · drama · contemporary · comedy · 21st-century · historical-fiction · family · mystery · satire · historical · male-author · politics · classics · literary
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Kathleen Tessaro
106 ratings 3.62 ·
adult · womens-fiction · fiction · romance · historical-fiction · book · humor · female-mc · family · literary-fiction · female-author · historical · drama · mystery · urban · friendship · new-adult · 20th-century · contemporary · domestic-drama
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Douglas Coupland
362 ratings 3.59 ·- The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present by Douglas Coupland
- Worst. Person. Ever. by Douglas Coupland
- Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People by Douglas Coupland
- Player One: What Is to Become of Us (CBC Massey Lectures) by Douglas Coupland
- Darwin's Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow by Douglas Coupland
literary-fiction · fiction · contemporary · humor · book · comedy · satire · postmodernism · drama · adult · realistic · philosophical · 21st-century · male-author · young-adult · dystopia · coming-of-age · 20th-century · spirituality · audiobook
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