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Cecelia Mecca
217 ratings 4.43 ·
adult · fiction · historical · medieval · book · ancient-civilization · steamy · romance · action-adventure · historical-fiction · british-isles · scotland · united-kingdom · literary-fiction · europe · female-mc · audiobook · paranormal · forced-proximity · enemies-to-lovers
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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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Santiago Posteguillo
166 ratings 4.42 ·
historical-fiction · literary-fiction · book · fiction · audiobook · adult · historical · roman-empire · romance · ancient-civilization · epic · romantic-love · politics
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Ellie Midwood
119 ratings 4.39 ·
adult · fiction · book · 20th-century · historical · historical-fiction · ww2 · violent-conflict · war · literary-fiction · romance · epic · realistic · audiobook · dark · drama · abuse · urban · politics · religion
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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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Barbara Hinske
103 ratings 4.34 ·
adult · fiction · literary-fiction · female-mc · book · contemporary · audiobook · epic · womens-fiction · crime · cozy · romance · family · mystery · breakup · domestic-drama · urban · new-adult · holidays · friendship
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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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Richard Wagamese
136 ratings 4.28 ·
poc-mc · indigenous-mc · fiction · literary-fiction · book · audiobook · historical-fiction · adult · poc-author · drama · realistic · contemporary · historical · abuse · grief · coming-of-age · male-author · magical-realism · family · horror
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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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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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Roberta Kagan
157 ratings 4.20 ·
historical-fiction · book · adult · fiction · historical · 20th-century · ww2 · literary-fiction · war · violent-conflict · romance · family · suspense · germany · drama · europe · spirituality · audiobook · western-central-europe · christian
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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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Irvin D. Yalom
293 ratings 4.19 ·
philosophy · fiction · book · audiobook · literary-fiction · adult · drama · psychological · 20th-century · mental-illness · classics · personal-growth · literary · existentialism · spirituality · historical-fiction · philosophical · contemporary · historical · supernatural
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Jan Karon
410 ratings 4.19 ·
book · family · spirituality · christian · fiction · religious · realistic · contemporary · audiobook · humor · womens-fiction · religion · small-town · adult · literary-fiction · cozy · female-author · drama · friendship · rural
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Lucinda Riley
454 ratings 4.17 ·
book · fiction · drama · romance · womens-fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · family · mystery · historical · adult · literary-fiction · female-author · action-adventure · 20th-century · female-mc · secrets · young-adult · realistic · royalty
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Catherine Ryan Hyde
686 ratings 4.17 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · family · audiobook · contemporary · drama · womens-fiction · book · coming-of-age · friendship · young-adult · realistic · female-mc · adult · anthologies · lgbtq · romance · historical-fiction · animals · mental-illness
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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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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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Almudena Grandes
100 ratings 4.09 ·
book · adult · drama · literary-fiction · female-author · fiction · female-mc · urban · romance · coming-of-age · epic · 21st-century · family · suspense · historical · 20th-century · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · contemporary · industrial-era
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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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Pat Conroy
275 ratings 4.05 ·
historical-fiction · literary-fiction · fiction · coming-of-age · book · classics · literary · family · audiobook · drama · realistic · young-adult · epic · humor · mystery · contemporary · 20th-century · friendship · high-school · male-author
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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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Richard Preston
155 ratings 3.99 ·- Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come by Richard Preston
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fiction · literary-fiction · adult · horror · law-enforcement · political-intrigue · audiobook · mystery · crime · contemporary · suspense · action-adventure · anthologies · technothriller · medical · outdoors · dystopia · survival · dark · violent-conflict
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