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Dominique Lapierre
94 ratings 4.26 ·
poverty · social-commentary · literary-fiction · adult · drama · classics · urban · action-adventure · family · fiction · literary · christian · religion · historical · spirituality · historical-fiction · 20th-century · book
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Yaa Gyasi
98 ratings 4.25 ·
historical-fiction · poc-mc · audiobook · 21st-century · fiction · female-author · social-commentary · literary-fiction · adult · journey · drama · book · realistic · feminism · racism · coming-of-age · family · poc-author · substance-abuse · violent-conflict
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Kiese Laymon
64 ratings 4.23 ·
poc-author · sci-fi · literary-fiction · social-commentary · fiction · young-adult · action-adventure · humor · magical-realism · male-author · coming-of-age · poc-mc · audiobook · book · realistic · satire · time-travel · historical-fiction · black-mc · contemporary
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Vivek Shraya
64 ratings 4.03 ·
social-commentary · female-author · trans-mc · drama · literary-fiction · poc-author · female-mc · lgbtq · fiction · young-adult · friendship · audiobook · feminism · poc-mc · contemporary · racism · book · realistic
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Buchi Emecheta
53 ratings 4.00 ·
book · fiction · female-author · literary-fiction · adult · 20th-century · classics · literary · historical-fiction · journey · feminism · action-adventure · poc-author · historical · university · social-commentary · drama · coming-of-age · poc-mc · sci-fi
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Imbolo Mbue
65 ratings 3.95 ·
politics · book · realistic · poverty · poc-author · family · action-adventure · 21st-century · audiobook · poc-mc · historical-fiction · journey · drama · literary-fiction · social-commentary · female-author · fiction · coming-of-age · marriage · religion
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Susan Glaspell
45 ratings 3.93 ·
literary · feminism · female-author · classics · fiction · historical-fiction · book · literary-fiction · adult · audiobook · historical · 20th-century · social-commentary · high-school · killer · university · drama · mystery · marriage · death
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez
66 ratings 3.92 ·
fiction · book · poc-author · audiobook · poc-mc · historical · black-mc · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · adult · racism · realistic · family · civil-war · violent-conflict · slavery · social-commentary · female-mc · feminism · grief
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Jerome Lawrence
50 ratings 3.92 ·
drama · historical-fiction · 20th-century · book · philosophy · high-school · politics · historical · classics · young-adult · fiction · literary · social-commentary · literary-fiction · realistic · christian · male-author · legal · religion · evolution
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Helen Simonson
74 ratings 3.86 ·
friendship · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · adult · drama · fiction · romance · book · historical · audiobook · cozy · 21st-century · death · social-commentary · female-author · humor · mystery · womens-fiction · feminism · 20th-century
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John Dos Passos
98 ratings 3.84 ·
classics · literary · 20th-century · adult · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · book · literary-fiction · ww1 · violent-conflict · politics · social-commentary · war · audiobook · epic · male-author · action-adventure · family · satire
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Hillary Jordan
67 ratings 3.80 ·
female-author · literary-fiction · fiction · audiobook · young-adult · family · religion · sci-fi · book · social-commentary · crime · drama · mystery · lgbtq · friendship · spirituality · survival · multi-pov · slavery · steamy
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Patricia Ingham
72 ratings 3.78 ·
book · industrial-era · literary · classics · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · adult · victorian · fiction · male-author · social-commentary · coming-of-age · religion · feminism · philosophy · marriage · bildungsroman · satire
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Attica Locke
101 ratings 3.73 ·
poc-author · book · suspense · mystery · fiction · thriller · female-author · literary-fiction · adult · crime · black-mc · law-enforcement · poc-mc · audiobook · racism · murder · killer · historical-fiction · historical · family
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Tsitsi Dangarembga
52 ratings 3.69 ·
feminism · book · literary · classics · audiobook · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · journey · female-author · fiction · female-mc · politics · coming-of-age · colonization · bildungsroman · poc-author · mental-illness · young-adult · action-adventure · historical
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Mat Johnson
77 ratings 3.66 ·
fiction · book · literary-fiction · adult · social-commentary · satire · contemporary · racism · poc-author · poc-mc · humor · mystery · realistic · urban · action-adventure · family · male-author · audiobook · 21st-century · comedy
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Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
54 ratings 3.59 ·
black-mc · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · poc-mc · fiction · adult · literary-fiction · book · family · poc-author · female-mc · social-commentary · female-author · racism · ww2 · slavery · survival · 21st-century · usa
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Christina Dalcher
67 ratings 3.59 ·
suspense · feminism · contemporary · sci-fi · family · audiobook · dystopia · dark · horror · mystery · fiction · female-mc · politics · book · post-apocalyptic · alternate-history · 21st-century · literary-fiction · adult · social-commentary
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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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Maria Semple
106 ratings 3.46 ·
female-author · realistic · book · satire · contemporary · marriage · family · audiobook · 21st-century · humor · comedy · fiction · literary-fiction · drama · womens-fiction · season-summer · young-adult · mental-illness · friendship · female-mc
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