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R.D. Brady
141 ratings 4.29 ·
fiction · action-adventure · adult · book · suspense · paranormal · mystery · female-mc · supernatural · literary-fiction · urban-fantasy · epic · political-intrigue · psychics · conspiracies · alternate-history · pulp · angels · travel · urban
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John O'Brien
184 ratings 4.27 ·
apocalyptic · post-apocalyptic · fiction · adult · horror · action-adventure · book · zombies · monsters · sci-fi · audiobook · military · suspense · epic · literary-fiction · dystopia · drama · near-future · dark · vampires
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Louise Penny
685 ratings 4.22 ·
book · crime · suspense · contemporary · adult · fiction · murder · audiobook · whodunit · thriller · mystery · cozy · law-enforcement · killer · police-procedural · 21st-century · female-author · literary-fiction · family · drama
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Ronald H. Balson
145 ratings 4.19 ·
20th-century · book · historical-fiction · ww2 · historical · fiction · literary-fiction · adult · violent-conflict · audiobook · mystery · family · investigator · war · suspense · religion · spirituality · legal · crime · drama
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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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Nicole Trope
113 ratings 4.11 ·
book · fiction · psychological · adult · contemporary · suspense · female-mc · crime · mystery · literary-fiction · thriller · family · domestic-drama · breakup · audiobook · dark · friendship · drama · sad · killer
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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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Diane Chamberlain
647 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · womens-fiction · audiobook · book · mystery · family · drama · adult · contemporary · suspense · female-mc · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · romance · female-author · realistic · crime · psychological · secrets · friendship
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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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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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Ellen Marie Wiseman
150 ratings 3.99 ·
historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · fiction · book · family · literary-fiction · drama · coming-of-age · mystery · psychological · female-author · 20th-century · suspense · young-adult · action-adventure · abuse · womens-fiction · violent-conflict · survival
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John Hart
160 ratings 3.99 ·
adult · fiction · psychological · audiobook · killer · family · suspense · crime · drama · thriller · mystery · book · murder · contemporary · literary-fiction · law-enforcement · action-adventure · dark · abuse · southern-gothic
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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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Emily Bleeker
173 ratings 3.96 ·
book · fiction · audiobook · family · contemporary · suspense · female-mc · adult · mystery · psychological · literary-fiction · drama · thriller · realistic · romance · crime · womens-fiction · grief · coming-of-age · abuse
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Natasha Pulley
111 ratings 3.96 ·
fiction · fantasy · historical-fiction · adult · historical · lgbtq · mystery · action-adventure · paranormal · audiobook · book · supernatural · suspense · magical-realism · victorian · industrial-era · literary-fiction · gothic · mlm · female-author
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Natalie Barelli
173 ratings 3.96 ·
psychological · fiction · adult · thriller · crime · book · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · female-mc · literary-fiction · mystery · drama · murder · domestic-drama · revenge · cheating · action-adventure · family · plot-twist
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Lyndsay Faye
132 ratings 3.92 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · crime · adult · audiobook · suspense · historical · book · murder · female-author · victorian · action-adventure · lgbtq · literary-fiction · industrial-era · urban · law-enforcement · thriller · killer
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Fred Vargas
218 ratings 3.90 ·
book · fiction · murder · mystery · thriller · adult · crime · law-enforcement · noir · audiobook · contemporary · police-procedural · suspense · literary-fiction · 21st-century · supernatural · female-author · 20th-century · europe · ghosts
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Pam Jenoff
272 ratings 3.89 ·
war · fiction · historical-fiction · 20th-century · historical · violent-conflict · ww2 · adult · book · womens-fiction · audiobook · action-adventure · literary-fiction · drama · mystery · family · suspense · romance · female-mc · female-author
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Heather Gudenkauf
264 ratings 3.88 ·
contemporary · suspense · fiction · psychological · audiobook · crime · book · mystery · drama · literary-fiction · thriller · family · murder · female-mc · adult · killer · small-town · realistic · young-adult · abuse
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Stuart Turton
131 ratings 3.88 ·
horror · adult · mystery · fiction · supernatural · magical-realism · suspense · book · paranormal · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · crime · murder · action-adventure · killer · dark · gothic · spooky
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Sarah Jio
222 ratings 3.87 ·
adult · fiction · audiobook · historical-fiction · womens-fiction · romance · book · literary-fiction · suspense · female-mc · mystery · historical · family · drama · 20th-century · ww2 · action-adventure · friendship · sad · contemporary
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Paul Cleave
118 ratings 3.82 ·
fiction · crime · thriller · book · suspense · audiobook · mystery · serial-killers · adult · murder · literary-fiction · killer · law-enforcement · horror · psychological · contemporary · police-procedural · oceania · new-zealand · young-adult
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John le Carré
695 ratings 3.82 ·
espionage · political-intrigue · fiction · adult · thriller · suspense · crime · book · action-adventure · audiobook · politics · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · contemporary · war · violent-conflict · 20th-century · classics · literary · cold-war
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Diane Setterfield
115 ratings 3.76 ·
book · fantasy · fiction · suspense · family · paranormal · historical · 21st-century · audiobook · historical-fiction · dark · drama · gothic · literary-fiction · female-author · mystery · magical-realism · supernatural · fairy-tale · grief
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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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Denis Johnson
204 ratings 3.69 ·
literary-fiction · fiction · adult · mystery · book · audiobook · contemporary · suspense · dark · drama · 20th-century · psychological · 21st-century · crime · cults · transgressive-mc · literary · classics · male-author · spirituality
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