Madeline Miller
4.25 · 764 ratings
audiobook · fantasy · historical · abuse · betrayal · secret child · misogyny · non-trad-hea · europe · greece · ancient times · death · magic · angst · rape · sweet-hero · war · first-person-pov · lgbtqia hate · open-door
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Jasmine Mas
3.97 · 1451 ratings
paranormal · possessive hero · warrior-heroine · non-human-hero · fantasy · forced proximity · humor · queer · bisexual · m-m-m · gifted heroine · alpha male · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · graphic-violence · dual-pov · strong heroine · dangerous heroine · bad boys · m-m-f
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Liv Zander
3.93 · 1012 ratings
dual-pov · dub-con · child-death · vengeance · high fantasy · disabilities and marks · bdsm · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · past-abuse · cruel hero · caretaking · abuse-non-mc · mental-trauma · dark · graphic-violence · abuse-mc · anal sex · cold hero · consensual-non-con
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Penn Cole
4.15 · 609 ratings
new adult · paranormal · fantasy · magic · gifted heroine · from hate to love · royalty · competent heroine · political-intrigue · audiobook · m-f · betrayal · found-family · mystery · forced proximity · death · tall-heroine · disabilities and marks · high fantasy · angst
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Rebecca Quinn
4.03 · 539 ratings
age difference · death · queer · alpha male · competent heroine · military · primal-play · dystopian · found-family · first-person-pov · dual-pov · survival · forced proximity · usa · bisexual · m-m-m · slut-shaming · betrayal · audiobook · possessive hero
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Robin LaFevers
4.04 · 336 ratings
royalty · young adult · paranormal · audiobook · fantasy · historical · magic · medieval · france · gifted heroine · abuse · western-central-europe · suspense · m-f · europe · mystery · dangerous heroine · death · length-long · strong heroine
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S.E. Hinton
4.02 · 291 ratings
young adult · slow burn · suspense · sweet-hero · found-family · survival · oklahoma · length-novella · audiobook · m-f · north-america · small town · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · abuse · substance abuse · angst · vengeance · bisexual · high-school
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Delia Owens
4.05 · 287 ratings
mystery · third-person-pov · age difference · non-trad-hea · 20th century · independent heroine · poor heroine · death · historical · love triangle · length-long · other-man-woman · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma · usa · north-carolina · second chances · open-door · friends to lovers
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Emily Brontë
3.65 · 258 ratings
abuse · england · insta-love · united-kingdom · torture-mcs · british-isles · mental-trauma · dark · tortured heroine · non-hea · torture-scs · abuse-mc · first-person-pov · caretaking · victorian · cruel hero · terminal-illness · glimpses-kisses · possessive hero · grovel
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Gail Honeyman
4.12 · 234 ratings
glimpses-kisses · contemporary · europe · suicide · sweet-hero · audiobook · survival · neurodivergent · suspense · office · competent heroine · cold heroine · found-family · grumpy sunshine · slow burn · fatphobia · working class heroine · abuse · child-death · angst
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Mary Shelley
3.89 · 163 ratings
historical · non-hea · tortured hero · magic · regency · science fiction · angst · vengeance · dystopian · friends to lovers · suspense · third-person-pov · paranormal · young adult · contemporary · suicide · m-f · betrayal · urban fantasy · male-pov
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Leo Tolstoy
3.87 · 141 ratings
war · east-europe · victorian · suicide · audiobook · europe · fantasy · non-trad-hea · cheating · dark · historical · non-hea · death · love triangle · other-man-woman · betrayal · russia
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Frankie Diane Mallis
4.20 · 129 ratings
new adult · magic · fantasy · audiobook · forbidden love · high fantasy · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · ancient times · historical · m-f · paranormal · abuse · military · aristocratic heroine · height-difference · first-person-pov · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · torture-mcs
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Gaston Leroux
3.95 · 118 ratings
childfree-couple · shy-hero · dark · abuse · mental-trauma · arranged marriage · shy heroine · horror · other-man-woman · victorian · cruel hero · first-person-pov · teacher-hero · historical · love triangle · poor heroine · 20th century · death · virgin heroine · past-abuse
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Kaliane Bradley
3.65 · 109 ratings
urban fantasy · futuristic · independent heroine · sweet-hero · war · non-trad-hea · misogyny · southeast-asian-mc · humor · forced proximity · nerdy-hero · mystery · fantasy · shy-hero · childfree-couple · length-medium · open-door · military · historical · first-person-pov
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Jaysea Lynn
4.41 · 88 ratings
demons · nerdy-hero · friends to lovers · creative-anatomy · sweet heroine · curvy heroine · angst · double-penetration · victim-blaming · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · self harm · sweet-hero · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · disabilities and marks · fatphobia · suicide · angels · strong heroine
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Kylie Lee Baker
3.89 · 73 ratings
fantasy · dark · paranormal · young adult · audiobook · horror · historical · magic · child-death · strong heroine · urban fantasy · survival · sweet-hero · class difference · victim-blaming · high fantasy · china · substance abuse · abduction · dystopian
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Penny Jessup
3.50 · 71 ratings
queer · bisexual · forbidden love · lgbtqia hate · royalty · past-child-neglect · m-m · queer-awakening · shapeshifters · contemporary · alpha male · audiobook · found-family · suspense · paranormal · young adult · non-trad-hea · fantasy · forced proximity · mystery
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Shannon Chakraborty
4.18 · 70 ratings
found-family · m-f · audiobook · multicultural · strong heroine · secret child · paranormal · competent heroine · religious-trauma · single-mother · high fantasy · mature couple · tall-heroine · historical · magic · length-long · first-person-pov · death · behind-doors · pirates
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Kelly Cove
4.07 · 69 ratings
possessive hero · war · past-sexual-abuse · non-human-hero · abuse-non-mc · dark · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · past-abuse · rape · tortured hero · vengeance · strong heroine · dual-pov · witches · independent heroine · fated-mates · fantasy
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Douglas Stuart
4.41 · 62 ratings
non-trad-hea · alcoholism · historical · death · scotland · past-child-neglect · working class hero · child-sexual-abuse · length-medium · open-door · lgbtqia hate · dark · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · mental illness · forbidden love · abuse · queer · graphic-violence · queer-awakening
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Kara Reynolds
4.35 · 61 ratings
sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · independent heroine · war · possessive hero · non-trad-hea · cold hero · medieval · misogyny · forced proximity · fantasy · childfree-couple · shy-hero · curvy heroine · mental-trauma · abuse-non-mc · arranged marriage · past-sexual-abuse · open-door · past-abuse
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Lily
4.29 · 57 ratings
demons · boss & employee · nerdy-hero · queer · angst · high fantasy · virgin hero · m-m · queer-awakening · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · past-child-abuse · sweet-hero · betrayal · grumpy sunshine · young adult · slow burn · commander · third-person-pov · paranormal
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Kathryn Colvin
3.91 · 54 ratings
angst · forbidden love · vengeance · fae · england · gifted heroine · disabilities and marks · height-difference · alpha male · m-f · audiobook · pagan · urban fantasy · paranormal · competent heroine · slow burn · suspense · strong heroine · cold hero · age difference
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Emerald_Slytherin
4.45 · 41 ratings
fighters · graphic-violence · dark · from hate to love · vengeance · angst · abuse-mc · england · torture-scs · new adult · abuse · explicit-plentiful · disabilities and marks · gifted heroine · survival · found-family · dual-pov · m-f · suicide · strong heroine
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S.F. Williamson
3.83 · 37 ratings
friends to lovers · slow burn · young adult · audiobook · multicultural · m-f · black-mc · sweet-hero · death · historical · urban fantasy · magic · first-person-pov · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · class difference · hurt-comfort · war · non-hea · length-long
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Fallon English
3.79 · 27 ratings
sweet-hero · reverse harem · grovel · dual-pov · found-family · contemporary · poly · m-f · hurt-comfort · grumpy sunshine · europe · somnophilia · alpha male · sunny hero · super rich hero · boss & employee · royalty · secret-relationship · creative-anatomy · sassy heroine
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Hwang DoTol
4.16 · 24 ratings
behind-doors · arranged marriage · insta-love · sweet heroine · mental illness · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma · length-medium · magic · historical · graphic-violence · death · other-man-woman · caretaking · aristocratic heroine · career professional · war · past-abuse · first-person-pov · cheerful heroine
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Natasha Wild
4.03 · 20 ratings
forced proximity · third-person-pov · cheating · slow burn · commander · political-intrigue · m-f · alpha male · audiobook · slut-shaming · dual-pov · highlander · height-difference · angst · sweet heroine · from hate to love · british-isles · explicit-open-door · arranged marriage · united-kingdom
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