William Faulkner
3.91 · 110 ratings
dark · contemporary · high-school · young adult · racism · mental illness · suspense · length-medium · historical · african-american · length-novella · black-mc · suicide · audiobook · 20th century · disabilities and marks · mystery
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Philip Pullman
4.05 · 463 ratings
mystery · fantasy · steampunk · audiobook · young adult · paranormal · strong heroine · witches · glimpses-kisses · war · horror · death · historical · length-medium · dark · magic · high-school · high fantasy · dystopian · found-family
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Ruta Sepetys
4.26 · 374 ratings
glimpses-kisses · 20th century · mystery · historical · young adult · audiobook · war · death · abuse · suspense · multicultural · high-school · length-medium · dark · military · new adult · dystopian · contemporary · length-long · class difference
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S.E. Hinton
4.03 · 292 ratings
nerdy-hero · shy-hero · abuse · substance abuse · angst · vengeance · bisexual · north-america · small town · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · sweet-hero · found-family · survival · oklahoma · length-novella · audiobook · m-f · young adult · slow burn
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Daniel Keyes
4.07 · 180 ratings
historical · neurodivergent · college · audiobook · behind-doors · young adult · dark · length-medium · tearjerkers · mystery · dystopian · abuse · disabilities and marks · futuristic · 20th century
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Sylvia Plath
4.18 · 139 ratings
high-school · mental illness · angst · suspense · dark · death · historical · audiobook · suicide · horror · new adult · length-short · 20th century · self harm · mystery · christmas · queer · abuse
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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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Gustave Flaubert
3.51 · 93 ratings
mental illness · high-school · fantasy · humor · europe · suicide · other-man-woman · victorian · contemporary · france · historical · love triangle · death · audiobook · dark · length-medium · western-central-europe · young adult
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Ernest Hemingway
3.77 · 89 ratings
high-school · black-mc · military · contemporary · length-novella · historical · fantasy · death · audiobook · 20th century · war · young adult
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Emma Cline
3.43 · 87 ratings
dark · suspense · historical · 20th century · young adult · length-medium · new adult · contemporary · abuse · audiobook · mystery
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Knut Krüger
3.84 · 82 ratings
high-school · young adult · suicide · mental illness · dark · length-medium · mystery · death · audiobook · contemporary
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Martha Brockenbrough
3.67 · 76 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · length-medium · young adult · contemporary · magic · suspense · high-school · black-mc · audiobook · multicultural · death · historical · african-american · urban fantasy · 20th century · war · forbidden love · mystery · male-pov
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Jasper Fforde
3.86 · 73 ratings
historical · magic · 20th century · futuristic · steampunk · war · shapeshifters · time travel · dystopian · mystery · fantasy · humor · vampires · suspense · heroine sleuth · paranormal · length-medium · high-school · young adult · strong heroine
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Jessica George
4.08 · 70 ratings
african-american · death · mental illness · humor · contemporary · multicultural · black-mc · new adult · racism · young adult · audiobook · length-medium
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Amber McBride
4.14 · 61 ratings
paranormal · length-medium · young adult · high-school · black-mc · contemporary · multicultural · african-american · magic · audiobook · death · mental illness · abuse · fantasy · mystery · racism · urban fantasy
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Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
4.17 · 59 ratings
dystopian · science fiction · f-f · queer · futuristic · horror · black-mc · contemporary · audiobook · african-american · survival · death · dark · suspense · length-medium · racism
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Alice Winn
4.64 · 53 ratings
historical · death · france · military · torture-mcs · cruel hero · jewish · high-school · mental-trauma · dark · length-medium · graphic-violence · anal sex · open-door · forced proximity · belgium · non-trad-hea · cold hero · war · alcoholism
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Francis Scott Fitzgerald
3.93 · 51 ratings
high-school · young adult · highlander · male-pov · 20th century · dark · mystery · historical · love triangle · suspense · death · fantasy · contemporary
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William Golding
3.69 · 51 ratings
mystery · science fiction · dystopian · high-school · male-pov · historical · suspense · young adult · contemporary · abuse · war · death · dark · 20th century
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William Hutson
3.77 · 45 ratings
urban fantasy · neurodivergent · multicultural · post-apocalyptic · new adult · length-short · dystopian · queer · high fantasy · f-f · fantasy · paranormal · dark · racism · young adult · black-mc · horror · audiobook · contemporary · historical
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Jonathan Snipes
3.77 · 45 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · f-f · queer · dystopian · high fantasy · new adult · length-short · post-apocalyptic · african-american · historical · contemporary · magic · horror · urban fantasy · young adult · neurodivergent · multicultural · racism · dark
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Micah Nemerever
3.99 · 39 ratings
suicide · animal-death · male-pov · 20th century · cold hero · jewish · past-sexual-abuse · behind-doors · abuse-non-mc · abuse-mc · dark · nerdy-hero · mental-trauma · death · length-long · non-hea · cruel hero · m-m · new adult · class difference
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Marcus Sedgwick
3.73 · 38 ratings
young adult · vampires · science fiction · time travel · vikings · dystopian · mystery · fantasy · europe · scandinavia · horror · audiobook · contemporary · historical · magic · urban fantasy · death · paranormal · suspense · dark
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Mishell Baker
3.86 · 34 ratings
suspense · fantasy · mystery · mental illness · bisexual · fae · science fiction · new adult · disabilities and marks · urban fantasy · magic · legends & fairy tales · suicide · length-long · contemporary · audiobook · young adult · paranormal · dark
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Lisa Heathfield
4.30 · 29 ratings
dark · length-medium · racism · young adult · mental illness · black-mc · contemporary · abuse · african-american · audiobook
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Jessica Ward
3.35 · 29 ratings
fantasy · suspense · dark · length-medium · young adult · mental illness · audiobook · contemporary · historical · mystery
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Leslye Penelope
4.16 · 27 ratings
science fiction · fantasy · mystery · 20th century · gifted heroine · north-america · black-mc · audiobook · african-american · historical · urban fantasy · magic · paranormal · length-medium · usa · young adult
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Lucy Sanna
3.40 · 24 ratings
suspense · dark · 20th century · length-medium · young adult · war · audiobook · contemporary · mystery · historical
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Sarah Hollowell
3.92 · 20 ratings
dark · suspense · length-medium · paranormal · young adult · contemporary · audiobook · horror · death · neurodivergent · survival · abuse · queer · time travel · bisexual · fantasy · mystery · mental illness
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