William Faulkner
3.89 · 112 ratings
dark · contemporary · african-american · 20th century · disabilities and marks · mental illness · mystery · suspense · length-medium · high-school · young adult · racism · length-novella · black-mc · suicide · audiobook · historical
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Delia Owens
4.06 · 320 ratings
betrayal · 20th century · independent heroine · mystery · poor heroine · age difference · non-trad-hea · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma · usa · north-carolina · second chances · death · love triangle · historical · length-long · open-door · other-man-woman · north-america
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S.E. Hinton
4.02 · 314 ratings
found-family · male-pov · 20th century · oklahoma · sunny hero · bad boys · glimpses-kisses · mystery · tearjerkers · mental-trauma · usa · nerdy-hero · shy-hero · high-school · working class hero · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · graphic-violence · death · non-hea
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Mary Shelley
3.92 · 174 ratings
young adult · third-person-pov · paranormal · suspense · urban fantasy · suicide · m-f · contemporary · betrayal · regency · audiobook · tortured hero · friends to lovers · dystopian · vengeance · angst · science fiction · dark · germany · mental-trauma
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Sylvia Plath
4.11 · 155 ratings
suicide · horror · audiobook · historical · death · dark · suspense · high-school · mental illness · angst · abuse · queer · christmas · mystery · 20th century · self harm · length-short · new adult
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Gaston Leroux
3.99 · 129 ratings
age difference · mystery · 20th century · poor heroine · virgin heroine · europe · glimpses-kisses · monsters · other-man-woman · horror · possessive hero · victorian · historical · cruel hero · teacher-hero · love triangle · first-person-pov · childfree-couple · shy-hero · dark
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Gustave Flaubert
3.55 · 101 ratings
other-man-woman · suicide · france · victorian · historical · contemporary · death · love triangle · audiobook · dark · western-central-europe · length-medium · high-school · young adult · mental illness · humor · fantasy · europe
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Emma Cline
3.43 · 89 ratings
contemporary · abuse · new adult · young adult · 20th century · suspense · dark · historical · length-medium · mystery · audiobook
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Knut Krüger
3.84 · 82 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · suicide · mystery · mental illness · death · dark · length-medium · high-school · young adult
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Jasper Fforde
3.81 · 81 ratings
fantasy · humor · paranormal · mystery · heroine sleuth · time travel · dystopian · vampires · steampunk · war · shapeshifters · futuristic · 20th century · magic · contemporary · urban fantasy · historical · audiobook · young adult · high-school
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Martha Brockenbrough
3.68 · 77 ratings
magic · contemporary · young adult · paranormal · length-medium · fantasy · african-american · historical · death · urban fantasy · black-mc · multicultural · audiobook · high-school · suspense · mystery · forbidden love · war · 20th century · dual-pov
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Yevgeny Zamyatin
3.86 · 70 ratings
dark · length-medium · dystopian · science fiction · new adult · 20th century · futuristic · post-apocalyptic · historical · horror · audiobook · contemporary · high-school · suspense
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Alice Winn
4.62 · 64 ratings
m-m · new adult · queer-awakening · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · lgbtqia hate · religious-trauma · england · queer · mental illness · forbidden love · grumpy sunshine · western-central-europe · slow burn · racism · third-person-pov · child-death · hurt-comfort
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Leif Enger
4.00 · 63 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · christian · magic · historical · length-medium · paranormal · high-school · young adult · mystery · western · fantasy · small town · 20th century
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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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Daveed Diggs
3.77 · 49 ratings
historical · neurodivergent · post-apocalyptic · length-short · audiobook · new adult · dystopian · high fantasy · queer · f-f · fantasy · paranormal · dark · racism · young adult · behind-doors · horror · black-mc · contemporary · multicultural
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William Hutson
3.77 · 49 ratings
multicultural · new adult · black-mc · audiobook · post-apocalyptic · length-short · f-f · fantasy · dystopian · high fantasy · queer · racism · young adult · behind-doors · paranormal · dark · african-american · magic · urban fantasy · historical
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Wallis Kinney
3.84 · 45 ratings
angst · usa · demons · second chances · length-medium · death · magic · monsters · witches · independent heroine · humor · fantasy · mystery · forced proximity · suspense · competent heroine · paranormal · found-family · audiobook · contemporary
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Sara Lautman
3.65 · 43 ratings
witches · historical · poly · contemporary · audiobook · behind-doors · young adult · paranormal · dark · suspense · f-f · f-f-f · fantasy · mystery · humor · length-epic · queer · new adult · 20th century
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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
mental illness · young adult · bisexual · suspense · dark · paranormal · length-long · legends & fairy tales · urban fantasy · magic · audiobook · contemporary · suicide · new adult · disabilities and marks · mystery · fantasy · science fiction · fae
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Jennifer Donaldson
3.82 · 30 ratings
abuse · audiobook · young adult · high-school · dark · suspense · length-medium · mystery · contemporary
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Dylan Calderon
3.82 · 30 ratings
abuse · audiobook · young adult · high-school · dark · suspense · length-medium · mystery · contemporary
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Martina M. Oepping
3.65 · 30 ratings
urban fantasy · death · suicide · horror · contemporary · young adult · high-school · paranormal · length-medium · suspense · fantasy · mystery · mental illness · dystopian · abuse
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Lisa Heathfield
4.30 · 29 ratings
african-american · length-medium · mental illness · black-mc · contemporary · abuse · audiobook · racism · young adult · dark
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Jessica Ward
3.35 · 29 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · mental illness · fantasy · mystery · historical · dark · suspense · length-medium · young adult
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Kellye Garrett
2.77 · 29 ratings
suspense · african-american · mystery · heroine sleuth · black-mc · contemporary · length-novella · audiobook · young adult
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Leslye Penelope
4.16 · 27 ratings
historical · african-american · urban fantasy · magic · black-mc · audiobook · young adult · paranormal · length-medium · usa · mystery · fantasy · science fiction · north-america · 20th century · gifted heroine
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Lucy Sanna
3.40 · 24 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · historical · mystery · 20th century · dark · suspense · length-medium · war · young adult
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