James Baldwin
4.26 · 158 ratings
length-short · 20th century · historical · audiobook · forced proximity · lgbtqia hate · misogyny · queer · angst · forbidden love · m-m · europe · death · african-american · non-hea · france · other-man-woman · working class hero · contemporary · black-mc
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Rebecca Quinn
4.10 · 753 ratings
grumpy sunshine · strong heroine · men in uniform · dual-pov · survival · sunny hero · cold hero · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · first-person-pov · masc-dom · commander · contemporary · found-family · male-pov · exhibitionism · fetish · north-america · sweet heroine · dystopian
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Delia Owens
4.07 · 354 ratings
standalone-first · new adult · north-america · rape · past-child-abuse · small town · class difference · friends to lovers · angst · abuse · sweet heroine · rape-non-mc · racism · young adult · strong heroine · third-person-pov · competent heroine · slow burn · suspense · dual-pov
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Emily Brontë
3.67 · 335 ratings
independent heroine · super rich hero · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · male-pov · suicide · ableism · multicultural · strong heroine · racism · birth-control-non-con · dub-con · gambling · slow burn · friends to lovers · vengeance · angst · substance abuse · victim-blaming · rich heroine
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Gail Honeyman
4.12 · 269 ratings
curvy-hero · standalone · friends to lovers · angst · working class heroine · abuse · mental illness · victim-blaming · rape · substance abuse · disabilities and marks · past-child-abuse · england · self harm · survival · neurodivergent · sweet-hero · found-family · fatphobia · suicide
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Mary Shelley
3.93 · 188 ratings
male-pov · length-short · urban fantasy · m-f · suicide · audiobook · contemporary · paranormal · third-person-pov · suspense · vengeance · dystopian · science fiction · angst · regency · tortured hero · historical · non-hea · death · magic
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Gaston Leroux
4.00 · 137 ratings
dark · abduction · france · from hate to love · virgin hero · angst · working class heroine · sweet heroine · new adult · mental illness · mature couple · abuse · disabilities and marks · tortured hero · gifted heroine · mental-trauma · standalone · standalone-first · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero
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Kate Chopin
3.72 · 121 ratings
non-hea · historical · tortured heroine · self harm · north-america · mature couple · rich heroine · victim-blaming · angst · forbidden love · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · mental illness · religious-trauma · cheating · third-person-pov · competent heroine · strong heroine · contemporary · racism
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Umberto Eco
4.09 · 92 ratings
misogyny · lgbtqia hate · mystery · fantasy · humor · religious-trauma · medieval · torture-scs · standalone · europe · slut-shaming · historical · length-long · first-person-pov · death · christian · audiobook · italy · behind-doors · non-hea
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Jonah Yorke
4.35 · 91 ratings
suicide · california · contemporary · audiobook · dual-pov · college · found-family · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · slow burn · soccer · athletes · mental illness · virgin hero · explicit-plentiful · queer · lgbtqia hate · from hate to love · secret-relationship · friends to lovers
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Martha Brockenbrough
3.68 · 77 ratings
fantasy · young adult · length-medium · paranormal · magic · contemporary · standalone-first · urban fantasy · war · black-mc · audiobook · 20th century · mystery · forbidden love · high-school · standalone · suspense · death · historical · african-american
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Alice Winn
4.66 · 76 ratings
slow burn · anal sex · third-person-pov · child-death · grumpy sunshine · western-central-europe · racism · audiobook · suicide · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · survival · sweet-hero · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · m-m · new adult · england · queer · mental illness
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Penny Jessup
3.54 · 74 ratings
grumpy sunshine · sweet-hero · urban fantasy · north-america · small town · class difference · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · angst · virgin hero · insta-love · non-human-hero · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · new-york-state · first-person-pov · non-hea · behind-doors · possessive hero
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R.L. Randolph
3.69 · 62 ratings
england · queer · bisexual · sassy heroine · m-m-m · explicit-plentiful · masc-dom · m-m · height-difference · contemporary · audiobook · alpha male · poly · found-family · slut-shaming · menage · competent heroine · age difference · forced proximity · famous heroine
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Daveed Diggs
3.73 · 55 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · f-f · behind-doors · queer · dystopian · high fantasy · new adult · length-short · post-apocalyptic · african-american · historical · contemporary · magic · horror · urban fantasy · young adult · neurodivergent · multicultural · racism
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William Hutson
3.73 · 55 ratings
historical · neurodivergent · multicultural · post-apocalyptic · new adult · length-short · dystopian · queer · high fantasy · f-f · fantasy · paranormal · dark · racism · behind-doors · young adult · black-mc · horror · audiobook · contemporary
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Jonathan Snipes
3.73 · 55 ratings
dark · f-f · fantasy · dystopian · queer · high fantasy · new adult · post-apocalyptic · length-short · historical · magic · urban fantasy · african-american · neurodivergent · horror · black-mc · contemporary · racism · multicultural · audiobook
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Tomasz Jedrowski
4.12 · 51 ratings
secret-relationship · lgbtqia hate · queer · forbidden love · poland · m-m · new adult · male-pov · length-short · europe · 20th century · first-person-pov · historical · non-hea · audiobook · other-man-woman · standalone-first · open-door · standalone
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Wallis Kinney
3.90 · 49 ratings
north-america · small town · disabilities and marks · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · sweet heroine · angst · vengeance · strong heroine · slow burn · third-person-pov · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · urban fantasy · suicide · massachusetts · sunny hero · 20th century · grovel · bodyguard-hero
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Micah Nemerever
3.93 · 47 ratings
mental illness · jewish · virgin hero · angst · lgbtqia hate · queer · behind-doors · secret-relationship · tortured hero · self harm · disabilities and marks · class difference · small town · new adult · standalone · m-m · suicide · contemporary · audiobook · neurodivergent
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Venessa Vida Kelley
4.25 · 43 ratings
20th century · dual-pov · demi-sexual-hero · audiobook · latinx-mc · monsters · fantasy · shy-hero · standalone · usa · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · behind-doors · working class hero · standalone-first · historical · first-person-pov · length-long · new-york-state · disabilities and marks
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Jean Toomer
3.81 · 40 ratings
african-american · length-short · 20th century · racism · audiobook · contemporary · black-mc · historical
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Louise Kennedy
4.04 · 39 ratings
length-medium · cheating · secret-relationship · teacher-heroine · forbidden love · third-person-pov · age difference · new adult · war · alcoholism · 20th century · europe · historical · death · m-f · other-man-woman · audiobook · contemporary · behind-doors · northern-ireland
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Fallon English
3.80 · 39 ratings
fated-mates · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · europe · grumpy sunshine · somnophilia · secret-relationship · creative-anatomy · sweet heroine · angst · virgin hero · double-penetration · rich heroine · class difference · tortured hero · first-person-pov · aristocratic heroine · caretaking · working class hero
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A. Rae Dunlap
3.97 · 31 ratings
historical · class difference · tortured hero · m-m · regency · queer-awakening · england · queer · new adult · forbidden love · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · lgbtqia hate · slow burn · suspense · early-20s-mmc · audiobook · sweet-hero · college · male-pov
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Thomas Mallon
3.71 · 30 ratings
sweet-hero · historical · non-hea · audiobook · contemporary · cruel hero · christian · politician · political-intrigue · behind-doors · office · length-medium · usa · lgbtqia hate · queer · forbidden love · angst · m-m · cold hero · 20th century
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Standbyme
4.66 · 26 ratings
queer · angst · death · historical · length-short · explicit-open-door · tortured hero · 20th century · non-hea · m-m
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Akimi Yoshida
4.69 · 25 ratings
length-short · found-family · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · survival · child-death · suspense · slow burn · lgbtqia hate · angst · queer · abuse · rape · rape-non-mc · m-m · mental illness · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · torture-scs · historical
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G.N. Chevalier
3.94 · 20 ratings
20th century · disabilities and marks · death · length-short · war · new-york-state · m-m · north-america · past-child-abuse · angst · queer · lgbtqia hate · friends to lovers · from hate to love · mental-trauma · usa · explicit-open-door · standalone · standalone-first · military
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