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Courtney Milan
1843 ratings 3.89 ·
historical · victorian · m-f · open-door · strong heroine · regency · dual-pov · third-person-pov · competent heroine · sweet-hero · length-medium · class difference · england · working class heroine · poor heroine · multicultural · tortured hero · friends to lovers · angst · humor
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Sherry Thomas
1339 ratings 3.86 ·
historical · victorian · length-medium · m-f · mystery · regency · england · british-isles · dual-pov · strong heroine · united-kingdom · europe · angst · glimpses-kisses · heroine sleuth · third-person-pov · friends to lovers · fantasy · sweet-hero · from hate to love
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Laura Lee Guhrke
888 ratings 3.64 ·
historical · victorian · length-medium · regency · class difference · m-f · from hate to love · open-door · third-person-pov · virgin heroine · dual-pov · strong heroine · cold hero · tortured hero · forced proximity · independent heroine · competent heroine · working class heroine · length-long · poor heroine
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Louisa May Alcott
735 ratings 3.99 ·- Louisa May Alcott: The Complete Novels by Louisa May Alcott
- Silver Pitchers: and Independence by Louisa May Alcott
- Little Women: Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott
- The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation Illustrated by Louisa May Alcott
- Little Women: Classic Illustrated Edition by Louisa May Alcott
historical · victorian · length-epic · young adult · contemporary · glimpses-kisses · length-short · mystery · suspense · high-school · christian · length-novella · humor · length-medium · age difference · dark · m-f · war · american civil war · tearjerkers
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Mary Stewart
679 ratings 3.94 ·
historical · mystery · suspense · contemporary · 20th century · length-medium · glimpses-kisses · fantasy · paranormal · magic · length-short · length-long · arthurian · medieval · legends & fairy tales · length-epic · high fantasy · heroine sleuth · young adult · war
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Daphne du Maurier
591 ratings 3.95 ·
mystery · historical · suspense · contemporary · 20th century · length-medium · british-isles · england · m-f · length-long · regency · horror · death · glimpses-kisses · victorian · mental-trauma · dark · length-epic · fantasy · europe
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Thomas Hardy
582 ratings 3.78 ·
historical · victorian · length-long · length-medium · love triangle · young adult · other-man-woman · military · british-isles · humor · contemporary · rape · united-kingdom · 20th century · length-epic · high-school · working class hero · dark · europe · cheerful heroine
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Anne Perry
330 ratings 3.75 ·
historical · mystery · victorian · length-medium · length-short · length-long · heroine sleuth · contemporary · suspense · super rich hero · christmas · paranormal · anthologies · vampires · western · 20th century · class difference · war · fantasy · length-novella
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George Eliot
305 ratings 3.90 ·
victorian · historical · length-epic · love triangle · other-man-woman · age difference · small town · young adult · m-f · third-person-pov · length-long · high-school
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Henry James
303 ratings 3.70 ·- The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James by Henry James
- The Golden Bowl: The Classic Historical Novel of Love, Deceit, Betrayal, and Redemption by Henry James
- The Portrait of a Lady: An Original and Unabridged Edition by Henry James
- The American (Annotated): Classic Drama Romance Books by Henry James
- The Aspern Papers by Henry James
historical · victorian · suspense · length-epic · horror · mystery · length-medium · fantasy · 20th century · length-long · high-school · paranormal · length-novella · south-europe · europe · magic · young adult · italy
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Sarah Dunant
170 ratings 3.70 ·
mystery · historical · length-long · length-medium · italy · contemporary · medieval · behind-doors · ableism · death · erotica · independent heroine · south-europe · disabilities and marks · europe
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Victor Hugo
164 ratings 4.07 ·
historical · length-epic · length-long · medieval · love triangle · death · survival · other-man-woman · suspense · christian · mystery · paranormal · fantasy · glimpses-kisses · war · time travel
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Michael Hugh Johnson
140 ratings 4.09 ·
mystery · historical · suspense · fantasy · humor · england · europe · himbo · political-intrigue · christian · men in uniform · death · alcoholism · france · m-f · sunny hero · tudors · horror · secret-relationship · third-person-pov
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L.B. Hathaway
96 ratings 4.14 ·
mystery · historical · length-medium · christmas · length-novella · paranormal · heroine sleuth · fantasy
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A.S. Byatt
68 ratings 3.91 ·
mystery · 20th century · british-isles · united-kingdom · contemporary · england · europe · length-epic · fantasy · historical · regency · victorian
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Susan Kay
65 ratings 4.29 ·
historical · mystery · fatphobia · animal-abuse · open-door · length-long · suicide · royalty · substance abuse · suspense · racism · rape · contemporary · muslim · tudors · male-pov · mental illness · paranormal · length-epic · dual-pov
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Melinda Taub
43 ratings 3.94 ·
historical · mystery · regency · contemporary · other-man-woman · poor heroine · tortured hero · love triangle · strong heroine · magic · cold heroine · slow burn · competent heroine · sassy heroine · young adult · royalty · length-long · length-medium · paranormal · humor
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