Philippe Besson
4.21 · 68 ratings
historical · audiobook · length-short · angst · behind-doors · standalone · death · non-hea · contemporary · standalone-first · suicide · m-m · war · 20th century · queer
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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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Amanda Moura
3.82 · 266 ratings
death · beta-hero · tortured heroine · oregon · contemporary · first-person-pov · m-f · young adult · high-school · rockstars · audiobook · usa · mental-trauma · first-in-series · paranormal · fantasy · competent heroine · standalone-first · standalone · behind-doors
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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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Hemingway Ernest
3.57 · 105 ratings
historical · audiobook · contemporary · standalone-first · glimpses-kisses · young adult · sports · war · standalone · length-short · 20th century
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Jonah Yorke
4.35 · 90 ratings
daddy-kink · first-person-pov · first-in-series · length-long · death · other-man-woman · terminal-illness · past-abuse · standalone-first · past-child-neglect · past-sexual-abuse · himbo · child-sexual-abuse · caretaking · usa · mental-trauma · standalone · anal sex · misogyny · cold hero
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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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Bethan Roberts
3.96 · 70 ratings
m-m · forbidden love · contemporary · queer · audiobook · historical · love triangle · friends to lovers · standalone-first · 20th century · standalone · young adult
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J.D. Frost
3.57 · 58 ratings
anal sex · possessive hero · alcoholism · super rich hero · grovel · death · first-person-pov · cruel hero · caretaking · standalone-first · high-school · abuse-non-mc · dark · abuse-mc · mental-trauma · explicit-open-door · from hate to love · secret-relationship · lgbtqia hate · standalone
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Katie Moore
3.73 · 56 ratings
queer-awakening · height-difference · m-m · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · disabilities and marks · new adult · lgbtqia hate · short-king · friends to lovers · religious-trauma · angst · virgin hero · abuse · queer · mental illness · young adult · child-death · slow burn · early-20s-mmc
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Emily Habeck
4.10 · 54 ratings
magic · non-hea · death · m-f · contemporary · terminal-illness · audiobook · behind-doors · standalone-first · third-person-pov · paranormal · length-medium · standalone · fantasy · humor · non-trad-hea · angst · substance abuse · science fiction · shapeshifters
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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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Frances White
3.98 · 51 ratings
standalone · royalty · friends to lovers · high fantasy · angst · torture-scs · queer · shapeshifters · new adult · m-m · disabilities and marks · past-child-abuse · found-family · survival · urban fantasy · hurt-comfort · suicide · betrayal · audiobook · political-intrigue
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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
historical · teenage-mmc · disabilities and marks · north-america · m-m · abuse · queer · forbidden love · virgin hero · secret-relationship · lgbtqia hate · abduction · friends to lovers · early-20s-mmc · paranormal · racism · multicultural · ableism · audiobook · sweet-hero
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Jennifer Giesbrecht
3.73 · 41 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · standalone · dark · behind-doors · non-human-hero · past-sexual-abuse · standalone-first · horror · audiobook · magic · historical · urban fantasy · death · tortured hero · class difference · length-short · m-m · monsters · dystopian
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Jane Healey
3.34 · 32 ratings
standalone-first · contemporary · queer · f-f · historical · fantasy · mystery · audiobook · 20th century · length-medium · suspense · standalone · war
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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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Hwang DoTol
4.11 · 26 ratings
career professional · aristocratic heroine · caretaking · past-abuse · new adult · height-difference · first-person-pov · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · insta-love · past-child-neglect · behind-doors · cold hero · virgin heroine · cheerful heroine · possessive hero · war · suicide · sweet-hero · grumpy sunshine
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Gabriel (AO3)
4.66 · 26 ratings
20th century · death · historical · non-hea · queer · angst · m-m · length-short · explicit-open-door · tortured hero
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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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Joy McCullough
3.80 · 24 ratings
historical · f-f · length-medium · standalone-first · queer · contemporary · war · audiobook · young adult · 20th century · standalone
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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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Daria Lavelle
4.04 · 20 ratings
death · new-york-state · length-long · standalone-first · behind-doors · shy-hero · standalone · usa · mystery · fantasy · humor · non-trad-hea · independent heroine · male-pov · urban fantasy · found-family · m-f · suicide · audiobook · contemporary
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