Kim Michele Richardson
4.22 · 135 ratings
length-medium · abuse · 20th century · small town · historical · death · audiobook · racism · usa · mystery · working class heroine · rape · glimpses-kisses · north-america · independent heroine · poor heroine · survival · m-f · suicide · kentucky
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Lyla Sage
4.02 · 806 ratings
explicit-open-door · cowboys · western · contemporary · audiobook · working class hero · first-person-pov · wyoming · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · small town · north-america · usa · independent heroine · forced proximity · humor · competent heroine · m-f · found-family · new adult
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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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Delia Owens
4.05 · 288 ratings
survival · independent heroine · poor heroine · 20th century · age difference · non-trad-hea · mystery · usa · mental-trauma · second chances · north-carolina · open-door · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · other-man-woman · love triangle · death · length-long · historical · small town
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Emily Brontë
3.64 · 260 ratings
betrayal · possessive hero · alpha male · glimpses-kisses · grovel · pregnancy · cold hero · georgian · insta-love · united-kingdom · torture-mcs · mental-trauma · dark · abuse-mc · british-isles · tortured heroine · non-hea · first-person-pov · victorian · cruel hero
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Gail Honeyman
4.11 · 235 ratings
suicide · alcoholism · contemporary · glimpses-kisses · neurodivergent · found-family · survival · sweet-hero · fatphobia · competent heroine · slow burn · cold heroine · office · suspense · grumpy sunshine · child-death · angst · mental illness · abuse · working class heroine
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Bonnie Garmus
4.22 · 219 ratings
past-child-neglect · strong heroine · behind-doors · competent heroine · third-person-pov · office · usa · historical · found-family · death · nerdy-hero · m-f · suicide · california · career professional · rape · victim-blaming · audiobook · neurodivergent · 20th century
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Yulin Kuang
3.87 · 154 ratings
victim-blaming · north-america · tortured hero · secret-relationship · from hate to love · forbidden love · angst · mental illness · substance abuse · grumpy sunshine · competent heroine · third-person-pov · office · child-death · dual-pov · friends-benefits · hurt-comfort · california · found-family · m-f
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Natalie Babbitt
3.73 · 140 ratings
abduction · third-person-pov · paranormal · young adult · competent heroine · contemporary · length-novella · audiobook · m-f · legends & fairy tales · sweet-hero · found-family · magic · urban fantasy · historical · small town · north-america · glimpses-kisses · sweet heroine · non-trad-hea
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Bryn Greenwood
4.04 · 127 ratings
contemporary · death · length-medium · usa · mystery · independent heroine · audiobook · m-f · abuse · new adult · height-difference · tortured heroine · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · poor heroine · sweet-hero · dual-pov · strong heroine · substance abuse · angst
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Erik J. Brown
4.18 · 120 ratings
glimpses-kisses · young adult · audiobook · contemporary · m-m · queer · child-death · racism · sweet-hero · survival · dual-pov · florida · north-america · virgin hero · dystopian · angst · friends to lovers · mental-trauma · washington-dc · graphic-violence
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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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Kate Chopin
3.67 · 110 ratings
rich heroine · victorian · past-abuse · christian · louisiana · historical · tortured heroine · non-hea · mental-trauma · usa · himbo · non-trad-hea · misogyny · super rich hero · sunny hero · bad boys · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · suicide
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Kaliane Bradley
3.65 · 109 ratings
nerdy-hero · friends to lovers · bisexual · shy-hero · queer · childfree-couple · length-medium · open-door · military · historical · first-person-pov · death · east-asian-mc · futuristic · independent heroine · war · non-trad-hea · misogyny · southeast-asian-mc · humor
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V.E.S. Pullen
4.34 · 107 ratings
north-america · past-child-abuse · dystopian · angst · strong heroine · survival · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · sassy heroine · science fiction · abuse · competent heroine · found-family · contemporary · poly · reverse harem
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Jaysea Lynn
4.41 · 88 ratings
nerdy-hero · demons · friends to lovers · creative-anatomy · sweet heroine · curvy heroine · angst · double-penetration · victim-blaming · tortured hero · self harm · past-child-abuse · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · disabilities and marks · fatphobia · suicide · angels · strong heroine
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June Hur
4.14 · 76 ratings
young adult · historical · survival · audiobook · m-f · royalty · death · east-asian-mc · glimpses-kisses · south-korea · independent heroine · mystery · political-intrigue · slow burn · suspense · competent heroine · betrayal · class difference · past-child-abuse · secret-relationship
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Kylie Lee Baker
3.89 · 73 ratings
audiobook · paranormal · young adult · horror · historical · magic · fantasy · dark · suspense · competent heroine · political-intrigue · torture-scs · working class heroine · death · slavery · east-asian-mc · tall-heroine · asia · length-medium · non-trad-hea
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Penny Jessup
3.50 · 71 ratings
queer · bisexual · forbidden love · lgbtqia hate · royalty · past-child-neglect · m-m · queer-awakening · shapeshifters · contemporary · alpha male · audiobook · found-family · suspense · paranormal · young adult · non-trad-hea · fantasy · forced proximity · mystery
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Christine Kling
3.79 · 66 ratings
death · historical · length-long · 20th century · independent heroine · mystery · suspense · competent heroine · third-person-pov · paranormal · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · abduction · himbo · open-door · nerdy-hero · past-abuse · military · heroine sleuth
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Amy Barry
3.94 · 66 ratings
working class heroine · m-f · historical western · audiobook · humor · montana · historical · usa · western · third-person-pov · working class hero · sassy heroine · forced proximity · independent heroine · death · arranged marriage · angst · past-child-abuse · north-america · dual-pov
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Amor Towles
3.96 · 63 ratings
super rich hero · class difference · 20th century · independent heroine · first-person-pov · north-america · working class heroine · substance abuse · length-medium · usa · competent heroine · racism · behind-doors · audiobook · contemporary · new-york-state · historical
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Jonathan Davis
3.48 · 62 ratings
suicide · non-human-heroine · multicultural · slow burn · witches · competent heroine · dual-pov · sunny hero · humor · fantasy · independent heroine · male-pov · glimpses-kisses · age difference · audiobook · shy heroine · usa · nerdy-hero · childfree-couple · magic
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Wallis Kinney
3.85 · 36 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · m-f · caretaking · sweet-hero · death · magic · urban fantasy · first-person-pov · length-medium · paranormal · second chances · usa · competent heroine · behind-doors · forbidden love · mystery · fantasy · forced proximity · witches
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L.L. Starling
4.36 · 34 ratings
tortured hero · marriage of convenience · magic · tall-heroine · wisconsin · arranged marriage · non-human-hero · usa · humor · fantasy · mystery · cold hero · length-epic · glimpses-kisses · monsters · cheerful heroine · witches · male-pov · independent heroine · dual-pov
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London Sperry
3.89 · 34 ratings
usa · open-door · friends to lovers · humor · working class heroine · new adult · north-america · independent heroine · poor heroine · sunny hero · found-family · new-york-state · death · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · grumpy sunshine · working class hero · length-medium
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Anna Day
3.57 · 30 ratings
sweet-hero · death · audiobook · glimpses-kisses · north-america · angst · science fiction · dystopian · torture-scs · rape-non-mc · humor · fantasy · paranormal · mystery · suspense · usa · political-intrigue · young adult · m-f · betrayal
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Alex Adams
3.44 · 29 ratings
length-medium · usa · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · south-europe · abduction · behind-doors · italy · horror · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · futuristic · europe · greece · sunny hero · south-east-europe · pregnancy · competent heroine · strong heroine · audiobook
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M. S. Parker
4.22 · 20 ratings
sweet-hero · dual-pov · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · alpha male · child-death · competent heroine · abuse · sweet heroine · tycoon · angst · north-america · new adult · rich heroine · rape · explicit-plentiful · tortured hero · death · new-york-state
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