Sylvia Plath
4.09 · 118 ratings
historical · abuse · mental illness · angst · mystery · length-short · queer · 20th century · self harm · christmas · new adult · dark · horror · death · suspense · suicide · high-school
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Jasmine Mas
4.07 · 1124 ratings
first-person-pov · dual-pov · poly · dangerous heroine · warrior-heroine · gifted heroine · from hate to love · reverse harem · tortured heroine · possessive hero · paranormal · sassy heroine · fantasy · bisexual · humor · alpha male · forced proximity · graphic-violence · strong heroine · cruel hero
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Philip Pullman
4.04 · 401 ratings
young adult · fantasy · steampunk · mystery · paranormal · witches · dystopian · suspense · high fantasy · urban fantasy · strong heroine · war · length-medium · high-school · found-family · historical · death · magic · dark · horror
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S.E. Hinton
4.02 · 262 ratings
usa · forbidden love · glimpses-kisses · sweet-hero · 20th century · class difference · male-pov · non-hea · north-america · young adult · vengeance · suspense · slow burn · tearjerkers · mystery · bad boys · rich heroine · angst · abuse · new adult
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Delia Owens
4.04 · 248 ratings
young adult · angst · open-door · abuse · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · mystery · past-child-abuse · non-trad-hea · independent heroine · new adult · m-f · betrayal · poor heroine · mental-trauma · survival · death · love triangle · usa · historical
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Emily Brontë
3.61 · 222 ratings
first-person-pov · tortured hero · united-kingdom · strong heroine · racism · slow burn · vengeance · suicide · substance abuse · dub-con · georgian · birth-control-non-con · forced proximity · class difference · multicultural · small town · self harm · hurt-comfort · friends to lovers · glimpses-kisses
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Mary Shelley
3.92 · 137 ratings
mystery · suicide · science fiction · length-medium · paranormal · dystopian · angst · monsters · fantasy · regency · glimpses-kisses · victorian · male-pov · death · urban fantasy · non-hea · contemporary · m-f · horror · stepsibling
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Andrew Joseph White
4.34 · 120 ratings
fantasy · young adult · paranormal · queer · horror · neurodivergent · m-f-x · suspense · mental illness · dark · urban fantasy · dystopian · glimpses-kisses · death · found-family · abuse · mystery · length-medium · other-man-woman · second chances
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Gaston Leroux
3.96 · 107 ratings
mature couple · childfree-couple · suspense · sweet heroine · working class heroine · virgin hero · actors · suicide · other-man-woman · tortured hero · abuse · non-hea · 20th century · abduction · hurt-comfort · monsters · paranormal · third-person-pov · sweet-hero · mental illness
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Emma Cline
3.42 · 84 ratings
suspense · 20th century · young adult · historical · dark · contemporary · abuse · new adult · length-medium · mystery
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General Press
3.93 · 84 ratings
fantasy · other-man-woman · contemporary · dark · death · love triangle · vengeance · historical · high-school · young adult · mystery · 20th century · queer · male-pov · length-short
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Nicola Tyche
4.11 · 69 ratings
alpha male · magic · death · love triangle · historical · abuse · mystery · new adult · fantasy · from hate to love · aristocratic heroine · high fantasy · third-person-pov · m-f · political-intrigue · dual-pov · angst · open-door · cruel hero · war
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Mariana Kohnert
3.79 · 51 ratings
friends to lovers · dystopian · shapeshifters · from hate to love · fae · high-school · paranormal · dual-pov · high fantasy · suspense · alpha male · contemporary · young adult · war · new adult · strong heroine · fated-mates · urban fantasy · christmas · mystery
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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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Sierra Greer
3.92 · 49 ratings
independent heroine · futuristic · length-short · body-betrayal · non-trad-hea · new adult · lgbtqia hate · cruel hero · angst · cold hero · abuse · eating disorder · science fiction · open-door · victim-blaming · abuse-non-mc · super rich hero · shy heroine · usa · cheating
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Alice Winn
4.67 · 43 ratings
death · 20th century · jewish · alcoholism · male-pov · queer-awakening · friends to lovers · m-m · third-person-pov · mental illness · secret-relationship · suicide · grumpy sunshine · graphic-violence · slow burn · tortured hero · non-trad-hea · military · queer · lgbtqia hate
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HC Dolores
4.19 · 42 ratings
strong heroine · contemporary · sassy heroine · dub-con · suspense · slow burn · virgin hero · working class heroine · graphic-violence · suicide · praise-kink · friends to lovers · connecticut · class difference · death · possessive hero · virgin heroine · dark · m-f · poor heroine
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Sara Lautman
3.67 · 41 ratings
contemporary · new adult · dark · poly · suspense · young adult · historical · length-epic · paranormal · mystery · f-f · humor · f-f-f · witches · 20th century · queer · fantasy
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Micah Nemerever
3.99 · 39 ratings
behind-doors · length-long · virgin hero · suicide · suspense · non-hea · tortured hero · contemporary · college · m-m · self harm · 20th century · class difference · male-pov · small town · secret-relationship · mental illness · animal-death · neurodivergent · past-sexual-abuse
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Ken Wakui
4.38 · 37 ratings
abuse · behind-doors · angst · paranormal · cheerful heroine · mystery · bad boys · bikers · male-pov · time travel · mental illness · length-short · fantasy · first-person-pov · contemporary · past-abuse · second chances · tortured hero · death · east-asian-mc
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J.D. Frost
3.65 · 37 ratings
m-m · alpha male · abuse-mc · dark · mental-trauma · death · possessive hero · anal sex · found-family · dual-pov · athletes · high-school · angst · abuse · abuse-non-mc · grovel · caretaking · queer · cruel hero · super rich hero
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B.G. Harlen
3.57 · 36 ratings
angst · captive · anal sex · third-person-pov · suspense · vengeance · suicide · death · strong heroine · rape · non-hea · contemporary · bondage · torture-mcs · abduction · length-short · past-child-abuse · non-trad-hea · mystery · forced proximity
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Jennifer Giesbrecht
3.66 · 35 ratings
urban fantasy · class difference · queer · non-trad-hea · m-m · fantasy · monsters · length-short · abuse · paranormal · dystopian · mystery · high fantasy · past-sexual-abuse · historical · behind-doors · dark · tortured hero · death · horror
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Kai Kennicott
4.02 · 34 ratings
dark · abduction · class difference · misogyny · grumpy sunshine · forbidden love · dub-con · suspense · mafia · other-man-woman · marriage of convenience · bondage · new adult · contemporary · bdsm · from hate to love · body-betrayal · arranged marriage · victim-blaming · mystery
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Martina M. Oepping
3.65 · 30 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · mental illness · dystopian · abuse · length-medium · mystery · suicide · suspense · high-school · young adult · horror · contemporary · urban fantasy · death
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Sky Blu
3.87 · 26 ratings
miscarriage · multicultural · torture-mcs · dual-pov · praise-kink · double-penetration · abduction · fetish · forced proximity · birth-control-non-con · graphic-violence · rape-mc · suicide · dub-con · somnophilia · tortured hero · rape · super rich hero · past-child-abuse · new adult
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Thea Verdone
4.34 · 25 ratings
mental illness · third-person-pov · anal sex · dual-pov · neurodivergent · cheating · death · mental-trauma · dark · betrayal · super rich hero · queer · caretaking · mystery · past-child-neglect · length-medium · bisexual · angst · explicit-open-door · substance abuse
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Mia Darling
3.69 · 21 ratings
queer · cold hero · from hate to love · past-child-abuse · first-person-pov · new adult · abuse · angst · bisexual · disabilities and marks · bad boys · abuse-non-mc · found-family · dual-pov · dark · russia · mental-trauma · betrayal · death · torture-mcs
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Sarah Hollowell
3.92 · 20 ratings
horror · contemporary · dark · survival · death · suspense · neurodivergent · young adult · mental illness · paranormal · abuse · bisexual · length-medium · mystery · queer · time travel · fantasy
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