Sylvia Plath
4.11 · 155 ratings
suicide · horror · audiobook · historical · death · dark · suspense · high-school · mental illness · angst · abuse · queer · christmas · mystery · 20th century · self harm · length-short · new adult
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Jasmine Mas
3.97 · 1841 ratings
m-m · sassy heroine · from hate to love · abuse · paranormal · poly · bad boys · dangerous heroine · misogyny · magic · disabilities and marks · strong heroine · dual-pov · suicide · virgin heroine · cold hero · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · tortured heroine
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Philip Pullman
4.05 · 508 ratings
young adult · audiobook · steampunk · fantasy · mystery · paranormal · strong heroine · suspense · found-family · urban fantasy · high fantasy · dystopian · high-school · length-medium · dark · death · historical · magic · horror · glimpses-kisses
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Delia Owens
4.06 · 319 ratings
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S.E. Hinton
4.02 · 314 ratings
found-family · male-pov · 20th century · oklahoma · sunny hero · bad boys · glimpses-kisses · mystery · tearjerkers · mental-trauma · usa · nerdy-hero · shy-hero · high-school · working class hero · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · graphic-violence · death · non-hea
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Emily Brontë
3.65 · 292 ratings
southeast-asian-mc · misogyny · forced proximity · non-trad-hea · eating disorder · bad boys · alcoholism · europe · independent heroine · male-pov · animal-abuse · super rich hero · historical · love triangle · death · christian · other-man-woman · stepsibling · slavery · second chances
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Julie Belfield
4.16 · 228 ratings
victim-blaming · horror · death · magic · slavery · demons · incest · child-sexual-abuse · childfree-couple · shy heroine · age difference · drug-abuse · mystery · fantasy · forced proximity · misogyny · witches · animal-death · fated-mates · independent heroine
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Mary Shelley
3.92 · 174 ratings
suicide · m-f · contemporary · steampunk · betrayal · urban fantasy · glimpses-kisses · audiobook · third-person-pov · paranormal · suspense · young adult · dystopian · vengeance · angst · science fiction · friends to lovers · tortured hero · regency · horror
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Andrew Joseph White
4.35 · 134 ratings
neurodivergent · fantasy · horror · queer · young adult · paranormal · audiobook · glimpses-kisses · dark · trans-hero · dystopian · urban fantasy · mystery · death · length-medium · m-f-x · mental illness · abuse · suspense · found-family
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Gaston Leroux
3.99 · 129 ratings
age difference · western-central-europe · racism · mystery · virgin heroine · poor heroine · 20th century · monsters · possessive hero · europe · glimpses-kisses · victorian · cruel hero · horror · other-man-woman · love triangle · teacher-hero · first-person-pov · historical · dark
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Julia Armfield
3.80 · 76 ratings
caretaking · horror · audiobook · length-short · mystery · fantasy · f-f · queer · science fiction · mental illness · grumpy sunshine · behind-doors · suspense · mental-trauma · paranormal · dark · death · non-hea · dual-pov · first-person-pov
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Alice Winn
4.62 · 64 ratings
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Johanna van Veen
3.91 · 60 ratings
dark · open-door · length-medium · horror · death · historical · magic · non-hea · europe · tortured heroine · non-trad-hea · netherlands · fantasy · mystery · f-f · suspense · paranormal · audiobook · queer · mental illness
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Andrew Davidson
3.86 · 55 ratings
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William Golding
3.69 · 51 ratings
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J.D. Frost
3.53 · 49 ratings
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Wallis Kinney
3.84 · 45 ratings
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Sara Lautman
3.65 · 43 ratings
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Micah Nemerever
3.97 · 41 ratings
college · male-pov · neurodivergent · suicide · audiobook · contemporary · suspense · lgbtqia hate · secret-relationship · virgin hero · angst · mental illness · queer · new adult · m-m · self harm · tortured hero · class difference · disabilities and marks · non-hea
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Jennifer Giesbrecht
3.69 · 40 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · mystery · abuse · queer · high fantasy · dystopian · monsters · m-m · non-trad-hea · length-short · class difference · tortured hero · death · magic · historical · urban fantasy · horror · audiobook · past-sexual-abuse
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Ken Wakui
4.37 · 38 ratings
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C.E. McGill
3.92 · 32 ratings
queer · f-f · mystery · fantasy · western · monsters · horror · audiobook · contemporary · historical · victorian · death · urban fantasy · paranormal · length-long · suspense · dark
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Martina M. Oepping
3.65 · 30 ratings
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A. Rae Dunlap
3.96 · 30 ratings
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Joey Parker
3.67 · 29 ratings
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Akimi Yoshida
4.69 · 25 ratings
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Mia Darling
3.63 · 23 ratings
male-pov · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · found-family · betrayal · suicide · contemporary · grumpy sunshine · slow burn · friends to lovers · from hate to love · bisexual · queer · angst · queer-awakening · new adult · m-m · forbidden love · mafia
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T.C. Anderson
4.65 · 21 ratings
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Sarah Hollowell
3.92 · 20 ratings
dark · length-medium · mystery · fantasy · bisexual · mental illness · queer · abuse · time travel · survival · neurodivergent · death · horror · audiobook · contemporary · young adult · paranormal · suspense
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