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Roberto Bolaño

Roberto Bolaño was a Chilean novelist celebrated for his complex and often unsettling narratives. His work, particularly...

Contemporary Dark Literary Latin American

9.0 Excellent

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Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro is a prominent contemporary novelist known for his profound explorations of memory and identity. Born in...

Contemporary Memory Literary Nobel

8.9 Great

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Alice Munro

Alice Munro is a celebrated contemporary Canadian novelist renowned for her exceptionally detailed short stories. Her wo...

Contemporary Canadian Literary Short Story

8.9 Great

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J.M. Coetzee

J.M. Coetzee is a prominent contemporary novelist known for his complex and challenging explorations of morality, identi...

Contemporary Literary South African Postcolonial

8.8 Great

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Elena Ferrante

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Italian Contemporary Literary Feminist

8.8 Great

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Karl Ove Knausgård

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Contemporary Norwegian Literary Bestseller

8.2 Great

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Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer whose extensive body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, essays, poet...

American Contemporary Literary Bestseller

8.2 Great

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Richard Powers

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American Contemporary Philosophical Literary

8.1 Great

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Anthony Doerr

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American Contemporary Historical Literary

7.9 Good

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Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short story writer known for her experimental narrative techniques. She won th...

American Contemporary Literary Postmodern

7.9 Good

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Chang-rae Lee

Chang-rae Lee is a Korean-American novelist and professor whose fiction frequently explores themes of assimilation, alie...

American Contemporary Historical Literary

7.7 Good

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Min Jin Lee

Min Jin Lee is a Korean American novelist and essayist whose fiction examines migration, family, class, ambition, and th...

American Contemporary Historical Literary

7.6 Good

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Amor Towles

Amor Towles is an American novelist whose fiction often places carefully drawn characters within historically specific s...

American Contemporary Historical Literary

7.6 Good

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Abraham Verghese

Abraham Verghese is an Ethiopian-American physician, author, and professor of medicine at Stanford University. He is kno...

American Contemporary Medical Literary

7.5 Good

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Celeste Ng

Celeste Ng is an American novelist and short-story writer whose fiction examines family conflict, race, identity, belong...

American Contemporary Drama Literary

7.5 Good

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Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer whose work often blends literary fiction with...

American Contemporary Literary Postmodern

7.5 Good

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Ryu Murakami

Ryu Murakami is a Japanese novelist and filmmaker recognized for his transgressive, often surreal fiction that explores...

Contemporary Avant Garde Japanese Literary

7.4 Good

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Fredrik Backman

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Contemporary Drama Literary Bestseller

7.4 Good

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Hanya Yanagihara

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American Contemporary Tragedy Literary

7.3 Good

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Bryce Courtenay

Bryce Courtenay was a South African-born Australian novelist who previously worked as an advertising executive. His debu...

Contemporary Australian Historical Literary

6.9 Fair