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Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin was a prominent American novelist renowned for her innovative contributions to science fiction and fan...

Fantasy Sci Fi American 20TH Century

9.0 Excellent

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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

Richard Powers is an American novelist whose fiction frequently connects individual lives with science, technology, musi...

American Contemporary Philosophical Literary

8.1 Great

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George R.R. Martin

George R.R. Martin is an American novelist celebrated for his expansive fantasy saga, *A Song of Ice and Fire*. The seri...

Fantasy Epic American Contemporary

8.0 Great

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Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson is an American writer of speculative fiction recognized for his complex, densely detailed narratives exp...

Sci Fi American Contemporary Cyberpunk

8.0 Great

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Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson is an American fantasy and science-fiction writer known for detailed magic systems, large-scale plots,...

Fantasy Epic World Building American

7.9 Good

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J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling is a British author best known for creating the Harry Potter fantasy series, which consists of seven novels...

Fantasy Contemporary British Bestseller

7.9 Good

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Anthony Doerr

Anthony Doerr is an American novelist and short story writer who won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel A...

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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Robin Hobb

Robin Hobb is the principal fantasy pen name of American author Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden. Under this name she has...

Fantasy Epic American Contemporary

7.8 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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Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan is an American novelist best known for creating the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. His books for you...

Fantasy American Contemporary Bestseller

6.9 Fair

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Audrey Niffenegger

Audrey Niffenegger is an American novelist and visual artist whose fiction often combines intimate relationships with sp...

Sci Fi American Contemporary Romance

6.7 Fair

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Erin Morgenstern

Erin Morgenstern is an American author best known for her debut novel The Night Circus, published in 2011, which became...

Fantasy American Contemporary Romance

6.7 Fair

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Andy Weir

Andy Weir is an American novelist known for science fiction that uses engineering, physics, and problem-solving as centr...

Sci Fi American Contemporary Bestseller

6.6 Fair

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Lev Grossman

Lev Grossman is an American novelist and former book critic for Time magazine. He is best known for The Magicians trilog...

Fantasy American Contemporary Urban Fantasy

6.6 Fair

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Pierce Brown

Pierce Brown is an American novelist best known for the Red Rising science-fiction series. The series began with Red Ris...

Sci Fi American Contemporary Dystopian

6.4 Fair

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Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer is an American novelist best known for the Twilight Saga, a series of supernatural romance novels about...

Fantasy American Contemporary Bestseller

3.9 Poor