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J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien was an English author and scholar best known for his expansive fantasy works. His novels, including *The...

Fantasy Epic World Building 20TH Century

9.20 Excellent

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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

8.95 Great

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Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert was an American novelist best known for *Dune*, a seminal work of science fiction published in 1965. The n...

Sci Fi Epic World Building American

8.80 Great

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Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is a British novelist renowned for his blending of fantasy, mythology, and contemporary storytelling. His wo...

Fantasy Contemporary Mythological Dark

8.60 Great

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Philip Roth

Philip Roth was a prominent American novelist known for his insightful portrayals of Jewish-American life and experience...

American Contemporary 20TH Century Literary

8.50 Great

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Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead is a contemporary American novelist celebrated for his meticulously researched and emotionally resonant...

African American American Contemporary Literary

8.15 Great

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Donna Tartt

Donna Tartt is a prominent American novelist known for her complex and atmospheric stories. Her work, particularly *The...

American Contemporary Dark Literary

8.10 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

8.00 Great

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Stephen King

Stephen King is an American novelist primarily known for his contributions to horror and thriller genres. His prolific o...

American Contemporary Horror Thriller

8.00 Great

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Don DeLillo

Don DeLillo is an American novelist born in 1936 who is widely regarded as a central figure of literary postmodernism. H...

American Contemporary Cultural 20TH Century

7.95 Good

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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

7.95 Good

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Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides is an American fiction writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003 for his epic novel 'Middl...

American Contemporary Psychological Literary

7.95 Good

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N.K. Jemisin

N. K. Jemisin is an American writer whose work spans science fiction, fantasy, short fiction, and criticism. Her Broken...

Fantasy Sci Fi American Contemporary

7.87 Good

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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

7.85 Good

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Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon is an American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist whose work often combines literary fiction with...

American Contemporary Literary Pulitzer

7.85 Good

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Patrick Rothfuss

Patrick Rothfuss is an American fantasy writer known for The Kingkiller Chronicle, a series framed as the autobiographic...

Fantasy Epic World Building American

7.50 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

6.35 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

6.12 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

6.03 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

3.59 Poor