Shelf & Shadows
Every book. In the right order.
Adam Kay
Adam Kay is a British author and screenwriter, formerly a doctor. He is best known for This Is Going to...
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Gillian McAllister
Gillian McAllister is a British novelist who writes thrillers that place ordinary people in impossible moral traps. Raised in Tamworth,...
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Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb is an American novelist whose fiction draws on the small-town Connecticut landscape where he grew up. Born and...
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William P. Young
William P. Young is a Canadian novelist who writes suspense fiction that wrestles with faith, loss, and forgiveness. Raised among...
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Scott McEwen
Scott McEwen is an American author who writes military fiction and non-fiction, drawing on a background that includes law, military...
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Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh is an American novelist who writes dark, psychologically unsettling fiction about characters who live on the margins. Born...
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Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese American novelist and poet who received a MacArthur Fellowship for work that moves between verse...
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Sabine Durrant
Sabine Durrant is a British journalist who spent years shaping stories for The Guardian and The Sunday Times before turning...
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Luke Jennings
Luke Jennings is a British author and journalist known for his Killing Eve series of books. Before becoming a writer,...
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a British writer who works across children's literature and adult fiction, with roots in poetry and...
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Taylor Jenkins Reid
Before Taylor Jenkins Reid became a novelist known for contemporary fiction that explores love, ambition, and the versions of ourselves...
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Delia Owens
Delia Owens is an American author and wildlife scientist who won the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing before turning...
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Fredrik Backman
Fredrik Backman is a Swedish author who writes contemporary fiction, novellas, and nonfiction. His work has been published in more...
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Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins is a Zimbabwean-born author who writes thrillers. She lived and worked in Zimbabwe for many years before moving...
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Alex Michaelides
Alex Michaelides is a screenwriter and author who writes psychological thrillers. He studied English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge University,...
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E.L. James
E.L. James is an English author of erotic romance who spent twenty-five years working in television before pursuing a childhood...
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Jeneva Rose
Jeneva Rose writes psychological thrillers, suspense novels, and women's fiction. She made her debut as a novelist in 2020 with...
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Alice Feeney
Alice Feeney is a British author who writes psychological thrillers built on unreliable narrators, layered secrets, and endings that reframe...
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Lauren Asher
Lauren Asher is an American author who writes contemporary romance featuring flawed, relatable characters and the fictional worlds that frame...
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J.R. Ellis
J.R. Ellis is a Yorkshire-based author who writes murder mysteries. His Yorkshire Murder Mystery series is set against the backdrop...
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Mandy Mikulencak
Mandy Mikulencak is an American novelist who writes literary, historical, and young adult fiction. She came to novels after years...
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Maika Moulite
Maika Moulite is an American author who writes young adult novels alongside her sister Maritza Moulite. The two made their...
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C.J. Duggan
C.J. Duggan is an Australian author of Young Adult and New Adult fiction. Her novel The Boys of Summer, released...
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Anthony Marra
Anthony Marra is an American author of literary fiction. His novels explore love, loss, and resilience against the backdrop of...
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Boo Walker
Boo Walker is an American author who writes thrillers under the name Benjamin Blackmore, and also the novel An Unfinished...
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Candis Terry
Candis Terry writes contemporary romance novels, known for her Sweet, Texas series. She was born and raised near the sunny...
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C.S. Challinor
C.S. Challinor writes the Rex Graves cozy mystery series, which debuted in 2008 with Christmas is Murder. This novel became...
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Ania Ahlborn
Ania Ahlborn is a Polish-American author of horror and thriller novels, who made her debut in 2011 with Seed. Born...
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Andrew Watts
Andrew Watts is an American author of action and spy thrillers, and the founder of Severn River Publishing. He graduated...
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Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller is an English author who writes novels. His first book, Ingenious Pain, was published in 1997. He has...
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every genre we coverGillian McAllister
Gillian McAllister is a British novelist who writes thrillers that place ordinary people in impossible moral traps. Raised in Tamworth,...
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Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb is an American novelist whose fiction draws on the small-town Connecticut landscape where he grew up. Born and...
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William P. Young
William P. Young is a Canadian novelist who writes suspense fiction that wrestles with faith, loss, and forgiveness. Raised among...
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Scott McEwen
Scott McEwen is an American author who writes military fiction and non-fiction, drawing on a background that includes law, military...
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Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh is an American novelist who writes dark, psychologically unsettling fiction about characters who live on the margins. Born...
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Sabine Durrant
Sabine Durrant is a British journalist who spent years shaping stories for The Guardian and The Sunday Times before turning...
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Luke Jennings
Luke Jennings is a British author and journalist known for his Killing Eve series of books. Before becoming a writer,...
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a British writer who works across children's literature and adult fiction, with roots in poetry and...
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Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas is an American author who writes young adult fiction and made her debut with The Hate U Give,...
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Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller is an English author who writes novels. His first book, Ingenious Pain, was published in 1997. He has...
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Gillian McAllister
Gillian McAllister is a British novelist who writes thrillers that place ordinary people in impossible moral traps. Raised in Tamworth,...
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Sabine Durrant
Sabine Durrant is a British journalist who spent years shaping stories for The Guardian and The Sunday Times before turning...
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a British writer who works across children's literature and adult fiction, with roots in poetry and...
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Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas is an American author who writes young adult fiction and made her debut with The Hate U Give,...
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Leah Weiss
Leah Weiss is an American writer of Southern fiction who made her debut as a novelist at age 70 with...
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Ann Leary
Ann Leary is an American novelist who writes women's literary and historical fiction. Her work has been translated into eighteen...
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C. Robert Cargill
C. Robert Cargill is an American science fiction writer who first reached readers with Dreams and Shadows in 2013, though...
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Sally Green
Sally Green is an English author who writes fantasy novels. She found her way to writing in 2010, after having...
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Lane Whitt
Lane Whitt is an American author of paranormal romance and reverse harem novels. She is known for her playful approach...
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R.S. Guthrie
R.S. Guthrie is an American novelist who writes mystery and thriller novels. His first novel, Black Beast, published in 2011,...
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William P. Young
William P. Young is a Canadian novelist who writes suspense fiction that wrestles with faith, loss, and forgiveness. Raised among...
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Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh is an American novelist who writes dark, psychologically unsettling fiction about characters who live on the margins. Born...
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Luke Jennings
Luke Jennings is a British author and journalist known for his Killing Eve series of books. Before becoming a writer,...
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a British writer who works across children's literature and adult fiction, with roots in poetry and...
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Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas is an American author who writes young adult fiction and made her debut with The Hate U Give,...
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Leah Weiss
Leah Weiss is an American writer of Southern fiction who made her debut as a novelist at age 70 with...
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C. Robert Cargill
C. Robert Cargill is an American science fiction writer who first reached readers with Dreams and Shadows in 2013, though...
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Sally Green
Sally Green is an English author who writes fantasy novels. She found her way to writing in 2010, after having...
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Lane Whitt
Lane Whitt is an American author of paranormal romance and reverse harem novels. She is known for her playful approach...
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R.S. Guthrie
R.S. Guthrie is an American novelist who writes mystery and thriller novels. His first novel, Black Beast, published in 2011,...
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free with an accountGillian McAllister
Gillian McAllister is a British novelist who writes thrillers that place ordinary people in impossible moral traps. Raised in Tamworth,...
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Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb is an American novelist whose fiction draws on the small-town Connecticut landscape where he grew up. Born and...
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William P. Young
William P. Young is a Canadian novelist who writes suspense fiction that wrestles with faith, loss, and forgiveness. Raised among...
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Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese American novelist and poet who received a MacArthur Fellowship for work that moves between verse...
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Luke Jennings
Luke Jennings is a British author and journalist known for his Killing Eve series of books. Before becoming a writer,...
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a British writer who works across children's literature and adult fiction, with roots in poetry and...
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Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller is an English author who writes novels. His first book, Ingenious Pain, was published in 1997. He has...
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C. Robert Cargill
C. Robert Cargill is an American science fiction writer who first reached readers with Dreams and Shadows in 2013, though...
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Maurice Druon
Maurice Druon was a French author of historical fiction who made his debut in 1956 with two novels. He is...
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Belinda Alexandra
Belinda Alexandra is an Australian author who writes historical fiction, known for her meticulous research and evocative settings. Her debut...
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Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb is an American novelist whose fiction draws on the small-town Connecticut landscape where he grew up. Born and...
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Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh is an American novelist who writes dark, psychologically unsettling fiction about characters who live on the margins. Born...
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a British writer who works across children's literature and adult fiction, with roots in poetry and...
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Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas is an American author who writes young adult fiction and made her debut with The Hate U Give,...
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Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller is an English author who writes novels. His first book, Ingenious Pain, was published in 1997. He has...
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Leah Weiss
Leah Weiss is an American writer of Southern fiction who made her debut as a novelist at age 70 with...
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Joanna Goodman
Joanna Goodman is a Canadian author whose novel The Home for Unwanted Girls spent more than six months on The...
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Ann Leary
Ann Leary is an American novelist who writes women's literary and historical fiction. Her work has been translated into eighteen...
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Maurice Druon
Maurice Druon was a French author of historical fiction who made his debut in 1956 with two novels. He is...
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Heather O’Neill
Heather O’Neill is a Canadian novelist, poet, and screenwriter born and raised in Montreal. She attended McGill University and spent...
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Sabine Durrant
Sabine Durrant is a British journalist who spent years shaping stories for The Guardian and The Sunday Times before turning...
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a British writer who works across children's literature and adult fiction, with roots in poetry and...
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Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas is an American author who writes young adult fiction and made her debut with The Hate U Give,...
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Sally Green
Sally Green is an English author who writes fantasy novels. She found her way to writing in 2010, after having...
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Adib Khorram
Adib Khorram is an Iranian-American author, graphic designer, and tea enthusiast who writes young adult novels. His fiction blends humor,...
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David Yoon
David Yoon is an American author who made his debut with Frankly In Love, a young adult novel that landed...
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Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Raquel Vasquez Gilliland is a Mexican-American author and poet whose work is rooted in myth, motherhood, and the quiet lineages...
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Chris Ould
Chris Ould is a British crime novelist who spent decades writing for television before returning to books with the Faroes...
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Michael Robertson
Michael Robertson is an American author best known for The Baker Street Letters, a mystery series that draws on his...
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Lisa Klein
Lisa Klein writes YA historical fiction that reimagines the lives of women in classic stories. She left academia after being...
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