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71 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Authors Like Erik Larson: 6 Narrative Nonfiction Writers
If Erik Larson's true stories that read like novels are your favourite kind of nonfiction, these six writers deliver the same gripping history — each with a book to start.
Authors Like George R.R. Martin: 6 Epic Fantasy Picks
If George R.R. Martin's political intrigue, vast casts, and anyone-can-die stakes are your idea of perfect fantasy, these six writers deliver — each with a book to start.
Authors Like James Patterson: 6 Page-Turner Machines
Love the short chapters and relentless pace of James Patterson? These six thriller writers deliver the same can't-stop-reading momentum — with a book to start each one.
Authors Like Jenny Han: 6 Swoony YA Romance Writers
If Jenny Han's sweet, heartfelt romances and unforgettable summers are your comfort read, these six authors deliver the same butterflies — each with a book to start.
Authors Like Joe Abercrombie: 6 Grimdark Fantasy Picks
If Joe Abercrombie's morally grey characters, brutal action, and black wit are your idea of perfect fantasy, these six writers deliver — each with a book to start.
Authors Like John Green: 5 Smart, Heartfelt YA Writers
If John Green's smart, funny, gut-wrenching novels about teens facing big things are your favourites, these five writers deliver the same heart and honesty — with where to start.
Authors Like John Grisham: 6 Legal & Justice Thrillers
If you love John Grisham's courtroom tension and ordinary-people-versus-the-system stakes, these six writers deliver the same gripping pursuit of justice — with where to start.
Authors Like Ken Follett: 6 Sweeping Historical Sagas
If Ken Follett's vast historical sagas, rich period detail, and unputdownable plotting are your idea of a great read, these six writers deliver — each with a book to start.
Authors Like Khaled Hosseini: 6 Sweeping Literary Reads
If Khaled Hosseini's emotional, sweeping stories of family, homeland, and loss move you deeply, these six writers deliver the same heartbreak and beauty — each with a book to start.
Authors Like Malcolm Gladwell: 6 Big-Idea Writers
If Malcolm Gladwell's counterintuitive ideas, great stories, and pop-science insight are your catnip, these six writers deliver the same lightbulb moments — with where to start.
Authors Like Michael Connelly: 6 Crime Writers to Read Next
If you love Michael Connelly's procedural detail, flawed detectives, and strong sense of city, these six crime writers belong on your shelf — each with a book to start.
Authors Like Michael Crichton: 6 Science Thrillers
If Michael Crichton's science-gone-wrong premises and page-turning dread are your favourite kind of thriller, these six writers deliver — each with a book to start.
Authors Like Rick Riordan: 6 Adventures to Read Next
If Rick Riordan's fast, funny, myth-soaked adventures hooked you or your reader, these six authors deliver the same magic-and-heroics fun — each with a book to start.
Authors Like Robin Hobb: 6 Epic Fantasy Writers to Read
If Robin Hobb's deep characters, slow-burn emotion, and lived-in worlds ruined other fantasy for you, these six writers come closest — each with a book to start.
Authors Like Stephen King: 6 Writers for Your Next Scare
If you've burned through Stephen King's backlist and want that same blend of dread, character, and ordinary lives upended, these six authors deliver — with a starting book for each.
Authors Like Terry Pratchett: 5 Witty, Humane Writers
If Terry Pratchett's blend of comedy, satire, and deep humanity is what you miss, these five writers come closest — each with a book to start.
Authors Like Tom Clancy: 6 Military & Techno Thrillers
If Tom Clancy's high-tech weaponry, geopolitical stakes, and ticking-clock tension are your thing, these six thriller writers deliver — each with a book to start.
Authors Like Toni Morrison: 6 Writers to Read Next
If Toni Morrison's lyrical prose and unflinching reckoning with American history move you, these six writers belong on your shelf — each with a book to start.
Books Like All Quiet on the Western Front: 6 War Reads
Want more unflinching truth about war, its horror, and what it does to ordinary soldiers after All Quiet on the Western Front? These six novels deliver — with where to start.
Books Like An Ember in the Ashes: 6 to Read Next
Crave more brutal empires, dual-POV tension, and forbidden romance after An Ember in the Ashes? These six fantasy novels deliver the same high-stakes thrill — with where to start.
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