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Genre Recommendations: If You Like...

Adventure | Christian Fiction | Horror | Mystery | Romance | Science Fiction

If you like Adventure, try these authors:

Dale Brown

Tom Clancy

Stephen Coonts

Bernard Cornwell

Michael Crichton

Clive Cussler

Dorothy Dunnett

W.E.B. Griffin

Robert Ludlum

Alistair MacLean

Ridley Pearson

David Poyer

Douglas Preston

Wilbur A. Smith

Jules Verne

Joseph Wambaugh

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If you like Christian Fiction, try these authors:

Terri Blackstock

Stephen Bly

Sigmund Brouwer

T. Davis Bunn

Linda Chaikin

Lori Copeland

Sandy Dengler

Sharon Foster

Joseph Girzone

Ruth Vogt Glover

Robin Jones Gunn

Linda Hall

Robin Lee Hatcher

Grace Livingston Hill

Jan Karon

Karen Kingsbury

Jane Kirkpatrick

Al & JoAnna Lacy

Beverly LaHaye

Tim LaHaye

Beverly Lewis

George MacDonald

Calvin Miller

Gilbert Morris

Bill Myers

Janette Oke

Catherine Palmer

Frank Peretti

William Proctor

Francine Rivers

Pat Robertson

Patricia Rushford

Patricia Sprinkle

Penelope Stokes

Bodie & Brock Thoene

Kathy Tyers

Walter Wangerin

Joe L. Wheeler

Lori Wick

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If you like Horror, try these authors:

Richard Bachman

Clive Barker

Robert Bloch

Ramsey Campbell

Douglas Clegg

Tananarive Due

Laurell K. Hamilton

Shirley Jackson

Joan Kahn

Stephen King

Dean Koontz

Richard Laymon

Tanith Lee

H. P. Lovecraft

Graham Masterton

Robert McCammon

Edgar Allan Poe

Anne Rice

John Saul

Peter Straub

Whitley Strieber

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

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If you like Mystery, try these authors:

Linda Barnes

Lawrence Block

Lilian Jackson Braun

Rita Mae Brown

Agatha Christie

Mary Higgins Clark

Barbara D'Amato

Janet Evanovich

Sue Grafton

Martha Grimes

Jonathan Kellerman

Ed McBain

Walter Mosley

Sara Paretsky

Robert B. Parker

Anne Perry

Donald Westlake

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If you like Romance, try these authors:

Catherine Coulter

Janet Dailey

Barbara Delinsky

Cassie Edwards

Jane Feather

Dorothy Garlock

Heather Graham

Linda Howard

Muriel Jensen

Joan Johnston

Debbie Macomber

Kat Martin

Connie Mason

Meagan McKinney

Fern Michaels

Kasey Michaels

Linda Lael Miller

Constance O'Day-Flannery

Maggie Osborne

Nora Roberts

Bertrice Small

Jessica Stirling

Janelle Taylor

Kathleen Woodiwiss

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If you like Science Fiction, try these authors:

Poul Anderson

Ben Bova

David Brin

Orson Scott Card

C. J. Cherryh

Robert A. Heinlein

Frank Herbert

Scott Mackay

Ken MacLeod

Anne McCaffrey

Terry Pratchett

Alastair Reynolds

Charles Sheffield

Robert Silverberg

Jo Walton

Timothy Zahn

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Last updated: March 18, 2010