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Melissa Albert is the New York Times and indie bestselling author of the Hazel Wood series and Our Crooked Hearts, and a former bookseller and founder of the Barnes & Noble Teen Blog. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and included in the New York Times’ list of Notable Children’s Books. She enjoys swimming pool tourism, genre mashups, and living in Brooklyn with her hilarious husband and magnificently goofy son.

Okay, now I will stop talking about myself in the third person. I try to reply to all messages and questions, so please reach out, or come find me on Twitter (@mimi_albert) or Instagram (@melissaalbertauthor)! (But please note: I don't accept GR friend requests anymore because of Amazon's related review pol ...more

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Average rating: 3.62 · 137,876 ratings · 21,381 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 96,013 ratings — published 2018 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Country (The Hazel Wood, #2) 3.71 avg rating — 18,402 ratings — published 2020 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Crooked Hearts 3.75 avg rating — 10,587 ratings — published 2022 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales From the Hinterland (The Hazel Wood, #2.5) 4.02 avg rating — 6,810 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bad Ones 3.67 avg rating — 3,326 ratings — published 2024 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Who Didn't Come Home (The Hazel Wood #1.5) 3.45 avg rating — 2,035 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At Midnight by Dahlia Adler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Melissa Albert (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Tracy Deonn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.42 avg rating — 701 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hazel Wood: Chapter Sampler 4.04 avg rating — 157 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Crooked Hearts Chapter Sampler 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“She talked like a woman who knew more books than people.”
― Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood

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“I remembered less from my own life than I did from the books I read.”
― Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood

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“Everyone is supposed to be a combination of nature and nurture, their true selves shaped by years of friends and fights and parents and dreams and things you did too young and things you overheard that you shouldn’t have and secrets you kept or couldn’t and regrets and victories and quiet prides, all the packed-together detritus that becomes what you call your life.”
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell van Susanna Clarke - 943 pagina's

14 votes, 14.9%

De kleuren van magie van V.E. Schwab - 416 pagina's

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De val van Gondolin van J.R.R. Tolkien - 288 pagina's

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Nimmernacht van Jay Kristoff - 518 pagina's

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De oceaan aan het einde van het pad van Neil Gaiman - 275 pagina's

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Hazelwoud van Melissa Albert - 336 pagina's

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Schim en Schaduw van Leigh Bardugo - 352 pagina's

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Het oog van de wereld van Robert Jordan - 782 pagina's

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Het vijfde seizoen van N.K. Jemisin - 399 pagina's

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4 votes, 4.3%

De Macht Van Het Zwaard van Joe Abercrombie -511 pagina's

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Amari en de nachtwachters van B.B. Alston - 368 pagina's

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1 vote, 1.1%

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