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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,414,155 ratings — published 2017
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Little Fires Everywhere Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,306,175 ratings — published 2017
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,334,518 ratings — published 2022
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,034,440 ratings — published 2017
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.17 — 183,625 ratings — published 2014
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A Gentleman in Moscow A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.32 — 661,251 ratings — published 2016
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,334,587 ratings — published 2018
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Normal People Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,844,222 ratings — published 2018
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Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 29 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,587,109 ratings — published 2018
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,482,222 ratings — published 2020
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,143,812 ratings — published 2015
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,014,900 ratings — published 1992
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Daisy Jones & The Six Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,834,511 ratings — published 2019
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A Man Called Ove A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,203,050 ratings — published 2012
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Demon Copperhead Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.47 — 777,763 ratings — published 2022
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Remarkably Bright Creatures Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,199,550 ratings — published 2022
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,860,655 ratings — published 2005
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,872,591 ratings — published 1951
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 914,506 ratings — published 2015
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The Dutch House The Dutch House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 551,153 ratings — published 2019
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,075,887 ratings — published 2007
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The Goldfinch The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,034,735 ratings — published 2013
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,989,128 ratings — published 1999
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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1) The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.36 — 948,514 ratings — published 2020
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Anxious People Anxious People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.17 — 794,743 ratings — published 2019
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Everything I Never Told You Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.83 — 608,954 ratings — published 2014
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Eleanor & Park Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,254,541 ratings — published 2012
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Hello Beautiful Hello Beautiful (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.13 — 532,840 ratings — published 2023
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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,685,495 ratings — published 2012
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.04 — 356,645 ratings — published 2014
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Lessons in Chemistry Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,760,056 ratings — published 2022
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The Vanishing Half The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 850,747 ratings — published 2020
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,870,903 ratings — published 1925
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Piranesi Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.21 — 456,646 ratings — published 2020
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.60 — 556,840 ratings — published 2018
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,958,996 ratings — published 2011
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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 308,264 ratings — published 2006
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.07 — 608,868 ratings — published 2014
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My Dark Vanessa My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 421,612 ratings — published 2020
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The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.05 — 401,206 ratings — published 2012
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,835,657 ratings — published 1960
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.66 — 678,749 ratings — published 2015
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Conversations with Friends Conversations with Friends (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.73 — 597,253 ratings — published 2017
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 363,675 ratings — published 2017
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Beartown (Beartown, #1) Beartown (Beartown, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.29 — 586,243 ratings — published 2016
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Pachinko Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.34 — 616,972 ratings — published 2017
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My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1) My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.05 — 462,717 ratings — published 2011
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Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.57 — 763,898 ratings — published 2016
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.25 — 715,352 ratings — published 1938
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Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.19 — 396,225 ratings — published 1995
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“According to the evidence provided by the Wasp Trap files, the Fleet Street newspaper proprietor was introduced to, among other prominent Nazis, Hitler’s architect, Albert Speer, in 1934. Speer was also Hitler’s closest military adviser just before the war. Evidence from a letter allegedly from Speer to the Fleet Street newspaper proprietor, thanking him for information about the Paris defences and the Free French army. A photograph of a letter allegedly from the Fleet Street proprietor, also included in these discovered files, advises Force Yellow – the German invading army – to avoid the Maginot line entirely and invade through neutral Belgium and the other Low Countries. There is no evidence that totally confirms these letters are genuine, or, indeed, from Speer or the Fleet Street newspaper proprietor.
“In June 1940, when the Nazis occupied Paris, the Fleet Street newspaper proprietor was back in London and became liaison executive between the secret services in Britain and agents in France. It is possibly no coincidence that the invading Nazi forces occupied a house in Avenue Foch, Paris, owned by the newspaper proprietor’s family. The house was then used for the entertainment of senior Nazi officers. The Wasp Trap files document that the Fleet Street newspaper proprietor had allegedly been credited with over thirty British agents and Free French operatives being captured, tortured and killed.”
Hugo Woolley, The Wasp Trap

S.K. Man
“Some memories don’t fade—they just return in different bodies.”
S.K. Man, Even the Sky Remembers: The Weight We Choose to Keep

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