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Character Driven Books
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,369,809 ratings — published 2022
The Pythagorean (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 41 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,198 ratings — published
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.29 — 31,083 ratings — published 2019
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,433,991 ratings — published 2017
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,318,414 ratings — published 2017
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,138,587 ratings — published 2017
The Polymorph (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 34 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,331 ratings — published 2023
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.17 — 186,486 ratings — published 2014
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.32 — 672,155 ratings — published 2016
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,361,794 ratings — published 2018
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,039,910 ratings — published 1992
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 29 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,650,849 ratings — published 2018
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,883,404 ratings — published 2018
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,522,186 ratings — published 2020
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,160,381 ratings — published 2015
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,864,124 ratings — published 2019
Remarkably Bright Creatures (ebook)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,265,567 ratings — published 2022
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,221,581 ratings — published 2012
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,892,148 ratings — published 2005
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.47 — 807,988 ratings — published 2022
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 314,597 ratings — published 2006
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,908,247 ratings — published 1951
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 938,001 ratings — published 2015
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.36 — 987,913 ratings — published 2020
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.21 — 482,742 ratings — published 2020
Anxious People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.17 — 815,489 ratings — published 2019
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,087,227 ratings — published 2007
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,009,875 ratings — published 1999
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.65 — 702,403 ratings — published 2015
The Dutch House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 563,073 ratings — published 2019
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.19 — 405,170 ratings — published 1995
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,045,604 ratings — published 2013
Hello Beautiful (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.13 — 546,417 ratings — published 2023
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,745,444 ratings — published 2012
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.83 — 613,221 ratings — published 2014
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.04 — 360,930 ratings — published 2014
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,262,404 ratings — published 2012
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,799,271 ratings — published 2022
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 859,364 ratings — published 2020
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 343,569 ratings — published 2006
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,945,726 ratings — published 1925
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,485,340 ratings — published 2020
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.60 — 570,309 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,010,507 ratings — published 2011
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.07 — 617,878 ratings — published 2014
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 429,308 ratings — published 2020
Conversations with Friends (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.73 — 606,427 ratings — published 2017
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.05 — 403,261 ratings — published 2012
Shadows Upon Time (The Sun Eater, #7)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.49 — 6,812 ratings — published 2025
The Stardust Grail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.66 — 9,755 ratings — published 2024
“The grass was plush under his feet as he flew down the right flank of the field.”
― THE GRIDD: PERILS OF THE LIGHTHOLDER
― THE GRIDD: PERILS OF THE LIGHTHOLDER
“Some things, she thought, weren’t worth hiding anymore.”
― Reckoning
― Reckoning












