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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,414,169 ratings — published 2017
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,306,180 ratings — published 2017
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,334,556 ratings — published 2022
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,034,538 ratings — published 2017
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
A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.32 — 661,256 ratings — published 2016
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,334,598 ratings — published 2018
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,844,271 ratings — published 2018
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 29 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,587,160 ratings — published 2018
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,482,242 ratings — published 2020
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,143,826 ratings — published 2015
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,014,929 ratings — published 1992
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,834,529 ratings — published 2019
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,203,069 ratings — published 2012
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.47 — 777,785 ratings — published 2022
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,199,588 ratings — published 2022
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,860,693 ratings — published 2005
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,872,631 ratings — published 1951
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 914,546 ratings — published 2015
The Dutch House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 551,160 ratings — published 2019
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,075,897 ratings — published 2007
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,034,745 ratings — published 2013
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,989,146 ratings — published 1999
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.36 — 948,528 ratings — published 2020
Anxious People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.17 — 794,762 ratings — published 2019
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.83 — 608,958 ratings — published 2014
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,254,549 ratings — published 2012
Hello Beautiful (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.13 — 532,848 ratings — published 2023
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,685,559 ratings — published 2012
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.04 — 356,648 ratings — published 2014
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,760,093 ratings — published 2022
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 850,750 ratings — published 2020
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,870,971 ratings — published 1925
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.21 — 456,669 ratings — published 2020
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.60 — 556,852 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,959,028 ratings — published 2011
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.22 — 308,270 ratings — published 2006
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.07 — 608,878 ratings — published 2014
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.10 — 421,619 ratings — published 2020
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.05 — 401,206 ratings — published 2012
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,835,732 ratings — published 1960
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.66 — 678,787 ratings — published 2015
Conversations with Friends (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 3.73 — 597,262 ratings — published 2017
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.12 — 363,682 ratings — published 2017
Beartown (Beartown, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.29 — 586,260 ratings — published 2016
Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.34 — 616,990 ratings — published 2017
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.05 — 462,734 ratings — published 2011
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.57 — 763,905 ratings — published 2016
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.25 — 715,366 ratings — published 1938
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as character-driven)
avg rating 4.19 — 396,228 ratings — published 1995
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“⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fire that burns from within
"Sometimes the chains that hold you are inside your own mind. Sometimes freedom means choosing when to burn."
This book hit different. Roar'Z isn't your typical fantasy hero. He's a gladiator with literal fire in his blood, but the real story is about the prison he's built in his own head. The external chains? Those are almost secondary.
What got me was how the book handles power and control. Roar'Z spends most of his time suppressing what makes him dangerous, hiding what makes him different. And you watch him struggle with when to let that fire out and when to keep it locked down tight.
The worldbuilding is solid. Orcs, dragons, druids who can't decide if they should actually help anyone. The action scenes are brutal and well-written. But it's the character work that kept me reading.
If you like your fantasy dark, your protagonists complicated, and your themes about breaking free from what holds you back (even when that thing is yourself), pick this up.
Worth the read.”
― Breach of Balance
"Sometimes the chains that hold you are inside your own mind. Sometimes freedom means choosing when to burn."
This book hit different. Roar'Z isn't your typical fantasy hero. He's a gladiator with literal fire in his blood, but the real story is about the prison he's built in his own head. The external chains? Those are almost secondary.
What got me was how the book handles power and control. Roar'Z spends most of his time suppressing what makes him dangerous, hiding what makes him different. And you watch him struggle with when to let that fire out and when to keep it locked down tight.
The worldbuilding is solid. Orcs, dragons, druids who can't decide if they should actually help anyone. The action scenes are brutal and well-written. But it's the character work that kept me reading.
If you like your fantasy dark, your protagonists complicated, and your themes about breaking free from what holds you back (even when that thing is yourself), pick this up.
Worth the read.”
― Breach of Balance
